The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors met Thursday morning in Columbus for its regularly scheduled June meeting, which marks the final board meeting of the 2012-13 school year. The following are highlights from the meeting. The complete set of meeting minutes will be posted later at OHSAA.org.
On Saturday, this Bluffton 11-13 year old fastpitch softball team took first place in the Tri-County Tournament. They also took first place in the Tri-County Fastpitch League going undefeated this season.
Front row: Morgan and Hannah
2nd row: Libby, Kylee, Mara, Kaitlyn, Zoe, Grace
3rd row: Aimee, Katie, Alivia, Averey, Kaitlyn, Sydney
The coaching staff is not pictured: Steve Ritter, Ryan Koenig, Brad Prater, Mike Minnig and Allison Schaadt.
The U-10 Bluffton Galaxy girls soccer team took 1st place at the Riverdale Spring Classic held on May 18 and 19.
They went 3-0 in their pool with a combined score of 22-5 over the 3 games. They ended the season with a 9-2 record.
The team consists of (left to right in picture) Lauren Gray, Samantha Scoles, Olivia Pittsenbarger, Reagan Mittendorf, Amber Gladwell, Skyler Scoles, Haelyn Bischoff, Kylie Monday, Anna Davies, Maeve Donaldson.
The team is coached by Jeremy Scoles and Steve Mittendorf.
Parents of children interested in playing midget football this fall can register their child at www.blufftonbucs.com. It is for children entering grades 3-6 who attend Bluffton school.
They can also call Mac Davies at 419-202-4098 for information.
Seven of the nine proposed Ohio High School Athletic Association constitution and bylaw revisions passed as voted upon by OHSAA member schools, Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D., has announced. Highlighting the voting was approval of a significant change to the transfer bylaw, but a proposal to change how schools are placed into their tournament divisions for team sports failed for the third consecutive year. Overall, changes were approved to two constitution items and five bylaw items.