McCOMB__The Bluffton High School softball team lost at non-league foe McComb 7-4 on Tuesday, April 13.
The Panthers scored two runs in both the first and second innings to build an early 4-0 lead.
Bluffton plated a run in the top of the fourth, but McComb matched it in the home fourth to maintain a 5-1 advantage.
The Pirates pushed two runs across the plate in the fifth inning to inch within 5-3. The Panthers tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth frames to rebuild the margin to 7-3.
McCOMB__The Bluffton baseball team was tied with McComb 5-5 after seven innings on Tuesday, April 14 when the game was suspended by rain and lightning.
No makeup date to resume play has been set yet.
The Pirates (0-3) are slated to entertain non-conference foe Ottoville (1-5) on Wednesday. The Big Green pounded Pandora-Gilboa 19-3 on Tuesday.
Bluffton (0-1 NWC) then hosts winless league rival Delphos Jefferson (0-7, 0-2 NWC) Thursday.
MEDIA RELEASE__Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Children and Youth (DCY) Director Kara Wente today announced a new partnership between DCY and Ohio 211 to expand services to all 88 counties, ensuring every Ohioan can access local community resources no matter where they live. The statewide expansion will be fully implemented by the end of June 2026.
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For four days in March, the Global Communication Club at Bluffton High School hosted 10 students and 2 English teachers from Ogawa High School in Japan.
The Japanese students stayed with local host families, attended classes at Bluffton High School and participated in a variety of cultural and community activities. They also visited with employees at SumiRiko Ohio, a supplier of anti-vibration products to the auto industry, which is headquartered in Japan.
