Delphos Jefferson scored a total of 242 points to take the 2015 Northwest Conference Wrestling Championship in the event held at Bluffton High School.
Allen East and Bluffton tied for second in the tournament as each school totaled 228 points. Jefferson's title was their second overall NWC wrestling championship having previously won the league title in 2012.
The road was not friendly to the Pirates over the weekend as BHS lost their second and third consecutive road contests on Friday, Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31. The Pirates kept both games close, but dropped their record to 11-5 (1-3 NWC) after a 56-52 loss at Allen East and a 67-60 loss at Van Buren.
When Scott Bergman scored 50 points for Bluffton University against Anderson in Founders Hall on Jan. 22, 2005, Beaver fans figured that record might not ever be touched.
Then came Thayne Recker.
He scored 53 points against Hanover on Jan. 31. The Beavers won the contest 103-102 and it took two overtimes to do it.
Recker’s 53 points not only broke a Bluffton University single-game scoring record. It also broke the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference record of 51 set by Manchester's Burt Paddock in 1996.
It was Onalee Shepler week at Southgate Lanes Bowling Alley, Bluffton. Shepler had the women’s high game score of 255 , the third highest score at 217 and the women’s high series at 659.
John Peterman and Dan Moorman tied at 286 for the men’s highest game score. Bob Edwards’ 750 was the men’s high series score.
The attachment at the bottom of this story lists all the high scores of the week ending Jan. 30.
Shots were not falling and points were not adding up for the Pirates as they played host to the Kenton Wildcats on Tuesday night, Jan. 27, but a strong defensive effort from the home team helped tame a physical Wildcats offense and helped lead BHS to a low scoring, 43-37 victory.
The win pushed the Pirates record to 11-3 (1-2 NWC) and helped them extend their record to 3-1 against Western Buckeye League opponents this season.
Todd Basinger, Randy Preston and Shane Bugner each bowled games of 279 to tie for men’s high game scores last week at Southgate Lanes. Gina Bloomfield’s 248 was the high woman’s game score.
The attachment to this story shows the week’s high games and high series.
