Sports

Bath stops BHS girls in soccer

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By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Bluffton girls tennis team whipped Lima Senior 5-0 Saturday morning.

The shutout win upped the Lady Pirate record to 2-4. Bluffton won easily without dropping a set.

Senior Julia Smallcombe triumphed at first singles 6-1, 6-1.

Bluffton senior Olivia Barnes easily won her second singles match 6-1, 6-0. 

Classmate Pearl Lewandowski also cruised to victory at third singles 6-1, 6-2.

The Bluffton junior duo of Libby Frazier and Ellie Nickel also won handily 6-0, 6-2 at first doubles.

BHS boys' 5th of 9 teams

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By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The Bluffton boys cross country team finished fifth of nine teams at the Delphos Blue Jay Invitational Saturday at Stadium Park.

Columbus Grove won the boys team title with 48 points, finishing just ahead of Anna (51). Bluffton was fifth with 118 points.

Pirate sophomore Erik Nygaard finished ninth in the 88-runner field with a time of 18:08.9 to pace Bluffton.

Senior Brandon Good was second for Bluffton and 20th overall in 19:13.03. Classmate Elijah Conley ended up 25th in 19:23.29.

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By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls tennis team lost to visiting Wapakoneta 5-0 on a warm Wednesday evening.

The defeat dropped the Lady Pirate record to 1-4. 

Bluffton senior Olivia Barnes lost a close second singles match in a third-set tiebreaker to 10 points, 10-5. She split the first two sets with senior Ellie Schroer of Wapak 6-4, 4-6.

The number two doubles duo of freshmen Caitlyn Couch and Brooke Camper also fought hard but dropped a third set tiebreak, 10-4.

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By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton golf team beat Arlington 164-189 in a dual match at the Bluffton Golf Course Wednesday.

The Pirates play at the Delphos Country Club Monday, August 31 in a three-team league event vs. Delphos Jefferson and Columbus Grove. 
 

Goals by Derstine, Spallinger (2), Basil (2), Kleman (3)

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By Cort Reynolds
 ELIDA - The visiting Bluffton boys soccer team crushed Elida 8-2 Thursday evening. 

The Pirates improved to 2-0 with the convincing victory.

Bluffton's Simon Derstine started the scoring in the ninth minute. Aiden Bartels of Elida tied it 1-1 with a goal three minutes later.

Jude Spallinger put the Pirates back on top in the 24th minute, yet Bartels equalized the match again a minute later at 2-2.

Spallinger put Bluffton ahead for good 3-2 with a goal in the 35th minute.

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By Cort Reynolds
PANDORA - The visiting Bluffton volleyball team rallied from a  two-set deficit to capture a hard-fought, non-league bout at rival Pandora-Gilboa on a hot Thursday night. 

Bluffton outlasted the Lady Rockets in five sets by a 22-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-12 score to improve to 2-0.

Bluffton plays at Elida Monday, August 31.

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