In voting recently conducted by league coaches, Pirate mentor Kasey Krendl shares NWC Coach of the Year honors with Lincolnview’s Eric Fishpaw for the 2023-2023 school year.
Bluffton junior left fielder Luke Jebsen was named first team All-Northwest Conference. Jebsen sparked the Pirate offense from his leadoff spot.
Pirate junior third baseman Evan Speicher was tabbed second team All-NWC.
Senior catcher Kerry Wright and junior center fielder Landen Worcester earned honorable mention notice.
Bluffton finished 11-11 overall and 5-3 in the NWC to come in a solid fourth place in the nine-team league.
Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.
By Bill Herr
One of the most difficult things in life is to forgive someone that wrongs us with words or actions. In the nursing home almost all residents were kind to staff members and other residents.
Yet some of the kindest ones were hard on immediate members of their families. They would naturally rather live in their own home than in a nursing home. If family members are instrumental in the decision to move a loved one to the nursing home due to health issues or age, there is a tendency to hold family members responsible for feelings of dissatisfaction.
Registration for Bluffton Bucs Cheerleading--3rd thru 6th graders during 24-25 school yea--will be Monday May 20 and Wednesday May 22 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the CNB Room at Bluffton Family YMCA. Please use the main door and enter through the gym.
COLDWATER __ Top-seeded Coldwater knocked the visiting Bluffton baseball team out of Div. III sectional finals Friday by an 11-1 score.
The hosts scored two times in the bottom of the first frame to grab an early lead. Bluffton plated its lone run in the top of the third to pull within 2-1.
But a six-run Cavalier third inning gave the hosts an 8-1 cushion.
Coldwater added a run in the fourth and they tacked on two more in the sixth to invoke the 10-run mercy rule.
The Pirates ended their season 10-11 after the loss. The Cavaliers (22-5) advanced to the district semifinals at Elida vs. Fort Recovery (10-11) May 20 with the sectional title victory.
The Riley Creek Singers production of Lerner and Loewe’s “My Fair Lady” will be performed August 9-10-11, 2024. Auditions are scheduled for June 3-4 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.
A 7 p.m. public meeting on Wednesday, May 22 has been scheduled by the Village of Bluffton and Richland Township to cover safety services business. The meeting will be at Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main.
The following public meetings have been scheduled by the Village of Bluffton. Please note the Village Council meeting will be on a Tuesday instead of Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday.
At about 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 20, the Bluffton Schools alerted the community that their phone system is having trouble with incoming calls. Please email the following contacts until the phones are up and running, which should be soon.
ADA __ Several Bluffton High School athletes qualified for the regional track and field meet with strong showings at the Div. III district competition on May 16 and 18.
