A morning hike in late April 2025 through Bluffton’s Motter Park is accompanied by a Hallelujah Chorus of birdsong. And while I’m tempted to catch one or two feathered friends on camera, I’m there in search of an easier subject: a new overlook deck at the cascading pools feature created at the southern reaches of the park.
Four determined members of the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club wrestled with 200 trout in preparation for the 81st annual Trout Derby at Buckeye Lake on Sunday, May 4. The men tagged each trout with a number associated with a prize. Catch the No. 1 trout on Derby Day to win half the day's jackpot plus $1,000.
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School baseball team used two big offensive innings to defeat non-conference rival Riverdale Tuesday, April 29.
The Pirates scored four runs in the second inning, then plated seven runs in a fifth inning outburst to break a 4-4 tie and win going away.
The Pirates improved to 7-9 with the victory. Riverdale fell to 8-6 after the defeat.
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton High School softball team lost 15-3 to visiting non-conference rival Riverdale on a windy Tuesday evening, April 29.
The Pirate girls dropped to 2-8 overall with the loss. Riverdale improved to 9-7 after the decisive win.
Bluffton scored singles runs in the first two frames to tie it 2-2 heading to the third. The visiting Falcons then tallied six runs in the top of the third to blow the game open.
