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By Evan Skilliter, sports information assistant

HCAC Pre-season Coaches Poll http://www.bluffton.edu/sports/womensbasketball/2013/hcacpoll.pdf

The Bluffton University Women’s Basketball team will count on its youth to propel the Beavers through the 2012-13 season as Bluffton graduated its second, third, fourth and fifth leading scorers from the 2011-12 squad. The Beavers finished with an overall record of 8-17 and 6-12 in the HCAC a season ago.

At least we think the ducks had a good time in the rain on Tuesday. Here's an umbrella view from the Sauder Visual Arts Center at Bluffton University.

The Holiday session of youth and adult programs at BFR Sports & Fitness will begin the week of Oct. 29. Adult Fitness Classes continue into December. Youth sport skill 7-week sessions will also begin the week of Oct. 29. In addition to sport skill and fitness classes, BFR offers  fitness center memberships, track passes and recreation passes.

The Bluffton High School class of 1962 held its 50th class reunion in late September.

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Members attending front row to back, left to right, Rachel Hilty Friesen, Paula Greding Monroe, Sue Bash Mathewson, teacher Jo Souder, Nancy Swank Yeager, Sandy Edie Nusbaum and Jean Stauffer McConnell.

Center row from left, Jeanne Davis Smucker, Elizabeth Raid, Kathie Clark Stewart, Donna McCluer Morrison, Karen Gilbert Bash, Nancy Balmer Steiner, Jim Badertscher and Sharon Steiner Bishop.

The Ada High School football team moved into the number 1 spot in Division VI Region 24 in the Ohio High School Athletic Association's weekly football computer rankings. This is the first week of the season that the Bulldogs are ranked first. The top eight teams in each region will qualify for the regional quarterfinals. The OHSAA will release final computer ratings and regional quarterfinal pairings Sunday afternoon, Oct. 28.

Lima Central Catholic is ranked number 1 in Divison V, Region 18. LCC and Ada play this weekend.

Here's the seven-day report for October from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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