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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls basketball team broke away from a halftime tie and defeated visiting Kenton 49-35 in non-league girls basketball action Tuesday night, December 28.

The contest was tied 20-20 at halftime, but Bluffton outscored the Wildcats 29-15 over the final 16 minutes to win going away.

Mountains in Bluffton? Looking back at March 2021, there were indeed mountains... mountains of mulch. The water tower is for effect, not for scale.

Kenneth Zimmerman submitted an announcement to the Icon on behalf of the Bluffton Sportsmen Club: there will be no Annual Meeting and Fish Fry Diner. The club is still planning to hold the Fishing Derby on the first Sunday of May 2022.

New 2022 Memberships for fishing in Buckeye Quarry and Cobb Lake (The National Quarry) are available from the following merchants: The Dough Hook, Kibbee's Carry Out (Bluffton), and Ted's Market (Pandora), TNT Firearms LLC (Findlay). Memberships are $30/year 14 and up, $10/yr 13 and under.

On Monday, December 26, the Village of Bluffton council meeting included the swearing in of re-elected members Jerry Cupples, Mitch Kinsley, David Steiner and Phill Talavinia by Mayor Richard Johnson. 

The attached agenda details other items of business that evening. (The Icon was not in attendance at the meeting.)

The Allen County OSU Extension is providing county fair rule changes on https://www.facebook.com/allencountyextension/.

The posts note: "we did not write out each rule in its entirety but highlighted the changes to existing rules and the addition/removal of rules. If you have any questions we encourage to reach out to the Extension Office staff."

The 2021 McDonald's of Bluffton Holiday Classic will be hosted by Bluffton University at the Sommer Center on December 29-30, 2021.

Visit the following links for a year-by-year history of results.

https://blufftonbeavers.com/sports/mbkb/history/mcdonaldsyby.pdf

https://blufftonbeavers.com/sports/wbkb/history/mcdonaldswbkyby.pdf

 

 

MEN'S TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Wednesday, Dec. 29

Time - Matchup

2 PM - Grove City vs. Miami-Hamilton

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