By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - The Bluffton boys cross country team finished a solid seventh at the 13-team Riverdale Invitational Thursday evening.
Hopewell-Loudon won with just 25 points. Van Buren was a distant second with 78 points, followed by USV in third (141). Bluffton tallied 175 points to finish just two points beind Carey.
Bluffton finishers:
15th Elijah Conley 18:44.28
26th Erik Nygaard 19:30.57
43rd Wyatt Lovell 20:35.17
51th Sam Derstine 21:03
54th Isaiah Conley 21:10.87
65th Jonah Rehm 22:02.36
74th Trey Boblitt 22:42.49
75th Caleb Mckenzie 22:44.38
Riverdale Invite team results:
1 Hopewell-Loudon 25 points
2 Van Buren 78
3 Upper Scioto Valley 141
4 Waynesfield-Goshen 142
5 Elmwood 142
6 Carey 173
7 Bluffton 175
Total Time: 1:41:04.36
Pirate Average: 20:12.88
8 Riverdale 197
9 Hardin Northern 255
10 McComb 257
11 North Baltimore 257
12 Ada 294
13 Cory-Rawson 338
Bluffton runs next in the Van Wert Invitational Saturday morning, Sept. 14.
