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Watch the team leave town at 1:30 p.m.

Game tonight broadcast on WPNMlive.com
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 6, 2019 - 12:43pm

Here's your chance to support the Bluffton High School boys' soccer team in the Division III state semi-final game tonight:

• An official team send-off send off  takes place close to 1:30 p.m. today on Jackson Street. Students from all three buildings will attend, the BHS band will play and the soccer team walk to Vine Street and back to the high school before boarding the bus to the state semi-final game.

• The game will be broadcast on WPNMlive.com starting at 6:50 p.m.

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Bulldogs blank Pirates, win share of league crown 

Speedy Tyson Shutler led the Pirates with 114 yards rushing on 10 carries
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 4, 2019 - 1:40pm

By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The visiting Bluffton football team lost at  league co-champion Columbus Grove 49-0 in the Northwest Conference and regular season finale on a cold Friday night.

Strong-armed CG junior quarterback Blake Reynolds passed for six touchdowns, four to wideout Alex Schneider, to pace the Bulldog offense to victory.

Grove scored 14 points in each of the first three periods to win going away. The tough CG defense posted its second straight shutout and gave up just 80 points in seven league contests.

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We're state bound!

Bluffton boys upset top-ranked OH in regional finals;  Pirates advance to state final 4 with 4-2 shootout win 
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 3, 2019 - 6:54pm

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos  below by Marvin Foster
DEFIANCE - The Bluffton boys soccer team outlasted number one-ranked Ottawa Hills 4-2 in penalty kicks after a double overtime epic in Div. III regional final action at Defiance Saturday evening.

The Pirate upset victory, their sixth match win in a row, improved their season record to 17-2-2. State poll regular season champion Ottawa Hills ended their campaign 16-3-2 after the defeat.

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Pirates win a thriller in 2 OTs

Kaden Basil tied the game for BHS and Jude Spallinger scored the winning goal
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 31, 2019 - 1:29pm

By Cort Reynolds - Photos by Marvin Foster
SANDUSKY - The Bluffton boys soccer team outlasted Fairview Park 2-1 in a double overtime epic marathon in Div. III regional semifinal play at Sandusky Perkins High School on a rainy, chilly Wednesday evening.

The dramatic win upped the Pirate season record to 16-2-2. Bluffton advances to the regional finals vs. top-ranked Ottawa Hills (15-2-2) Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at Defiance High School.

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Pirate boys head to regional finals!

BHS 2 - Fairview 1 - in two overtimes
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 9:36pm

Bluffton High School boys' soccer team defeated a determined Fairview team 2-1 in the Division III regional semi-finals tonight in Sandusky.

Watch the Icon for game details as soon as we obtain them. 

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Youthful Pirate cross country team will return next fall

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 1:30pm

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photo by Jamie Nygaard
TIFFIN - The youthful Bluffton boys cross country team finished 22nd in the 23-team Div. III regional meet at Tiffin's Hedges-Boyer Park on a cool, wet Saturday morning.

New London won the boys team title with 68 points. Sandusky St. Mary's Central Catholic was second with 125 points, followed by Hopewell-Loudon (164) in third.

Holgate (192) came in fourth, followed by Minster (203), Ashland Crestview (204) and Liberty Center (209).    

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