The Bluffton varsity softball team battled hard against visiting perennial power Crestview before losing 8-6 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Friday evening.
The Pirate girls had their five-game win streak snapped with the tough defeat.
Crestview improved to 12-1 overall and stayed first in the NWC at 4-0 by winning the game between the last two unbeaten teams in league play.
The Lady Pirates fell to 5-5 overall and 2-1 in the NWC with the loss.
The surging Bluffton High School varsity softball team won its fifth straight game by decisively beating host Leipsic 7-1 on Charlie Bennettt Field Thursday evening, April 21.
The Pirate girls plated single runs in each of the second and third frames. Bluffton extended its lead to 5-0 with a three-run fifth.
The visitors tacked on two insurance runs in their seventh and last at bat.
Leipsic plated its lone run in the home sixth on a solo home run by losing pitcher Jocelyn Hermiller.
The Monday night ladies' golf league at Hidden Creek Golf Course and Bluffton Golf Club welcomes new playes for their April 25-August 29 season.
5:30 p.m. start time
9 holes of golf - walk or ride
A variety of skill levels
No make-up games when you can't make it
$25.00 league fee for the season
No partner needed - Pair up with a foursome each week
There are also skin games available by flights, weekly fun events, points earned throughout the season. Players can try the opportunity without paying a league fee.
The Franklin College Grizzlies put up runs in bunches en route to a convincing Easter weekend sweep of the Beavers on Saturday, April 16, 2022 in Franklin, IN. Bluffton fell to 10-18 overall and 2-6 in the Heartland Conference following its sixth straight HCAC setback. Franklin improved to 15-12 with a 7-3 mark in HCAC play.
Bryn Cisco (Lancaster/Fairfield Union) took advantage of a pair of Franklin errors in the fourth to knot the game at 1-1 when she crossed the dish, but Franklin stormed right back with six runs in the home half despite just three Grizzly hits.
