By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton boys soccer team tied Kenton 1-1 in a defensive non-league match Saturday evening.

Bluffton’s record moved to 2-5-2 overall with the draw. The Wildcats are now 5-2-2.

VOLLEYBALL: #23 Ohio Northern sweeps Beavers at King Horn
ADA--The Bluffton University volleyball team dropped a three-setter (16-13-16) at #23 Ohio Northern on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Bluffton dipped to 3-7, while the Polar Bears improved to 7-1. FULL STORY at BlufftonBeavers.com

By William Hogan, MD
Blanchard Valley Pain Management

The sacroiliac joint is a large joint in your lower back and buttocks region. There are two sacroiliac joints, one on each side, with ligaments in each joint that hold the bones together. Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain can be difficult to diagnose as other conditions can cause similar symptoms. When the joint becomes painful, it can cause pain in its immediate region or it can refer pain into your groin, hip, buttock or leg. SI joint pain can be aggravated with prolonged standing, sitting, stair climbing, moving from sitting to standing, and running.

The largest cause of sacroiliac pain is arthritis of the SI joints. However, you can experience SI joint pain with traumatic injury, during and after pregnancy, spinal scoliosis and after a lumbar spine fusion. The diagnosis of sacroiliac pain starts with a physical examination and imaging, including X-rays, a CT scan or an MRI.

Citizens Wealth Management Group (CWMG) has welcomed Ann Meiring, financial advisor, to its team.

Meiring will be working in the CNB Lima office, located at 201 N. Main Street. Chad King, Lima Market President states, “We’re excited to partner with Ann to provide financial planning services directly from the Lima office. Her understanding of the Lima community and local experience as a financial advisor are a welcome addition to our team.”

2023: Automobiles replace electric railroad

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Some photos are worth one-thousand words. This photo (on top) could rival War and Peace, containing slightly north of one-half million.

We’ll save viewers lots of time by offering highlights.

• Year: 1906

• Event: Bricking Bluffton’s Main Street for the first time

• Location: Looking south on Main

• Specifically: CNB on right side, Edward Jones on left

ODOT District 1 has announced that the following construction projects are anticipated to affect area highways during the week of September 18. All outlined work is weather permitting.

State Route 12 just east of State Route 115 (near Vaughnsville) will close on Monday, Sept. 11, for approximately 11 days for a culvert installation project. Detour: SR 115 to U.S. 30 to SR 65, back to SR 12 (see map).

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team lambasted Spencerville 56-0 in a Northwest Conference road contest Friday night, September 15, to stay undefeated.

The Pirates raced to a 35-0 halftime lead and cruised to victory. 

Landen Worcester rushed for three touchdowns and 171 yards to pace the potent Pirate ground game, which compiled 414 yards.

The Northwest Conference and its member schools have announced that Lima Central Catholic High School has accepted an invitation to become a member of the conference in all sports beginning with the 2024-25 school year. Member schools met Wednesday and voted unanimously to extend an invitation to Lima Central Catholic.

This will give the conference 8 full-time members with the pending departures of Ada and Leipsic in 2024-25.

By Matt M. Stutz

The Pandora-Gilboa High School football team sent shock waves throughout the Blanchard Valley Conference on Friday, September 16, when they traveled to Doc Miller Field in McComb and beat the #4 state ranked and previously undefeated Panthers. The surprise wasn’t that they won, but how they won; overwhelming McComb (4-1) by a final of 42-14.