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By Paula Pyzik Scott

The 145th Commencement ceremony at Bluffton High School took place on an overcast Saturday evening, May 23. In an event both solemn and joyous, 90 students celebrated their successful graduation and a shared experience of up to 13 years.

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By Cort Reynolds

Four Bluffton softball players received All-Northwest Conference honors in voting conducted by the league coaches recently.

Slugging senior outfielder Macy Schaadt and sophomore pitching ace Peyton Worcester earned first team All-NWC notice.

Schaadt led the Pirates in hitting and Worcester topped the squad in innings pitched, wins and strikeouts while also hitting well.

Pirate junior shortstop Greta Myers, one of the team’s top hitters and fielders, was named second team all-league. 

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FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__Chef Penny from Sunrise Senior Living will be providing dinner for the 6:00 p.m., June 8 Senior Center member dinner meeting.

Chef Penny is serving spaghetti, salad and breadsticks. The meal is free but reservations are required and need to be made by Wednesday, June 3. 

Bev Armstrong will be the emcee and Ryan Bowsher, grandson of Ginny and Larry Moser, will be speaking on Living a Life Long Legacy.

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The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon will be in holiday mode for the long weekend of May 23-24-25. Except for breaking news, articles will be on pause. Say hello to our photographers and news gatherers at high school graduation and Memorial Day events.

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By Cort Reynolds

PORT CLINTON – The Bluffton senior tandem of Grady Coonfare and Isaiah Kohli finished fourth in the Northwest District Div. II tennis doubles tournament at Port Clinton on Saturday, May 23.

By virtue of winning two matches on day one of the tournament, the Pirate pair advanced to the district semifinals and qualified for the state tourney next week in Mason.

On Saturday in the semifinals, the duo lost to the eventual district champion doubles team of Tony Palmer and Cooper Remi from Lexington by a 6-0, 6-0 count.

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By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY__The visiting Bluffton High School baseball team lost 17-0 to Liberty-Benton in a Northwest 1 Div. V sectional final on Saturday, May 23. 

L-B poured it on with nine runs in the first inning. The Eagles plated five runs in the second inning and added three more scores in the third frame.

L-B out-hit the Pirates 14-1, and took advantage of five Bluffton errors.

The Pirates finished the season 3-14-1 after the defeat that was shortened to five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.

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