August 5: National Night Out is·6:00 – 9:00 p.m. followed by Fireworks - Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd. Free admission, free activities, free food.
5:00 p.m. Girls alumni game, 7:00 p.m. Boys alumni game at Steinmetz Field
Donations to Bluffton Food Pantry will be collected
AUG 5 MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Community is invited to come out and see the 2025 BHS Soccer teams for the first time, watch some of your favorite former student-athletes in action, and support the Bluffton Food Pantry.
What's a local sportswriter to do during the short but arid period between spring and fall high school sports? Icon ace Cort Reynolds takes a thorough look at the St. Louis Cardinals'' July slump.
By Cort Reynolds
A devastating July swoon has plummeted the once pleasantly-surprising St. Louis Cardinals from a solid wild card position to selling at the July 31 trade deadline after a disastrous 8-16 spell.
WAPAKONETA__The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team captured the combined and boys team titles at the annual eight-team Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet in the Wapakoneta village pool July 11-12.
WOAL is for swimmers aged 5-18 who are members on one of the league’s eight teams. Over 500 swimmers competed in the hot two-day event at Wapakoneta.
Findlay finished second in the combined boys/girls team race by 221 points to the triumphant Sardines.
Bluffton rolled to the boys team crown by nearly 300 points over second-place Westside.
The Sardine girls finished a strong third, 116.5 points behind Findlay for the girls team title.
BLUFFTON__ The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team hosted and won a West Ohio Aquatic League triangular meet with Ada and Shawnee on Monday evening, June 30.
The host Sardines won the boys meet decisively. They dunked Shawnee 382-96 and drowned the Ada boys, 328-151. The Gator males beat Shawnee, 243.5 to 144.5.
The Bluffton girls defeated Shawnee Tides, 293-211. Shawnee then beat the Ada females, 312-115.5. The Sardine girls hammered the Gator girls, 418-85.
JUNE 27 MEDIA RELEASE__More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Wapakoneta July 11-12, 2025, for the annual Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Swim Champs. WOAL is for swimmers aged 5-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
Wapakoneta Village pool is the host site for the 2025 Swim Champs and will host seven teams: Ada Gators, Bluffton Sardines, Findlay Frogs, Kenton Stingrays, Shawnee Tide, Wapakoneta Waves, Westside Wave and Van Wert Marlins. Teams will compete for the 2025 league title.
