BLUFFTON – Strong pitching was on display as the Bluffton High School baseball team swept a doubleheader from visiting Arcadia Saturday, 7-0 and 5-0.
Pirate pitching blanked the Redskins for all 14 innings of the twin bill, allowing just five hits in two games.
The shutout victories lifted the Pirate season record to 10-11. Arcadia fell to 7-12 after the defeats.
In the opener, Bluffton scored four runs in the third inning to break up a scoreless game. The Pirates added three more runs in the fifth to win going away, 7-0.
ADA – The Bluffton High School boys and girls track and field teams lapped the field to secure first in the annual 16-team Ada Invitational meet at War Memorial Stadium on a sunny Saturday, May 10.
Bluffton won the boys and girls team crowns in decisive fashion.
The Bluffton boys took first with 151 points, far ahead of second-place Van Wert (69). Mohawk and Arlington tied for third with 61 points. Spencerville came in fifth (53).
Bluffton High School tennis players Branson Hilty (left) and Jackson Brauen (right) "warming up" on the home courts. That evening Bluffton tennis bested Lima Senior 5-0. For May 10 results, see Pirate tennis wins at Oak Harbor.
MAY 9 FACEBOOK__Bluffton's Community Garden has just 3 large plots and 4 raised bed plots left for the 2025 season.
If you've ever wanted to grow some big sprawling watermelon, or pumpkin vines, or maybe you've wanted to grow a large batch of tomatoes & peppers for canning, or an even bigger batch flowers for lots of flower arrangements, then renting a plot at the Community Garden may be the solution.
Contact us if you want to garden in a full sun location. When they are booked, that's it until 2026.
PHOTOS L-R) Truett Diller, Adrian Murray, Aubrey Burkholder, Elizabeth Suter / CLICK to enlarge
MAY 7 MEDIA RELEASE__ The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 would like to congratulate four students from the Bluffton High School Junior Class for being selected to attend the Ohio American Legion Buckeye Auxiliary Girls State and Ohio American Legion Buckeye Boys State.
Aubrey Burkoder and Elizabeth Suter will be attending Buckeye Girls State at Bowling Green State University, June 8-14, 2025.
