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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School varsity softball team finished strong late to end its league regular season schedule with a 7-2 win at local rival Allen East Saturday afternoon.

The Pirate girls improved to 10-8 overall and finished a very respectable 5-3 in the NWC with their comeback victory. 

AE dropped to 9-11 overall and 2-5 in the NWC with the defeat.   

Bluffton trailed 2-0 after Lady Mustang hurler Nikki Thaxton slugged a two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning.

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Bluffton University sophomore Desmond Gist (Detroit, Mich./Trenton) headed to Baldwin Wallace University on Friday, May 13, looking to put down a time that would qualify him for the 2022 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 110 meter hurdles, his signature event.

After a spring filled with cold and rainy conditions, Gist had to adjust to sun and scorching heat while training for the event at George Finnie Stadium in Berea.

Gist placed 6th at the Harrison Barnes Twilight Meet with a time of 14.89. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed in the first day of the annual Northwest Conference championship meet at Crestview Thursday.

A few final events took place Thursday.  

The Bluffton boys stand second and the Lady Pirates are fourth after the short opening day of competition.

Pirate leapers Trey Boblitt and Wyatt Lovell took first and second in the boys high jump event.

Columbus Grove is first in both the boys and girls standings.

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By Cort Reynolds

An upset-minded Bluffton High School varsity baseball team battled hard but lost at Riverdale 12-7 in a non-conference contest Tuesday evening, May 10.

The Pirates dropped to 3-18 with the defeat. Riverdale improved to 19-5 after the slugfest victory.

Bluffton led 2-1 after the first inning. The Pirates plated two more runs in the second frame to lead 4-1, but Riverdale captured the lead with four runs in the bottom of the third inning. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School tennis team defeated visiting local rival Ada 3-2 in a dual makeup match Tuesday evening, May 10.

Bluffton improved to 5-6 after the victory. 

The Bulldog record dropped to 4-5 with the loss. 

Bluffton narrowly won the battle between the only two Northwest Conference teams to sport varsity spring tennis squads. 

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On Tuesday May 10, Bluffton High School senior Trenton Donley signed a letter of intent to play basketball at the University of Northwestern Ohio.

While at Bluffton, Donley was part of Bluffton’s first Northwest Conference Championship team in twenty years, which earned a 21-3 record, the school’s best since the 1930s.

Donley holds the school record with most three-pointers made in a single game with nine. The same night, the Bluffton team tied the state record for most three's made in a game with 25.

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