HARROD__In a battle of two teams streaking in opposite directions, the visiting Bluffton girls basketball team got off to a strong start but eventually lost to local rival Allen East 58-33 Thursday night, February 15.
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys basketball team broke away from a tie with a big final period to defeat visiting Western Buckeye League foe Elida 73-66 in a non-league home game on Tuesday, February 13.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team was seeded fifth at the extremely tough 12-team Northwest Div. III sectional draw, which feeds into the Lima Senior district, on February 11.
Nine of the 12 teams in the exceptionally deep sectional field boast records over .500. Four local conference leaders and two second-place league teams comprise half of the strong field.
Authors of a 12-game win streak earlier this season, the 15-4 Pirates will host eighth-seeded league foe Columbus Grove (11-8) Tuesday, February 27 at 7 p.m.
Grove upset the visiting Pirates 47-35 last weekend, so Bluffton will get a chance to avenge that loss at home.
LIMA__The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim teams competed well at the Div. II Northwest district sectional meet in the Lima YMCA on February 10.
The Pandora-Gilboa High School boys basketball team stretched their win streak to five games on February 10 when they hosted and easily defeated the Upper Scioto Valley Rams, 72-37, in non-league action.
MT. BLANCHARD__The visiting Bluffton High School boys basketball team outscored non-conference rival Riverdale in all four quarters to post a 62-50 road win Saturday, February 10.
The Pirate boys snapped a three-game losing skid with the victory.
The Pirates led 14-12 after the first period, and held onto a 30-26 edge at halftime.
Bluffton outscored the Falcons 21-18 in a high-scoring third stanza.
The Pirates captured the fourth quarter 11-6 to win by a dozen. Southpaw Blake Sommers scored eight of his 19 points in the final period to lead Bluffton to victory.
Bluffton improved to 15-4 with the win. Meanwhile, Riverdale dropped to 5-13 after the defeat.
