By Sam Brauenwww.blufftonpirates.com
Last season, Bluffton traveled to Celina and built a 4-0 lead only to see it evaporate and leave town with a 5-5 tie in their match with Celina. A similar outcome happened Saturday afternoon as the Pirates built a 3-1 lead with 15 minutes remaining but back to back goals by Bulldog Jim Aquino leveled the score at 3-3 which is how the game ended.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Freshman Caitlin Dailey finished 29th of 295 runners in the Girls Division II / III race Saturday at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival. Dailey completed the 5K course in 23:52.
On the boys side, BHS finished 27th of 32 teams. Individual Pirate finishers:
By Sam Brauenwww.blufftonpirates.com
The Lady Pirate tennis squad nearly swept Western Buckeye League foe Elida Tuesday afternoon. The Pirates took all but one match on their way to a 4-1 victory.
By Sam Brauenwww.blufftonpirates.com
Bluffton's boys soccer team ripped off their fifth win in a row with a 5-1 road triumph at Lincolnvew. The Pirates are now 5-0-2 overall and 3-0 in Northwest Conference play. The Lancer goal tonight was the first opponent goal allowed in a NWC match this season.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Senior Alivia Koenig torched the Bluffton Golf Course on her way to an ultra low score of 35 Monday evening. Koenig picked up birdies on holes 2,3 & 7. As a squad, the Pirates easily defeated Otsego by a 186-220 count.
Eastern Mennonite University junior cross country runner and Bluffton HS grad, Elizabeth Nisly, won her first collegiate race earlier this month, beating 70 other runners, including the runner-up by 15 seconds.
She ran in a pack with two teammates for the first half of the race, before turning on the afterburners over the final 1200m. Her 16:43 was well ahead of Bridgewater's English Jackson, who was second in 16:58.
Coming into the preseason, Elizabeth entered her third cross country season with her third coaching staff.
