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Beavers will play #2-ranked Translvania on February 24

By Ethan Stearns, sports information assistant

ANDERSON, Ind. --The Bluffton University women's basketball defeated Anderson University in the first round of the Heartland Conference Tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The Beavers improved to 16-9 and Anderson finished its season with a 15-10 mark. The victory avenged two straight conference tourney knockouts at the hands of AU.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys basketball team executed an epic fourth quarter rally to force an eventual double-overtime thriller against backyard rival Allen East in Div. III sectional semifinal action at the Elida Fieldhouse Wednesday night, February 22.

The Pirates then outscored AE in the second overtime 17-6, primarily from the foul line, to complete an improbable 78-67 comeback win, with the final margin of victory quite misleading.

Bluffton trailed by 16 points going into the fourth period, but rallied to tie it with a 27-11 flurry.

Including the overtimes, the Pirates outscored the Mustangs 50-23 after the third period. Bluffton scored 14 of its 17 points in the second OT at the charity stripe.

Both rivals came into the evenly-matched fray with identical 14-8 records.

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By Cort Reynolds

Two Bluffton High School boys were named second team All-Northwest Conference in voting recently conducted by the league basketball coaches.

Bluffton sophomore guard Marek Donaldson topped the Pirates in three-point goals made and in scoring to garner second team All-NWC notice. 

Pirate junior Wade Ginther came on strong the second half of the season to also earn second team all-league honors.

Bluffton senior guard Carson Soper was tabbed honorable mention All-NWC.

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Men's Basketball
DEFIANCE--The Bluffton University men's basketball team sent Head Coach Guy Neal into retirement with a satisfying 63-42 win at Defiance College on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Bluffton finished with a 6-19 mark overall and 4-14 in the Heartland Conference as Coach Neal put victory number 394 in the win column. Defiance fell to 7-18 and 2-16 in the HCAC.

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The Bluffton HIgh School boys and girls swimming team competed on Friday, February 17, 2023 in the North West D-2 District meet at Bowling Green State University. Bluffton joined teams from 74 high schools in the region. At Districts, the girls team finished 15 overall out of 39 teams and the boys team finished 10 overall out of 35 teams. 

The North West D-2 District meet included swimmers with the top 32 fastest times across six sectional sites. The fastest times across all four Districts will move on to the state D-2 competition which will be held February 23-24 at Canton McKinley High School in North Canton, Ohio.

The D-2 State meet will include BHS swimmers in the following events:

Boys 50 Freestyle
Jackson Bowlus, qualifying with a time of :22:54 and seeded 30

Boys 100 Backstroke
Jackson Bowlus, qualifying with a time of :55.17 and seeded 31

Boys 100 Breaststroke
Riley Verb, qualifying with a time of 1:01.24 and seeded 27

Boys 200 Individual Medley
Riley Verb, qualifying with a time of 1:58:84 and seeded 18

Boys 200 Medley Relay
Qualifying with a time of 1:40.59 and seeded 12
Jackson Bowlus, Riley Verb, Xavier Diller and Charles Wright

ADDITIONAL MARVIN FOSTER PHOTOS

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The 2023 Spring Sport player parent meeting with Bluffton High School Athletic Director Alex Hanna is now available to view HERE (length 8:41).

Spring sports include:

High School Track, coached by Jason Diller

Junior High Track, coached by Keri McCoy

High School Baseball, coached by Kasey Krendl

Junior High Baseball, coached by Matt High

High School Softball, coached by Brad Prater

Junior High Softball, coached by Emily Buss

Boys Tennis, coached by Dave Roby

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