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By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Bluffton defeated Kenton 4-1 in a girls tennis match Thursday evening.

The Lady Pirate netters improved their record to 1-2 with their first victory of the season.

Bluffton sophomore Brooke Camper defeated Wildcat senior Grace Collins at first singles 6-2, 6-1.

Pirate sophomore Caitlyn Couch also won a straight-sets match over Emma Mulligan at second singles by a 6-2, 6-4 score.

Pirate seniors Ellie Nickel and Libby Frazier swept to a 6-0, 6-0 win at first doubles.

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Icon sports writer Cort Reynolds' latest SB Nation celticsblog.com article was recently published. 

The article reviews Game 4 of the 1985 NBA Finals between Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Cort has received SB Nation Best of Day in the past.

Click here to view it:

https://www.celticsblog.com/2021/7/26/22593773/reliving-the-almost-perfe...

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By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Bluffton lost 5-0 at Celina in the girls tennis season opener Monday evening.

Lady Pirate Sophomore Brooke Camper dropped a tough three-setter at first singles in a third-set, 10-point tiebreaker 4-6, 7-6, 10-3.

Pirate sophomore Caitlyn Couch also lost a close three-set battle at second singles by an 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 count.

Sophomore Alyssa Hoffman succumbed in a straight-sets match at third singles.

Pirate seniors Ellie Nickel and Libby Frazier lost at first doubles in two sets.

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By Cort Reynolds

The host Bluffton golf team teed off the 2021 season by finishing fourth at the eight-team Pirate Invitational Friday.

Ottoville captured the team crown at the Bluffton Golf Course with a score of 319, 18 strokes ahead of second-place Upper Sandusky (337).

Columbus Grove took third (347), while Bluffton totaled 358 atrokes. Pandora-Gilboa finished fifth with a score of 367.

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By Cort Reynolds

American gymnast Alec Yoder came close to earning an Olympic medal after being a late addition to the United States trials competition just over a week before.

Yoder is the grandson of a retired Bluffton optometrist.

Originally left off the national teams, he finished fourth in the Olympic trials pommel horse event July 24 at St. Louis, Missouri to qualify as an individual representative of the American team.

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The mandatory player/parent meeting will be next Thursday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the High School gym. This will be for all athletes grades 7-12 and parent/guardians who will participate in a fall sport.

Fall sports officially begin August 1, but practice will not start until August 2, all athletes must have updated Physical on PRIVIT https://blufftonpirates-oh.e-ppe.com/index.jspa before the official start of practice August 1.

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