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By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Bluffton High School girls basketball team gave league-leading Leipsic all it could handle before losing 51-49 in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday evening.

Bluffton fell to 9-5 overall and 1-3 in the NWC with their first home loss in eight games. The Viking girls improved to 14-1 and 5-0 in the NWC to stay a half-game ahead of 4-0 Delphos Jefferson atop the league standings.

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Pirate records continue to fall

The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim teams finished strong at Ottawa Glandorf on Monday night, Jan. 9. The boys finished first and the girls finished second. Teams from Kalida, McComb, Miller City, Ottawa Glandorf, Pandora-Gilboa, Saint Marys Memorial and Van Wert High School competed.

The boys were followed by Saint Marys Memorial and Ottawa Glandorf. The girls finished second with Ottawa Glandorf taking first and Saint Marys taking third.

Freshman Jenna Downey reset her 100 backstroke record with a new time of 1:07:21.

The teams also competed in a double dual at Napoleon on January 3, 2023 against Napoleon and Whitehouse Anthony Wayne. The boys finished first against Anthony Wayne and second to Napoleon. The girls finished second to Anthony Wayne and second to Napoleon.

Two records were set at this meet:

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Women's Basketball

Alumni Day festivities on January 14

The Bluffton University women's basketball team cruised to a 72-59 victory over Earlham College on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. With the students back in the class, the atmosphere was electric for a Beaver squad that won its third straight game and improved to 10-4 overall and 5-3 in the Heartland Conference. Former Bluffton assistant Shanna Thompson and her Quakers fought to the end, but Earlham fell to 1-12 on the season.

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By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team put three players in double figures to defeat Elida 45-39 in a non-league contest Tuesday evening, January 10.

Bluffton improved to 9-4 with their second road victory. The Bulldog girls dropped to .500 at 7-7 with the defeat.

The Pirate girls held a narrow 16-14 lead after the first period. Elida led 12-11 before Sami Scoles canned a triple and fed Julia Mehaffie nicely for a layup. 

The visitors stretched the margin to 29-21 at halftime.

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Women's Basketball

The Bluffton University women dominated quarters two and four en route to a 61-53 victory over MIAA-power Albion College (9-4) on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. In a game that was made possible thanks to Mother Nature, as the Britons were unable to fly to California for their games at Christmas, the Sommer Center faithful was treated to an outstanding non-conference tussle between Albion and Bluffton.

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Freshman Kyla Columber (Marion/Pleasant) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week in basketball after helping lead the Beavers to victories over Defiance College on Wednesday and Albion College on Saturday.

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