By Cort Reynolds
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
KALIDA - The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the Kalida Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning. The boys' varsity team came in 7th out of 23 teams with a score of 198. 

Bluffton Varsity boys'
3rd place - Erik Nygaard (Sophomore) - 16:44.6
29th place - Sam Derstine (Sophomore) - 18:00.0
30th place - Elijah Conley (Senior) - 18:02.2
65th place - Brandon Good (Senior) - 18:49.6
71st pace - Jonah Rehm (Sophomore) - 18:53.7
76th place - Trey Boblitt (Junior) - 19:08.9

Bluffton JV Boys XC team came in 5th out of 7 teams with a score of 139
5th place - Isaiah Conley (Sophomore) - 19:06.1
25th place - Liam Jordan (Freshman) - 20:26.9
46th place - Carter Dyar (Senior) - 22:41.1
47th place - Carter Dailey (Junior) - 22:42.2
51st place - Caleb McKenzie (Junior) - 23:20.3

BHS girls' varsity XC
61st place - Amairi Painter (Freshman) - 23:32.1
76th place - Caitlin Dailey (Junior) - 24:21.8
77th place - Kaelin Weissling (Freshman) - 24:26.5

Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the boys individual race in a time of 16:31.4.

Kalida Invite boys team scores
1) Van Wert 81
2) Ottawa-Glandorf 108
3) Elyria Catholic 120
4) Lincolnview 135
5) Archbold 172
6) Kalida 195
7) Bluffton 198
8) Crestview 201
9) Van Buren 245
10) St. Marys 274
11) Patrick Henry 274
12) Elida 370
13) Napoleon 388
14) Waynesfield 393
15) Allen East 438
16) Paulding 444
17) Lima Senior 475
18) Leipsic 501
19) Bath 512
20) Ada 521
21) McComb 527
22) Ottoville 553
23) LCC 620
23) Miller City 0

Napoleon won the 11-team girls title with 78 points, while Van Wert was second with 83.

Kalida Invite girls team scores
1) Napoleon 78
2) Van Wert 83
3) Ottawa-Glandorf 98
4) Archbold 113
5) Crestview 128
6) St. Marys 138
7) Lincolnview 173
8) Waynesfield 184
9) Leipsic 201
10) Elyria Catholic
11) Lima Senior 297