Just when you thought basketball was over here comes the Bluffton High School boys' alumni basketball tournament. The tourney features six teams with all games on Saturday, June 4, according to Todd Boblitt, BHS varsity coach.
Teams include:
o Team Hilty
o Team Wietholter
a Team Burris
oTeam Gratz
o Team Oberly
o Team Bogart
Games are played in the middle school and high school gym. Admission is $2 for the day and children are admitted free.
What a week for Pirate sports! The BHS boys' track team finished second and the girls third in the Division III regional track meet in Tiffin on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Cinderella BHS girls' softball team competed in its first-ever trip to the Division IV softball regionals, losing to an undefeated Felicity-Franklin 8 to 0 at Tipp City.
Due to weather conditions, Bluffton High School girls' softball regional game has been moved to Friday at 5 p.m., according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.
A fourth place finish at the District III regional track meet enables several Pirates to advance to this week's regional meet at Tiffin. Bluffton finished fourth with 63.5 points behind Liberty Benton, 168; Patrick Henry, 166; and McComb, 70.
The regional meet takes place on Wednesday, May 25, and Friday, May 27.
The following girls' advance to the regionals for BHS:
3,200 relay - first at district, Julie Althaus, Alissa Garmatter, Jill Steinmetz, Hannah Chappell-Dick, 9:55.11.
The Bluffton High School boys' track team qualified several events in this week's Division III regional track meet at Tiffin Columbian High School. The boys finished the district as runners-up scoring 124 points, closely behind Liberty Benton at 130 points. Columbus Grove was third with 86 points. The regional meet is Wednesday, May 25, and Friday, May 27.
Pirate regional qualifiers follow: 3,200 relay - first at district - David Yoder, David Moser, Lucas Harnish, Matthew Herron, 8:15.16.
