MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University has completed a campuswide classroom technology upgrade, providing students and faculty with modern tools designed to enhance learning, collaboration and engagement. The project was made possible through the generosity of Bluffton alumni and donors, who contributed more than $300,000 to support the purchase and installation of the new technology.
MILLER CITY – The Bluffton High School volleyball team lost a close non-league tri-match at unbeaten Miller City with Defiance Tinora on Saturday, August 29.
The Pirate girls fell to 2-4 with the losses.
In Bluffton’s first match, host Miller City lost the first game but rallied to beat the Pirates in three sets 19-25, 25-15, 25-18. Quincy Moenter knocked down 14 kills.
In the second match, Bluffton lost to Tinora in two very tight sets, 25-23, 26-24.
DELPHOS__The Bluffton cross country teams opened their Fall 2026 season at the Delphos St. John’s Invitational meet on Saturday, August 29.
PIRATE GIRLS
The Pirate girls finished fourth out of seven teams. Host Delphos St. John’s won the girls meet handily with 51 points. Shawnee was second (77), followed by Bath (83) and Bluffton (86).
LCC was fifth (112), Sidney-Lehman Catholic (126) and Kalida (138).
Pirate Xandra Gatchel finished fourth in the girls race with a time of 21:03.
FROM BPL EMAIL UPDATE__From August 31 to September 4, visit the Bluffton Public Library and pick up a little something to help you celebrate the start of the school year, sign up for a library card, and take a tour through the library. Find more library activities and resources at https://blufftonpubliclibrary.org/
