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Bluffton faces Arlington in Tuesday’s McDonald’s Holiday Boys’ Basketball Tournament title game at BHS on Dec. 29.

In the opening round:

• Arlington defeated Allen East 69-59
• Bluffton defeated Cory Rawson 61-36

Allen East will play Cory-Rawson in the Consolation game, which is set to begin at 6 p.m., Dec. 29. 

Box scores are in the attachment.

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Mitchell Ault  and Nick Friesen of Bluffton guard Wapakoneta players during the second half of the BHS-Wapak boys' game on Dec. 22. The Pirates beat the WLB team 65-55.

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Bluffton High School boys' defeated Wapakoneta 65-55 in a non-conference game at home on Dec. 22.

The box score is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

 

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Alec Yoder, grandson of Alan and Diann Yoder, Bluffton, launched his gymnastics career at Ohio State University on Dec. 21 leading the Grey team to a win at the Scarlet and Gray Intrasquad. The OSU freshman won the all-around title.

Alec is the son Mike and Rebecca Yoder of Indianapolis. Mike is a Bluffton HS grad. Details follow:

 The Gray team defeated the Scarlet team, 269.300-265.300, earning its fourth win in the exhibition contest in the last five seasons. The Top-3 scores per team on each apparatus counted toward the final results.

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Several Bluffton swimmers participated in the Defiance Polarpalozza Invitational earlier this month.

The event attracted over 250 swimmers from across northwestern Ohio. Bluffton swimmer results follow in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

 

 

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Alivia Koenig likes her jersey number 23.

She scored 23 points in Bluffton girls’ win over Delphos Jefferson on Dec. 10.  Her points included five treys in the first quarter – if that’s not a record, it should be.

The Pirates won the NWC contest 58 to 47. The game stats are in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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