The Bluffton High School boys basketball team have two players on the All-Northwest Conference teams following voting recently conducted by league coaches.
Senior guard Marek Donaldson was voted first team All-NWC. He led the team in three-point field goals made, and was one of the top Pirate scorers.
Senior Blake Sommers was named second team All-NWC. He was one of the top two Pirate scorers and rebounders.
Bluffton finished its regular season 15-7 overall against a tough schedule, and went 3-4 in the NWC.
BLUFFTON – The hot-shooting Bluffton boys basketball team pulled away late to defeat visiting non-conference foe Maumee Valley Country Day 81-71 to celebrate Senior Day well on February 15.
The Pirates outscored the Hawks 23-13 in the final quarter to break away from a 58-58 tie and win. Marek Donaldson poured in 16 fourth period points, including four triples, to lead the comeback victory.
The game was postponed from the previous Saturday due to icy roads, and switched to playing MVCD instead of Liberty Center.
HARROD __ The well-balanced Bluffton High School wrestling team captured the annual eight-team Northwest Conference championship in a title meet hosted by Allen East on February 15.
The Pirates tallied 217.5 points to defeat perennial power host AE (207) by 10.5 points to win the crown. Defending champion Columbus Grove took third with 199 points.
It was the fourth NWC title won by Bluffton in wrestling.
Three Pirate wrestlers won individual league championships, and four others finished second.
NAPOLEON __ The Bluffton High School boys bowling team finished a strong third at the River City Bowl-a-Way alley in Div. II sectional tournament action on February 14 in Napoleon.
Ottawa-Glandorf won the boys sectional team crown with 4,121 pins. Napoleon was second with 4,021 pins, exactly 100 pins behind O-G.
The Pirates rolled a 3,999 total as their top four bowlers all finished in the top 20 individually. Bryan finished fourth with 3,929.
DELTA – On February 13, the visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team lost a Div. V sectional first round thriller at Delta, 47-42.
The second-seeded Panthers rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit with a 33-20 second half to avoid a minor upset. Delta closed the game on a 7-2 run to pull out the close victory.
Pirate junior Blair Utendorf drove left and banked in a fadeaway
runner off one foot to tie the game 40-40 with a minute left.
