The Bluffton University women's soccer team battled St. Mary's tooth and nail for 90 minutes but came up just short in a 2-1 loss to the Belles on a rainy Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. The Beavers dipped to 2-4 on the season, while SMC improved to 6-1 overall.
St. Mary's standout Rose Stackhouse came into Bluffton with six goals in six games, but on Monday afternoon she switched roles and became the tablesetter. The senior connected with Julian Bowen twice in the opening stanza as the visitors opened up a 2-0 lead at the break.
Pandora weather observer Guy Verhoff provides the ongoing September weather report for the Pandora-Bluffton area, including lots of zeros for precipitation.
The host Bluffton boys soccer team shut out backyard rival Allen East 5-0 in a Northwest Conference match Monday night at Steinmetz Field.
Bluffton improved to 7-2-1 and 2-0 in the NWC with the whitewash victory. The Mustangs fell to 1-6-1 and 0-2-1 in league play after suffering the defeat.
Pirate Kaden Basil scored the first goal just 2:25 into the match off an assist by Jude Spallinger.
William “Bill” Faine, 59, passed away on September 18, 2021 at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
The public is invited to a presentation on John Dillinger’s Bluffton bank robbery given by Fred Steiner at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church gazebo, 112 N Main.
The program is the monthly meeting of the Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association, according to Scott Little, event organizer.
The Mount Cory and Pleasant View United Methodist churches will host a Fall Festival from 2-4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 26. The even was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID.
The festival includes games for kids, Romick's Train, clowns, a craft and
bake sale by members of the churches, Hancock County Sheriff's Office K-9
demo, fire trucks and more.
The Bluffton University women's golf team turned it on over their final nine holes on Sunday, moving back up into 3rd place at the Beaver Fall Classic. The Beavers shot a 355 (tied for 4th best all-time), giving Bluffton a 713 for the tournament which is tied for 2nd all-time for 36 holes.
Haley Gill (Indianapolis, IN/Franklin Central) got it done down the stretch, firing a school-record 80 on Sunday, which added up to a 4th place finish individually. Gill's 169 for the weekend also equaled her own record for 36 holes!
The Bluffton University men's golf team went the distance and then some en route to their first tournament victory on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Tied at 605 after 36 holes thanks to three birdies on the final hole, Bluffton notched four pars on the first hole of the playoff to take down local-power Ohio Northern in the 2021 Beaver Fall Classic.
Bluffton missed its one-day old school record for 18 holes by one shot, but the Beavers shattered their 36-hole mark with a 605, shaving 18 strokes off the previous mark.
Oscar Velasquez, 77, renowned artist passed away in Akron, Ohio on September 10, 2021 surrounded by immediate family. He was born on April 5, 1944 to Cresencio and Vicenta Velasquez in Pharr, Texas. He married Pam Szymkowski December 1972, who still survives.
The Bluffton University women's golf team shot a 358 on the opening day of the Beaver Fall Classic. Bluffton stands in second place, behind only Ohio Northern after day one at the Bluffton Golf Club.
Haley Gill (Indianapolis, IN/Franklin Central), Allie Waggener (Hilliard/Hilliard Bradley) and Kiley Cline (Fostoria/Hopewell Loudon) all topped the "A" squad with 89's on Saturday. Senior Marissa Hall (Avon Lake) followed with a 91 and Keely Briggs (Franklin) rounded out the first team with a 99.
