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BHS swimmers finish second at inaugural Allen County Invite

Posted by Staff on January 23, 2023 - 5:53am

Eleven meet records set 

The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim team competed on Saturday, January 21 in the Allen County Invitational hosted by Bath High School at the Lima YMCA. The girls team finished in first with 453 points, ahead of Elida’s 447 points. The Lima Shawnee team finished in third place with 351 points. 

The boys team finished third with 304 points. Shawnee boys won with 551 points, with Bath in second with 334 points.

Combined, the Bluffton Pirates finished second with 757 points. Shawnee finished in first with 902 points and finishing in third overall was Elida with 595 points. 

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BHS girls basketball wins defensive bout vs. Falcons 

Posted by Staff on January 23, 2023 - 5:40am

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team built a lead with strong defense and held off a late Riverdale charge to win 25-21 in a low-scoring non-conference contest Saturday afternoon, January 21.

The Pirate girls limited the Falcons to just 18 percent field goal shooting and only nine points in the second half to post the road win.

Bluffton held Riverdale without a basket in the third quarter, and to one point in the period to build a 10-point lead going to the fourth quarter.

Riverdale scored the first eight points of the final stanza to pull within a basket, but came up short.

Falcon Maddie Biltoft bounced in two foul shots with 1:42 remaining to inch the Falcons within 23-21.

At the 1:26 mark, Pirate post Ayla Grandey was fouled on a half hook and swished a pair of free throws to build the lead back to four. Riverdale’s Mariah Bonham missed a triple, and Pirate Sami Scoles rebounded.

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Beavers men's basketball recap, January 18

Posted by Staff on January 22, 2023 - 6:06am

By Ethan Stearns, sports information intern

The Bluffton University men's basketball team slipped to 4-12 overall and 2-7 in the Heartland Conference after falling 65-47 in a home matchup against Manchester University on Wednesday, January 18. Manchester improved to 8-8 and 6-3 in the HCAC.

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BHS boys basketball races ahead of Lincolnview

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2023 - 6:48am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys basketball team defeated Lincolnview 76-43 in a Northwest Conference mismatch Friday night, January 20.

The Pirates raced to a 20-8 lead after the first period, and extended the margin to 26 at 40-14 by intermission.

Bluffton also won the second half, 36-29.

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PGHS boys basketball foiled by Arlington buzzer beater

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2023 - 6:11am

By Matt M. Stutz

The Pandora-Gilboa High School boys basketball team traveled to Arlington on January 20 in hopes of staying undefeated atop the Blanchard Valley Conference standings. But with Arlington’s game winning shot at the buzzer, P-G lost in heartbreaking fashion, 46-45.

With eleven seconds left in the game and the Rockets down one, P-G’s Aidan Harris was fouled putting him at the line for a one-and-one. Harris stepped to the line and calmly hit both free throws for a 45-44 lead.  Following a Red Devil timeout, with just 5.9 seconds left, Arlington had the ball at half court to set up the final play.  The Red Devil point guard got the ball, backed down the P-G defender who was flanked all over him, banked in the off-balanced, one-handed shot.

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Beavers women's basketball recap, January 18

Posted by Staff on January 21, 2023 - 6:04am

By Ethan Stearns, sports information intern

NORTH MANCHESTER, Indiana–The Bluffton University women's basketball team fought hard on the way to a 74-64 win at Manchester University on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The Beavers improved to 12-4 overall and 5-3 in conference play. Manchester fell to 6-9 and 2-6 in the conference.

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