Red and white scholar athletes
Several Bluffton High School athletes are Northwest Conference scholar athletes, according to Jim Raabe, NWC commissioneer.
To be named a scholar-athlete a student must be a letter winner in a sport. The gold level is for students with grade point averages of 3.5 to 4.0 during the season. A silver level is for students with grade point averages of 3.00 to 3.49 during the season.
The entire NWC list is attached.
Cheerleaders
• Gold : Hannah Grace-Perry, Kaitlynn Rieman, Maria Spallinger
• Silver : Annie Campbell, Sidnie Koontz
Boys' Basketball
• Gold : Jared Piercefield, Mason Ault, Luke Denecker, Kaleb Jefferson, Dakota Bricker
• Silver : Mason Soper, Cole Fruchey, Joel Piercefield
Girls' Basketball
• Gold : Laykin Garmatter, Brinkley Garmatter, Ashley Eachus, Libby Schaadt, Averey Rumer, Katie Prater
• Silver : Kayla White, Alivia Koenig
Wrestling
• Gold : Jesse Montel, Tayton Kleman, Josh Mehaffie, Elijah Conley, Deandre Nassar
• Silver : Jeremy Sturgeon
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