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Mustangs edge Pirates by 1 stroke

In four-team NWC match

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton golf team played well in a tight four-team Northwest Conference match Monday at the Bluffton Golf Course.

Allen East edged the co-host Pirates by one stroke to win, 166-167. Paulding (173) was third, followed by Ada (210).

Jaden Coonfare and Kenny Lovett each led Bluffton with a round of 40, good for a third place tie. Pirate Wes Brauen registered a 42, while teammate Michael Minnig added 45.

Jacob Boisvert (48) and Kyler Kinn (55) rounded out the Bluffton efforts.

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Alex Hanna provides BHS sports fall plans

Alex Hanna, Bluffton High School athletic director, posted this YouTube video that addresses up-to-the-minute BHS sports plans for fall 2020. The video is below.

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Golf third in 11-team Invitational

(Kenny Lovett 82, Micah Minnig 88, Wes Brauen 88, Jaden Coonfare 90

By Cort Reynolds
ARLINGTON - The Bluffton golf team finished third out of 11 teams in the stacked Liberty-Benton Invitational at Sycamore Springs Golf Course Friday in Arlington.

Lima Central Catholic won the tournament with 321 strokes to beat second-place host L-B by 13 shots.

The Pirates totaled 348 strokes to finish one shot ahead of local league rival Allen East, which came in a close fourth (349) just in front of Van Buren (353).

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Ohio Northern football, volleyball and soccer games in March 2021

Ohio Athletic Conference releases sport schedules; football games on Friday nights in March and April

FROM ADA ICON - The Ohio Athletic Conference has announced the schedules for football, volleyball and men's and women's soccer for the 2021 spring seasons.

All sports will begin competition on the weekend of March 12, 2021, and will conclude on the weekend of April 16 with championships games in all sports.

The four schedules feature conference-only competition and remain under the NCAA's 50 percent waiver rule so that all student-athletes will not use a season of competition.

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Pirates win NWC quad meet, 11 strokes ahead of Grove

Kenny Lovett match medalist

Pirate linksters win NWC quad
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton golf team won a four-team Northwest Conference match Thursday at the Bluffton Golf Course.

The co-host Pirates won with 175 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (184), Crestview (203) and Ada (211).

Bluffton improved to 3-0 in the NWC with the wins.

Kenny Lovett of Bluffton was match medalist with a 39.

Micah Minnig shot 42, followed by Wes Brauen (45) and Jaden Confare (49) as the other Pirate scorers. 

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Girls' tennis team impressive in win over Kenton

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls tennis earned its first win of the season with a 4-1 victory over Kenton Thursday night.

The convincing triumph lifted the Lady Pirate record to 1-2. All four Pirate wins came in straight sets.

Senior Olivia Barnes whipped Katie Sturgeon of Kenton 6-0, 6-0 at second singles. 

Senior Pearl Lewandowski also won handily at third singles over Emma Mulligan by a 6-2, 6-0 count.

Juniors Ellie Nickel and Libby Frazier teamed up to win at first singles 6-4, 6-0.

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