VAN BUREN__The Bluffton High School wrestling team finished a strong seventh out of 35 teams at the two-day Van Buren Invitational on Saturday, January 24.
The Pirates scored 111 points at the event, just one behind sixth-place Paulding. Woodmore won the tournament with 248 points. Delta edged Liberty Center for second place, 200.5-194. Allen East came in fifth with 130.
BLUFFTON__A big fourth quarter lifted the Bluffton High School boys basketball team to a 61-47 victory over visiting local rival Pandora-Gilboa on Saturday, January 23.
The Pirates led just 42-40 heading into the final stanza, but authored a 19-7 fourth period to break open a close contest and win by 14.
Six different Pirates made a basket in the decisive fourth quarter, including three treys.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School bowling teams split a dual match with visiting Parkway on a record-setting night for the boys at Southgate Lanes on Friday, January 23.
The Pirate boys won their match decisively over the Panthers by a score of 2,907 pins to 2,485. Their margin of victory was 422 pins.
In the girls match, the short-handed Pirates lost to the Panthers by a 2,155-1,522 pin count.
VAN WERT__The visiting Bluffton High School boys basketball team was hit with an early barrage of triples and lost to Northwest Conference leader Lincolnview 80-66 on Friday, January 23.
The balanced Lancers placed four players in double-figure scoring.
First-place Lincolnview bombed in five first-period treys to build a 28-15 lead they never relinquished.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls basketball team rode a huge third period to a 45-35 victory over visiting Lincolnview in a Northwest Conference contest on Thursday, January 22.
The game was tied 7-7 after the first quarter, and Bluffton inched ahead 14-13 at halftime.
The Pirates then authored a 19-5 third stanza to build a 33-18 margin heading to the fourth quarter. Eight different Bluffton players sank a field goal in the decisive quarter, while holding the Lancers to just two baskets.
