The Bluffton University Beavers faced off with perennial powerhouse Heidelberg University in the Snowbird Baseball Classic on Saturday, March 9, taking a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning before eventually falling 7-2 to the Student Princes.
A two-run eighth and four-run ninth inning handed Bluffton just its third loss of the young season, giving the Beavers a tough end to what was a successful Florida trip.
For the second consecutive week, the Bluffton University softball team swept the Player of the Week awards in the Heartland Conference.
Sophomore Katie Clark (New Palestine, Ind.) and junior Kayla Owens (Cincinnati/McAuley) helped Bluffton to an outstanding 7-3 start in Florida, including a 5-3 mark last week. Sophomores Ariana Muffo (New Athens, Ill.) and Chloe Shell (Covington) collected the same honors a week ago.
Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers, who just returned from a spring-break tour of six states, will reprise the tour program, “Promises of God’s Reign,” in the annual Camerata Home Concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
For his spring-semester 2012 sabbatical from Bluffton University, Gregg Luginbuhl, a professor and chair of art, committed to creating one new ceramic cup design each day for 100 days.
Starting on Jan. 1, 2012, he finished the process on April 12, inscribing the bottom of each cup with the day it was made. His creations will be on hand not only for viewing, but also for use, on Friday, March 15, when Luginbuhl discusses his sabbatical in “One Hundred Cups: Sips of Art and Life.”
Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering nine courses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays this spring, beginning March 25.
Rhonda Wolpert, Green House Guide for the Willow Ridge Homes, writes about the positive energy radiating from elders and staff as elders move to Willow Ridge, in this month's issue of "The Visioneer," of the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.
A copy of "The Visioneer" is an attachment to this story.
On the Beavers' sixth day down in Florida, they ran into a stiff test from the Moravian Greyhounds. It was low scoring affair as pitching dominated the day and Bluffton dropped only its second game of the season by a score of 4-2.
The Beavers got everything they could ask for and more out of starting pitcher Nate Simonds (Ypsilanti Mich,/Lincoln) who went the complete nine innings. He worked very efficiently, throwing only 102 pitches.
This week’s third graders are Bryan Zimmerman (Mrs. Bogart’s class), Logan Nussbaum, (Mrs. Kingsley), Jackson Wilson (Mr. Armstrong) and Robby Lyons (Mrs. Raeburn). The viewer needs to insert laughs between every other word in this interview.
Early Birds Junior League
Scores bowled on: March 2
Boys High Game
TJ Washer 125
Ethan Oglesbee 109
Max Eversole 90
Wes Brauen 90
Girls High Game
Lacey McClain 94
Tori May 92
Dillon Worcester 86
Libby Frazier 84
Boys High Series (2 Games)
TJ Washer 227
Wes Brauen 177
Ethan Oglesbee 173
Levi McClain 170
