Sports

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton boys tennis team lost 5-0 to visiting St. Marys Tuesday evening, March 26.

Pirates host St. Marys on March 26

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys tennis team opened its 2024 season with a 3-2 win over visiting Bath Monday evening, March 25.

Bluffton will host Albion on Monday, March 25. Game one is slated for 3:30 p.m.

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton University softball team rallied late in game one for a split with Asbury University on Saturday, March 22, 2024. The Beavers upped their season mark to 3-13, while Asbury stands 9-10 on the year.

Bluffton hosts Earlham College in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on March 25 at Memorial Field.

CINCINNATI__Mount St. Joseph limited the Bluffton University baseball team to three runs in a sweep of the Beavers on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

By Matt M. Stutz

The Pandora-Gilboa High School boys basketball team ended their run in the OHSAA Division IV tournament play on Tuesday, March 12 in a regional semi-final matchup. The Rockets played Toledo Christian (26-1) at The Stroh Center on the campus of Bowling Green State University. P-G (23-3) played from behind most of the game, made it close in the end but came up short; losing to the Eagles by a final of 51-43.  

From the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked to finish first in 2024 in a vote among league coaches.

Following their Indoor Track and Field Championship, the Fightin’ Engineers were the favorites, with a commanding 80 points. Manchester University finished in second with 74 points, picking up the remaining two first-place votes. Bluffton University (61) finished in third, Hanover College (55) placed fourth and Franklin College (51) rounded out the top half of the poll in fifth.

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