Although Columbus Grove won the boys' Northwest Conference track championship for the 3rd year in a row with Coach Chris Grothaus being voted as Coach of the Year by his peers. Senior Noah Stratton (Bluffton) was voted as the Male Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. Stratton won first place in both the 400m Dash and the 4x200m Relay while finishing 2nd in the 200m Dash and the 4x400m Relay.
BFR Sports and Fitness will hold a “Goals Galore” summer 3v3 soccer tournament on Saturday, June 28.
The single day tournament for teams at U8 through adult divisions (max. roster size of 5). A $75 fee is due by June 17; if space allows teams can be added after that day for $85 per team.
Bluffton High School girls' track standout Hannah Chappell-Dick, a runner at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., officially qualifies for the NCAA National Track & Field Championships in the 800 meter.
Her time of 2:11.89 has her 10th in the nation. The national meet is Thursday through Saturday, May 22-24, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.
The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership will sponsor a "Crossing the Little Riley Creek" golf scramble at the Bluffton Golf Club Saturday, May 24, with a 9 a.m. start time.
The four-person scramble offers various prizes plus a 50/50 drawing.
Entry is $60 per person and includes 18 hopes of golf, a cart and food coupons.
