Posted by Fred Steiner on February 10, 2017 - 3:46pm
By Cort Reynolds - Ada Icon sports writer
Visiting league co-leader Bluffton outscored Ada by 22 points over the middle quarters to post a convincing 69-41 girls basketball win over the Lady Bulldogs in Northwest Conference play Thursday evening.
The purple and gold fell to 7-13 and 1-6 in the NWC after their fourth straight defeat, while the visitors improved to 15-4 and 7-0 in the league with the victory.
Bluffton will face co-league unbeaten Columbus Grove (6-0 NWC) in the conference finale to decide the championship.
The team experieinced an accident that resulted in 7 deaths and 28 injuries
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 10, 2017 - 3:34pm
The 2007 Bluffton University baseball team has been selected for induction into Bluffton’s Athletics Hall of Fame.
On March 2, 2007, the Bluffton baseball team experienced an accident that forever changed the lives of the players, coaches, their family and friends and the Bluffton campus community.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 8, 2017 - 3:04pm
Four Bluffton HS wrestlers won their weight class and two were repeat winners from last year at Saturday's NWC meet.
Ada junior Chase Sumner (138) was named Wrestler of The Year by a vote by the coaches. Mike Abbey of Allen East was voted by his peers as NWC Coach of The Year.
Repeat winners from last year included Chase Sumner (Ada-138), Andrew Foust (DJ-120), Luke Brown (AE-145), Cole Wilson (BL-152) and Deandre Nasser (BL-195).