Fifty-six varsity boys' basketball seasons ago - these were the Bluffton High School Pirates. It was the 1958-59 season.
Front row from left, Don Deerhake, Dave Bash, George Burkholder, Dale Schiffke and Ken Logan.
Standing from left, Dave Little, Charles Baber, Ramon Lewis, Rudi Steiner and Larry Smucker. Joe Harris was the team coach. This team's record was 8-10.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University junior center Thayne Recker (Arlington) set the HCAC single-game scoring record in the Beavers’ 103-102 triple overtime win over Hanover on Saturday and he has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the third time this season.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Trey Everett (Sidney/Fairlawn) had a record-setting performance in the high jump at the SPIRE Midwest Open Saturday and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week.
It was Onalee Shepler week at Southgate Lanes Bowling Alley, Bluffton. Shepler had the women’s high game score of 255 , the third highest score at 217 and the women’s high series at 659.
John Peterman and Dan Moorman tied at 286 for the men’s highest game score. Bob Edwards’ 750 was the men’s high series score.
The attachment at the bottom of this story lists all the high scores of the week ending Jan. 30.
The Bluffton Scrap Artists recently applied for and were selected to receive a $500 grant from Ohio Quilts.
The grant will help cover the costs associated with making soldier quilts for wounded men and women in the U.S. armed forces. There will be an open sew day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Patio Room at Maple Crest Senior Living Center.
