Bluffton dropped a non-league Saturday evening game by a 30-27 count. The Pirates were outscored 8-2 in the third quarter allowing Patrick Henry to build a lead they wouldn’t give up. Bluffton fell to 5-7 with the loss, Patrick Henry improved to 5-8 with the win. (go to www.blufftonpirates.com for rest of story)
Deandre Nassar finished second, Tayton Kleman and James Badial-Luna fifth and Jeremy Sturgeon sixth to lead Bluffton to a 13th place team finish at the Van Buren Invitational. The premier area event featured 29 schools. Nassar was seeded second at 195 and won his first two matches by pin downing (go to www.blufftonpirates.com for rest of story)
The BHS girls' basketball team bounced back from their first league loss in a big way with a 58-26 shellacking of Pandora-Gilboa on the Rockets’ home floor. Junior Alivia Koenig poured in a game high 26 points including eight 3’s to lead the offensive charge. Bluffton improved to 11-4 with the win, PG fell to 3-11.
Alivia Koenig guards a Pandora-Gilboa player in Saturday's non-conference basketball game between BHS and P-G. Koenig had eight 3-pointers in the game, won by the Pirates 58-26. (Marvin Foster photo)