Twins at Bluffton elementary – Front from left, Natalie and Morgan Basinger, Kindergarten; Reid and Evan Montgomery, Kindergarten. Center from left, Kya and Mya McDougle, fifth grade; Thalia and Calliope Buckell, fourth grade. Top row from left, Emily Hartwell, fourth grade; Hayley and Aubrey Maag, second grade; Mason and Isabella Walters, second grade; and Selena Hartwell, fourth grade. Click here for more details.
Tickets are now on sale for a Bluffton Family Recreation repeat performance of “Dueling for Dumbbells,” which takes place from 6 to 11:30 p.m., Friday, April 5, at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton.
The evening is a casual night of live entertainment to benefit BFR, featuring hors doeuvres, snacks and an open bar starting at 6 p.m. Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director, promises that this year’s hors doeuvres will be "out of this world."
Dueling Pianos International will perform starting at 7:30 p.m.
DeAndre Nassar, Bluffton High School wrestler, defeated Doug Byrne of Wickliffe with a score of 4-3 at the state wrestling meet. He moves on to the semis this evening. Start time is 6:30 p.m.
Senior Deandre Nassar improved to 45-0 on the season with a third period pin of Martin Ferry's Richard McFarlane. Nassar was leading 14-3 at the time of the pin.
With the win, Deandre will take on Wickliffe's Doug Byme Friday morning in the quarterfinal round.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(LIMA) – Bluffton ran into a buzzsaw in the OHSAA District Semifinals Thursday in the form of Ottawa-Glandorf.
The Titans recently got their roster back to full strength and put on full display in a 68-30 defeat of the Pirates. Bluffton finishes the season 16-8. Ottawa-Glandorf moves on to the District Final to take on Coldwater, which upset undefeated and state-ranked Archbold in the earlier game Thursday evening.
