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Bluffton High School has announced that the Wednesday sectional baseball game has been postponed until Thursday, May 19.

Tickets purchased for May 18 will be good on May 19.

The Bluffton University baseball team saw two players earn First Team All-Heartland Conference honors for the first time since 2018. Graduate senior Garrett O'Reilly (Galena/Orange) and junior Jake Baumgartner (Toledo/Start) were both named to the top team, while freshman Andrew Collinsworth (Westerville/Westerville South) collected honorable mention recognition for 2022.

Tickets for the May 18 Bluffton High School baseball sectionals game must be purchased online at https://ohsaa.org/tickets

Price is $8 today (May 17) and $10 tomorrow.

The Bluffton Disc Golf Association has announced that this coming weekend, it will be doing some wood chipping on the 18-hole course in the Village park.

"If you see us working, please jump around us to the next hole to avoid any safety concerns.

"If you would like to help out, we will be working from 8-5 Saturday and Sunday. Those interested in helping should bring closed toe shoes, gloves and safety glasses.

Bluffton University softball player Bobbi Adams (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes) capped off her junior campaign with National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) 3rd Team All-Region honors. Adams is Bluffton's eighth all-region honoree in the past nine years, including herself in 2021 and fellow Rutherford B. Hayes graduate Caylin Morstadt in 2019.

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced the 384 student-athletes from 197 schools who comprise the 2022 NFCA Division III All-Region teams.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School track and field teams fared well at the nine-team, annual Northwest Conference championship meet in Convoy Saturday, May 14, hosted by Crestview. 

The Bluffton boys finished an impressive second, behind only repeat  champion Columbus Grove.

Spencerville won the girls team crown, with Grove second and Bluffton coming in a solid fourth.

Pirate junior Landon Armstrong won the boys 800 meter run in an NWC R meet record time of 1:56.16. He broke the mark held previously by Simon Derstine of 1:57.7.

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