By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(SPENCERVILLE) - Spencerville dropped Bluffton to 1-3 in NWC play with a 4-2 victory Thursday evening. The Bearcats outhit the Pirates 9-4.
Spencerville led 1-0 after just one inning but Bluffton got two runs in the top of the second inning to take a 2-1 lead. Brayton Businger knocked in a run with a base knock in the inning.
(SPENCERVILLE) - The host Bearcats peppered Bluffton by a 9-2 count Thursday evening in a Northwest Conference softball affair. Spencerville took a 5-0 lead after three innings on the way to the win.
(BLUFFTON) - The Pirate boys tennis team got wins from singles players Justin Haggard and Drew Wilson but fell 3-2 to Archbold Friday evening. Haggard improved to 7-0 on the season with the win at first singles. Wilson fought and scrapped for 2 hours and 15 minutes to win his third singles match, per coach Mike Hilty.
1st Singles : Justin Haggard defeated Erik Short 6-1, 6-2
2nd Singles : Christian Groman lost to Luck McQuade 6-0, 6-0
The Bluffton track teams competed in the Bill Krause Invitational Saturday. The boys finished 13th of 13 teams. The Lady Pirates did not score any points on the day as only five team members competed.
Scoring points for Bluffton were:
Boys 4x800 - 4th at 8:37 - Baylor Garmatter, Asher Antrim, Simon Derstine, Luke Young
Here's a Blufton parade in the early 1940s. This is the Bluffton Masonic Lodge. Several observations:
• 48-star flags
• Western Ohio Railroad interuban tracks still evident on Main Street
• Elk Restaurant in the building that today houses Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue
• Check out the awnings on the restaurant
• Muma's Electric Shop, radio service in is the office that today houses Faith Investment Services
• Apparently, behind that Oscar Velasquez mural is a large mural ad for a 5 cent cigar that is "truly a 10 cent quality"
NMM 6 is on a classic Ohio plate with Hancock County sticker. The Icon spotted it on Main Street Bluffton on a silver Toyota. Don't worry - it's not expired. We took the photo in February.
