BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys soccer team defeated Lincolnview 5-0 in a Northwest Conference match Monday evening at Steinmetz Field to clinch yet another outright league championship.
The win sealed a 10th NWC title for the Pirates, and they remain undefeated at 46-0-0 all-time over 10 seasons of conference play.
The Pirate record improved to 8-6 overall after their sixth straight win, and they finish 4-0 in the NWC with the victory.
Lincolnview fell to 3-9-1 overall and 1-2-1 NWC after the defeat.
COLUMBUS GROVE __ The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost its likely Northwest Conference championship showdown match at unbeaten rival Columbus Grove 2-1 Monday evening, September 30.
The host Bulldog girls scored two second half goals to overcome a halftime deficit and narrowly win.
The Pirate record fell to 8-3-1 overall after the difficult defeat, and they finished 5-1 in NWC play. The loss snapped a four-match win streak. It was also their first loss in 18 league matches dating back to 2021 vs. Grove.
6:00 p.m.., October 1 at Bluffton Public Library, lower level
The Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area will host a program on Invasive plant species that is free and open to the public.
The guest speaker is Anne Smedley, Natural Resources Manager for Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District. She will explain how to identify invasive plant species in your fall garden, and how to remove them before next season.
Leaves are falling a little earlier in 2024 than expected. As noted at the Sept. 23 council meeting, Village leaf pickup isn't scheduled until the end of October. Meanwhile, please do not place leaves at the curb unless in biodegradable bags to be collected on Wednesdays. Do not rake leaves to the curb until further notice is provided.
Above L-R) Mitch Kingsley and Ben Stahl, council members; Mayor Richard Johnson; Paul Inniger, Takeo (Tony) Endoh, Joe Brinkman of SumiRiko, Ohio; and Ashley Gleason, Tyler Gleason and Jonnathan Bonifaz of the Bluffton Soccer Club.
SumiRiko of Ohio, Bluffton Soccer Club and Village of Bluffton collaboration
By Paula Pyzik Scott
On September 26 ground was broken on the Bluffton Soccer Complex to be developed on land donated by and adjacent to SumiRiko Ohio on Snider Rd near the Bluffton Community Pool and Bluffton YMCA.
On September 17 the Bluffton Lions and the Village of Bluffton held a ceremony dedicating the addition of a bike and pedestrian pathway along Jefferson St./State Route 103 from County Line Road to I-75, following close on the heels of a September 3 dedication of the new County Line pathway.
The S.R. 103 Lions Way segment improves access to housing, a hotel, restaurants, gas stations, shops and other businesses along this stretch of road. This is the busiest and fastest section of road in the Village. Some 20 businesses are located on or near the new pathway.
The League of Women Voters of the Lima Area will hold an informational, hour-long forum, "How Journalism Works" on Tuesday, October 1.
Dr. Shane Tilton, an Associate Professor of Writing and Multimedia Studies at Ohio Northern University, will discuss why journalism is still important, especially when we get information from fragmented sources, and how journalism works as a cornerstone for society.
Above) 2024 BHS Homecoming King and Queen: Landon Worcester and Faith Combs.
CORRECTION: The Pirates were 2023 NWC runners up; previously the article incorrectly identified them as co-champions.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON – The undefeated Bluffton High School football team dominated visiting Lima Central Catholic 35-0 in a Northwest Conference battle on a wet and windy Homecoming night at Harmon Field Friday, September 27.
