Public all-session ticket sales for the 2012 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament begin Monday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m., and plenty of tickets are expected to be available.
The state tournament is March 1, 2 and 3 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. The cost for an all-session ticket book (five sessions) is $75 each for the Entry and Club Levels and $55 each for the Terrace Level.
Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre' will be sending 19 dancers to Cleveland to dance their very own Prime Time performance at 7 P.M. Pre-game of the Cleveland Cavs vs. Miami Heat.
The game is Friday, Feb. 17. Rhythm in Motion Dance Centre' was invited back to Quickens Loans Arena to perform in for the third year in a row.
Owner Darcey Schneider had to submit an audition tape to the Cavs and RIMDC was selected again for the 2011-2012 Season. Dancers are ages 6-18 years of age and are from Bluffton, Ada and Lima.
Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre' had 24 dancers representing the studio in a local dance clinic at Ohio Northern directed by the Northern Stars Dance Team.
"This is the third year that our talented dancers participated in a day of Dance, Fun and Performance. RIMDC dancers were a part of the largest group that have ever attended this annual dance clinic," said Darcey Schneider of the studio.
SQ=2011 State Qualifier,
RQ=2011 Regional Qualifier,
PR=Personal Record By Hannah Chappell-Dick
It didn't take the Bluffton High School boys' 4x200m relay team long to capture a victory: a minute and 38 seconds, to be exact. The team beat out Liberty-Benton's "A" team by a full second to take the division II/III title at The University of Findlay's High School Invitational on Sunday.
Bluffton safety services, with the Allen County Sheriff's Office and Bluffton and Allen East High Schools talked safety on Friday night to a captive audience.
The presentation was during the Bluffton - Allen East boys' varsity basketball game halftime.
Emphasizing the importance of traffic safety and reducing injuries through the use of safety belts and avoiding impaired driving was the safety theme.