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Bluffton Univ. men's golf Meadville recap

MEADVILLE, Penn.--The Bluffton University men's golf team shaved 16 strokes off their Sunday score with a solid round of 317 on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Bluffton finished with a 650 at the Guy and Jeanie Kuhn Memorial.

Evan Kujawa (Toledo/Whitmer) fired a 76, giving the senior a 156 for the weekend (27th overall). Dominic Castelvetere (Ontario) and Nick Offenburger (Lexington) went 76 and 78 en route to scores of 160 and 165, respectively.

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Bluffton Univ. women's golf Meadville recap

MEADVILLE, Penn.--The Bluffton University women capped off a superb weekend of golf at the Country Club of Meadville on Monday, Sept. 26. A 342 on day two following a 343 on Sunday added up (685) to the 2nd best score in school history!

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BHS boys soccer blanks Bulldogs

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer squad shut out visiting local league rival Ada 1-0 in a Northwest Conference defensive battle Monday evening at 
Steinmetz Field.

The Pirates improved to 6-4-1 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with their fifth straight win and 37th consecutive league victory. The Bulldogs fell to 4-4-3 and 1-2-1 in the NWC with the defeat.

Neither team scored in the first half. Pirate Justin Good then converted a penalty kick goal at the 61:08 mark for the only score of the match.

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BHS girls soccer shuts out Ada, Diller nets 3 goals

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team crushed league rival Ada 9-0 in a Northwest Conference match Monday night under the lights at War Memorial Park Stadium.

The one-sided win upped the Pirate record to 10-2 overall and 5-0 in NWC play to keep them in first place. Meanwhile, the Bulldog girls fell to 4-6 overall and 0-4 in NWC action with their sixth straight defeat.

Neither team scored for the first 16 minutes. Katie Sizemore made a diving save for Ada at the 24-minute mark.

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BHS boys XC 7th at VW meet; Nygaard 2nd, Essinger 8th

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton boys cross country team finished seventh at the 17-team Van Wert County Hospital meet at the reservoir course Saturday.

Lincolnview won with 76 points, followed by host Van Wert (99).

Senior Erik Nygaard finished an impressive second out of 150 runners to pace the Pirates. He crossed the finish line 7.5 seconds behind race winner Noah Williams of Shawnee.

Pirate senior Sam Derstine finished a solid 19th.

The Pirate boys posted a solid average time of 17:50 per runner.

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BHS volleyball 6th at Minster Invite

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton varsity volleyball team finished sixth at the tough eight-team Minster Invitational Saturday, September 24.

Winning one of three matches at the event dropped the Bluffton record to 10-5 this season.

Bluffton lost to Tri-Village two sets to one in the first round. The Pirates won the first set 25-11, but lost the next two 25-19, 25-21.

In the consolation bracket first round, Bluffton swept Bowsher 25-12, 25-16.

Then in the fifth-place match, the Pirates lost to West Liberty Salem 25-19, 25-14.

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