FINDLAY – The Bluffton boys track and field team won the tough 10-team Liberty-Benton Pat Wagner Invitational on a wet Saturday, May 3. The Pirate boys finished with 122 points to defeat second-place meet host L-B (105) by 17 points. Oak Harbor came in third with 85 points, followed by Columbus Grove (70) and Bath (65).
Grove took the girls team crown with 144 points, while the Pirate girls finished a strong second at 119. Oak Harbor ended up a close third with 118, and Bath came in fourth (86.5).
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School baseball team handily defeated visiting non-conference foe North Baltimore 12-2 on Friday, May 2.
The Pirates scored in every inning, capped by a four-run bottom of the sixth, to enact the 10-run mercy rule.
The Pirates improved to 8-10 overall after the lopsided win. The Tigers fell to 7-5 after the decisive defeat.
Bluffton out-hit NB, 9-2. The Pirates drilled three doubles and hit one triple. The hosts led 5-0 after three innings, then stretched the lead to 8-1 after five frames.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls softball team lost a 2-1 pitcher’s duel to visiting non-conference foe Continental on Friday evening, May 2.
The visiting Pirates scored a run in the first inning to take an early lead. Bluffton tied it with a run in the bottom of the fourth. Continental broke the tie by pushing across the winning run in the sixth.
The Pirate girls dropped to 2-10 overall with the tight loss. Continental improved to 10-6 after the win.
VAN WERT__The visiting Bluffton High School girls softball team lost 9-0 to Northwest Conference rival Lincolnview on Thursday evening, May 1.
The league-leading Lancer girls plated four runs in both the first and third innings to put the game out of reach early.
The Pirate girls dropped to 2-9 overall and 1-4 in the NWC with the loss. Lincolnview improved to 16-3 overall and 5-0 in the NWC after the shutout win. The Lancers are tied atop the NWC standings with Delphos Jefferson.
VAN WERT__The Lincolnview baseball team clinched at least a share of its fifth straight Northwest Conference championship with a 5-0 shutout of the Bluffton High School team on Thursday, May 1.
The Lancers scored four runs in the third inning to break up a scoreless tie.
The Pirates fell to 7-10 overall and 1-4 in NWC play after the loss. The Lancers improved to 12-3 and 5-0 in the NWC after the win.
