CONVOY__The visiting Bluffton High School volleyball team lost in three sets to Northwest Conference foe Crestview to snap their seven-match win streak on Thursday, Sept. 24.
The Pirate girls dropped to 10-5 overall and 3-1 in NWC play after suffering their first league loss by a 25-20, 25-23, 25-20 count.
The Knight girls improved to 5-5 overall and ascended to first place in the NWC at 3-0 with the home sweep win.
Karlie Lora topped the Pirates with 12 kills and four blocks. Taylin Goldman knocked down six kills.
BLUFFTON __The Bluffton High School girls soccer team ran out to an early lead and defeated visiting local rival Allen East 4-1 in a Northwest Conference match on Thursday night, Sept. 24, at Steinmetz Field.
The Pirate girls improved to 5-5 overall and 4-0 in the NWC with the decisive win. Bluffton is tied with Columbus Grove at 4-0 in the league standings.
AE fell to 0-10-2 and 0-3-1 in NWC play after the loss.
Janine Elizabeth (Minnich) Millager, a longtime resident of Bluffton and then of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away on September 18, 2026, at the age of 87. She was born on May 5, 1939, to Marion (Tam) and Helen Minnich in Continental, Ohio. She met the love of her life, Richard (Dick) Millager, at Methodist church camp when they were both 14 years old, and they married on October 30, 1960. They were one month shy of celebrating their 66th anniversary at the time of her passing.
MEDIA RELEASE__Start times for the following Village of Bluffton meeting has been changed. A joint Planning Commission and Bluffton Beyond Tomorrow meeting will be held at Town Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 5:30 p.m.
OTTAWA__The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished 10th in the 13-team Div. II sectional tournament at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Senior Ethan Fifer led Bluffton by shooting an 18-hole round of 45-42=87. He finished in a five-way tie for 24th place amid the 65-player field.
Senior Coby Dailey carded a 44-45=89 to tie with two others in 32nd.
Junior Gibson Meyer posted a 45-46=91, and also ended up in a three-way tie at 37th.
