After a one-year absence Bluffton Sardines swim team is back
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2021 - 2:40pm
After a one-year covid-19 absence, Bluffton Sardines swim team is back.
The team competes in the Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL). In 2019, the most recent swim season, Bluffton finished second of eight teams in the league meet, closely behind Westside.
This year several members of the team competed Putnam County YMCA swim team and with Lima YMCA swim team. Several of those swimmers qualified for the Great Lake Zones championships in March at BGSU.
No, Baylor did not win this year's basketball March Madness competition. It turns out that Bluffton first graders won. Click here to read all about. (The read 7,467 books.)
Baylor didn't win March Madness – Bluffton first graders won
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2021 - 2:08pm
7,467 books.
It’s obvious that Bluffton first graders love to read.
The students held a three-week March Madness reading incentive competition last month.
During the competition, students in Mrs. Combs’ class earned first place overall, reading 1,848 books.
At the conclusion of the reading madness a total of 7,467 books were read, and the teachers told the Icon that they are impressed and proud of all the hard-working first grade readers.
Peter Steiner came to America with his parents Christian and Katharina Luginbuhl Steiner in 1835. Click here for a previous column in this series featuring his brother and sister-in-law, John F. and Barbara Habegger Steiner.
The Bluffton University football team faced off against rival Defiance on a rainy Saturday, April 10.
Bluffton held off the rival Jackets thanks to a fourth quarter fumble and then a 4th down stop at the Bluffton 42 with just 1:25 to play as the Beavers improved to 4-3 overall and 3-3 in the Heartland Conference. Defiance fell to 2-4 on both accounts.