On a wet October 16, Pirate freshman June Essinger captured first place in the girls NWC cross country championship with a time of 21:32.086, ahead of 40 other girls.
The Bluffton volleyball team lost a five-set nailbiter to visiting Van Buren in the Div. III sectional semifinals Monday evening, October 18.
The Lady Pirates won sets two and four in close battles to force a decisive fifth game. But VB took the first, third and fifth sets to eke out the win.
Bluffton's season record ended up 13-10. Five seniors played their final match for the Pirates in the gut-wrenching 25-12, 30-32, 25-17, 22-25, 15-12 defeat.
VB improved to 17-5 with the tournament victory, their second win over the Pirates in less than a week.
The Usual Suspects were keeping it light on Wednesday, October 13 at the Bluffton Senior Center. The repetoire favored John Prine, Townes Van Zandt and Jimmy Buffett.
Bluffton High School graduate Trevor Bassitt (2017) visited the 7th and 8th graders at Bluffton Middle School on Homecoming Friday, October 15, 2021. Bassitt, who reached the 400-meter hurdles finals in the United States Olympic Team Trials in June, responded to a standing invitation from teacher Robin Ault.
The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools provided the attached agenda for the 7:30 p.m., October 18, 2021 meeting of the Board of Education in the Elementary Media Center, 102 S Jackson St.
The Bluffton University men's golf team wrapped up its 2021 fall slate with a 332 on Sunday, Oct. 17. Bluffton's 667 at the Denison Fall Invitational put the Beavers in 8th place following 36 holes at the Cumberland Trail Golf Club.
Junior Clay Quellhorst (St. Marys/Memorial) and senior Dominic Castelvetere (Ontario) both put 81's on the board Sunday. Freshman Hunter Jolliff (Elida) chipped in with an 84 as he and Quellhorst topped the Beavers with identical scores of 165 for the weekend.
