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The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main, wants you to know that "Baby, it's cold outside. But the Senior Center is nice and warm. Com inout of the cold and join some friends for a game or class."

For February 2025, the following schedule has been announced:

Bowling Fridays at 9:30 a.m.

Bridge Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.

Crafts Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.

Dominos Fridays at 9:30 a.m.

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Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted

February 2 Anabaptism Event: Anabaptism at 500, “Radical Reformation Film Festival 2, ‘Zwinghli’,” 2:30 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall

February 4 Forum: “How Can You Fight Land Injustice,” by Vixen Hurt ‘25, social work major, 11 a.m., Musselman Library Reading Room 

February 7 Colloquium: “The Bible and Anabaptist Beginnings,” by Dr. Gerald Mast, professor of communication, 4 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall

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By Cort Reynolds

MINSTER - The Bluffton High School swim teams competed in a tough four-team meet at the Auglaize/Mercer County YMCA on February 1.

The Pirate boys took second and Bluffton girls came in third.

St. Henry won the tightly-bunched girls meet with 133 points, followed by Bellefontaine/Ben Logan with 126 points. The Pirate girls totaled 113 points.

Bellefontaine/BL won the boys meet with 126 points. Bluffton finished second with 87 points. St. Henry ended up a distant third with 23 points. McComb was fourth with 16.

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By Cort Reynolds

LIMA – The Bluffton High School bowling team competed in the Perry Commodore Invitational Saturday, February 1.

The Pirates finished 10th at the 13-team event.

Thirteen teams bowled 10 games in the qualifying round, with only the top four teams moving on.

Round two scores re-set to zero, and the top four teams bowled three more games. From there, the top two teams moved on. All contests bowled were Baker games on the post-season oil pattern.

The 10 Baker game scores for Bluffton:

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By Cort Reynolds

SMITHVILLE – The Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost 60-47 to Aliquippa, Pa. in the fourth edition of the “Battle of the Berkey” series Sunday, February 2, at Smithville’s Wilbur Berkey Fieldhouse.

The two-day, 12-game series started out four years ago as a weekend of contests pitting top western Ohio teams vs. top eastern Ohio squads of similar size and talent. 

Now the northeast Ohio event has evolved to include out-of-state schools such as Aliquippa, which is in western Pennsylvania, and Newport, Ky. 

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By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE – The visiting Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost a 48-45 heartbreaker to Northwest Conference leader Spencerville Friday, January 31, in a key league contest.

Bearcat sophomore Will Sensabaugh nailed a three-pointer at the final buzzer to complete a late rally and win the game. He scored a game-high 25 points.

Spencerville outscored the Pirates 18-6 in the fourth quarter to overcome a nine-point deficit and win.

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