She only 4, but she won this year's Icon football contest - sort of
How could a 4-year-old Bluffton girl win this year's Bluffton Icon football contest? Well, it's true and false at the same time.
Young Adelyn Althaus is this year's winner. She accumulated 111 points this season and had three weekly wins. Here's the catch, Adelyn's entries were entered in her name by her dad, Andy Althaus.
But, it made for an interesting contest and we wish Adelyn well in future contests.
Here's a listing of all contestants in this year's contest.
106 points - Tater Hooker.
105 points - Todd Fleharty.
102 points - David Glick and Nathan Davis (1 win).
99 points - Brandon Huber (1 win).
96 points - Barry Schneck (1 win), Duane Bollenbacher and Mark Delisle.
95 points - Jim Dillman.
93 points - John Schmutz and Nancy Armour.
91 points - Tom Clark.
89 points - Luke Amstutz and Rich Johnson.
88 points - Mark Sommers.
87 points - Bill Edwards.
83 points - Denny Edinger and John Clevidence.
79 points - Chris Boisvert and Randy Garmatter.
78 points - Ben Reineke.
77 points - Randy Stewart.
73 points - Jerry Cupples.
71 points - Matt Amstutz.
57 points - Jared Lehman.
56 points - Taylor Steele.
55 points - Megan Morris.
50 points - Mandy LeVeck.
48 points - Seth Burkholder (1 win).
43 points - Darin Moser and Elfreida Ramseyer.
37 points - Bryan White (1 win).
36 points - Skoot Parkins and Todd Larson.
34 points - Brad Smith (1 win).
32 points - Bentley Dillman.
30 points - John Dailey.
28 points - Mary Glick.
26 points - Angie Gray and Nathan Curtis.
25 points - Elizabeth Boisvert.
21 points - Rory Edinger.
20 points - Ross Emans.
18 points - Brad Fruchey.
17 points - Don Luginbuhl and Jeff Stratton.
15 points - Cheri Bracy.
13 points - Mike Falk.
12 points - Mark Wolke.
11 points - Andy Marquart, April Coughlam, Becky Warren, Bev Henson, Emilie Hamman, John Walker, Melina Woods and Mike Burris.
10 points - Beth Fenton, Brandon Schaadt, Clay Atkins, Hunter Brodman, Joel Groman and Nathan Lamb.
9 points - Coral Lamb, M Hauenstein, Scott Weissling and Travis Hazelton.
8 points - Dave Bracy, David Kozlowsko, Isaac Workman, Nick Hines, Scott Little and Weston Robinson.
7 points - Aaron Meyers, Benji Bergstrand, Carie Dotson, Donald Rowe, Jane Edinger and Matt Oglesbee.
6 points - Ash King and Jaden Jenkins.
5 points - Craig Hoffman.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- October 15 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 13
- Bluffton area Women in Business meeting October 15
- Leo club glasses collection
- Night at the (Swiss Historical) Museum, October 24
- Woodcarving ornament workshop at Swiss Heritage Center
- Barefoot nature walks at the Nature Preserve
- Pirate volleyball seeded 4th
- Beavers sports roundup, October 6-11
- Bluffton leaf pickup scheduled for last week of October
- Pirate boys soccer shuts out Bellefontaine
- Watch an after school movie at the Bluffton Public Library
- Dunlap awarded OSBA humanitarian award