TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - It was deja vu for the Bluffton University women's basketball team when they traveled to Terre Haute, Ind. for a matchup with Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Dec. 10. The Engineers handed Bluffton its first loss of the season in game eight after snapping the Beavers school-record start in game 19 a season ago. RHIT improved to 7-2 overall with a perfect 3-0 mark in the Heartland Conference, while Bluffton fell to 6-1 and 2-1 in the HCAC.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Rose-Hulman men's basketball team capped off a doubleheader sweep of the Beavers with a 79-70 win on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. Bluffton slipped to 6-2 overall and 1-2 in the Heartland Conference, while RHIT improved to 3-3 and 2-1 in the HCAC.
Bluffton Family Recreation doesn’t halt its programming during the holidays.
Several activities take place later this month including indoor holiday soccer tournaments, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director. There’s still time to regular teams for the tourney.
The popular holiday tournaments takes place Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, Dec. 17-18-21.
Here’s the schedule:
Saturday, Dec. 17 – high school boys’
Sunday, Dec. 18 – adult open
Wednesday, Dec. 21 – high school coed
Planning to cruise Bluffton to view the lights sometime in December?
Here's a helpful map. It's your guide to finding interesting residential yard displays. It's more. It also shows the location of the Gift of Giving light show and several other worthwhile light shows in town.
Persons are also encouraged walk the Main Street retail district and view the many store windows decorated for Christmas.
The map's starting point is the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn, which houses the Ream Holiday Folk Art display.
Alice Basinger, Bluffton elementary music teacher, annually directs the largest choir in the community. This year's performance is Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Bluffton High School gym. It's the elementary Christmas concert. There will be several selections sung my all grades and they fill up the entire visitor's seating section fo the gym. Click here for Monday's program.
