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Bluffton spikers seeded 5th in sectional

Pirates face P-G in opening round on Oct. 15

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton volleyball team was seeded fifth at the 14-team Div. IV Bluffton super sectional drawing held Sunday.

The Lady Pirates (11-9) will host eighth-seeded Pandora-Gilboa in the first round Tuesday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Bluffton beat P-G 3-1 back on August 22 in just their second match of the season.

The Pirate/P-G victor will face the victor between heavily-favored third seed Marion Local and winless 14th seed Upper Scioto Valley. That second round match will take place at New Knoxville Thursday, Oct. 17.

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Panthers knock off Pirates

Bluffton visits local rival Allen East on Friday

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton football team was upset 21-9 by visiting Paulding in a Northwest Conference ground battle to spoil Homecoming Friday night at Harmon Field.

Their second consecutive loss dropped the Pirate record to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the NWC. The Panthers improved to 2-4 and 1-2 in league play as they ended a two-game losing skid.

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Erin Hotmire tennis season ends 1 win short of district

BHS girls compete in sectional

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Seven Bluffton girls tennis players competed at the Div. II sectional tournament hosted by Elida this past Thursday at UNOH.

Forty singles players competed, with only the final four moving on to districts next week.

Pirate senior Erin Hotmire won her first match, a round of 32 battle, over Rachel Wilcox of Bath by a 6-0, 6-2 score. In the round of 16, Hotmire eliminated Defiance's Alexa Bickford easily in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.

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First Pirate boys' soccer loss since Aug. 24

Shawnee sneaks past BHS 2-1

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Jacob Miller scored both goals to lead visiting Shawnee to a 2-1 win over the Bluffton boys soccer team Saturday afternoon.

The Pirates dropped to 11-2-1 with the non-league defeat, their first loss since Aug. 24 at Elida.

After a scoreless first half, Miller found the back of the net in the 45th minute to put the Indians on top, 1-0.

Pirate Jonathan Schriner tied it 1-1 with a goal in the 65th minute. But Miller untied it three minutes later with the eventual winning goal.

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Pirate of the day

Emerson Cox is the pirate of the day. Main Street Bluffton had a pirate invasion Friday evening as the Bluffton HS homecoming parade brought out more pirates than we thought this town could handle. Watch the Icon all week for more parade-watching pirates. Emerson is the son of Jason and Heather Cox.

Cultivating a Culture of Consent

Seminar sponsored by ministerial association and CVS

Bluffton Area Ministerial Association and Day One of Crime Victim Services (CVS) will hold a seminar on “Cultivating A Culture of Consent,” from 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the English Lutheran Church.

The Day One Department, 330 N. Elizabeth St., Lima,  works with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.  

The seminar will help equip persons attending to recognize, respond and reduce intimate partner violence.

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