TOLEDO, Ohio - It may have been the second Friday the 13th in as many months, but the Bluffton University baseball team felt no ill effects as the Beaver pitchers were up to the task when they made the short trip up Interstate 75 to face Lourdes College. Three late runs propelled Bluffton to a 3-2 victory over the Gray Wolves as Coach Grandey was reunited with former student assistant Tim Berta who has been in the Lourdes dugout as an assistant for the past three years.
Dr. Larry Starr, head athletic trainer for the Cincinnati Reds for 21 years, including the “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s, will be the keynote speaker for Bluffton University’s annual Civic Engagement Day.
His March 25 address on athletics and lifelong learning is free and open to the public beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University flame thrower Kevin Every (Zanesville/West Muskingum) was a force on the hill during a 4-4 trip to Florida and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
The sophomore tossed a complete game in his first career start, allowing three hits and only one unearned run with nine strikeouts in a 24-1 complete-game victory over Finlandia. Every came back two days later, throwing a shutout inning of relief in a 7-2 win over Alvernia.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior Chloe Shell (Covington) capped a great opening week in Florida by being named the Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week after leading the Beavers to a solid 7-3 start. It marks the third consecutive year that Shell has been named Player of the Week for her work in the Sunshine State!
A California pastor will address the importance of Sabbath in Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week forum on Tuesday, March 17.
Justin McRoberts, from Shelter Covenant Church in Concord, Calif., will speak about “Sabbath—The Still and Isolated Road to Active Unity in Christ” during the 11 a.m. forum in Bluffton’s Founders Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public.
