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Pirates drop baseball opener

Posted by Staff on March 30, 2022 - 7:35am

By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Carey defeated the Bluffton High School baseball team 7-2 in the season opener on a chilly Tuesday evening, March 29.

Blue Devil pitcher Jordan Vallejo hurled a complete-game victory. He struck out nine Pirates to post the win.

Four Blue Devils each collected two hits--Ethan Burton, Nate Crawford, Ethan Plott and Andrew Plott--to pace the victors.

Up next for the Bluffton nine is a date at non-league foe Liberty-Benton Wednesday, March 30.

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Otterbein rallies for 16-12 win over Beavers

Posted by Staff on March 25, 2022 - 6:27am

The Bluffton University baseball team led 6-0 after three innings, but Otterbein came all the way back for a 16-12 victory at Memorial Field on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Bluffton saw its four-game winning streak snapped as the Beavers fell to 5-7 on the season. Otterbein improved to 10-5 overall.

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Bluffton's Setzer places 3rd in state powerlifting class

Posted by Paula Scott on March 22, 2022 - 7:33am

On Saturday, March 19, two Bluffton High School students competed in the 2022 McDonald's Bill McClain Ohio High School State Powerlifting Meet, Division V, VI, and VII at Kenton High School.

Junior Rylee Setzer placed 3rd in the girls 155 lb. weight class. Her total weight lifted was 615 lbs.; squat 235 lbs.; bench 100 lbs.; deadlift 280 lbs. Setzer is a junior from Bluffton who attends Apollo in Health Science.

Freshman Avery Lamb placed 10th in the girls 145 lb. weight class.

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Trevor Bassitt wins silver medal at World Indoor Championships

Posted by Paula Scott on March 22, 2022 - 6:38am

UPDATE: View the race at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UbKWSbCo_4

Former Bluffton High School track athlete Trevor Bassit won a silver medal in the Men's 400 meters on Saturday, March 19, day two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

USA Track and Field posted this photo of Bassitt at www.facebook.com/USATF.

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University wins baseball home opener vs. Battling Bishops

Posted by Paula Scott on March 21, 2022 - 9:56am

The Bluffton University baseball team kicked off its home slate in style with a pair of convincing wins over Ohio Wesleyan on a beautiful Sunday, March 20, 2022. Bluffton upped its season mark to 5-6, while the Battling Bishops fell to 3-8.

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Bluffton swimmers compete at Great Lake Zones

Posted by Staff on March 18, 2022 - 12:18pm

Eight swimmers from Bluffton schools qualified for the Great Lakes YMCA Zones Swimming Championship March 18-20, 2022 at the C.T. Banin Natatorium and Canton McKinley High School.

Jenna Downey, Camden Verb and Riley Verb swim for the Putnam County YMCA swim team under assistant coach, Bob Verb of Bluffton. Jackson Bowlus, Allison Diller, Kari Diller, Xavier Diller and Madelyn Sterrett swim for the Lima YMCA swim team coached by April Dorman of Bluffton. In the summer, they all swim for the Bluffton Sardines.

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