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By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Bluffton lost 35-0 to backyard county rival Allen East in a Northwest Conference clash Friday night, October 8, at Bill Goodwin Field in Harrod.

Bluffton fell to 4-4 and 1-4 in league play after suffering its third loss in a row.

AE improved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the NWC with the decisive victory, their third in a row. 

Bluffton played without injured senior quarterback Nate Schaadt. Marek Donaldson took over the QB duties for the Pirates. 

Freshman, sophomore, junior and senior class honorees--and the crown bearers--have been selected for the 2021 BHS Homecoming court. See adjacent article for biographical details.

By James H. Legge III, MSN, APRN-CNP, PMHNP

The sands of time include many pivotal dates: On September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the formal surrender of Imperial Japan; in late July of 1953, the Korean War comes to an end, with the 38th parallel becoming the dividing line between North and South Korea; nearly 20 years later, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks roll through the gates of the Presidential palace in Saigon. More recently, August 15, 2021, is now remembered as the day Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.

In the group picture are the following members of the Homecoming Court:

Crown Bearers Brady Yarnell and Madelyn King

Row 1: Junior Allison Diller, Sophomore Ella Armstrong, Freshman Faith Combs

Row 2: Junior Blake Vires, Sophomore Theo Andreas, Freshman Andrew Shaffer

Row 3: Senior Riley Busch, Senior Sophie Bricker, Senior Skyler Scoles

Row 4: Senior Aaron Tabler, Senior Kaden Basil, Senior Nate Schaadt

 

2021 Homecoming Court

The freshman class attendants are Faith Combs and Andrew Shaffer. 

After an Oct. 1, 2021, groundbreaking, construction is now underway on the Austin E. Knowlton Science Center at Bluffton University. The two-story, nearly 20,000 square foot building will feature six labs, faculty offices and interactive collaborative space for students.

The event kicked off Homecoming and Alumni Weekend 2021 at Bluffton with more than 100 people gathered for the ceremony.

By Cort Reynolds

Bluffton High School's Caitlyn Couch advanced to the quarterfinals of the girls tennis Div. II Northwest sectional tournament at UNOH Thursday, October 7.

Couch won a pair of tough three-set matches and was one victory short of qualifying for districts before falling in the round of eight.

Couch rallied to defeat Mya Garcia of Defiance in the first round of the singles flight 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Then in the round of 16, Couch gutted past Kayliann Howell of Celina 6-3, 6-7 (7-4), 6-1.

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