By Cort Reynolds NEW BREMEN The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim teams each finished a strong fourth at the 16-team Celina Invitational held in the New Bremen YMCA Saturday, January 13. Ottawa-Glandorf swept both the boys and girls team titles.
By Cort Reynolds CONVOY The Bluffton High School boys basketball team rallied from a big early deficit to pull off a crucial 53-52 comeback win at Crestview in a Northwest Conference barnburner Friday night, January 12. Wade Ginther scored the game-winning basket with just 2.8 seconds left to lift the Pirates to a one-point road victory. The win kept the Pirates tied atop the
By Cort Reynolds BLUFFTON Pirate guard Marek Donaldson bombed in nine three-point goals to shoot the Bluffton High School boys basketball team over visiting Van Buren 81-54 in a non-conference blowout Saturday night, January 6. Donaldson tied a school record for triples in a single game to augment his 36-point outburst. The Pirates splashed 14 treys to dominate the Black
By Cort Reynolds LIMA The Bluffton High School swim teams finished a strong eighth in the combined standings at the annual, 29-team Lima Holiday Invitational Thursday, December 28, at the Lima YMCA. The Pirate girls ended up seventh out of 24 teams with 132 points. Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls team crown with 270.5 points, followed by St. Marys (247) and Versailles (208).
By Cort Reynolds VAN BUREN The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team led Van Buren by a point heading to the final quarter Thursday night. But Black Knight freshman Brooklyn Wilkin scored 12 of her 22 points in the fourth period to lead VB on a 14-9 run and to a 37-33 win.