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FROM FACEBOOK_Bluffton Soccer Club is hosting tryouts for its travel soccer program beginning Monday, May 18, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church fields.

Tryout will be for all skill levels with the following schedule and team levels:

Monday, May 18 or Thursday, May 21

6:00 p.m. - Boys U9, U11 and U12

7:00 p.m. - Boys U13 and U14 

Tuesday, May 19 or Friday, May 22

6:00 p.m. - Girls U10 and U11

7:00 p.m. - Girls U12, U13, U14 and U15

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By Cort Reynolds

LIMA__The Bluffton High School boys tennis team competed well in the Div. II sectional tournament Thursday and Saturday at UNOH on May 14 and May 16.

On Saturday, the Pirate senior doubles team of Grady Coonfare and Isaiah Kohli survived a tough first set to beat the second-seeded St. Marys team of Jake Ackroyd and Noah White 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 in the sectional finals and win the doubles crown.

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Wright sweeps sprints, Matthews dominates distance runs

By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE__The Bluffton High School girls and boys track and field teams both finished a strong second at the annual eight-team Northwest Conference championship meet on Friday, May 15.

Columbus Grove swept both team titles. The CG girls scored 202 points to finish ahead of the second-place Pirate girls, who scored 140. Lincolnview nipped Spencerville for third, 98-97.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School baseball team shut out visiting non-conference foe Cory-Rawson 10-0 on Friday, May 15.

The Pirates scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning and tacked on a single score in the second frame. 

Bluffton blew the game open by plating five runs in the home half of the third to build a 7-0 lead. The Pirates pushed across three scores in the fourth inning to invoke the 10-run mercy rule with a shutout a half-inning later.

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The following results are from May 8-14 of the Bluffton University 2025-26 athletics season as reported on www.BlufftonBeavers.com:

MAY 8

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By Cort Reynolds

SWANTON__The visiting Bluffton High School softball team lost 12-1 at Swanton in a Div. V Northwest 2 sectional final matchup on Wednesday, May 13.

The second-seeded Bulldogs led just 1-0 after two innings, then plated five runs in the home half of the third to break the game open.

The Pirate girls scored their lone run in the top of the fourth frame when senior outfielder Macy Schaadt swatted a solo home run. The blast cut the deficit to 6-1.

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