American gymnast Alec Yoder came close to earning an Olympic medal after being a late addition to the United States trials competition just over a week before.
Yoder is the grandson of a retired Bluffton optometrist.
Originally left off the national teams, he finished fourth in the Olympic trials pommel horse event July 24 at St. Louis, Missouri to qualify as an individual representative of the American team.
The mandatory player/parent meeting will be next Thursday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the High School gym. This will be for all athletes grades 7-12 and parent/guardians who will participate in a fall sport.
Fall sports officially begin August 1, but practice will not start until August 2, all athletes must have updated Physical on PRIVIT https://blufftonpirates-oh.e-ppe.com/index.jspa before the official start of practice August 1.
The Bluffton summer swim squad dunked the competition by capturing the overall, boys and girls team titles at the 39th annual Elks Invitational Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet July 9-10 in Kenton.
Bluffton scored 2,675.5 total points to out-distance Wapakoneta (2,262) and Westside Swim & Racket Club (2,138) in the combined boys/girls team standings.
Bluffton earned the boys team crown with 1,443.5 points. The Wapak Wave boys were second (1,229), while Westside came in third (1,066).
