OTTAWA__The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished 12th in the 13-team Div. II sectional tournament at Ottawa’s Moose Landing Country Club on Thursday, September 25.
The Pirates totaled 361 strokes. They finished ahead of last-place Fostoria (436).
Ottawa-Glandorf won the sectional team title with just 291 strokes as they captured the first three individual spots. St. Marys came in second with 308, followed by Liberty-Benton (325).
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School volleyball team lost a three-set bout to visiting Crestview in a battle of Northwest Conference unbeatens on Thursday, September 25.
The Pirate girls fell to 12-6 overall and 4-1 in NWC play with the 25-13, 25-16, 25-22 defeat.
Crestview moved into sole possession of first place in the NWC after the win with a 5-0 record. The Knights also improved to 10-3 overall.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 3-1 to visiting Clyde in the penultimate home dual match of the season on Thursday, September 25.
The match was shortened due to lightning delays and impending darkness which stopped the in-progress second doubles match featuring the Pirate duo of Peighton Bowers and Leah Hoffman.
Bluffton fell to 5-11 after the defeat.
Ari Bowling posted the lone Pirate win at second singles. She triumphed in a second-set tiebreaker.
MEDIA RELEASE__Crossroads Crisis Center is reminding the region that October is nationally recognized as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month” (DVAM).
Crossroads Crisis Center serves as Allen County's only domestic violence agency and will be promoting awareness with several displays and events throughout October. You can pick up October calendars at all of the local libraries in Allen County as well as see DVAM display at the Lima Public Library.
SEPT 24 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University has again been named to the top tier of Midwest Regional Colleges in the “U.S. News & World Report” rankings released September 23.
The 2026 edition of the magazine’s “Best Colleges” guidebook ranks Bluffton #38 among comparable institutions in the Midwest region. Featured in the U.S. News rankings for 28 consecutive years, Bluffton has consistently ranked in the top tier of Midwest colleges.
