Six Bluffton High School wrestlers competed in the Division III district meet at Rossford Saturday, March 5, with Kaden Basil making it to further competition on March 6.
Five Pirate grapplers lost in the first round and dropped into the consolation bracket of the double-elimination event, where four were knocked out in the next round.
Pirate senior Kaden Basil went 2-0 Saturday in the 175 lbs. bracket to reach the semifinal round.
In his first match Saturday, he pinned Margaretta junior Bobby Suto in just 35 seconds.
The Bluffton High School boys basketball team succumbed to a late Wayne Trace run and lost 45-42 in the Division III district semifinals at Lima Senior Thursday, March 3.
Wayne Trace tightened its defense and ended the game on a 19-6 run to post the comeback win. The Raiders limited Bluffton to just two points in the fourth period.
Bluffton University has named Zach Hammon as its next head women's soccer coach.
Hammon began coaching at the collegiate level in 2014. He most recently served as the associate head coach for women's soccer at Indiana University Kokomo, where he's coached for the past three seasons.
At the 2022 USATF Indoor Championships on February 27 at the Podium in Spokane, former Bluffton High School athlete Trevor Bassitt won the indoor 400 with a time of 45.76. The win earned him the US title and a spot on Team USA for the World Championships in Belgrade, March 18-20.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team battled to the end, but #6 seed Anderson University won the rubber match 68-63 in the HCAC semi-final in Lexington, KY, on February 25.
Anderson advanced to the Heartland Conference finals where they were defeated by #2-ranked tournament host Transylvania on February 26. Bluffton saw its exceptional season come to a close with a 19-7 mark.
