MARION__The Bluffton High School bowling teams competed well in the annual Ridgedale Rocket Baker Bash tournament at Cooper’s Bowl in Marion on Saturday, November 15.
The Pirate boys took second place out of 11 teams at the event, while the Bluffton girls made a top-four showing amid a field of 14 squads.
BOYS RESULTS
The Pirate boys bowled 203-206-182-186=777 in game one.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School bowling teams opened the season with an extremely close dual match defeat vs. Miller City, playing at Southgate Lanes on Friday evening, November 14.
BOYS RESULTS
By one pin, the Wildcats won the boys match by the narrowest of margins, 2,547-2,546.
Bluffton won the two-game set by 10 pins 1,843 to 1,833. But MC came back to take the Baker series set by 11 to rally and win, 714-703.
The #7 Pandora-Gilboa Rockets (9-4) playoff run came to an end Friday night, November 14, following their Division VII Region 26 Regional Semi-Final match-up against rival #3 Leipsic, 36-28. Too many costly penalties, missed opportunities, and two turnovers proved to be the difference in the rematch. In week 4, Leipsic (11-1) beat P-G 12-7.
Bluffton girls soccer standout Aubrey Burkholder was named to the Div. V All-Ohio team in voting recently conducted by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association.
Senior scoring ace Burkholder led the Pirates with 16 goals and 12 assists to total 44 points this past season. The Bluffton co-captain was previously named first team all-district in Div. V.
The Pirate girls finished 10-9-1 overall and won the 2025 Northwest Conference title at 6-0.
A total of 43 girls were named to the Div. V all-state squad.
The OHSAA Division VII, Region 26 Round 2 match-up between the #7 Pandora-Gilboa Rockets (9-3) and #2 North Baltimore Tigers (10-0) featured perfect November weather, fifteen touchdowns, and 105 points scored. P-G’s “Mr Everything” Chase Meyer, scored five touchdowns and an interception, as the Rockets outlasted and upset the Tigers in an offensive shootout 63-42.
