By Cort Reynolds

LIMA--The Bluffton High School boys tennis team won a tight match at Bath in their season opener on a chilly Monday evening, March 27.

The Pirates were awarded a 3-2 win over the non-league hosts.

Blufton won at second doubles and third singles, and led in the first doubles match when it was halted by rain in the third set.

RICHMOND, Ky.--The Bluffton University men's golf team was all over it on Sunday, March 26, firing a school-record 295 at the Battlefield Golf Club. The Beavers broke the previous 18-hole mark by seven strokes and finished the Alice Lloyd Invitational in 5th place with a 622. Bluffton's 295 was the second-lowest team score of the weekend.

For the second straight week, Bluffton University senior Bobbi Adams (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes) has been named the Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week. It also marks the third consecutive week that a Bluffton softball player has been recognized as an HCAC Player of the Week. Erin Norman (Pleasant Hill/Newton) was named Pitcher of the Week on March 4.

By Ethan Stearns
Sports information assistant, www.BlufftonBeavers.com

March 21 vs. Otterbein
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Bluffton University baseball team lost a Tuesday matchup against a tough Otterbein unit on March 21 by a final score of 5-3. Bluffton fell to 5-6 on the season while Otterbein continued to roll at 13-3.

On Monday March 20, 2023 the Bluffton Board of Education officially hired Adam Burris as the new Bluffton High School Varsity Girls Basketball Coach.

Coach Burris is replacing Eric Garmatter. He played basketball for, and graduated from, both Bluffton High School and Bluffton University.

Coach Burris brings thirteen years of  coaching experience with seven of those years as a Varsity Head Coach. He coached Varsity Girls and Boys at North Baltimore and Varsity Boys at Bath.

Athletic Directo Alex Hanna comments, "We look forward to working with Coach Burris and welcome him back to Bluffton."

March 15 home opener; game one starts at 3:30 p.m.

By Ethan Stearns, sports information assistant
www.blufftonbeavers.com

AUBURNDALE, Fla.--The Bluffton University softball team finished up its slate of matchups in Florida on Friday, March 10, 2023, coming up short against Edgewood College and Benedictine University out of Illinois. Bluffton closed the week 5-5 as the Beavers prepare to head north.

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