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Bluffton Swim Club wins tri-meet and quad-meet

Opponents include Elida, Lima Senior, Fostoria, Toledo Whitmer
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 14, 2020 - 3:28pm

The Bluffton Swim Club open its season with two wins this month.

Dec. 2 with Lima Senior and Toledo Whitmer
The  following student athletes competed for the Bluffton Swim Club; seniors Simon Derstine and Ellie Hoffman, junior Malia Lee, sophmores Landon Armstrong, Sam Derstine, Allison Diller, Nolan Hoffman, CJ McCall, Eric Nygaard and Riley Verb, and freshmen Ella Armstrong, Tyler Cupples, Jacob Lehman and Izzy Stechschulte. 

Landon Armstrong won all three of his events which included the boys 200 meter freestyle with a time of 2:18:75. 

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Bluffton girls blast past Ada 

4 Pirates in double figures, 10 hit the scoring column
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 11, 2020 - 11:19am

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Marvin Foster
BLUFFTON - The balanced Bluffton girls basketball team rode a huge second period to a 64-28 victory over visiting local rival Ada in Northwest Conference action Thursday night.

The Lady Bulldogs trailed just 10-7 after the first period. But then the Lady Pirates blew it open with a 23-8 second stanza as seven players scored.

Bluffton then extended its lead to 31 points at 53-22 with a 20-7 third quarter.

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Icon sports writer's article posted on Basketball Intelligence website

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2020 - 11:32am

Icon sports writer Cort Reynolds has one of his NBA stories posted on the Basketball Intelligence national website.

His article recounting the second NBA 1 on 1 tournament in 1973 and its epic, Marathon championship game between an all-star and a career backup from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Click here to read the article.

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Long-range bombing Bluffton boys upend Liberty Benton

Soper and Donley each drained 5 triples, while Boblitt sank 4 treys
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2020 - 10:59am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys basketball team raced to a big halftime lead and held off Liberty-Benton 79-67 to win their home opener Saturday night.

The Pirates led a high-scoring first half 49-33 at intermission as Carson Soper poured in 19 points on the strength of four three-pointers.

Trenton Donley also knocked down two triples in the opening stanza as the hot-shooting Pirates built a 27-11 lead. Donley added another triple in the second period, while Trey Boblitt also drained three trifectas before intermission.

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Unbeaten Ottoville outlasts Lady Pirates

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2020 - 10:55am

By Cort Reynolds
OTTOVILLE - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team battled hard but lost 44-36 at undefeated Ottoville Saturday afternoon in non-league play.

The Lady Pirates dropped to 2-3 after the defeat, while Ottoville improved to 3-0 with the win.

Lady Pirate Laykin Garmatter led Bluffton with 20 points on the strength of four trifectas. Nicole Knippen of Ottoville matched her with 20 points and four treys as well.

Ottoville jumped out to a 13-4 lead after the first period as Knippen canned two triples and scored eight points. 

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Cold 2nd half dooms Lady Pirates in league lidlifter 

Pirates travel to Ottoville on Saturday; host Ada next Thursday
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 4, 2020 - 2:20pm

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - Following a close first half, the visiting Bluffton girls basketball team was held to just eight more points and lost 54-33 at Delphos Jefferson in the Northwest Conference girls basketball opener Thursday evening.

The Lady Pirates dropped to 2-2 (0-1 NWC) after the defeat, while DJ improved to 3-1 (1-0 NWC) with the win.

Lady Pirate Kylie Monday gave Bluffton a 12-11 first quarter lead on a stickback shot. But freshman Lauren French scored inside to give Jefferson the advantage back for good.

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