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By Cort Reynolds

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.

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By Cort Reynolds

VAN WERT__The Bluffton High School boys tennis team defeated visiting Wauseon 4-1 on Monday evening, April 13.

The Pirates improved to 5-1 with the decisive victory.  

Seniors Grady Coonfare won easily 6-1, 6-1 at first singles.  

Senior Isaiah Kohli lost a tough three-set bout at second singles 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.

Sophomore Toby Yarnell recorded a double bagel win at third singles by a 6-0, 6-0 score.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School softball team lost a home doubleheader to hard-hitting Liberty-Benton on Saturday, April 11.

The Eagles took game one 10-5, and also won the nightcap handily, 14-1.

The Pirate girls dropped to 2-4 with the losses. L-B improved to 7-4 after the wins.

The Eagles jumped ahead with five runs in the first inning of game one, then added four in the second to build a 9-0 lead. 

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By Cort Reynolds

LIMA__The Bluffton High School boys tennis team finished a strong third at the seven-team Lima City Tournament on Saturday, April 11.

Elida won the tightly-bunched event with 23 points, followed closely by Maumee Valley Country Day (22) and Bluffton (21).

Kenton and Wapakoneta tied for fourth with 15 points apiece. LCC ended up sixth (5), and Bath came in last (2).

Pirate sophomore Toby Yarnell won the C singles flight championship with an 8-2 victory over Kenton’s Cale Harshfield in the title round.

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By Cort Reynolds

CAREY__The Carey High School baseball team shut out visiting Bluffton 12-0 on a rainy Friday, April 10. 

The Blue Devils scored three runs in the first inning, then tallied four times in the third to build a 7-0 lead. The hosts tacked on five runs in the fourth frame to invoke the mercy/run rule.

Carey out-hit the Pirates just 5-3, but drew nine walks and stole seven bases.

Bluffton fell to 0-3 with the loss. Carey improved to 6-1 with the non-league win.

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By Cort Reynolds

CAREY__The visiting Bluffton High School softball team lost a 17-9 non-conference slugfest to Carey on a wet Friday, April 10.

Bluffton led 3-1 after two innings, but the Blue Devils took a 4-3 lead after a three-run third. The Pirates regained the edge 5-4 with two runs in the fourth, yet Carey responded with two in the home half to take the advantage back.

Bluffton tied it 6-6 with a run in the fifth, but Carey blew it open for good with an eight-run home fifth. Each team scored three runs in the sixth frame.

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