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Shanks 1st team, Giesige 2nd team

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON–Three players from the Bluffton High School football team–Mason Shank, Tayte Giesige and Jackson Bowlus–earned Div. VI All-Ohio honors in recent voting by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association.

Mason Shank, a 6-2, 241-pound junior, was named to the first team as an offensive lineman. His blocking helped pave the way for the explosive Pirate offense to average a league-best 41.1 points per game.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON–The Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost 54-50 to visiting Toledo Bowsher in a non-league contest on Tuesday, December 9.

The Pirates led 25-22 at halftime, but Bowsher took a four-point lead into the final stanza behind a 20-13 third-period run.

Both teams netted 12 markers in the fourth quarter.

BlueRacer Aidin Boschen canned four triples, made 10 baskets and scored a game-high 26 points for Bowsher. He scored 17 of his points in the second half to pace the TB comeback.

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Bluffton hosts Ottawa-Glandorf and Wapakoneta on December 11

By Cort Reynolds

CELINA––The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim teams competed well at the 17-school Celina Sprints Invitational meet on Saturday, December 6. (Swim team roster and coaches listed below.)

The Pirates girls ended up a strong fourth, while the boys finished a very solid fifth at the tough event. 

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Bluffton bowls in the Kenton Holiday Baker Tournament on December 23.

By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS - The Bluffton High School boys bowling team finished a strong sixth at the prestigious 22nd annual Ohio High School Invitational Div. II “Kickoff Tournament” in Columbus on Saturday, December 6.

“It was great to be part of this invitational,” said Bluffton head bowling coach Ben Nye. “Being that schools are only invited if they made it to the district event last year is a nice reward for the boys' hard work last season.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON–The Bluffton High School girls basketball team lost a 49-45 battle to visiting Ottoville in a non-league contest on Saturday, December 6.

Playing their first game in 12 days, the Pirate girls trailed 23-19 at halftime. Bluffton inched within 34-33 after fashioning a 14-11 third quarter.

But the Big Green won the final stanza 15-12 to hold on for the four-point victory.

The Pirates fell to 3-1 after suffering their first defeat. Traditional power Ottoville improved to 5-0 with the win.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team battled but couldn’t overcome turnover problems in a 40-30 loss to visiting power Ottawa-Glandorf in a non-league contest on Friday, December 5.

A 13-0 run by O-G midway through the game broke open a close contest and paved the way to victory.

The visiting Titans took advantage of 23 Pirate turnovers, many of the live-ball variety, to convert key transition baskets.

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