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Lady Pirate netters drop opener

Posted by admin on August 11, 2021 - 9:20am

By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Bluffton lost 5-0 at Celina in the girls tennis season opener Monday evening.

Lady Pirate Sophomore Brooke Camper dropped a tough three-setter at first singles in a third-set, 10-point tiebreaker 4-6, 7-6, 10-3.

Pirate sophomore Caitlyn Couch also lost a close three-set battle at second singles by an 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 count.

Sophomore Alyssa Hoffman succumbed in a straight-sets match at third singles.

Pirate seniors Ellie Nickel and Libby Frazier lost at first doubles in two sets.

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Pirate linksters 4th at season-opening Bluffton Invite

Posted by admin on August 10, 2021 - 6:00am

By Cort Reynolds

The host Bluffton golf team teed off the 2021 season by finishing fourth at the eight-team Pirate Invitational Friday.

Ottoville captured the team crown at the Bluffton Golf Course with a score of 319, 18 strokes ahead of second-place Upper Sandusky (337).

Columbus Grove took third (347), while Bluffton totaled 358 atrokes. Pandora-Gilboa finished fifth with a score of 367.

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Gymnast with local ties 6th in Olympic event

Posted by admin on August 3, 2021 - 6:00am

By Cort Reynolds

American gymnast Alec Yoder came close to earning an Olympic medal after being a late addition to the United States trials competition just over a week before.

Yoder is the grandson of a retired Bluffton optometrist.

Originally left off the national teams, he finished fourth in the Olympic trials pommel horse event July 24 at St. Louis, Missouri to qualify as an individual representative of the American team.

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Mandatory player/parent meeting for Bluffton fall sports

Posted by admin on July 23, 2021 - 6:00am

The mandatory player/parent meeting will be next Thursday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the High School gym. This will be for all athletes grades 7-12 and parent/guardians who will participate in a fall sport.

Fall sports officially begin August 1, but practice will not start until August 2, all athletes must have updated Physical on PRIVIT https://blufftonpirates-oh.e-ppe.com/index.jspa before the official start of practice August 1.

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Bluffton swimmers sweep WOAL championship meet

Posted by admin on July 12, 2021 - 6:00am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton summer swim squad dunked the competition by capturing the overall, boys and girls team titles at the 39th annual Elks Invitational Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet July 9-10 in Kenton.

Bluffton scored 2,675.5 total points to out-distance Wapakoneta (2,262) and Westside Swim & Racket Club (2,138) in the combined boys/girls team standings.

Bluffton earned the boys team crown with 1,443.5 points. The Wapak Wave boys were second (1,229), while Westside came in third (1,066).

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Bluffton swimmers set to compete in 39th WOAL title meet at Kenton Fri.-Sat.

Posted by admin on July 7, 2021 - 9:00am

By Cort Reynolds
More than 450 swimmers and their families will descend on Kenton July 9-10 for the 39th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League championship.

The WOAL is for swimmers aged four to 18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.

The Kenton Municipal Swimming pool is the site for the 2021 Swim Championships and will host eight teams from Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2021 league title.

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