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Super! Times 2

We can't wait to watch these players move up in the ranks. This weekend two Bluffton Buccaneer football teams won Super Bowl titles. The varsity (6th grade) defeated the St. Marys Rams 8-6. The junior varsity defeated the Elida Rebels 24-0. Visit the Bucs Facebook for more details by clicking here.

Doris Heldman was a 1966 Cory-Rawson HS graduate

Doris J. Heldman, 72, formerly of Rawson, died at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, at the Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora.

Doris was born on Oct. 11, 1948, in Bluffton  to the late Elmer W. and Betty (Myers) Reichley.

She married Ralph Eugene Heldman on June 19, 1966, and he preceded her in death on March 13, 2003.

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Phyllis K. Born 1941 - 2020

Phyllis K. Born, 78, until recently of Circleville, Ohio, died on Nov. 5, 2020, at home in Bluffton.

She was born in Lima to Richard and Dorothy (Werking) Frail on Dec. 29, 1941. On July 30, 1968, she married Roger W. Born, who survives her. Her sister, Donna (John) Osborn and brother, Rev. Todd (Linda) Frail, live in Powell and Newark, respectively.

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Funeral services pending for Dorothy Hursey

Dorothy R. Hursey, 88, of Bluffton died Nov. 8, 2020, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services – Bluffton.

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More updates to BHS state cross country history

Mike Hilty was the first Pirates to run at state - he did it in 1968 and 1969

Thanks for information from Mike Hilty, the Icon can update more of Bluffton High School’s cross country state meet history.

Hilty was in fact Bluffton’s first athlete to qualify for the state meet. He qualified two years in a row in the Class A division (there were only two divisions at that time and the cross country course was 2 miles). 

Hilty's personal best time in the 2-mile was 9:45 in a dual meet in Michigan.

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Fall of 1969 BHS cross country team

1969 Bluffton High School cross country team, front row from left, Mike Hilty, Bill McKibben, Tim Boehr, James Pannabecker, Larry Diller, Ryan Hobley, Louis Burkholder.

Standing from left, Richard Corbett, coach, Bill Brauen, Charles Montgomery, Allan Birchnaugh, Ricky Lones, Carl Snare, Terry Huber, Larry Huber, Robert McCafferty and Robert Hilty, assistant coach.

Thanks for information from Mike Hilty, the Icon can update more of Bluffton High School’s cross country state meet history.

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