Watch the team leave town at 1:30 p.m.
Here's your chance to support the Bluffton High School boys' soccer team in the Division III state semi-final game tonight:
• An official team send-off send off takes place close to 1:30 p.m. today on Jackson Street. Students from all three buildings will attend, the BHS band will play and the soccer team walk to Vine Street and back to the high school before boarding the bus to the state semi-final game.
• The game will be broadcast on WPNMlive.com starting at 6:50 p.m.
• Watch the Icon for game photos by Marvin Foster, Jamie Nygaard and Fred Steiner, and coverage by Cort Reynolds.
Division III state semi-finals
• No. 3 Canfield South Range (19-2-0) vs. Bluffton (17-2-2)
at Chippewa High School, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
• No. 5 Columbus Wellington School (16-2-3) vs. No. 7 Botkins (19-0-2)
at Springfield High School, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
• Division III State Championship: Sunday,
at Columbus Crew Stadium, 4 p.m.
Stories Posted This Week
Friday, September 25, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, September 25
- Clay, community, and the classroom
- September 25 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Pirate volleyball loss vs. Crestview
- Pirate girls soccer win vs. Allen East
- Janine Elizabeth (Minnich) Millager, 87, was a lab technician
- Send October 2026 calendar events to the Icon
- New time for Planning and Bluffton Beyond Tomorrow meetings, Sept 29
- Pirate boys golf 10th at sectionals
- Fall Festival activities are all over Bluffton, Sept. 26
Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Marilyn Florence (Brunn) Osting, 94, was a nurse
- Paul Richard Wingate Jr., 79, worked for the Lima Ford Engine Plant
- Ada Icon headlines, Sept. 24
- Roundabouts celebrated for crash reduction
- Scarecrow competition for Bluffton businesses
- Hello, Goodbye: Diphenhydramine for allergies
- 5th Annual MHCO Gala will Roll Out the Red Carpet
- Funeral notice for Mary Louise Reddick
- ODNR urges caution during fall wildfire season
- Nursing student to share clinical research at First Tuesday in the Library
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
- Chamber members take a lesson from Jacomet's Martial Arts
- Proud of your pie? Sept. 26 apple pie baking contest
- Save November 6-7 for Holiday Open House
- Friends of the Library book sale, Sept. 24-26
- Pirate girls golf places 6th at sectionals
- Pirate volleyball outlasts Grove
- Bluffton tennis wins on consecutive nights
- Pirate boys soccer edged by Liberty Center