On February 7, the Bluffton High School Academic Team competed in the Ada Invitational Quiz Bowl Competition and went undefeated in the round-robin tournament with a 5-0 record.  

The ten teams competing were Ada, Bluffton, Cory-Rawson, Elida, Hardin-Northern, Kenton, Liberty-Benton, Ridgemont, Riverdale and USV.  Riverdale finished second, with Ada only 2 points behind Riverdale, finishing in third.

On display February 11-26

UPDATED February 14 to include awards.

Bluffton High School art students have had 14 pieces of art accepted by the annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational at ArtSpace/Lima. The show at 65-67 Town Square, Lima, runs from February 11-26. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and admission is free.

The dean's list for the fall 2021 semester at the University of Findlay has been announced. Local students include:

Simon Derstine

Elizabeth Frazier

Haleigh Gatchel

Brandon Good

Chasity Hunter

Kennedi Jordan

Kenneth Lovett

Samuel Luke

Eliott Nickel

Daniel White

Adalyn Wrigh

Cara Young

Lucas Prichard, son of Bluffton residents Pat and Kelly Prichard, has committed to play football at Yale University. Lucas is a senior at Bath High School where his father Pat teaches. 

Prichard visited six schools before deciding on Yale. The Yale Bulldogs football program is part of the NCAA Division I and is one of the oldest in the world. It began competing in 1872.

Bluffton Elementary school has release the following 2nd Quarter All A Honor Roll for the 4th and 5th grades.

4th Grade All A

Cora Beck, Barrett Benroth, Clara Brauen, Thayne Bricker, Landon Byers, Easton Dunifon, Alenah Gordon-Hancock, Colton Kelly, Kinzi Koogler, Levi Mummert, Eva Nygaard, Ethan Roby, Addilyn Shoemaker, Claire Snyder, Abram Steiner, Emery Thiel

 

5th Grade All A

Bluffton High School students

District III of the Ohio Music Education Association held High School Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Events at Lima Senior High School on Saturday, January 29. Bluffton High School band, strings, piano and vocal music students performed with the following results. They were among performers from eight counties in northwest Ohio.

BAND

Brass Quartet, class C,  rating of Excellent

      (Levi Fenzl, Dylan Hohenbrink, Will Neff and John-Paul Yoder)

Brooke Camper, class C Flute solo - rating of Superior

Hannah Davis, class A trumpet solo, rating of Superior

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