MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton Schools will be selling presale tickets for the Friday, September 18 football game in the High School office starting September 16, until Friday at 2:00 p.m.
The Bluffton High School volleyball team rolled over local rival Allen East in three sets to capture the Northwest Conference opener on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The Pirates won their fifth straight match 25-12, 25-13, 25-11 to improve to 8-4 overall and 1-0 in the NWC.
AE dropped to 4-4 overall and 0-1 in the NWC after the loss.
Camryn Fruchey knocked down nine kills, served up eight aces and passed out 10 assists to pace the victors.
Karlie Lora slammed seven kills, dealt four aces, had one block and made five digs.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls tennis team defeated visiting Van Wert 4-1 on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The victory improved the Pirate girls' record to 6-3. VW fell to 3-10 with the defeat. All five matches were completed in two straight sets.
At second singles, Pirate freshman Hope Luginbill beat VW senior Maddy Thompson convincingly 6-0, 6-2.
In the third singles bout, sophomore Leah Hoffman rallied to beat VW junior Alli Speiles 7-5, 6-2. Hoffman came back from a 5-2 deficit to win the first set, 7-5.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys golf team won a three-team Northwest Conference makeup match on a warm Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Bluffton Golf Club.
The Pirates won with 167 strokes, 17 shots ahead of LCC (184). Spencerville ended up third at 207.
Bluffton improved to 12-8 overall and 8-6 in NWC dual match play with the wins. LCC is 5-7 overall and 5-5 in the NWC. Spencerville dropped to 0-8 and 0-8 with the losses.
Jane Ann (Diller) Thurman, 75, of Dayton and formerly of the Bluffton area, passed away July 2, 2026, at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Jane was born on September 2, 1950, in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Nelson and Louise (Pierman) Diller. In 2008, she married William Thurman, who passed away in November 2010.
