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MSJ downs Bluffton baseball 9-2 in series opener

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2016 - 9:32pm

April 9, 2016
By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

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FLORENCE, Ky. - The Bluffton University baseball team traveled to Kentucky for a home game with Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, April 9, but it was the Lions who took advantage of the change of venue with a 9-2 victory in the HCAC series lidlifter. The Beavers fell to 6-16 overall and 1-8 in the Heartland Conference on a bitterly cold Saturday, while MSJ upped its season mark to 16-7 and 5-5 in the HCAC.

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Here's BHS winter NWC scholar athletes

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2016 - 8:59pm

Several Bluffton High School winter athletes were named Northwest Conference scholar athletes recently.

Scholar athletes are determined as follows:

• Must be a letter winner in the sport.

• Gold level: 3.5 or higher GPA during season of the sport.

• Silver level:  3.0 to 3.49 GPA during the season of the sport.

Basketball cheerleaders

Gold – Kaity King, Emily Stratton, Kylee Leugers, Kelli Leugers, Allison Wise, Victoria Hover.

Silver – Lydia Skelly

Girls’ basketball

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Lions Club selling shopping spree tickets next two weekends

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2016 - 8:35pm

Bluffton Lions will sell shopping spree tickets at Community Market on Fridays and Saturdays, April 22-23 and April 29-30.

Each $5 ticket enables the purchaser one ticket in a drawing for a free shopping spree to take place on Saturday, May 7.

Proceeds from the ticket sales go to the Bluffton Lions scholarship fund. Multiple $500 scholarships are given each year to graduating seniors from Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa and Cory-Rawson schools.

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"Wizard of Oz" comes to Trinity Lutheran School stage April 15-16

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2016 - 8:30pm

Jenera Trinity Lutheran School’s students will present a journey through the Magical Land of Oz, as they take the stage next weekend in Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre’s original musical production of the “Wizard of Oz."

Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, and  and Saturday, April 16, at Trinity Lutheran School’s gymnasium. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are free, but donations will be welcome at the door to offset costs.

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Bluffton HS softball team 2-1 at start of season

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2016 - 8:22pm

Season preview

At the helm of the Pirate Ship this year is head coach Tony Rumer. He is entering his fourth season leading the Lady Pirates. In his third year as an assistant coach is Daryl Willis and Adam Burris is back for his second season.

The girls are being led this year by two seniors who bring much needed experience to the team.  Both have been varsity starters and earned Pirate varsity letters since joining the team as freshmen. They were members of the 2013 sectional championship team.

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James Badertscher, 82, was a Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2016 - 7:36pm

James "Jim" Dean Badertscher, 82, died April 8, 2016, at 2:15 p.m. at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Jim was born July 17, 1933, in Bluffton to the late Edwin and Mae (Murray) Badertscher.  On July 18, 1959, he married Ruth Hankish Badertscher who survives.

Jim retired from Lima Ford Engine Plant after 20 years.  He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ and attended St. Mary's Catholic Church both of Bluffton.  Jim was a member of American Legion Post #382, Bluffton, graduated from Bluffton High School, attended Bluffton College and was a U.S. Army veteran. 

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