On Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6, fifteen downtown Bluffton businesses are hosting a Christmas Open House event. This traditional Bluffton event kicks off the Christmas shopping season with specials and products that are perfect for gift giving.
Hours vary by shop. Fresh Modern Fabric, an online shop located at 103 1/2 Vine St., will be open from 10 am. to 3 p.m. on Friday.
For more information, visit Bluffton Downtown Merchants on Facebook.
Visiting Bluffton forged an early lead but eventually lost 40-14 to Liberty Center in Div. VI, Region 22 first round football playoff action Saturday night, October 30.
Bluffton scored first and led 14-7 late in the second period before things unraveled.
LC scored 20 points apiece in the second and third quarters and tallied the final 33 points to win going away.
Seeded 12th, Bluffton finished its season 5-6 after the defeat.
The Bluffton University football team dropped a 48-12 decision at HCAC-leading Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Bluffton fell to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in the Heartland, while Rose improved to 6-2 and a perfect 5-0 in the conference.
With Bluffton trailing 17-0 late in the first quarter, freshman quarterback Blake Rine (Heath/Granville) connected with sophomore Ethan Beringer (Findlay/Carey) from 15 yards out, making it 17-6 with less than a minute to play in the opening stanza.
The Bluffton University men's soccer team made an early Elijah Zimmerman (Archbold) goal stand up for the second straight match as the Beavers knocked out Anderson University 1-0 for their first ever Heartland Conference Tournament win. Bluffton moved to 9-7 on the season and are now assured of the first winning season since the Beavers went 9-8 in 1993. Anderson bows out with an 8-9-2 mark for the season.
