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By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton girls tennis team lost to Wapakoneta 5-0 Wednesday evening.

The Lady Pirate netters fell to 2-4 with the loss. Wapak improved to 6-2 with the victory.

The Lady Redskins won all five matches in straight sets.

The Pirate girls host Fostoria Monday, August 30.

By Cort Reynolds

The Ottawa-Glandorf girls soccer team defeated visiting Bluffton 6-1 in the Lady Pirate opener Wednesday evening.

O-G improved to 2-0 with the win, while Bluffton starts out 0-1.

Bluffton's Allison Diller scored the lone Lady Pirate goal in the 69th minute on a Sami Scoles assist to avoid a shutout.

Ottawa-Glandorf's Mackenzie Recker tallied twice. She opened the scoring in the fourth minute, and tacked on the last Titan goal in the 68th minute.

By Cort Reynolds

The host Bluffton volleyball team pulled out a five-set victory over non-league rival Pandora-Gilboa Wednesday night.

The Pirate girls won the 17-25, 25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 15-6 marathon to improve to 2-0. Bluffton beat Riverdale 3-0 in their opener Aug. 23. P-G dropped to 1-1 with the loss.

Senior middle hitter Kylie Stackhouse hammered 25 kills and made five blocks to pace the victors.

Freshman 6-1 middle Ayla Grandey contributed 13 kills. Senior Kylie Monday amassed seven kills, 15 digs and served seven aces.

Russel V.  Suter, age 93, died at 9:07 pm August 24, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay.

Russel was born November 4, 1927 in Columbus Grove, OH, to the late Harry and Lydia (Lugibihil) Suter. On August 28, 1948 he married Jean Diller who preceded him in death on May 11, 2010.

Join the Bluffton Public Library and Ohio Northern University HealthWise for a mobile health clinic on Friday, Aug. 27, from 9-11 a.m. The clinic provides walk-in screenings for blood pressure, osteoporosis, blood sugar, and cholesterol. Learn more.

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
ONU HealthWise Pharmacy

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