OTTAWA__The Bluffton High School swim teams each finished second in a five-team meet at the Putnam County YMCA on Monday, February 2.
Ottawa-Glandorf swept to first in both the boys and girls team standings. The O-G girls won with 119 points, while the Pirate girls were a distant second at 40.
Bluffton sophomore Kari Diller touched first in the girls 100 backstroke.
The Titan boys won with 84 points, followed by the Pirate boys (54).
TOLEDO__The visiting Bluffton High School boys basketball team utilized a huge second period to defeat non-conference foe Toledo Woodward 46-39 on Tuesday, February 3.
The game was tied 11-11 after the opening period. But a 17-1 Pirate second quarter blitzed the Polar Bears and gave Bluffton a 28-12 lead at halftime.
Woodward bounced back behind a 14-7 third period to edge within 35-26 heading into the fourth period.
LIMA__The Bluffton High School wrestling team fared well in the rugged Lima Central Catholic Thunderbird Invitational tournament on Friday and Saturday, January 30-31.
A total of 43 schools competed in the Monsignor Herr Gymnasium at one of the best annual Div. III wrestling events in Ohio, with Bluffton finishing a solid 14th.
BLUFFTON __The Bluffton High School boys basketball team was victimized by a big third period as they lost 65-31 to visiting Northwest Conference foe Spencerville on Friday, January 30.
The Pirates trailed 15-10 after the opening period. An 18-11 Bearcat second stanza gave the visitors a 33-21 lead at halftime.
Spencerville then blitzed Bluffton with a 23-5 third quarter as Will Sensabaugh pumped in eight points on two treys and a breakaway stuff.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School bowling teams lost to tough visiting Liberty-Benton in a dual match at Southgate Lanes to end the regular season on Senior Night Friday, January 30.
The Pirate boys fell by a very high score of 3,068 pins to 3,004. The Eagle margin of victory was just 64 pins despite a Pirate record high total for a match.
In the girls match, the Pirates lost to a good Eagles squad by a 2,420-1,413 pin count.
