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It's a new season and BHS volleyball team is 1-0

Next tourney game is Thursday vs. Marion Local
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 16, 2019 - 4:55pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton swept Pandora-Gilboa in first round Div. IV sectional volleyball play Tuesday night to snap a five-match losing streak and advance in tournament play.

Youthful Bluffton moves on to the second round with a 25-23, 25-20, 25-20 victory over the eighth-seeded Lady Rockets. The win improved their season record to 12-11, while P-G ended up 12-11 with the loss.

Sophomore Kylie Stackhouse led the Lady Pirate offense with 18 kills. Senior Libby Schaadt and Haelynn Bischoff each contributed seven kills.

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Nygaard 7th, Conley 13th at NWC meet

The young Pirates have no seniors, and seven of their top nine at the NWC meet were freshmen or sophomores
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 14, 2019 - 3:12pm

By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Bluffton boys cross country team finished fourth in the seven-team Northwest Conference championship meet at the Van Wert Reservoir Saturday morning.

Columbus Grove defended its boys team title with just 23 points. Lincolnview was second (45), followed by Crestview (86), Bluffton (105), Allen East (133), Paulding (143) and Ada (211).

Freshman Erik Nygaard posted the top Pirate showing, finishing a strong seventh out of 95 runners in 18:08. Junior Elijah Conley crossed the finish line 13th in 18:20.1.

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Mustangs, Belcher run past Pirates

Delphos Jeff come to town on Friday
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 13, 2019 - 5:25pm

By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The Bluffton football team went to Goodwin Field and lost 42-7 to local rival Allen East in a surprisingly lopsided Northwest Conference contest Friday.

AE raced to a 28-0 halftime lead as Bryce Belcher ran for three touchdowns and passed for one score. Belcher ended up with four rushing TDs and two passing scores to lead AE to victory.

The Pirates fell to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the NWC after their third loss in a row. The Mustangs improved to 6-1 and 3-1 in league play with the win.

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Soccer: BHS boys' win NWC crown; girls' NWC runner-up

BHS boys have won all five NWC boys soccer crowns, and is a perfect 25-0-0 in league play since 2015
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 13, 2019 - 1:05pm

Bluffton boys' soccer team wins NWC crown;
Bluffton girls' soccer team NWC runner-up

By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The Bluffton boys' soccer team went on the road and won their fifth consecutive Northwest Conference championship with a 2-0 shutout win at Allen East Thursday evening.

The Pirates improved their record to 12-2-2 overall and 5-0 in the NWC with the first-place showdown win. AE fell to 6-7-1 and 4-1 in the NWC with the defeat, good for second place in the six-team league.

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Lady Pirate spikers fall at VB

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 10, 2019 - 9:43am

By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - The Bluffton volleyball team dropped a four-set match at Van Buren in a non-league battle Wednesday evening to end the regular season.

The Lady Pirates     dropped to 11-11 after their fifth consecutive defeat. VB took the first set 25-15, then Bluffton evened the match with a 26-24 win in set two.

But the Black Knights won the final two games by identical scores of 25-17, 25-17 to improve their record to 16-4.

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Pirate girls shut out by unbeaten Ashland Crestview

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 10, 2019 - 9:41am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Playing their second Crestview opponent in a row, the Bluffton girls soccer team lost 1-0 to visiting Ashland Crestview in a non-conference defensive struggle Wednesday evening.

The Lady Pirates fell to 9-6-1 with the defeat, two days after they beat league foe Convoy Crestview 5-0. The powerhouse Lady Cougars improved to 15-0-1 with the win.

AC's Carley Campo scored the game's only goal five minutes into the match via an assist by Kat Leeper. Both defenses kept the offenses off the scoreboard for the final 75 minutes.

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