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.