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UPDATED with additional results at 5:55 p.m., May 28 (boys 4x200 relay advancing to Friday finals).

Giesige, girls 4x800 relay advance to state

By Cort Reynolds

MARION__The Bluffton High School track and field teams had several athletes compete well on day one of the Div. IV regional meet hosted by Marion Harding on Wednesday, May 27. 

ADVANCING TO STATE
Some events held their finals on Wednesday evening. Top 5 placers and 3 at-large advance to state finals at Ohio State University in Columbus next week.

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PHOTOS by Marvin Foster / CLICK to enlarge

FINDLAY__The Bluffton High School girls track and field team finished second and the boys came in a strong fourth at the 14-team Div. IV northwest district meet in Findlay on Wednesday and Friday, May 22. 

See Wright wins 100 meters, sets school record; Miller takes 2 titles in district meet

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By Cort Reynolds

Bluffton sophomore William Hoover was named honorable mention All-Northwest Conference in voting conducted by the league baseball coaches recently.

Chayse Overholt of league champion Lincolnview was named NWC Player of the Year. Lancer mentor Eric Fishpaw was named NWC Coach of the Year by his peers.

Lincolnview won the league title with a 7-0 record. Allen East and LCC tied for second at 5-2. Bluffton ended up seventh in the eight-team league at 1-6, ahead of Delphos Jefferson (0-7).

 

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MEDIA RELEASE__This Thursday and Friday, May 28-29, The Bluffton Shuffleboard Club will be hosting two shuffleboard tournaments at Buckeye Park.

Thursday's event is a draw tournament and Friday is the Steve and Cindy Slaughterbeck Memorial Tournament. Steve was the President of the club for many years and Cindy was the treasurer.

Both tournaments start at 9:00 a.m.

FROM OHIO SHUFFLE.WEEBLY.COM

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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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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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