By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(BLUFFTON) - The Lady Pirate softball team picked up their second league win with a 6-5 victory over Columbus Grove. The Pirates led 5-1 after four innings but the Bulldogs tied the ballgame in the top of the fifth, plating four runs. BHS pushed the go ahead run in the bottom of the frame to hold on for the win.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(SPENCERVILLE) - Spencerville dropped Bluffton to 1-3 in NWC play with a 4-2 victory Thursday evening. The Bearcats outhit the Pirates 9-4.
Spencerville led 1-0 after just one inning but Bluffton got two runs in the top of the second inning to take a 2-1 lead. Brayton Businger knocked in a run with a base knock in the inning.
(SPENCERVILLE) - The host Bearcats peppered Bluffton by a 9-2 count Thursday evening in a Northwest Conference softball affair. Spencerville took a 5-0 lead after three innings on the way to the win.
(BLUFFTON) - The Pirate boys tennis team got wins from singles players Justin Haggard and Drew Wilson but fell 3-2 to Archbold Friday evening. Haggard improved to 7-0 on the season with the win at first singles. Wilson fought and scrapped for 2 hours and 15 minutes to win his third singles match, per coach Mike Hilty.
1st Singles : Justin Haggard defeated Erik Short 6-1, 6-2
2nd Singles : Christian Groman lost to Luck McQuade 6-0, 6-0
The Bluffton track teams competed in the Bill Krause Invitational Saturday. The boys finished 13th of 13 teams. The Lady Pirates did not score any points on the day as only five team members competed.
Scoring points for Bluffton were:
Boys 4x800 - 4th at 8:37 - Baylor Garmatter, Asher Antrim, Simon Derstine, Luke Young
Having not played in a week, the Pirate baseball team gave their fans a dramatic extra inning, walkoff win over Fort Jennings Wednesday evening at Kyle Luginbuhl Memorial Field. Sophomore Cayden Rayle had the game winning hit in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 4-3 BHS victory.
