Sports

Matches will be live-streams on school website

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Bluffton High School will host this year’s Northwest Conference meet on Friday.

Eight schools will bring wrestlers and there will be junior high and high school competitions.

Jeff Kleman, Bluffton coach, told the Icon that the junior high wrestlers will compete in the old BHS gym. The high school competition takes place in the new gym.

“Bluffton will have seven or eight wrestlers competing,” said Kleman. He expects Allen East and Columbus Grove be in a competitive spot for the NWC trophy this year.

Bluffton Soccer Club spring online registration now open

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The Bluffton Soccer Club is taking registrations for the 2021 spring soccer season, according to Dan Lee.

Registration is online at www.blufftonsoccer.com.  

Or, click here for the specific registration page.

Deadline to enter is 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7 • Winner goes home with a pizza

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Bluffton and Ada Icons invite viewers to enter the Icon Super Bowl contest.

Click here to enter
Persons may enter as often as they wish, but must use a different name with each new entry.

The deadline to enter is 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7. The Bluffton winner receives a 14-inch, 1-item Padrone's Pizza.

Grove over Bluffton girls

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By Cort Reynolds
PANDORA - Visiting Bluffton went to BVC co-leader Pandora-Gilboa and lost a 59-39 non-conference boys basketball game Saturday night. 

P-G methodically outscored cold-shooting Bluffton in each quarter. They tallied 16 points in three of the four periods to win going away.

The Rockets were up 16-10 after the first quarter. The hosts extended the margin by three points to 27-18 at halftime. 

Their cushion was 43-30 heading to the final stanza. The Rockets out-pointed the Pirates 16-9 in the fourth period as well.

Prepare for swimming sectional on Feb. 13

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The Bluffton Swim Team wo a quad meet with Lima Central Catholic, Bath and Marion Local on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Lima YMCA. 

And, on Jan. 28, Bluffton won a dual meet with Lima Senior. Results of that meet are at the bottom of this story.

Quad meet on Jan. 22

The Bluffton girls 200 meter medley relay team took second place which consisted of Olivia Barnes, Ella Armstrong, Allison Diller, and Andrea Bourassa. 

Trey Boblitt led all scorers with 21 points as he nailed 6 of the team's 11 triples

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By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Homestanding Bluffton fired in 51 points over the middle quarters to blow out McComb 79-55 in a non-league boys basketball makeup game Tuesday night. 

Bluffton led 20-12 after the first period as five players scored, including three triples. But the Pirates blew it open with a 23-11 second stanza to lead by 20 at intermission. Nic Essinger netted four baskets in the quarter.

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