Bluffton High School grad and outstanding track and field student athlete, Trevor Bassitt putt himself among the great sprinters and hurdlers in NCAA Division II history on Feb. 7.
Click here for Trevor's BHS track achievements
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton dominated former conference rival Lima Central Catholic 49-30 in a girls basketball bout Thursday night to end the regular season on a high note.
The Lady Pirates led 11-5 after the first period of play on the strength of two Kylie Monday triples.
Six Kylie Stackhouse points in the second stanza helped the Pirates secure a 24-14 intermission margin.
The Pirate girls led 32-21 heading to the final period of play.
By Cort Reynolds
ELIDA - Homestanding Elida outscored Bluffton by six points in the second half to pull out a close 64-60 victory in non-conference boys basketball action Tuesday night.
The Pirates trailed 15-12 after the first period, but Bluffton rallied to grab a 31-29 edge at intermission as Carson Soper scored eight second-period points.
Elida inched in front 47-46 after three periods of play. The Bulldogs then canned 10 of 15 fourth period foul shots to win the quarter 17-14 and hold on for the four-point victory.
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls basketball team was seeded eighth out of 14 teams at the Van Wert district/Div. IV super sectional drawing held recently.
The Lady Pirate cagers (11-9) will visit local rival Cory-Rawson (13-6) in the first round Wednesday, February 17 at 7 p.m. The seventh-seeded Lady Hornets knocked off the Pirate girls 39-29 at Bluffton back in the season opener.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton varsity wrestling team hosted the annual Northwest Conference title meet Friday. The Pirates finished a solid fourth out of eight teams as three Bluffton grapplers secured individual championships.
Allen East narrowly won its fifth straight league title with 264.5 points, edging second-place Columbus Grove by a mere half point.
MILLER CITY - Visiting Bluffton fell behind by 19 at halftime and lost 62-51 to non-conference foe Miller City in a girls basketball game Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Pirates trailed 14-7 after the first period of play. MC then blew the game open with a 24-point second quarter to build a 38-19 advantage at intermission.
The Pirate girls outscored the Lady Wildcats 16-12 in each of the last two stanzas, but could not overcome the big halftime deficit.
