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Heartland Kids Corner, part 2

Where coaches children interview athletes
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 14, 2020 - 10:28am

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) continues its new series, Heartland Kids Corner, featuring student athletes interviewed by the children of their coaches.

CLICK HERE to watch the video.
 
Episode two features Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology head men’s basketball coach Rusty Loyd’s daughter Maren. The Fightin’ Engineers in the hot season include Max Chaplin, Tim Harris and Samvit Ram.

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It took 5 sets for LCC to pull this one out

Skyler Scoles passed out 43 assists, 16 digs • Kylie Monday led Bluffton with 19 digs • Olivia Siferd added 2 blocks
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 14, 2020 - 9:03am

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Bluffton girls volleyball team lost a five-set heartbreaker to non-conference rival Lima Central Catholic Tuesday night.

Bluffton's record dropped to 12-8 overall with the 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 20-25, 15-8 defeat.

LCC improved to 10-7 with the hard-fought victory.
 
Kylie Stackhouse drilled 29 kills and came up with three blocks to pace the Lady Pirates. Well-rounded Taylor Schwab amassed a dozen kills and 21 digs to go along with a pair of aces. 

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10 Pirates score in blowout at Paulding

Regular season ends on the road at Kalida on Thursday
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 13, 2020 - 12:07pm

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Rae Staton
PAULDING - Visiting Bluffton whipped Paulding 13-1 in a boys soccer mismatch Monday night.

The lopsided win improved the Pirate boys record to 13-0-2 this season. Winless Paulding fell to 0-15 with the defeat.

Ten different Pirates scored in the blowout win.

Jonathan Schriner scored two goals, one in the very first minute of play and again in the 44th minute.

Jude Spallinger tallied in the eighth and 43rd minutes of play.

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Lady Pirates shut out Bowling Green 1-0

Clara Matthews scores on Sami Scoles assist
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 13, 2020 - 11:40am

By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team kept its long win streak alive with a 1-0 victory over Bowling Green Monday night.

With their 11th straight win, the Pirate girls improved to 12-2-1 overall. 

The game was scoreless until the 65th minute. Clara Matthews scored via a Sami Scoles assist with about 15 minutes left to provide the slim margin of victory.

Bluffton managed to get off 16 shots, nine of which were on goal. The Pirate defense limited BG to just four shots, three of which were on target.

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Stackhouse hammers 16 kills, 7 digs; Schwab 8 kills, 7 digs

Minster sweeps Pirate girls
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 13, 2020 - 11:22am

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Marvin Foster
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton girls volleyball team lost in straight sets to non-conference foe Minster Monday night.

Bluffton's record dropped to 12-7 overall with the 25-18, 25-8, 25-18 defeat.

Minster improved to 10-6 with the victory.
 
Kylie Stackhouse hammered 16 kills and came up with seven digs to pace the Lady Pirates. Taylor Schwab complemented her by compiling eight kills and seven digs. 

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Clash of the number 1s - Bluffton 1 - Shawnee 1

Both teams ranked number 1 in NW Ohio Coaches polls - BHS is DIII; Shawnee is DII
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 12, 2020 - 3:03pm

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Rae Staton
LIMA SHAWNEE - The visiting Bluffton boys soccer team tied Div. II power Shawnee 1-1 Saturday in a non-conference showdown.

Bluffton ran its record to 12-0-2 with the tie. The Indian record is now 11-2-1.

Shawnee came into the game ranked first by the coaches in the northwest region Div. II poll, while Bluffton was voted number one in Div. III.

Shawnee's Carter Jensen scored the games's first goal in the 15th minute. 

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