BLUFFTON__Bluffton High School senior guard Bean Ginther was named honorable mention All-Northwest Conference for boys basketball in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Ginther was one of the top Pirate scorers.
Bluffton finished the regular season 9-13 and 1-6 in the rugged NWC.
Lincolnview won the league crown with a 6-1 record, while Lima Central Catholic and Columbus Grove tied for second at 5-2. Spencerville came in fourth at 4-3, followed by Crestview (3-4) and Allen East in a fifth-place tie.
ARCHBOLD__The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team hung close but lost a tight 57-50 road bout at Archbold in Div. V Northwest sectional final tournament action on Saturday afternoon, February 21.
Five Bluestreak girls scored in double figures to pace the victors to a hard-fought victory.
Bluffton sophomore guard Maelee Miller and junior Greta Myers each netted 11 points to pace the Pirates.
BOWLING GREEN__Ten Bluffton High School swimmers competed well at the Bowling Green Div. II Northwest district meet on Friday evening, February 20. Eight Pirates competed in district individual events, while two others participated on three Bluffton relay teams at BG.
BOYS RESULTS
Pirate senior ace Jackson Bowlus qualified for the state meet at Canton next week with a pair of top-two showings.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team went ice cold in the fourth quarter and lost 49-36 to visiting former league foe Paulding in the regular season finale on Friday, February 20.
The Pirates led 34-33 heading into the decisive final period. But the Panthers outscored Bluffton 16-2 in the fourth to win by making eight baskets compared to just one hoop by the hosts.
The Pirates led 10-9 after the opening stanza as Parker Lovell nailed a triple and a deuce. Lane Ginther also buried a trifecta.
ROSSFORD__The Bluffton boys bowling team finished a strong sixth out of 20 teams in the Div. II district tournament at Interstate Lanes in Rossford on Thursday, February 19.
“We had high expectations going into today's event and may have fell just short of moving on, but the boys bowled great and had a great season,” said Pirate head coach Ben Nye.
