Ayersville joins the 2017 Bluffton High School varsity football schedule, according to Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director.
Bluffton will travel to the Pilots stadium for a non-conference game on Friday, Sept. 8, which is the third game of the season.
Ayersville replaces Ft. Loramie on the schedule.
For the first time in decades Bluffton’s first three football opponents are non-league teams. BHS opens with Cory-Rawson, then Van Buren (both at home), and the Ayersville on the road.
Following that the Pirates play a seven-game Northwest Conference schedule.
The 2017 Bluffton Sardines are swimming off to a great start. And there are a lot of them, 150 to be exact. This is an increase from last year’s team of 138.
“In the last three to four years the interest in swimming as a sport in Bluffton has just exploded,” said Jennie Wilson, president of the Bluffton Sardines swim club. “The Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) is fun and competitive and allows for swimmers of all skill levels to participate.”
New divisional assignments for the 2017-18 winter sports of basketball and wrestling were released Thursday by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. For the first time, Competitive Balance roster data was used in determining divisional assignments in basketball, which is the only OHSAA winter sport affected by the Competitive Balance regulation that OHSAA member schools adopted by referendum vote in 2014.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the football regions and schedule format for the 2017 playoffs. New in 2017, all playoff games during the first four rounds will be played on Friday nights.
Trevor Bassitt, outstanding Bluffton High School senior athletic, added his name to the list of BHS state track and field title winners on Saturday.
Bassitt won the state Division III boys’ 300 hurdles title with a time of 37.94. Second was Jordan Beight of Grandview Heights in 38.36. Bassitt won 10 points for BHS in the win.
Earlier in the day Bassitt finished second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.26. He was second to Cole Smith of Smithville, whose winning time was a breath faster at 14.20. Bassitt scored 8 points for BHS.
