BHMS 8th-grade boys beat Leo, 7th-grade loses
Bluffton-Harrison Middle School’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team defeated Leo 41-27.
Bluffton led 10-8 after one quarter, but outscored Leo 12-4 in the second to take a 22-12 lead at halftime. The Tigers kept the lead by outscoring Leo 19-15 in the second half. AJ Streveler led Bluffton with 22 points.
Bluffton’s seventh-grade boys lost 35-30 to Leo.
Leo got off to a hot 10-3 start after one quarter, butl ed just 17-14 at halftime.
Leo outscored the Tigers again 11-9 in the third quarter to push the lead to 5 points. Then both sides matched in the fourth quarter, sealing the win for Leo.
Cooper Craig and Jared Moser each scored 8 points to lead Bluffton.
BHMS girls’ teams lose to Leo
Bluffton-Harrison Middle School’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team lost 28-19 to Leo.
Bluffton trailed just 13-12 at halftime, but Leo pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring its opponent 11-2.
Allie Koby led Bluffton with 6 points, and Sophie Eisenhut followed with 4.
Bluffton’s eighth-grade girls lost 46-17 to Leo. Leo scored in double figures all four quarters, while Bluffton managed just 7 points in the first three quarters combined.
Konley Ault and Savanna Hughett were the Tigers’ top scorers with 6 points each.