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UPDATE: The score originally reported for this game was incorrect.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School baseball team lost 2-6 at Spencerville in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday night, April 28.

Bluffton hosts Delphos Jefferson (4-11, 2-3 NWC) in a league makeup game Friday, then entertains Arlington (6-8) Saturday at 11 a.m.

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By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton varsity softball team crushed Spencerville 23-4 in a Northwest Conference matchup Thursday evening, April 28.

The potent Bluffton offense cranked out a season-high 27 hits, including eight of the extra-base variety, to post the blowout win.

The Pirate girls improved to 8-5 overall and 3-1 in the NWC with the decisive victory. Streaking Bluffton has won eight of its last nine games.

The Bearcats fell to 3-12 and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat.

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By Ezra Deitering, sports information assistant

The Bluffton University baseball team avenged a pair of Sunday losses to Albion with a convincing 5-2 win on the Britons playing field on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Bluffton improved to 16-18 on the season, while Albion fell to 13-20.

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It was two different stories when Bluffton welcomed long-time rival Defiance College for a doubleheader on a cold and windy Wednesday, April 27. Bluffton shut down DC 3-1 in the lidlifter before the Yellow Jackets turned the tables with a 20-5 rout in game two. The Beavers moved to 13-21 overall and 5-9 in the Heartland Conference.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School varsity softball team lambasted visiting non-league foe Ottoville 16-1 Wednesday evening, April 27.

The Pirate girls improved to 7-5 with the victory. Bluffton has won seven of its last eight games.

The Big Green fell to 1-9 with the defeat.

Ottoville scored its run in the top of the first frame, but Bluffton scored in all four of its at bats to win going away. 

The Pirate girls plated two in the first inning, five in the second and six in the third. They added three more runs in the fourth.

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On April 26 the Bluffton High School track and field teams particpated in a quad meet at Ada. Teams from Fort Jennings and Ben Logan rounded out the competition.

Led by strong efforts in the field events, the Bluffton boys took first place, while the girls took second place.

The Pirates travel to Liberty-Benton on Saturday, April 30, to compete in the Pat Wagner Invitational.

 

Bluffton results:

1st Place Finishers

Skyler Scoles, 100m

June Essinger, 1600m

Ethan Bogart, 300 hurdles

June Essinger, 800m

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