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Meet the spring Pirates

Track, tennis, softball, baseball, junior high track
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2021 - 12:58pm

Team photos below for track, softball, baseball, tennis and junior high track.

Meet the spring Bluffton High School and Junior High sport teams. Photos and player names follow:

Varsity softball
Row 1 (left to right): Sophie Bricker, Rebekah Hoff, Kennedi Jordan, Lauren Rhodes, Grace Myers, Riley Busch

Row 2 (left to right): Olivia Hobensack, Adanna Johnstone, Ashley Fleece, Jasmine Whitlow, Hannah Davis, Olivia Matthews, Taylor Follas 

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Crestview stops BHS softball and baseball squads

Riley Busch doubled home two runs in girls' contest
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2021 - 10:39am

By Cort Reynolds
The Pirate baseball story is a below the softball story.
CONVOY - Host Crestview defeated Bluffton 13-6 in an offensively high-powered Northwest Conference softball matchup Thursday evening.

Bluffton fell to 2-8 and 1-2 in league play after the defeat. The first-place Lady Knights improved to 11-2 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with the victory. 

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Swimmers on your mark!

After a one-year absence Bluffton Sardines swim team is back
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 15, 2021 - 2:40pm

After a one-year covid-19 absence, Bluffton Sardines swim team is back.

The team competes in the Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL). In 2019, the most recent swim season, Bluffton finished second of eight teams in the league meet, closely behind Westside.

This year several members of the team competed Putnam County YMCA swim team and with  Lima YMCA swim team. Several of those swimmers qualified for the Great Lake Zones championships in March at BGSU.

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Bluffton netters fall to Cougars

Luke Shadle posts lone Pirate win
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2021 - 4:09pm

By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The visiting Bluffton boys tennis team lost 4-1 at Van Wert Monday evening. Luke Shadle posted the lone Pirate win at second singles. Bluffton dropped to 2-2 with the defeat, while VW improved to 2-2 after the win. Bluffton plays at Bryan April 17.

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5-1 Ada over Bluffton in softball • and, 5-1 Ada over Bluffton in baseball

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2021 - 3:59pm

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. 

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Pirates stop Liberty Benton 4-2

Riley Busch smacked a triple, single and drove in a run
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2021 - 11:34am

By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The visiting Bluffton softball team split a non-league twinbill at Liberty-Benton Saturday.

The Lady Pirates ran their record to 2-6 with the split.

In game one, the Pirate girls scored two runs in the top of the seventh to rally for a 4-2 victory.

L-B led 2-0 after four innings. Bluffton tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth frames to tie it up, 2-2.

They then plated two more in their last at bat and held the Eagles scoreless in the home seventh to preserve the comeback win.

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