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Bluffton netmen 5th at Lima tourney

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 3:11pm

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton boys tennis team took fifth place in the six-team Lima City tennis tournament Saturday at the Collett Street Courts to open their season.

Shawnee won the team title with 33 points, followed by LCC in second place (22). Bluffton tallied 13 points to finish well ahead of Wapakoneta.

Pirate senior Eden Nygaard captured fourth place in the first singles flight. Bluffton sophomore Luke Shadle finished second in the number two singles competition.

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Panthers take down Lady Pirates in opener

Lauren Swartzwalder smacked a run-scoring double in the first inning to pace the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 3:08pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton softball team led early but fell to McComb Monday evening in its season lidlifter, 12-1.

McComb plated seven runs in the sixth inning to break open a 5-1 battle and post a run-rule victory in six frames.

Lauren Swartzwalder smacked a run-scoring double in the first inning to pace the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead. But McComb answered with four runs in the second frame to take control.

McComb pitching and defense then held Bluffton scoreless over the final five frames. The visitors out-hit Bluffton, 12-5.

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McComb outscores Pirate boys 

Wright, Bogart and Coonfare scored a run apiece for Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 3:05pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Buffton baseball team lost 18-3 to hard-hitting McComb Monday evening.

The Pirates fell to 0-3 with the defeat, while McComb improved to 1-1 with the five-inning, run-rule shortened victory.

The Panthers broke away from a 1-1 game with consecutive six-run frames in the second and third innings. McComb added five more runs in the top of the fourth to build an 18-2 cushion.

Bluffton plated single runs in the first, second and fourth innings. 

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Going down

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 2:17pm

FROM ADA ICON - Here's a less-than-30-second video showing the Ada school wind turbine as it fell to the ground. It has been out of service for several years.   These photos are still frames from the video. Click here to watch the fall: 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/focJWT7EPsusKH8M6

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First garter snake of the year

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 1:38pm

Can you see it? A young garter snake watches the Icon's photographer as it slides through the leaves near Little Riley Creek. About 15 inches long, this location along Campus Drive is a spot where several members of this family hang out during the summer.

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Only 1 community meal in April - on April 15

Correction to previous announcement
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 10:18am

The Icon was in error in its April community meal announcement of yesterday.

There is only one community meal in April. It is Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m., served from the rear of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

Enter from the Family Dollar side of the alley and exit behind the police station.

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