ANDERSON, Ind. - A trio of Beavers traveled to Anderson University on Saturday, Feb.27 to compete in the Fred Wilt Invitational as they continued their quest for NCAA championship berths.
The Bluffton University women’s basketball team earned its first-ever HCAC Tournament title on Saturday, Feb. 27, with a 52-46 victory over the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Bluffton University women won the HCAA tournament defeating Rose-Hulman Saturday night at the Sommer Center. The win gives the 25-2 Beavers an automatic NCAA Division III tournament berth.
In two consecutive days the 18th Division III nationally-ranked Beavers avenged its two regular season loses and captured its first-ever Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference basketball team.
Mary Allene Core Geiger, 89, of Pandora died at 7:15 pm Feb. 26, 2016, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Mary was born Sept. 3, 1926 in Pleasant Township in Putnam County to the late Raymond V. Core and Eva Esther (Smith) Core. On Dec.15, 1945 she married Francis C. Geiger who survives.
She grew up on a farm near Columbus Grove and graduated from Columbus Grove High School in 1944.
