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Volleyball: Bluffton takes down Van Buren in 4

Scoles 45 assists • Haelynn Bischoff 7 kills • Young 14 digs • Monday 14 digs • Siferd 1 block
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 16, 2020 - 8:37am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton girls volleyball team won a four-setter over non-conference rival Van Buren Thursday night to end the regular season on a positive note.

Bluffton's record improved to 13-8 overall with the 25-23, 25-17, 17-25, 25-19 victory.

VB fell to 11-8 with the defeat.
 
Kylie Stackhouse led the Pirate attack with 20 kills and one block. Versatile Taylor Schwab compiled 15 kills, 20 digs and served five aces. 

Haelynn Bischoff also knocked down seven kills, and Cara Young added 14 digs.

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Bluffton hosts Division III tournament

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2020 - 3:47pm

Bluffton hosts the girls' Division III soccer sectional/district tournament this month. Eleven schools are part of the tournament. Liberty Benton is seeded number one and Bluffton is seeded number two.

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Former Bluffton University assistant named Ada boys' bball coach

Ada moved quickly to hire Jon Cook following resignation of previous coach
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2020 - 3:04pm

By Cort Reynolds
FROM ADA ICON - With basketball practice set to tip off Oct. 30, the Ada athletic department and school district moved quickly to hire a familiar face as the replacement for Dre White, who resigned Oct. 6.

Ada hired veteran local coach Jon Cook at its Oct. 14 school board meeting by a 4-1 vote. Cook previously coached the Bulldog boys varsity squad for three seasons from 1995-98 after a short stint as the junior varsity coach. 

He has a varied resume of coaching at many levels, including junior high at Ada as well as collegiately.

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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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