"I forgot my gloves and I can't feel my thumb!"
"I forgot my gloves and I can't feel my thumb!"
- Mark Smith
That's the winner caption to our most recent "write a caption to this photo" contest. The photo shows Nate Gundy with thumb in the air sitting with Brett Buller at the state semi-final boys' Division III soccer game.
Nate and Brett, both BHS soccer alums, live in Orrville and attended the game that sent Bluffton HS into the state finals.
Icon viewer Mark Smith wrote the winning caption and will receive five passes to the Shannon Theatre.
Over 30 entries were submitted. Here are the honorable mentions:
I’m camped out in front of the Shannon theatre waiting for the Frozen movie to come out in two weeks.
- Angie Dirmeyer Whitaker
Look at me, I’m a hitch hiker.
- J.W. Shannon
Yes, I slept at Holiday Inn Express last night.
- Sean Burrell
Yep, I learned how to swim in the quarry!
- David Jones
Hey, the Browns are winning.
- Wesley Fleming
We are just here for the cookies.
- Travis and Elisa Kleman
In a category by itself:
It was just a fart this time.
- Kaleigh Oberly
Special Mention:
Back in our day we played soccer on lumpy, narrow football fields. You got extra points if you hit the gopher sticking its head out of the hole…
- Brett Buller
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Pirates Essinger and Gatchel finish cross country season at OHSAA Championships
- Nov. 7 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Pirate football hits Archbold roadblock in playoff loss
- Forum: Vaughn explores biblical and multicultural accounts of spirits and exorcism
- Bluffton University relaunches Leadership Development Program with NetVUE grant support
- Weekend Doctor: When distraction becomes the default
Friday, November 6, 2026
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
- Klausing graduates from Ohio Bankers League Bank Management School
- Joellen Kay Lehman, 46, owned and operated Folly Faces
- Dec. 4-5 Messiah performances continue holiday tradition at Bluffton and Findlay
- Future Beaver Saturdays invite students to experience Bluffton University
- Ellie Bogart named BHS Student of the Month for October 2026
- Walter "Steve" Suter, 73, worked at Kirtland’s Auto Repair
- Grab an afterschool snack at the Bluffton Public Library