By Cort Reynolds
CONVOY - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team was stymied 48-19 by Crestview in a Northwest Conference makeup contest Tuesday night.
The Lady Knights shut Bluffton out 22-0 in the decisive second period to build an insurmountable 34-6 halftime cushion. They led the Pirate girls 12-6 after the first quarter.
Bluffton bounced back to win the third quarter 11-10, but could muster only two fourth-period points.
By Cort Reynolds
WAPAKONETA - Wapakoneta pulled away from visiting Bluffton with a big fourth period to post a 55-44 non-league boys basketball victory Tuesday night.
The Pirates trailed by just two points heading into the final stanza. But the Redskins outscored Bluffton 20-11 down the stretch to win by 11.
Wapakoneta hit eight of 11 free throws in the fourth period as Zach Rogers scored nine of his 13 points. Redskin Noah Ambos added seven of his 15 markers in the decisive last quarter.
By Cort Reynolds
ELIDA - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team lost to Elida 46-30 in a low-scoring non-league contest Saturday afternoon at the Bulldog Fieldhouse.
The Lady Pirates fell behind 24-10 at halftime after they mustered just three second-period points.
Bluffton heated up enough to register a 14-14 third period, and was only outscored 22-20 after intermission.
But the Pirate girls were not able to eat into the Lady Bulldog lead.
By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA - After a hot-shooting first period, the visiting Bluffton boys basketball team cooled off and lost at perennial power Ottawa-Glandorf 63-50 Saturday night in a non-league bout.
The Pirates led by seven early as they hit four of nine three-point tries en route to a 21-16 lead after the opening stanza. Trenton Donley nailed three trifectas to pour in 11 first-quarter points.
However, O-G limited Bluffton to just four second-period points. Bluffton trailed 27-25 at halftime as Carson Soper scored 11 points by intermission.