Juniors Taylor Schwab (18 kills) and Kylie Stackhouse (16) paced the Pirate girls with 34 combined kills
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 4, 2020 - 9:32am
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton volleyball team pulled out a four-set victory over Defiance Ayersville Thursday night.
Bluffton improved to 3-2 with the 25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 25-22 win that snapped a two-match losing skid. Ayersville dropped to 1-4 with the defeat.
Juniors Taylor Schwab (18 kills) and Kylie Stackhouse (16) paced the Pirate girls with 34 combined kills. Schwab also came up with 16 digs and one block. Meanwhile, Stackhouse contributed 13 digs, three blocks and two aces.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 2, 2020 - 4:28pm
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Posted by Fred Steiner on September 2, 2020 - 8:51am
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton volleyball team lost a close four-set match to Shawnee in their home opener Tuesday night.
Bluffton fell to 2-2 with their second tough loss to a WBL team in as many nights. Shawnee improved to 3-0 with the 25-20, 19-25, 25-19, 27-25 victory.
Juniors Taylor Schwab and Kylie Stackhouse led the Pirate girls with 16 kills apiece. Schwab added eight digs and two aces with a block, while Stackhouse contributed a block.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 1, 2020 - 12:18pm
By Cort Reynolds
FOSTORIA - The Bluffton girls tennis team lost a close 3-2 match at Fostoria Monday evening.
The Lady Pirates won the two doubles matches, but dropped all three singles bouts to fall to 2-5 this season.
Juniors Libby Frazier and Ellie Nickel won at first doubles by a 7-5, 6-2 score. Freshmen Caitlyn Couch and Brooke Camper combined to win at second doubles 6-4, 6-1.
Scores by Schriner 3, Hoffman 2, Derstine, Mehaffie, Kleman, Oglesbee, Shepard 1 each
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 1, 2020 - 12:14pm
By Cort Reynolds BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys soccer team stomped Spencerville 10-0 in the Northwest Conference opener Monday night.
The Pirates improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with the shutout victory. The Bearcats fell to 1-1 and 0-1 in the league with the lopsided loss.
Senior Jonathan Schriner tallied three goals and dished out an assist to pace the Pirate attack. He scored in the eighth, 29th and 39th minutes.