August 5: National Night Out is·6:00 – 9:00 p.m. followed by Fireworks - Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd. Free admission, free activities, free food.
10 Pirates qualify for June 6-7 finals in Columubs
By Cort Reynolds
LEXINGTON__Nine Bluffton track and field individual athletes and one relay team qualified for the state meet with strong performances at the Div. II northwest regional meet on May 29 and 31 in Lexington.
The Bluffton boys claimed the regional team crown with 60 points, beating out 40 other schools. Oak Harbor came in second with 55.5 points, followed by Ottawa-Glandorf (51).
Pirate track and field will compete at the May 29 D2 Regional Meet at Lexington High School, Lexington, Ohio.
Field Events start at 4 p.m. and running events at 5:30 p.m. They will also compete on Saturday, May 31 with field events start at 11 a.m. and running events start at 12:30 p.m.
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MAY 27 MEDIA RELEASE__On Friday May 30, the Bluffton Shuffleboard Club will host the Steve and Cindy Slaughterback Memorial Shuffleboard Tournament. This is a state tournament with players coming from all over Ohio and Indiana.
In preparation for this tournament and this year's club play, the Village of Bluffton and the members of the club resurfaced the courts at the park by Buckeye Lake.
Bluffton High School sophomores Nathan Speicher and Blayne Hill earned second team All-Northwest Conference honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Speicher batted .339 with 12 runs batted in and eight doubles. He scored a team-high 23 runs. He also drew a team-best 22 walks to post a .528 on-base pct.
Hill hit .344 with nine RBI, five doubles and one triple.
Pirate senior Landen Worcester was named honorable mention All-NWC. He batted .309 with 20 RBI, six doubles and two triples.
