MEADVILLE, Penn.--The Bluffton University women capped off a superb weekend of golf at the Country Club of Meadville on Monday, Sept. 26. A 342 on day two following a 343 on Sunday added up (685) to the 2nd best score in school history!
The Bluffton High School boys soccer squad shut out visiting local league rival Ada 1-0 in a Northwest Conference defensive battle Monday evening at
Steinmetz Field.
The Pirates improved to 6-4-1 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with their fifth straight win and 37th consecutive league victory. The Bulldogs fell to 4-4-3 and 1-2-1 in the NWC with the defeat.
Neither team scored in the first half. Pirate Justin Good then converted a penalty kick goal at the 61:08 mark for the only score of the match.
The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team crushed league rival Ada 9-0 in a Northwest Conference match Monday night under the lights at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The one-sided win upped the Pirate record to 10-2 overall and 5-0 in NWC play to keep them in first place. Meanwhile, the Bulldog girls fell to 4-6 overall and 0-4 in NWC action with their sixth straight defeat.
Neither team scored for the first 16 minutes. Katie Sizemore made a diving save for Ada at the 24-minute mark.
The Bluffton boys cross country team finished seventh at the 17-team Van Wert County Hospital meet at the reservoir course Saturday.
Lincolnview won with 76 points, followed by host Van Wert (99).
Senior Erik Nygaard finished an impressive second out of 150 runners to pace the Pirates. He crossed the finish line 7.5 seconds behind race winner Noah Williams of Shawnee.
Pirate senior Sam Derstine finished a solid 19th.
The Pirate boys posted a solid average time of 17:50 per runner.
CONVOY–The Bluffton High School football team scored on a long fourth-period pass to rally past Crestview 17-14 in a seesaw Northwest Conference bout on a cool Friday night, September, 23.
The Pirates stayed in a first-place tie with Allen East atop the NWC with their third straight win as they improved to 3-0 in the league.
Bluffton is now 4-2 overall.
Slumping Crestview fell to 3-3 and 0-3 in the NWC with their third consecutive defeat after a 3-0 start.
