BATH – The deep Bluffton High School girls track and field team won the 12-team Bath Ehresman Invitational meet Friday, April 11, in Lima.
The Pirate girls scored 139 points to easily out-distance second place Ottawa-Glandorf (114.5). Bath finished third with 81.5.
The Pirate boys came in a strong second at the invitational. The O-G boys beat out Bluffton for the team crown, 132-117.5. Shawnee came in third with 83.75 points.
Senior speedster Griffin Stackhouse won the 100 and 200-meter dash races to lead the Pirate boys.
BLUFFTON __ The visiting Carey baseball team beat Bluffton 7-1 to win their non-league battle Friday evening, April 11.
The Pirates fell to 2-4 with the defeat. The Blue Devils improved to 3-3.
Carey only out-hit the Pirates 6-5, but took advantage of three errors to score three unearned runs.
Nathan Speicher singled and scored the lone Bluffton run on an RBI hit by Luke Jebsen in the third inning. Robby Taylor, Landen Worcester and Jake Weaver added the other Pirate singles.
BLUFFTON__ The Bluffton High School girls softball team defeated local rival Allen East 12-6 in the Northwest Conference opener on a chilly Thursday evening, April 10.
The Pirate girls scored seven runs in a big second inning to seize control, and never trailed thereafter.
The Mustangs led 1-0 after scoring in the top of the second. Bluffton tacked on four insurance runs in the home fifth to build a 12-3 cushion. AE pushed across three runs in the top of the seventh to cut the final margin to six.
