The Bluffton High School football team kicked off its 2023 season with a dominating 42-7 win over visiting Ben Logan Friday night at Harmon Field.
The Pirates racked up 21 points in each of the first two quarters to build a commanding 42-0 lead, and won going away.
Junior Landen Worcester scored three rushing touchdowns and ran for 125 yards to pace the Pirate offense.
The Pirates out-gained the Raiders 368-139 in total offense.
Worcester put Bluffton ahead early with TD runs of 11 and one yards in the first period to provide a 14-0 lead.
Braeden Jordan then hauled in a 41-yard TD pass from Garret Bogart. Kyle Basil booted his third straight extra point to extend the margin to 21-0 after one quarter.
CARMEL, Ind.–The Hanover College Panthers were tabbed to finish the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) women’s cross country season on top in a vote amongst league coaches.
The Panthers were voted to reign victorious in the 2023 season, garnering 75 points and five first-place votes.
The Pandora-Gilboa Rockets kicked off their 2023 football season by hosting their State Route 12 rival, the Columbus Grove Bulldogs on Thursday night, August 17. The annual non-conference season opening showdown between the two neighboring schools proved to be a thriller, as P-G scored a touchdown with 0:01 left on the clock, for a 25-22 come-from-behind win.
CARMEL, Ind.–In a vote amongst league coaches, the Hanover College women's soccer team was picked to finish first in the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) season. The Panthers finished the 2022 regular season in first place, with a 7-0-2 mark in league play.
Rose-Hulman, who won the HCAC Women's Soccer Title, was voted to finish second and picked up two first-place votes. Transylvania University snagged the third-place spot, narrowly beating out Anderson University and Mount St. Joseph University who finished just two-points behind in a tie for fourth place.
