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By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton boys tennis team lost to visiting Kenton 4-1 Tuesday evening.

The Pirates fell to 2-6 with the defeat.

Bluffton's Drew Wilson posted the lone Pirate win with a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash of Rocco Longbrake at first singles.

The Pirates lost tough three-set matches at third singles (Jordan Siefer) and first doubles (Eden Nygaard/Grant Klinger).

Bluffton plays at local rival Ada (9-3) April 23.

By Cort Reynolds
Host Lima Central Catholic defeated Bluffton 4-1 in boys tennis action Friday evening at the Collett Street Courts.

Bluffton fell to 2-5 with the defeat while LCC improved to 3-7 with the win.

Pirate Drew Wilson won the first singles match 6-2, 6-4 over Thunderbird sophomore Aaron Simmons to post the lone Bluffton win.

Pirates Grant Klinger and Eden Nygaard lost a tough three-setter at first doubles by a 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 count. 

Bluffton (2-5) hosts Kenton Monday, April 15.

STL A FOX - The Icon spotted this plate on a silver Ford Escape in an ONU campus parking lot.

Hannah Conklin ’19, a convergent media major and journalism minor from Westerville, Ohio, was named the winner of Bluffton University’s annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest held April 3. 

Blanchard Valley Medical Practices, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, recently welcomed Maria Slack, MD, to ENT & Allergy Specialists of Northwest Ohio. The office is located at 1110 W. Main Cross St., Findlay, and Dr. Slack is welcoming new patients. She specializes in treating allergies in both pediatric and adult patients and has completed extensive research in allergy and immunology.

May 3 and 4 in Founders Hall; tickets now on sale

Bluffton University will present “Guys and Dolls,” forit May Day musical Friday and Saturday, May 3-4, in Founders Hall.

“Guys and Dolls” depicts gambler Nathan Detroit, who is seeking cash to set up the biggest craps game in town, but both the authorities and his fiancé of 14 years are breathing down his neck.

When Detroit makes a bet with a fellow gambler’s love life, this oddball romantic comedy takes us from Times Square to Cuba to the sewers of New York City.

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