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10 basketball season ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2019 - 12:01pm

Meet the 2008-09 Bluffton High School varsity boys' basketball team.

Front from left, Chad Dulle, Zach Devier, Tyler Neal, Spencer Tuttle, Tyler Breidenbach, Aaron Rule.

Standing from left, Todd Boblitt, Alex Hanna, Levi Gleason, Cory Hilty, Evan Skilliter, Bob Kindred, Kyle Gratz.

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Four sets of twins; one set of triplets in Bluffton school - early 1950s

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 28, 2019 - 12:06pm

This story is believed to be from the Lim News. Twins and triplets in the Bluffton schools taken in the 1951 school year.

Front from left, Arlene Kay and Marlene Rae Basinger; Carol, Walter and Charles Jordan; Jerry Ray and Garry Jay Althaus.

Back row from left, Rae Ann and Rachael Mae Devier; Connie Janes and Nancy Lane Patterson.

Enrolled in the Bluffton grade school are four sets of twins and one set of triplets, a record for the school. Two pairs of twins and the triplets are in the second grade.

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Troop 315 from mid-1960s

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2019 - 9:20am

Here's Bluffton's Girl Scout Troop 315 from 1966 or '67 –

• Front row, from left: Koneta Campbell Vogt, Vickie Diller Stechschulte, Mary Pannabecker Steiner.

• Second from left: Sharon Shaw, Rachel Hauenstein Lambert, Deb Amstutz, Kathi Badertscher, Pam Burkholder, Karen Kreider Yoder, Valarie Spangler Campbell.

• Third from left: Lee Ann Woolley, Ann McCune, Deb Kimmet Baumgartner, Maggie Baker Mann, Kathy Koontz, Renee Granger.

• Back: Wauneta Klingler, Joyce Badertscher.

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1955 Eagle Scouts

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 14, 2019 - 11:50am

Ralph Reichenbach, David Little and Larry Smucker became Bluffton Eagle Scouts in 1955.

Here is a photo from their court of honor. From left, Ralph E. Reichenbach, Ralph P. Reichenbach (Eagle), Evelyn Reichenbach, Katherine Little, David Little (Eagle), Woodrow Little, Irene Smucker, Larry Smucker (Eagle), and Carl Smucker.

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20 seasons ago? It can't be

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 7, 2019 - 10:59am

What is it about Bluffton HS girls' basketball teams that play in a year ending in 9?

Here's the 1998-99 BHS girls' team that advanced to the state final four.

On the floor, Ashley August and Mollie McCullough.

Seated from left, Abbie Fett, Giorgi Thomann, Caity Matter, Rachel Holt.

Standing from left, Cindy Lee, assistant coach, Carrie Kindred, Tara Buroker, Abbey Schaaf, Dennis Lee, coach. Missing, Kelly Worthington.

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30 seasons ago this team went to the regionals

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2019 - 6:39am

Here's the 1988-89 Bluffton High School girls' basketball team. They were regional runners-up.

Standing from left, Tasha Arnold, Cindy Moser, Jan Pearch, Angie Butler, Julie Friesen, Dennis Lee, coach.

Front from left, Rachel Hefner, Carmen McClain, Jana Mathewson, Kathy Core and Aimee Bennett.

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