Bluffton face a nine-day layoff before tournament play starts
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2020 - 9:41pm
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Visiting Bluffton lost a 43-42 barnburner to Lima Central Catholic in a non-conference girls basketball contest Thursday night to end the regular season.
The close loss ended the Lady Pirate regular season record at 14-8 overall, while LCC improved to 12-9 with the win.
The game between the Allen County rivals was close all the way. LCC led 11-10 after a tight first period.
Landen Luginbuhl, Tayton Kleman, Jeremy Sturgeon and Thayne Kleman win titles
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2020 - 9:29pm
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - Bluffton finished a strong third at the eight-team Northwest Conference championship wrestling meet hosted by Columbus Grove Saturday, February 15.
Defending champion Allen East won its ninth all-time NWC crown with 341 points to easily out-pace second-place Spencerville (223). Bluffton was a close third behind the Bearcats with 218.5 points.
Several Bluffton grapplers enjoyed fine tournaments.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2020 - 1:24pm
Ryan DeMarco, his wife, Alicia, and their three children Hannah, Noah and Micah, cut the ribbon to Bluffton's newest Main Street business, an Edward Jones office at 111 N. Main St. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce held the ribbon event during the business open house on Friday.
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University's HealthWise Pharmacy.
As the coronavirus outbreak continues, at least one company has said it is working on a vaccine.
Johnson & Johnson announced that Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies (a J&J subsidiary) has started to develop a vaccine against 2019-nCoV, the virus behind the outbreak that started in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, last month.
The company said it plans to use the same technologies as other vaccines for Ebola, Zika and RSV.