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Bluffton girls compete in NWC golf meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 18, 2020 - 9:16am

By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Bluffton girls golf team competed in the four-team Northwest Conference tournament Tuesday at Willow Bend Country Club in Van Wert.

Delphos Jefferson won the NWC crown for the third straight season with a total score of 187 strokes.

Lincolnview finished second (203), followed by Crestview (256) and Bluffton (262).

Lancer Winter Boroff was tournament medalist with a score of 39.

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Ada cancels football season

Safety concerns arising from a limited number of Ada players available for the game
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 17, 2020 - 8:43pm

By Cort Reynolds
FROM ADA ICON - On Thursday afternoon, the Ada school district and athletic department made the difficult and unprecedented decision to cancel the rest of its 2020 football season after just three games.

"Safety concerns arising from a limited number of Ada players available for the game have forced this decision for the Ada district," wrote second-year Bulldog athletic director Eric Perkins in a brief press release.

Third-year head coach Shawn Christopher also announced his resignation Thursday, effective immediately.

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Meet the junior high Pirates

First in a series of Bluffton fall sports team photos
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 17, 2020 - 1:43pm

This is the first in a series of team photos from Bluffton schools representing fall 2020.

Today's photo features shows the following teams below:
• Junior high football
• Junior high cross country
• Junior high cheerleaders
• 7th grade volleyball
• 8th grade volleyball

Watch the Icon for varsity team photos coming next.

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Bluffton netters fall to Bath 

Pearl Lewandowski wins at third singles
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 17, 2020 - 9:10am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls tennis team lost to visiting Bath 4-1 Wednesday evening. 

The defeat dropped the Lady Pirate net record to 3-8 this season. 

Senior Pearl Lewandowski posted the lone Bluffton triumph. She was victorious at third singles by a 6-3, 6-2 count over Bath sophomore Lexi White.

Nobody else won a set in the match for the Pirates.

Bluffton is scheduled to entertain Archbold Saturday, September 19.

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5-0-1 Bluffton boys rally past Black Knights

Derstine scores twice, Shriner has 3 goals
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 16, 2020 - 9:10am

By Cort Reynolds
 BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys soccer team defeated Van Buren 5-2 Tuesday night at Steinmetz Field. 

The Pirates used a four-goal second half to win and improve to 5-0-1 this season.

Pirate senior Jonathan Schriner authored a hat trick to pace the victors. He scored the game's first goal in the 15th minute.

But Knight Chance Conley tied it four minutes later, and teammate Jonah Frederick scored in the 37th minute to put Bluffton behind for the first time this season at halftime, 2-1.

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7-2 Bluffton spikers open NWC play with win

Haelynn Bischoff contributed 4 kills
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 16, 2020 - 9:02am

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton volleyball team served up a sweep over Delphos Jefferson in the Northwest Conference season opener Tuesday night. 

Bluffton improved to 7-2 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with their fifth consecutive win. DJ fell to 4-1 and 0-1 in league play with the 25-9, 25-15, 25-16 defeat.

Athletic Kylie Stackhouse led the Pirate girls with 19 kills and one block. Versatile Taylor Schwab amassed 11 kills, 12 digs and five aces. 

Haelynn Bischoff also contributed four kills.     

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