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Pirate boys basketball defeats L-B, wins 10th straight 

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2024 - 6:22pm

By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY__The visiting Bluffton boys basketball team defeated non-league foe Liberty-Benton 63-56 Saturday, January 20, to extend their win streak to 10 games.

Bluffton improved to 12-1 after the victory. The Eagles fell to 9-5 with the defeat. 

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PHOTO Ohio prepares for a snowy weekend

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2024 - 11:27am

Several inches of snow are forecast to blanket Ohio through the weekend of January 19-20-21, with the heaviest amounts in northern Ohio. Crews from the Ohio Department of Transportation are preparing equipment and roadways. Check road conditions before you drive at www.OHGO.com/

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Pirate girls basketball surges past Rockets

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2024 - 8:19am

By Cort Reynolds

PANDORA__The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team pulled away late to defeat spunky non-conference rival Pandora-Gilboa 41-33 Saturday afternoon, January 20.

It was the third game in five days for the Pirate girls. Bluffton had to fashion a 16-10 fourth period to put the Rocket girls away.

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Rockets boys basketball lose to Delphos St. John's and Elwer's 32-pt performance

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2024 - 6:14am

By Matt M. Stutz

In a January 20 non-conference match-up between two of the top DIV in the area, the Pandora-Gilboa High School boy’s basketball team (12-2) ended up on the short end of a 57-48 loss to the Delphos St. John’s Bluejays (11-2).

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Dr. Helen Barnes: BHS alumnus and International Secretary of the YWCA

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2024 - 6:00am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

This is the second in a series of features on famous Bluffton High School alumni.

Dr. Helen Barnes, the first woman to receive a Bluffton High School diploma, rose to the top of her profession, eventually becoming international secretary of the Young Woman’s Christian Association (YWCA).

Given the barriers women faced during her lifetime, her accomplishments, views expressed and worldwide friendships she made paint a picture of a very strong, impressive and successful woman.

Dr. Barnes may be Bluffton’s most traveled woman of all time. She crossed the Atlantic by boat 13 times and traveled three times around the world during her Y.W.C.A. years.

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Pirate boys basketball blasts Vikings, stays 1st in NWC with 9th straight win  

Posted by Staff on January 20, 2024 - 8:36am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team blasted visiting Leipsic 79-43 in a Northwest Conference matchup on Friday, January 19, to earn their ninth consecutive win.

A 33-point Pirate outburst in the third period buried the Vikings. A 33-10 edge in the decisive stanza blew open a previously competitive 31-23 game at halftime.

Bluffton outscored Leipsic 48-20 after intermission to win going away.

The Pirates led 16-8 after the first quarter, and the hosts maintained that eight-point advantage at intermission.

Bluffton improved to 11-1 overall and 4-0 in the NWC to stay alone atop the league after the blowout win. The Vikings fell to 7-6 and 2-2 in the NWC with the lopsided loss.

Spencerville (9-3) is second in the NWC standings at 3-0, followed by Allen East (2-1).

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