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The Bluffton University women's golf team opened up with a 367 on day one of the Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial. The Beavers stand in 6th place heading into the final round on Monday, September 27.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton golf team finished a strong third in the nine-team Northwest Conference championship tournament Friday, Septemberr 24, at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa.

Lincolnview beat NWC regular season champ Allen East by 10 strokes, 338-348, to win the league tournament crown.

Bluffton was a close third (349), followed by Columbus Grove (367), Leipsic (368), Delphos Jefferson (385), Ada (411) and Crestview (417). Spencerville did not have a team score.

By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Crestview scored three second-half touchdowns to rally past and then stave off Bluffton 21-14 in a Northwest Conference battle Friday night at Harmon Field.

Knight quarterback Carson Hunter rushed for three touchdowns, the third on a 70-yard keeper, to spearhead the winning rally.

The Pirates scored late in the first period and took a 6-0 lead into halftime. 

The Knights then reeled off 21 unanswered points after intermission, and the Pirates tallied a late TD to provide the final margin of seven.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed well at the Van Wert County Health Invitational meet Saturday, September 25.

The Pirate boys finished fifth in the 15-team boys event. Host VW took first with 48 points, followed by Lincolnview (83) and Shawnee (97). 

Bluffton scored 148 ponts, one point behind fourth-place Anna (147).

Erik Nygaard posted the top Bluffton finish by coming in a strong eighth out of 155 runners in 17:25.

Junior Landon Armstrong finished 12th in a time of 17:39.13. Pirate Trey Boblitt came in 37th place in 18:56.9.

The Bluffton University women's soccer team traveled to West Virginia for a matchup with Bethany College on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. The Beavers netted a score in each period en route to the 2-0 shutout victory over the Bison. Bluffton improved to 3-4 on the season, while Bethany slipped to 4-3 overall.

The Bluffton University men's soccer team traveled to Chicago, Ill. for its second trip to the Windy City in the past two weeks. Bluffton downed the home team 3-1 as the Beavers improved to 4-2 on the season.

Although Moody went on top 1-0 just over two minutes into the contest, a Dalton Taynor (Troy/Miami East) tally knotted it up less than 30 seconds later. Elijah Zimmerman (Archbold) put the visitors up for good in minute seven and Taynor iced it with his ninth goal of the season early in the second half.

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