Bluffton High School senior wrestler Kaden Basil competed in the third-place match of the Div. III state championship tournament Sunday, March 13, in the 175 lbs. division.
Basil lost that bout to Waynedale senior Peyton Lemon by technical fall 20-5 to finish fourth in the double-elimination tournament at the Schottenstein Center on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus.
Basil registered a 3-2 record at the three-day event to finish his season with a record of 41-7. Lemon concluded his campaign 31-2 after finishing third.
Bluffton High School senior wrestler Kaden Basil advanced to the consolation round semifinals of the Div. III state championship tournament in the 175 lbs. division Saturday, March 12.
Basil posted a 2-1 record in the double-elimination event over the first two days of the three-day event at the Schottenstein Center on the Ohio State campus in Columbus to run his record to 40-6 this season.
In the consolation semifinals Sunday morning, Basil will square off against West Jefferson senior Bryce Keckley (56-3).
Six Bluffton High School wrestlers competed in the Division III district meet at Rossford Saturday, March 5, with Kaden Basil making it to further competition on March 6.
Five Pirate grapplers lost in the first round and dropped into the consolation bracket of the double-elimination event, where four were knocked out in the next round.
Pirate senior Kaden Basil went 2-0 Saturday in the 175 lbs. bracket to reach the semifinal round.
In his first match Saturday, he pinned Margaretta junior Bobby Suto in just 35 seconds.
The Bluffton High School boys basketball team succumbed to a late Wayne Trace run and lost 45-42 in the Division III district semifinals at Lima Senior Thursday, March 3.
Wayne Trace tightened its defense and ended the game on a 19-6 run to post the comeback win. The Raiders limited Bluffton to just two points in the fourth period.
Bluffton University has named Zach Hammon as its next head women's soccer coach.
Hammon began coaching at the collegiate level in 2014. He most recently served as the associate head coach for women's soccer at Indiana University Kokomo, where he's coached for the past three seasons.
