Tyson Shutler and Laykin Garmatter are the 2021 Bluffton High School Jim “Cappy” Clark winners, according to Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director,
A student’s selection as a Cappy Clark winner is based upon that student lettering in two or more sports, an accumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher and consideration such as sportsmanship, athletic leadership, school leadership and citizenship. Each year’s winners are chosen by the athletic department and coaching staff.
By Cort Reynolds
TIFFIN - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished an impressive fourth at the Div. III regional meet Friday at Tiffin.
Liberty Center won the girls team title with 64 points, well ahead of second-place Colonel Crawford with 46. Defiance Tinora ended up third (43).
Columbus Grove captured the boys regional crown with 104 points, doubling up second place Archbold (52). Hopewell-Loudon was third (51), while Bluffton finished a strong fourth with 50 points.
FROM BLUFFTON PIRATES TWITTER - Bluffton Athletic Boosters and the Bluffton HS student senate donated these T-shirts to all BHS juniors, sophomores, freshmen, eighth and seventh graders this week.
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FINDLAY - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished a strong second in the 13-team Div. III district meet finals Friday at Liberty-Benton.
Columbus Grove won the boys and girls team titles. CG captured the boys crown with 170 points, while Bluffton scored 102.5.
The Pirate girls finished eighth out of 16 teams with 40 points. Grove nosed out Kalida for the girls team crown.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Three Bluffton softball players received All-Northwest Conference honors in voting conducted by the league coaches Monday evening.
Lady Pirate junior slugger Riley Busch was named second team all-league.
Senior Kennedi Jordan and junior Sophie Bricker earned honorable mention league notice.
Lincolnview senior Destiny Coil was named NWC Player of the Year, drawing more votes than Paulding shortstop Gabbie Stallbaum and Ada pitcher Leona Dalton.
By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The Bluffton track and field teams competed in the first day of the 13-team Div. III district meet Wednesday at Findlay.
Columbus Grove holds the lead in both the boys and girls standings after the first day. The Pirate boys are fourth and Bluffton girls are sixth after day one, which featured three finals events and many qualifying races.
Day 1 scoring Bluffton finishes (top 8):
Boys Pole Vault
5th Sam Derstine 10 Bluffton J11-0
