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By Cort Reynolds

HARROD__The visiting Bluffton High School volleyball team swept local rival Allen East in the Northwest Conference spike opener on Tuesday, September 9.

The Pirate girls swept the Mustangs 25-17, 25-9, 25-21 to record their sixth straight win.

Bluffton improved to 7-3 overall and 1-0 in the NWC after the road win. AE fell to 2-6 and 0-1 in NWC play with the defeat.

Karlie Lora led the victors with 14 kills. Kendall Stackhouse smacked down 13 kills, while Lainey Grandey added nine kills.

By Cort Reynolds

ANNA__The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost a 1-0 defensive struggle to Anna in a non-league bout on Tuesday, September 9.

The Pirate girls fell to 3-5 with the road defeat.

Anna, which plays in the Western Ohio Soccer League, improved its record to 5-3 after the low-scoring victory.

Rocket Adyson Bales scored in the 16th minute to provide the only goal of the game. Neither team scored over the final 64 minutes.

Bluffton fired eight of its 18 shots on goal. Anna put 11 of its 15 shots on target.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys golf team lost a tight Northwest Conference triangular match at Moose Landing Golf Club in Ottawa on Tuesday, September 9.

Allen East won the closely-contested match with 165 strokes, followed closely by Columbus Grove (167) and Bluffton (173).

The Pirates are 8-7 overall and 4-5 in NWC play after the match.

Mustang Brady Brooks earned match medalist status by shooting a round of 37. He was followed closely by teammate Levi Clum, who carded a 38 to finish second. 

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School girls golf team lost a match to Kalida at the Bluffton Golf Club on Tuesday, September 9.

The Wildcats won the non-league match, 197-216.

Katie Bauman paced Bluffton with a nine-hole score of 51.

Grace Schroeder of Kalida was match medalist after shooting a round of 46. Wildcat Kylie Peck finished second with a 49, while Madison Ricker was third at 49.

Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., will host the ONU Mobile Health Clinic on Thursday, September 11 from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Walk-in services include blood pressure, blood sugar*, cholesterol* (*please fast for 12 hours). Vaccines are not offered during these clinics.

SEPT 3 MEDIA RELEASE__Jean-Marie Kamatali, professor and Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Chair of Law at Ohio Northern University, will speak on "WE THE PEOPLE: The Constitution as a Legal Instrument and a Manifestation of Popular Sovereignty" during Bluffton University's Constitution Day Forum at 11 a.m. on Sept. 16 in Yoder Recital Hall.

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