MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, May 8, 2026. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall.
The program will feature members of the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs Board of Directors, as well as Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition participants and winners.
The BCE will announce the winners of the 2026 Ropp-Triplett Business Plan Competition and and provide details about their new businesses ventures.
FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__First Methodist Church of Bluffton will serve a Community Meal at the Bluffton Senior Center on May 7. All meals start at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. A free will offering is taken to help support the Bluffton food pantry.
WAPAKONETA__The visiting Bluffton High School boys tennis team defeated WBL foe Wapakoneta 5-0 on Thursday, April 30.
The Pirates improved to 9-2-1 after the decisive victory. Bluffton won 10 of the 11 sets in the lopsided match.
Wapakoneta fell to 5-7 with the convincing defeat.
Bluffton’s Grady Coonfare battled through a third-set tiebreaker to beat Redskin senior Brayden Hooker at first singles. The Pirate senior lost the first set 7-5, then won set two 6-4 to set up a 10-point tiebreak, where he prevailed 10-5.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School baseball team fell behind big early and lost 20-1 to visiting Northwest Conference unbeaten Lincolnview on Thursday, April 30.
The Lancers scored nine runs in the first inning to seize control with the aid of four Pirate errors. Lincolnview plated three runs in the second, and three more in the third frame to build a commanding 15-0 lead.
