DELPHOS__The Bluffton cross country teams opened their Fall 2026 season at the Delphos St. John’s Invitational meet on Saturday, August 29.
PIRATE GIRLS
The Pirate girls finished fourth out of seven teams. Host Delphos St. John’s won the girls meet handily with 51 points. Shawnee was second (77), followed by Bath (83) and Bluffton (86).
LCC was fifth (112), Sidney-Lehman Catholic (126) and Kalida (138).
Pirate Xandra Gatchel finished fourth in the girls race with a time of 21:03.
FROM BPL EMAIL UPDATE__From August 31 to September 4, visit the Bluffton Public Library and pick up a little something to help you celebrate the start of the school year, sign up for a library card, and take a tour through the library. Find more library activities and resources at https://blufftonpubliclibrary.org/
By Jessica Schulte, PA-C
Physician Assistant, ENT Specialists of Northwest Ohio
Children experience the world through the sounds around them, from a parent's voice and classroom lessons to music, sports and play. Healthy hearing is important for speech and language development, learning and social interaction. While hearing loss is often associated with aging, it can affect children as well, and in many cases, it is preventable.
Here are the Bluffton Pirate volleyball rosters for the fall 2026 season. The teams are coached by Varsity Head Coach Kevin King; Varsity Assistant Coach Rachel Diller; and JV Head Coach Mikayla Simons.
From 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, Bluffton will host Play Music on the Porch Day performances (a.k.a. Porch Fest), as part of an international live music celebration. First introduced to Bluffton as a Bluffton Public Library spinoff from weekly jam sessions, Bluffton's Erik Reneker began coordinating multiple musical acts and host locations in the village in 2024.
For this third annual event, there will be 20 hosts and 30 musical acts, with some playing at two locations.
