By Cort Reynolds / Photo from Bluffton Pirates Facebook
UPDATED __The Bluffton girls cross country team and three Pirate boys competed at regional meets on Saturday, Oct. 31 in Tiffin.
Pirate harriers Levin Essinger and Xandra Gatchel advanced to the state meet next Saturday with strong showings.
Pirate Levin Essinger finished 15th in the boys' race with a time of 16:43 to advance to the state meet. Gatchel finished in 23rd place in the girls' race with a time of 19:55 to make it to Fortress Obetz on Nov. 7.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School football team out-gunned visiting Creston Norwayne 63-42 in a record-setting Div. V, Region 18 first-round playoff shootout at Harmon Field on Friday, October 30.
Pirate senior running back Parker Lovell rushed for program single-game records of 458 yards and eight touchdowns to pace the victors.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost a 2-1 heartbreaker in a rare penalty kick shootout after double overtime to visiting Ottoville in the Div. V district finals Thursday, Oct. 29 at Steinmetz Field.
The Pirate girls finish their season 9-9-2 with the marathon loss.
Ottoville improved to 13-6-1 after the road victory. They advance to the regional semifinals with the dramatic win.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls soccer team upset visiting unbeaten Miller City 1-0 in the Div. V Northwest 3 district semifinals on Monday night, Oct. 26 at Steinmetz Field.
The fourth-seed Pirate girls improve to 9-8-2 after pulling off the tournament victory.
Top-seeded MC ended its season 15-1-2 with the stunning road loss.
Bluffton advances to the district finals against higher-seeded Ottoville (11-6-1) in the district finals at Steinmetz Field on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m.
