Miller, Matthews each win 2 races / PHOTOS by Roselove Jebsen
By Cort Reynolds
ADA __The Bluffton High School girls track and field team won the annual Ada Invitational meet on a sunny Saturday, May 9 at War Memorial Stadium.
The Pirates captured the girls team crown with 124.08 points. Spencerville finished a distant second at 75, just ahead of third-place Riverdale at 74.83 and Van Wert (70.75).
Arlington claimed the boys team title with 103 points, followed by Allen East (92) and Bluffton (84).
ABOVE) Don Burris, President of the Bluffton Lion's Club, presents Hudson Phllips with a Lion's Club Scholarship.
MEDIA RELEASE__The 46th Academic Awards Program at Bluffton High School was held on Friday, May 5. Students received scholarship recognitions and awards, athletic awards and top of class awards.
The program, attached below, lists eight regional scholarships, 20 local scholarships and four special athletic awards.
Teachers presented top student awards for 80 classes at Bluffton High School.
LIMA__The fourth time was the charm when the visiting Bluffton High School softball team decisively defeated Lima Central Catholic 9-1 in a wet and muddy Northwest Conference makeup contest on Friday, May 8.
The three previous game dates between the league rivals were all rained out.
The Pirate girls scored a run in the second inning, then plated three more in the third to build a 4-0 lead.
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Market manager Greg Probst introduces the 2026 Bluffton Farmers Market, a program of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. The market is open on Saturdays from 8 a.m.-noon, May-October at the Citizens National Bank parking lot, 102 S. Main.
Bluffton, Ohio letter carriers, as part of the USA National Association of Letter Carriers, are participating in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday, May 9.
MEDIA RELEASE__This year’s Stamp Out Hunger, the largest single-day food drive in the nation, takes place on Saturday, May 9.
Customers are being asked to leave bags of nutritious, nonperishable food next to their mailboxes to be collected by USPS employees. The donations are then distributed to local food banks and pantries.
