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Bluffton splits Tuesday games with Albion

Posted by Staff on April 6, 2022 - 6:00am

The Bluffton University softball team split a double-header with Albion College on Wednesday, April 5. The Beavers dropped game one, 4-3, but then secured a 7-0 shutout victory in game two. Bluffton improved to 9-11 on the season, while Albion fell to 8-14.

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Beavers sweep a pair vs. Manchester

Posted by Staff on April 6, 2022 - 6:00am

By Ezra Deitering, Bluffton University sports information assistant

It was the Manchester University Spartans making the trip to Memorial Field on Tuesday, April 5, to face off in a Heartland Collegiate Conference doubleheader. Bluffton held off the visitors 4-3 in game one and then the Beavers followed that up with a convincing 11-2 victory in the nightcap. 

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BHS softball shut out by Elida

Posted by Staff on April 5, 2022 - 7:00am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School varsity softball team was blanked 5-0 by visiting Elida Monday evening. The Pirate girls dropped to 0-4 with the non-league defeat.

The game was scoreless until the third inning, when Elida broke the tie to grab a 1-0 lead.

The visitors then plated three runs in the fifth frame as Lady Bulldog winning pitcher Livia Ramirez smacked a two-run double. 

Elida tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh inning to provide the final margin.

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Tabler wins individual shot put at L-B relays

Posted by Staff on April 4, 2022 - 2:38pm

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton track and field teams competed at the Liberty-Benton Relays meet this past Friday in Findlay.

Eastwood swept the boys and girls team titles. The Bluffton boys came in sixth out of eight teams, while the Pirate girls finished eighth.

Pirate Aaron Tabler won the individual shot put event. Wyatt Lovell took second in the high jump. Allison Diller also finished second in the pole vault.

 

Top Pirate finishers:

Boys Discus Throw Relay

1st Tabler, Aaron                133-7 

 

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Bluffton walks off with sweep of RHIT

Posted by Staff on April 3, 2022 - 3:05pm

The Bluffton University softball team kicked off Heartland Conference play with a pair of exciting walkoff wins over Rose-Hulman on a chilly Saturday, April 2, 2022. Bluffton improved to 8-10 overall and 2-0 in the Heartland Conference, while RHIT slipped to 11-5 and 0-2 in the HCAC.

Bluffton erased a 3-0 Rose lead in the bottom of the third when Madison Jones (West Milton/Milton Union) and Bobbi Adams (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes) hit back-to-back dingers. The shot by Adams was still climbing when it cleared the scoreboard in left field!

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Franklin romps in sweep of Beavers

Posted by Staff on April 3, 2022 - 8:02am

By Ezra Deitering, Bluffton University sports information assistant

The Beavers baseball team made their way to Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday, April 2, to square off in a doubleheader with Franklin College to open Heartland Conference play. Bluffton fell to 6-11 overall and 0-2 in the HCAC, while Franklin upped its mark to 17-5 and 2-0 in the conference.

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