BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost 5-1 to visiting Western Buckeye League foe St. Marys in a non-league match on Thursday, Oct. 8 at Steinmetz Field.
The Pirate girls fell to 6-8-1 with the defeat.
SM improved to 9-3-2 after the victory.
Sophomore Samantha Rueller tallied the Pirate goal with an assist from junior Willow Derstine.
CAREY__The visiting Bluffton High School volleyball team won two close games to start the match, then finished it off by sweeping Carey in a non-league bout Thursday, Oct. 8.
The Pirate girls improved to 14-7 with the hard-fought 25-23, 26-24, 25-17 victory.
Karlie Lora led Bluffton with nine kills and two blocks. Taylin Goldman hammered eight kills.
Camryn Fruchey drilled seven kills and dealt a pair of aces. Adrian Birnesser passed out 18 assists and served two aces. Adelyn Althaus dished out 10 assists.
MEDIA RELEASE— Bluffton University has been recommended for funding through the State Library of Ohio’s LSTA Conservation and Preservation Grant program to support conservation work on “The Trumpet Player,” a sculpture by artist John Peter Klassen.
The $4,999 grant will provide funding for professional conservation of the sculpture, helping preserve the work for future generations of Bluffton students, employees, alumni and visitors.
Oct. 9 Notification from Bluffton Exempted Village Schools
7 p.m. Varsity Football at Crestview
Presale Tickets for the football game are available for $6 Adult and $4 Student at: https://secure.payk12.com/school/crestviewhs/955 until 3 p.m. today. There will be cash tickets available at the gate for $8 Adult and $5 Student
On Saturday, October 10, the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society is staging an 11:55 a.m. reenactment of the 1933 robbery of Citizens National Bank by John Dillinger and his gang. The event will also include a 10 a.m.-2 p.m. motorcycle show and will be attended by riders from Joe Bayliff's Route 30 Harley-Davidson on their annual Wake the Dead Motorcycle Ride. At 2:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Senior Center, area residents will share accounts of Dillinger gang activity.
LOUD NOISE ADVISORY: The 11:55 robbery reenactment will include loud firecracker noises.
FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__Caitlyn Couch (formerly the Gal in Four Guys and a Gal) will be at the Bluffton Senior Center on October 16 at 2 p.m. to present her Junior Piano Recital.
From the organizers: "It is hard to believe that Caitlyn is a junior in college already. She asked if she could practice giving her recital when she is home for fall break and we said YES. Come and support this wonderful young musician."
