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Wow! What a finish!

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2020 - 9:36am

Pirate fans will love this 25 second video Tweet. It shows the game winning basket by Bluffton eighth grader Marek Donalson in a game last night at Liberty Benton.

What a shot!

Click the link below and sit back and enjoy:

https://twitter.com/blufftonpirates/status/1339583605119455241?s=20

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Meet the junior high Pirates

Basketball • wrestlers • cheerleaders photos here • 7 teams in all
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 17, 2020 - 1:02pm

Meet the Bluffton Junior High winter sports teams. On Friday the Icon will post junior varsity and varsity team photos. All the photos are below.

8th boys' basketball
1st row: Griffin Stackhouse, Landen Worcester, Noah Bricker, Quinn Eachus, Jackson Brauen.

2nd row: Coach Ackerman, Luke Coleman, Luke Jebsen, Branson Hilty, Gabe Meza, Marek Donaldson, Terron Boblitt, Carter Hohenbrink, Coach Osborne.

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BHS jumps to 20-6 first period lead

Pirates stop North Baltimore for win number 4
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 9:44am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton girls basketball team raced to a big early lead and convincingly defeated North Baltimore 50-33 in non-conference action Tuesday night.

The Lady Pirates jumped to a 20-6 first period lead and held a 30-18 cushion at intermission. They extended the margin to 39-22 after three periods and cruised to the victory.

Bluffton improved its record to 4-3 overall with the win. The Tiger girls dropped to 3-2 with the defeat. 

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Pirates win NWC opener over Ada

Bluffton finished the game on a 17-5 run to avoid an upset bid
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 14, 2020 - 5:11pm

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Bluffton finished the game on a 17-5 run to avoid an upset bid by winless local rival Ada and pull out a 55-52 victory in the Northwest Conference boys basketball opener.

The Bulldogs led 47-38 with under six minutes remaining to play after junior Cayden Murphy followed up a miss inside for a basket. 

But then the Pirates began pounding the ball inside to reel off an 11-0 flurry and take a 49-47 lead.

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Bluffton Swim Club wins tri-meet and quad-meet

Opponents include Elida, Lima Senior, Fostoria, Toledo Whitmer
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 14, 2020 - 3:28pm

The Bluffton Swim Club open its season with two wins this month.

Dec. 2 with Lima Senior and Toledo Whitmer
The  following student athletes competed for the Bluffton Swim Club; seniors Simon Derstine and Ellie Hoffman, junior Malia Lee, sophmores Landon Armstrong, Sam Derstine, Allison Diller, Nolan Hoffman, CJ McCall, Eric Nygaard and Riley Verb, and freshmen Ella Armstrong, Tyler Cupples, Jacob Lehman and Izzy Stechschulte. 

Landon Armstrong won all three of his events which included the boys 200 meter freestyle with a time of 2:18:75. 

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Bluffton girls blast past Ada 

4 Pirates in double figures, 10 hit the scoring column
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 11, 2020 - 11:19am

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Marvin Foster
BLUFFTON - The balanced Bluffton girls basketball team rode a huge second period to a 64-28 victory over visiting local rival Ada in Northwest Conference action Thursday night.

The Lady Bulldogs trailed just 10-7 after the first period. But then the Lady Pirates blew it open with a 23-8 second stanza as seven players scored.

Bluffton then extended its lead to 31 points at 53-22 with a 20-7 third quarter.

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