Bluffton High School junior first baseman Jacob Granger was named second team All-Northwest Conference for baseball in voting conducted by the league coaches this week in Delphos.
Four Pirates were voted honorable mention all-league.
Junior center fielder Braeden Jordan made honorable mention all-league for the second year in a row. Junior pitcher Tyler Cupples and sophomores Landen Worcester (outfielder) and Quinn Eachus (shortstop) also received HM notice.
The Bluffton track and field teams competed very successfully at the Div. III district region 10 meet Wednesday and Friday, May 24 and 26, at Fostoria.
The Pirate boys team finished a strong fourth, tying with Ottawa Hills at 42 points. The Bluffton girls tied for 15th place with Holgate at 12 points.
Pirate senior Brianna Taber finished first in the pole vault by clearing a meet-best 10-8.
The Pirate boys quartet won the 4 x 800 relay race in a meet-record time of 7:57.92.
CARMEL, Ind.–The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced the Spring honorees for Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC. Academic All-Conference selections have at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and are varsity athletes.
Bluffton University placed 48 athletes on the Academic All-HCAC squad for Spring 2023.
ALLIANCE, Ohio - Bluffton University sophomore Joey Bonham (Vanlue) traveled to Alliance for the Mount Union Last Chance meet on a beautiful May 18, 2023. It marked the final meet with national qualifying as the goal for all the athletes competing on Thursday, May 18.
Bluffton University baseball skipper James Grandey has been named the Heartland Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Beavers to a 3rd place finish in the HCAC. Also recognized by the Heartland Conference were seniors Jaden Jaques (New Palestine, Ind.) and Jake Baumgartner (Toledo/Start) who notched first team honors. Fellow senior Jack Towell (Batavia/West Clermont) collected Second Team All-HCAC recognition while sophomore Justin Maurer (Springfield/Kenton Ridge) earned Honorable Mention acclaim.
The Bluffton University baseball team equaled the 2023 school record of 22 victories. Bluffton finished its Heartland Conference slate with a 14-8 mark, giving the Beavers a school-record .636 winning percentage in HCAC contests. The 14-8 mark sent Bluffton into the HCAC Tournament with a Bluffton-best #3 seed after wrapping up the regular season with a 22-16 mark overall. Coach Grandey pushed his team to a 3rd-place finish despite entering the season tabbed 7th in the coaches' poll! He also notched career victory #300 against Alvernia in Florida on March 7.
