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.
Isaac Little, freshman outside liinebacker on the University of Cincinnati's football team, achieved the second highest GPA on the football team this fall.
Little, a Bluffton High School grad and standouting Pirate athlete, achieved a 3.938 grade point average.
A strong, 21-point performance from Levi Kistler and a solid first half performance from the Pirates was not enough to contain a talented Spencerville offense as the Bearcats outscored Bluffton 33-19 in the second half en route to a 52-38 Northwest Conference victory.
Junior Zach Goecke turned in 18 points for Spencerville (9-3, 3-1 NWC), 10 of which came in a huge third quarter for the Bearcats. Bluffton fell to 10-3, 1-2 in the NWC.
The Bluffton High School boys' basketball team has posted one of the best starts in team history, boasting a 10-2 record through their first 12 games. The last Bluffton boys' team to enjoy a similar start was the 2006-2007 team that started 9-3 and went on to finish the season with a 15-7 record.
