Cross is Champion in three 2025 State Fair riding events
Danielle Cross is a 2025 Bluffton High-school Graduate who attended her last 4-H Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio.
Danielle and her horse Riley qualified back in June and competed this week on July 15-16, when they were awarded Sr. 16-18 Ohio State Champion for Poles, Keyhole, Stakes, and 4th place for Barrels.
Danielle attends Allen County Fair with her group Equine Country Club. She loves to mentor other kids and plans to come back as an advisor in the Future.
Danielle has been Allen County Horse Princess, Horse Queen, Champion of Champion Poles 2024 and 2024 Reserve Champion for Stakes at the Ohio State Fair. Danielle and Riley will be attending their last Local Allen County Fair this August.
Stories Posted This Week
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- October 14 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 13
- Bluffton area Women in Business meeting October 15
- Leo club glasses collection
- Night at the (Swiss Historical) Museum, October 24
- Woodcarving ornament workshop at Swiss Heritage Center
- Barefoot nature walks at the Nature Preserve
- Pirate volleyball seeded 4th
- Beavers sports roundup, October 6-11
- Bluffton leaf pickup scheduled for last week of October
- Pirate boys soccer shuts out Bellefontaine
- Watch an after school movie at the Bluffton Public Library
- Dunlap awarded OSBA humanitarian award