Sports

Lauren Swartzwalder smacked a run-scoring double in the first inning to pace the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead

  • /

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton softball team led early but fell to McComb Monday evening in its season lidlifter, 12-1.

McComb plated seven runs in the sixth inning to break open a 5-1 battle and post a run-rule victory in six frames.

Lauren Swartzwalder smacked a run-scoring double in the first inning to pace the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead. But McComb answered with four runs in the second frame to take control.

McComb pitching and defense then held Bluffton scoreless over the final five frames. The visitors out-hit Bluffton, 12-5.

Wright, Bogart and Coonfare scored a run apiece for Bluffton

  • /

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Buffton baseball team lost 18-3 to hard-hitting McComb Monday evening.

The Pirates fell to 0-3 with the defeat, while McComb improved to 1-1 with the five-inning, run-rule shortened victory.

The Panthers broke away from a 1-1 game with consecutive six-run frames in the second and third innings. McComb added five more runs in the top of the fourth to build an 18-2 cushion.

Bluffton plated single runs in the first, second and fourth innings. 

  • /

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Buffton baseball team dropped a doubleheader to Pandora-Gilboa in a season-opening twinbill Saturday afternoon.

The Pirates fell to 0-2 with the defeats, while P-G starts out 2-0. 

Rocket hurler Eric Gerschutz pitched a three-hitter in the opener as P-G broke the game open with a five-run second inning.

In the nightcap, Drew Miller struck out 11 Pirates in five innings as three Rocket pitchers combined to pitch a one-hitter.

Baseball • Softball • Track • Boys' tennis • Middle school track

  • /

Bluffton High School and middle school spring sports schedules and team rosters were released today by Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director. They are posted as attachments at the bottom of this story

Schedules and rosters include:
• Varsity baseball – first game home Saturday, March 27
   Head coach, Kasey  Krendl; assistant, Doug Sanders

• Varsity softball – first game home Saturday, March 27
   Head coach, Jon Inninger; assistant, Tyler Smith
   JV coach, Katie Prater; assistant, Brad Prater

Swim with Putnam County YMCA team and Lima YMCA team

  • /

Eleven swimmers from Bluffton schools swam at the Great Lakes YMCA Zones Swimming Championship at Bowling Green State University March 19-21.

The 2021 event had 800 swimmers from teams in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia.

Jenna Downey, Camden Verb and Riley Verb swim for the Putnam County YMCA swim team under assistant coach, Bob Verb of Bluffton.

Jackson Bowlus • Jenna Downey • Alison Diller • Kari Diller • Xavier Diller • June Essinger • Levin Essinger • Mason Shank • Madelyn Sterrett • Camden Verb • Riley Verb

  • /

This story was updated - Eleven swimmers from Bluffton schools qualified for the Great Lakes YMCA Zones Swimming Championship at Bowling Green State University March 19-21.

Jenna Downey, Camden Verb and Riley Verb swim for the Putnam County YMCA swim team under assistant coach, Bob Verb of Bluffton. Jackson Bowlus, Allison Diller, Kari Diller, Xavier Diller, June Essinger, Levin Essinger, Mason Shank and Madelyn Sterrett swim for the Lima YMCA swim team coached by April Dorman of Bluffton. In the summer, they all swim for the Bluffton Sardines.

Pages