With the Major League Baseball playoffs underway here's the Bluffton High School boys of summer one-half century ago.
Names of the players on the 1968 team are above the photo. This team went 9-9. Bob Everett pitched a no-hitter game, only to lose on an error to Hicksville, 1-0.
The Icon spotted LEADDOG several places around Bluffton including Maple Crest. The plate is on a white Chrysler SUV with an "I love greyhounds" sticker on the rear window.
The Bluffton University volleyball team fell to Transylvania in four sets on Sunday, Oct. 14. The end of Homecoming weekend was not kind to the Beavers who dropped their first Heartland Conference match of the season. Bluffton slipped to 12-11 overall and 4-1 in the Heartland Conference, while Transylvania improved to 11-9 and 5-1 in the HCAC.
Bluffton was up a set and leading 13-7 in the second when Transylvania turned the tables and never looked back. The Pioneers outscored Bluffton 18-6 to even the match at one set apiece before closing it out with 25-23 and 25-16 victories.
Daniel F. Amstutz, 67, of Pandora died Oct. 15, 2018 at Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
There are several ways to watch a Bluffton High School football game. One way is to stand outside the stadium near the 20-yard line on the east side and hope the action heads toward the railroad - otherwise there won't be much to see.
(SPENCERVILLE) - Bluffton's boys finished fourth at the Northwest Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday. Columbus Grove won the meet with Lincolnview second.
Tanner Pinks was the top Pirate runner, finishing the 3.1 mile course in 18th place at 18:39.
