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BHS boys XC 4th at Kalida meet; Armstrong takes 1st

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 8:22am

By Cort Reynolds

Pirate senior Landon Armstrong won the 144-runner boys race to lead the Bluffton High School boys cross country team to a strong fourth-place finish at the 25-team Kalida Invitational meet Saturday morning, October 1.

Armstrong crossed the finish line in a time of 15:56 to defeat 143 runners.

Senior teammate Erik Nygaard came in third at 16:03.4. Pirate senior Sam Derstine finished a very good 10th. 

The drop-off between the top three Pirate runners and the next four kept Bluffton from finishing higher as a team.

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BHS boys soccer shut out Riverdale 

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 8:16am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team scored early and made that goal stand up in a 1-0 win over visiting non-league rival Riverdale Saturday, October 1, at Steinmetz Field.

The Pirates improved to 7-4-1 overall with their sixth consecutive win. 

Riverdale fell to 3-7-2 with the loss.

Pirate Luke Shepherd scored the game's only goal eight minutes into the fray.

Pirate goalkeeper Kyle Basil made three saves in goal to post the shutout. The Falcon keeper was credited with four saves.

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BHS girls soccer 2-1 win vs. Kalida

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 8:15am

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team scored two minutes apart and held on to beat Kalida 2-1 in a non-conference match Saturday, October 1.

The victory upped the Pirate record to 11-2 overall. Meanwhile, the Wildcats fell to 5-7 with the loss.

Pirate Allison Diller tallied the game's first goal in the 31st minute on an assist from Kendal Giesige. 

Sami Scoles then found the back of the net two minutes later on a Riley Eachus dish to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.

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BHS girls tennis 4-1 loss to Bryan

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 8:15am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 4-1 to visiting powerhouse Bryan Saturday, October 1.

The Pirate season record dropped to 3-12 with the defeat. The Lady Bears earned their 20th win of the season with the victory.

Pirate junior Brooke Camper posted the lone Bluffton win at first singles.

Bluffton visits Van Wert (9-5) in a makeup match Monday, and then hosts LCC Tuesday to end the regular season.

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A Shawnee Indian walked from Oklahoma to Bluffton

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 7:34am

To see the land where he once camped

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

First of a series of articles pertaining to indigenous people of the Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties. 

From a 1928 Bluffton News, history of the community–While Michael Neuenschwander, the first Swiss settler to this community, constructed a temporary hut as his family dwelling a party of Indians came through and stopped.  

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Beatrice Burkholder obituary

Posted by Staff on October 1, 2022 - 12:19pm

Beatrice “Elinor” Burkholder, 89, passed away September 30, 2022, at 6:04 p.m. in Findlay.

Elinor was born June 21, 1933 in Mt. Cory, to John and Anna (Gorby) Bowersox who preceded her in death. On March 21, 1958 she married Q. Harry Burkholder who preceded her in death on September 20, 2018. 

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