OTTAWA__The Pirate swim teams swept a five-team home meet at the Putnam County YMCA in Ottawa on Thursday, January 29.
The Bluffton boys won with 92.5 points, while the Pirate girls finished first with 92. The Pirates won the combined meet easily over second-place Ada, 184.5-106.5.
The Ada girls scored 56 points to come in second, and the Ada boys also ended up second with 50.5 points.
Pirate senior ace Jenna Downey touched first in two races. Sophomore Kari Diller also captured two individual first-place finishes.
SPENCERVILLE__In a battle for second place in the Northwest Conference, the visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team was overcome late by Spencerville 35-33 on Thursday, January 29.
The Pirates had rallied to seize a 27-23 lead heading to the fourth quarter. But the Bearcats responded with a 12-6 fourth-period comeback to win by two.
Spencerville led 13-10 after the first period of play. The Bearcats led 19-16 at halftime. Bluffton then surged ahead behind an 11-4 third stanza.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon editor
At the last meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society, we were treated to a show of old photographs. Many revealed dramatic changes to downtown Bluffton architecture, quizzing each other, "do you know where that is?" The experience has me wondering, what is the oldest house within the village limits? The oldest commercial building?
