'55-56 non-county champs
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Fifty-six years ago this month Bluffton High School boy's basketball team reigned as the 1955-56 non-county tournament champions. This photo was taken in the old Celina fieldhouse.
Front row, from left, Bill Herr, Marvin Diller, Jim "Spike" Berry, Jack Fields, Joe Urich, Ron Lora and Jim Fisher.
Back row from left, Dan Gleason, Ron Geiser, Don Alspach, Ralph Reichenbach, Ramon Lewis, Dave Shoemaker, Don Badertscher (manager).
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Saturday, October 10, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
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