HARROD__The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team defeated backyard league rival Allen East 4-0 in a Northwest Conference match on Tuesday evening, September 16 at Goodwin Field.
The Pirate girls improved to 5-5 overall with the shutout win, and upped their league mark to 4-0 to stay tied for first place with two conference matches left.
Defending champion Columbus Grove is also 4-0 in the NWC.
AE fell to 1-8-1 overall and 1-3 in NWC play after the defeat.
VAN WERT__The visiting Bluffton High School girls tennis team defeated Western Buckeye League foe Van Wert decisively 4-1 on Tuesday, September 16.
The Pirate team improved to 5-8 after the impressive victory. Van Wert dropped to 1-9 with the defeat.
“Van Wert was a great opponent who played with honesty, competitiveness, and sportsmanship,” said Bluffton head coach Trisha Nieman. “Matches were well-fought across all courts, and it was an enjoyable night of tennis.
The downtown Bluffton scarecrow decorating contest is back. Scarecrow creations need to be up by Friday, October 3 to be included in the competition. Contact Liz Gordon-Hancock at [email protected] to enter this year's contest.
Any organization or business is encouraged to adopt a lamp post on downtown Main Street and put up a scarecrow or other three-dimensional, family-friendly, fall-themed figure.
FROM FACEBOOK__On Friday, October 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m., the Quarry Farm Nature Preserve will host the Great Fall Sketch Mob at 14321 Road 7L, Pandora.
The hosts explain, "There is a current movement called the Urban Sketch Mob. Instead of people randomly dancing and singing together in train stations, shopping centers, etc., one person sits down with a sketch book and others join in until there is a whole studio.
The Bluffton Board of Education held its monthly meeting on September 15 in the Elementary School Media Center. Board action included approving a $1.26M bid for constructing an (artificial) turf field next to the elementary school playground.
The bid was made through a joint purchasing program, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). Maumee Bay Turf, Inc. submitted a bid for $1,263,780. Construction is set to begin in mid-October.
