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Long-range bombing Bluffton boys upend Liberty Benton

Soper and Donley each drained 5 triples, while Boblitt sank 4 treys

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys basketball team raced to a big halftime lead and held off Liberty-Benton 79-67 to win their home opener Saturday night.

The Pirates led a high-scoring first half 49-33 at intermission as Carson Soper poured in 19 points on the strength of four three-pointers.

Trenton Donley also knocked down two triples in the opening stanza as the hot-shooting Pirates built a 27-11 lead. Donley added another triple in the second period, while Trey Boblitt also drained three trifectas before intermission.

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Unbeaten Ottoville outlasts Lady Pirates

By Cort Reynolds
OTTOVILLE - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team battled hard but lost 44-36 at undefeated Ottoville Saturday afternoon in non-league play.

The Lady Pirates dropped to 2-3 after the defeat, while Ottoville improved to 3-0 with the win.

Lady Pirate Laykin Garmatter led Bluffton with 20 points on the strength of four trifectas. Nicole Knippen of Ottoville matched her with 20 points and four treys as well.

Ottoville jumped out to a 13-4 lead after the first period as Knippen canned two triples and scored eight points. 

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So, you think you know Bluffton?

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this door handle?

Answer tomorrow.

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Resident advisors 1977-78

Here are the Bluffton College resident advisors during the 1977-78 academic year.

Standing from left, Laura Becker, Kathy Gundy, Steve Steiner, Jeff Boehr, Sharon Prill, Jim Boyles, Dennis Mumaw and Dave Voth.

Seated from left, Laurie Diller, Ann Campati, Tom Engle, Kim Atkinson, Mike Heimann and Debbie Dermen.

Here's last week's Icon poll results

Here's last week's Icon poll results. Take this week's poll asking "when a covid-19 vaccine arrives what will you do?"

Click here to take this week's poll.

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Two popular evening events on The Inn at ONU's calendar

Tuesday paintINN and Thursday holiday wine tasting

Two special evening events this week at The Inn at ONU remain open for RSVPs, according to The Inn team.

Tuesday night PaintINN
A PaintINN provides artists an opportunity to create either  a snowman porch sitter or a cardinal winter scene on wood. You chose which project to create.

The Tuesday, Dec. 8, event begins at 6 p.m. and includes supplies, artistic instruction, a glass of wine, non-alcoholic beverages and buffet plus dessert.

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