Duane Bollenbacher wins 10-week football contest; Todd Fleharty wins final week; watch for college-NLF contest
It was close, but Duane Bollenbacher survived as the cumulative winner of the 2012 Icon 10-week high school-college football contest. He accumulated 122 points (81% winning percentage) over the course of the season.
Other contestants:
120 points - David Glick and Todd Fleharty.
118 points - Barry Schneck and Mark Delisle.
116 points - Becky Warren.
113 points - Dave Moser.
112 points - John Clevidence and Nancy Armour.
111 points - Tom Clark.
109 points - Mike Burris and Randy Stewart.
102 points - Chris Boisvert.
97 points - Bradley Smith.
95 points - Brandon Huber, Jared Lehman and Mary Glick.
94 points - Luke Amstutz.
92 points - Jim Dillman and Scott Gleason.
82 points - Bill Edwards.
79 points - Mark Sommers.
76 points - L.D. Reese.
72 points - Kyle Gratz.
71 points - Dan Smith.
70 points - Tom Heimann.
68 points - Adelyn Althaus and Tater Hooker.
59 points - Nathan Davis.
52 points - Taylor Steele.
51 points - Joe Suter and Sheri Woodland.
50 points - Scott Basinger.
48 points - Donald Culp.
45 points - Jerry Cupples.
40 points - Kelly McClure.
36 points - James Crawfis and Robert Rockefeller.
30 points - Dave Bracy.
24 points - Jim Gratz and Marvin Foster.
23 points - Jon Lancaster.
22 points - Randy Spallinger.
21 points - Becky Amstutz and Kassandra Chiles.
20 points - Jeff Stratton, Rick Armstrong and Rob Amstutz.
19 points - Traci Rogers.
16 points - Tom Stacy.
14 points - Craig Stone.
13 points - Joe Sehlhorst, Marc Shaner and Roger Steffan.
12 points - April Coughlan, Challen Stewart, Ray Mumma, Ryan Kruse and Scott Little.
11 points - Deb Niswander, Nathan Curtis and Ray Baughman.
10 points - Bryan White, Chad Lewandowski, Connie Maroscher, Joel Groman and Steve Webster.
9 points - Ben Reineke, Caryn Clinger, David Dellifield, Gideon Fisher, Jacob Litwiller, Larry Cox, Lisa Coonfare, Nathan Lamb and Ryan Motter.
8 points - Amy Roby, Erica Fisher, Frank Ramirez, Gina Burkholder, Joshua Cox, Nathan Curtis and Ryan Lowry.
7 points - Chanda Smith and Todd Larson.
6 points - Megan Morris.
5 points - Rachel Miller.
Overall, 88 contestants participated this year. Our readers predicted games with 72% accuracy overall.
The winner of Week 10 of The Icon Football Contest is Todd Fleharty. He correctly picked 14 games this week.
Other contestants:
13 correct - Barry Schneck and Becky Warren.
12 correct - Duane Bollenbacher and John Clevidence.
11 correct - Brandon Huber, Dave Moser, David Glick, Kyle Gratz, Mark Delisle, Nancy Armour, Nathan Davis and Tom Clark.
10 correct - Bradley Smith, Chris Boisvert, Joel Groman and Sheri Woodland.
9 correct - Bill Edwards, Larry Cox, Mike Burris, Nathan Lamb, Randy Stewart, Scott Gleason, Tater Hooker and Taylor Steele.
8 correct - Dave Bracy, Joe Suter, Mark Sommers and Mary Glick.
7 correct - L.D. Reese and Rick Armstrong.
6 correct - Tom Stacy.
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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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- Bluffton softball defeats Bearcats; Cross makes 1st team NWC
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- Recap of Bluffton Council for May 12
- CNB gift to Legacy Park for a U12 field
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Ticket information for Pirate tennis, May 15 sectionals
- Pirate tennis dominates Defiance
- Historical society meets May 14 at Sportsmen's Club/LE&W Depot
- Red horse chestnut wows on Anna Circle
- Redemptorists to withdraw from region, Father John Collins to visit St. Mary
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