Baseball story follows softball story -
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Visiting Ada defeated Bluffton 5-1 in a Northwest Conference softball contest Monday evening.
Bluffton fell to 2-7 and 1-1 in league play after the defeat. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the NWC with the victory.
Ada senior Leona Dalton struck out 13 Lady Pirates to earn her fifth pitching victory this season.
Dalton gave up just five hits and one run to earn her third straight win.
By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton baseball team went hitless in a 10-0 loss at Delphos Jefferson in the Northwest Conference opener Thursday evening.
Two Wildcat pitchers combined to hurl a six-inning no-hitter. Braylon Scalf threw 3 1/3 hitless innings, followed by 2 2/3 no-hit innings from Tanner Vorhees.
Scalf struck out seven Pirates and walked none, while Vorhees walked two and whiffed a pair.
Lauren Swartzlander cracked 1 double, 3 singles,1 RBI to help pace the Lady Pirate onslaught
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 9:48am
By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton softball team mustered a season-best offensive outburst to win its Northwest Conference opener handily 19-7 over Delphos Jefferson Thursday evening.
Bluffton improved to 1-5 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with their first win. Meanwhile, Delphos Jefferson dropped to 1-8 and 0-1 in NWC play with the lopsided loss.