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Girls' holiday basketball tip off this weekend

BHS vs. C-R • Arlington vs. Allen East on Friday
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 17, 2020 - 11:44am

Pirate girls open hoop season with tourney
By Cort Reynolds
Bluffton will once again host the annual McDonald's Holiday Tournament to tip off the girls basketball season this weekend.

The Lady Pirates will host local non-league rival Cory-Rawson in the second semifinal Friday night, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. That contest will be preceded by the opener at 5:30 p.m. between Allen East and defending tourney champion Arlington.

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Steve Smucker will coach NW Ohio senior soccer team on Sunday

Simon Derstine and Jonathan Schriner also selected to play in the match
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 12, 2020 - 1:34pm

A Bluffton soccer coach and two BHS senior boys will participate in the Northwest Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association annual senior all-district game on Saturday.

Steve Smucker, Bluffton varsity coach, is among three other coaches who will coach teams in the match. He joins coaches Eric Burns of Defiance, and Kirk Brazeau and Greg McElroy of Toledo St. John’s Jesuit for the event.

Two Bluffton seniors, Simon Derstine and Jonathan Schriner were selected to play in the match involving players from 26 teams.

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Nygaard 82nd of 183 runners at state cross country meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 10, 2020 - 9:49am

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
OBETZ - Bluffton sophomore Erik Nygaard finished 82nd in a field of 183 runners at the Div. III state cross country meet on an unseasonably warm Saturday morning at Fortress Obetz in Obetz.

Nygaard finished the 3.1-mile course in a time of 17:14. He ran a 5:11 first mile and was 83rd at that point. He moved up to 76th with a 10:46.4 time at the two-mile mark, and ran 6:27.6 over the final 1.1 miles to drop back six spots. 

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More updates to BHS state cross country history

Mike Hilty was the first Pirates to run at state - he did it in 1968 and 1969
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2020 - 11:15am

Thanks for information from Mike Hilty, the Icon can update more of Bluffton High School’s cross country state meet history.

Hilty was in fact Bluffton’s first athlete to qualify for the state meet. He qualified two years in a row in the Class A division (there were only two divisions at that time and the cross country course was 2 miles). 

Hilty's personal best time in the 2-mile was 9:45 in a dual meet in Michigan.

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49 cross country seasons ago

BHS runner Erik Nygaard follows in his grandfather's running footprints
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2020 - 2:24pm

Lots of photos at bottom of story -
Forty-nine cross country seasons ago, Bluffton High School boys’ track team qualified for the Class A state cross country meet. That state qualification was a first for the Pirates.

One of the runners on that team, Tim Boehr, set the school record of 10:09 in what was then a 2-mile event.

He finished as the 16th runner in the race at state in a time of 10:40, is a competition with only two divisions, A and AA. Bluffton was in Class A.

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HCAC kid's corner

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 3, 2020 - 3:57pm

 The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) continues to showcase members of the Heartland family with the video series Heartland Kids Corner, featuring student athletes interviewed by the children of their coaches.
 
Episode six features the Mount St. Joseph University men’s and women’s golf programs, with head coach Joe Sparhawk’s kids asking the tough questions. Jon, Ryann and Harper Sparhawk have the Lions in the hot seat, including men’s players Matt Lewis and Matt Zinser, and women’s golfers Isabella Olthausand Patricia Windholtz.

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