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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys track and field team finished a strong second in the annual 16-team Ada Invitational meet Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.

Van Wert won the boys team crown over Bluffton, 134 points to 116.5. 

Spencerville captured the girls team title with Kenton second, while the Pirate girls finished a solid sixth.

Senior Gavin Bogart won both the 110 high hurdles and 300 hurdles races to help pace the Pirates. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School varsity baseball team lost to visiting Columbus Grove 11-2 in a Northwest Conference game Monday evening, May 2.

The Pirates dropped to 3-15 overall and 1-5 in the NWC with the defeat. Grove improved to 13-3 overall and 3-2 in the NWC after the victory.

Bluffton trailed 2-0 after the first inning. The Pirates cut the deficit to 3-1 after two frames, but CG pulled further ahead with four runs in the top of the third inning. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School varsity softball team defeated visiting Columbus Grove 4-2 in a Northwest Conference contest Monday evening.

The Pirate girls improved to 9-7 overall and 4-3 in the NWC with the win that stopped a two-game skid. Grove fell to 8-6 overall and 2-3 in the NWC with the defeat.

Bluffton led 2-1 after the first inning. CG tied it 2-2 with a single run in the top of the third. 

The Pirate girls regained the lead with a run in the fourth, then added an insurance tally in the bottom of the sixth.

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On April 30 the Bluffton High School Track and Field team particpated in the 2022 Liberty-Benton Pat Wagner Invitational. 

The boys team took 3rd place out of 16 teams and the girsl took took 11th out of 15. (See team rankings below.)

Top Bluffton finishers:

 

1ST PLACE

L. Armstrong, Boys 1600 meters - 4:34.90

E. Bogart, Boys 300 meter hurdles - 40.17

E. Antrim, Boys 800 meters - 2:00.07

Boys 4 x 400 meters, E. Bogart, L. Armstrong, L. Shutler, E. Antrim - 3:31.12

T. Boblitt, Boys high jump - J6-02.00

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls varsity softball team was seeded fourth at the Elida district Div. IV sectional drawing Sunday.

The Lady Pirates (8-7) will host ninth seed Lima Central Catholic Monday, May 9. Bluffton nipped LCC 3-2 at home on April 7.

The victor advances to the sectional second round May 12 against the winner between fifth seed Coumbus Grove and 13th seed Hardin Northern. 

The game will be held at the highest seeded team of the four sectional semifinalists.

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The Bluffton University softball team traveled to Lexington, Ky., for its final games of the 2022 season. Transylvania squeaked out a 6-5 victory in the lidlifter before staking its claim to first place in the Heartland Conference with a 15-0 mercy-rule win in game two.

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