ADA — Kelly Armentrout has been named an assistant volleyball coach at Ohio Northern University under second- year head coach Sophie Windover. A native of Lima, Ohio, Armentrout comes to ONU following a standout career as a middle hitter at Bluffton University from 2020 to 2023.
LIMA — Conner Clum finished tied for third place in his age group at the Webb Insurance Open on Tuesday, July23 at the Hidden Creek Golf Course. The tournament concluded the regular season schedule for the Lima Junior Golf Association summer series.
“Trevor Mania” is now in FULL swing in the area… Bluffton High School graduate Trevor Bassitt is now in Paris to run the 400-meter-hurdles in the 2024 games, and fan support here is growing at a fevered pitch! [*Incidentally, Bassitt is not just representing BHS, but all of the Northwest Conference – with schools like Ada, Allen East, Scioto Valley…] What’s more, the last Olympian from the general area, who anyone can seem remember, is an Allen County Sheriff who competed in the “50m Pistol” event in the 1936 Games. Doing the math, that’s close to 90 YEARS AGO! That’s how BIG this Trevor thing is! And this is not lost on Blufftonites, especially Lynda Hursey Best, who has taken the bull by the horns, or rather by the metaphoric bullhorn, and mounted a drive for Trevor/ Olympics yard signs, banners, etc.
Storied history. That’s something that’s been expressed, in SO many different ways the last few years, in regard to why the Wilson Company decided to stay in tiny Ada, Ohio, to build their new, expansive $15 million football factory – right next to the old football factory.
Information Submitted LIMA — Limaland Motorsports Park held their 27th Annual Season Championship night presented by Alexander and Bebout on Friday night, with beautiful weather and a great field of cars on hand for the final points race of the season. Dylan Woodling of Warsaw Indiana won the DIRTcar UMP Modified feature in his No.