They weren't Pirates - but they were from Bluffton
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Here's a team that could whip you - using their rules or perhaps your rules. It's a 1944 Triplett Corp. women's basketball team. This squad won its eighth consecutive win when this photo was taken.
Click on the image for the identification of players. They are familiar names: including Basinger, Howe, Schmidt, Kohler and Montgomery.
At the bottom of this story is an attachment that tells more details about the team.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Darrell Lee Diller, 92, managed a farming business
- September 9 Bluffton High School athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton alumni will discuss pathways to chaplaincy
- Beaverdam cleanup day is Sept. 12
- Pirate boys golf 3rd at NWC quad
- Pirate volleyball outlasts Arlington
- Pirate girls soccer blanks Crestview
- Pirate boys soccer tie vs. Kalida
- Letter: The future of American agriculture
- Maple Grove Cemetery records now online
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Bluffton Historical meets Sept. 9 at the 1899 Depot
- Jerry L. Blosser worked for DTR Industries
- Bluffton Schools cancelled on September 8, cleanup for biodigester malfunction underway
- July 2026 Bluffton Police Dept. activity report
- Hillville Rd. closure on Sept. 8-9
- Lions and friends will count pathway users in September
- Bluffton Ohio Historical Society takes part in Ohio Open Doors, Sept. 12