By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(WAPAKONETA) – After winning eight straight games to start the season, Bluffton’s boys basketball team dropped their second straight contest Tuesday at Wapakoneta. The losses came at the hands of two of the top teams of the Western Buckeye League in Ottawa-Glandorf and Wapak. The two teams have a combined record of 16-3. The host Redskins downed the visiting Pirates 61-54 Tuesday night in a game that had a tale of two halves.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
VAN WERT – Alivia Koenig put up 27 points leading Bluffton to a 54-46 victory over Lincolnview. Averey Rumer added balance, scoring 12. The Lady Pirates are 10-4 overall and remain undefeated in conference play with a 4-0 mark.
Bluffton trailed 15-13 after one quarter but righted the ship in the second. Koenig hit her first three pointer and scored 7 in the quarter. Ashly Eachus and Rumer eached scored as well as Bluffton took a 24-23 lead.
Bluffton girls' basketball team moved to 10-4 overall and 4-0 in the NWC tonight. The Pirates defeated Lincolnview on the road 54-46. Alivia Koenig led Bluffton with 27 points.
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By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(OTTAWA) - After eight wins in eight contests, Bluffton faced their stiffest test to date as they traveled to Ottawa-Glandorf.
The Titans proved their mettle, earning a 76-55 victory and leaving both teams with 8-1 records. Mason Soper scored 20 and Luke Denecker 18 for Bluffton. OG was led by Ben Westrick’s 23 points.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonicon.com
(BLUFFTON) - The Lady Pirates improved to 8-3 at the halfway point of the regular season with a thorough thrashing of Upper Scioto Valley by a 74-31 score. The Rams fell to 1-9 with the loss.
The Lady Pirates enter the second half of the season with an unblemished conference record at 3-0 and their next home game will be January 17 when they host Spencerville, a squad that knocked off the Pirates last season by a 55-50 count.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Bluffton Wrestling turned in a spectacular performance at the Defiance Tri State Border Wars Tournament this weekend. Deandre Nassar was named the Tournament’s Most Valuable Wrestler and won the 182 class. Despite being one of the smallest schools in the field, the Pirate team finished 7th out of 42 teams from Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
