Vine St will close from noon(ish) on Wednesday, November 27 for The After Blaze tent setup. *** Nov. 27 5:30 PM HOME JV/V Girls Basketball vs Benjamin Logan
The Bluffton High School girls tennis team defeated visiting Elida 4-1 Wednesday evening. The decisive victory lifted the Pirate dual record to 2-6 this fall.
Junior Brooke Camper of Bluffton won in straight sets at first singles by a 7-5, 6-0 count over Bulldog senior Ava Long.
Sophomore Rory Youngpeter won at second singles over freshman Ellen Troyer 6-4, 6-2.
Sophomore Ava McComey won at third singles 6-1, 6-1 over senior Cheyenne Pack.
Online and In-School Education Boosting Number of New OHSAA Officials
COLUMBUS–Facing a growing shortage of interscholastic sports officials across Ohio, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has moved all classroom instruction for new officials to the convenient virtual platform RefPrep and is also asking member schools to offer the online officiating curriculum during the school day for students to begin the process of becoming a licensed official. A number of schools across Ohio have already begun offering the RefPrep class.
The Pirate golf team finished second in a four-team Northwest Conference match Tuesday at the Bluffton Golf Course. Lincolnview won with 168 strokes, followed by Bluffton (175), Delphos Jefferson (179) and Ada (232).
Isaac Gallmeier was match medalist with with a one-under par score of 35. Pirate Jaden Coonfare was second with a 37.
Bluffton improved to 18-4 overall and 8-3 in the NWC with the results.
The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team blew out Crestview 8-0 in Northwest Conference action Tuesday evening, September 6.
The lopsided win lifted the Pirate record to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in NWC play. The Knight girls fell to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the loss.
Jasi Crawfis and Sami Scoles each scored two goals to pace the victors. Scoles scored in the first minute to give Bluffton a very early lead. Riley Eachus hit the back of the net unassisted in the third minute to make it 2-0.
COLUMBUS–On September 6, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the new divisional breakdowns for upcoming spring sports (2023). The OHSAA Board of Directors approved the new divisions during its meeting the prior week.
For the first time, the OHSAA’s spring sports will include boys volleyball. There will be two divisions of boys volleyball due to the spike in the number of schools now having a team, which has gone from 85 to almost 160 schools since the OHSAA announced earlier this year that it will sanction the sport.
