Pirate harriers 12th at Wildcat Invite
By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Bluffton boys cross country team ran at the Wildcat Invitational meet in Kalida Saturday.

The Pirate boys finished 12th in the 23-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (53 points) easily out-distanced Elyria Catholic (104) for the team title. St. Marys finished third with 127 points.

Bluffton tallied 317 points.

Erik Nygaard finished 18th in the field of 216 runners with a time of 17:51.4 to post the top Pirate showing.

The average Bluffton time over the 3.1-mile course was 19:37.

Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the individual race with a time of 16:53.4.

Bluffton individual results:
Blf     Runner        Place        Time
1     Nygaard Erik   18          17:51.4      
2     Conley Elijah  41          18:52.3
3      Lovell Wyatt     79        20:14.1   
4     Derstine Sam      81           20:16.1   
5       Conley Isaiah      98         20:50.9   
6       Mckenzie Caleb 102       21:21.2   
7       Boblitt Trey  112      22:03.9
8       Dyar Carter      152        22:09.7     
9       Rehm Jonah   158      22:37.4   
10      Dailey Carter 173      23:22.5   
11       Carnauba Vanias 206     26:05.9
   
Team results:
Ottawa-Glandorf  1st 153 points
Elyria Catholic 2nd  104  
St. Marys Memorial  3rd 127  
Lincolnview 4th 127  
Crestview 5th 189  
Van Buren 6th 217  
Elida 7th  229  
Patrick Henry  8th  267  
Ottoville 9th  268  
Wapakoneta 10th 289  
Kalida 11th  293  
Bluffton 12th  317  
Leipsic 13th  321  
Bath 14th  328  
Napoleon 15th 343  
Waynesfield-Goshen 16th  346  
Allen East 17th  358  
Paulding 18th 414
McComb 19th 523  
Ada 20th  601  
Lima Central Catholic  Incomplete
Lima Senior Inc.
Miller City Inc.

Bluffton runs next at the Allen County Invitational meet Tuesday, October 1 at 5 p.m.