The Bluffton High School boys' soccer team is now ranked third in the Division 3 of the Northwest Ohio Soccer Coaches Association poll. Bluffton is behind Ottawa Hills and Maumee Valley Country Day. The top 10 ranked teams are attached below.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton volleyball team was seeded fifth at the 14-team Div. IV Bluffton super sectional drawing held Sunday.
The Lady Pirates (11-9) will host eighth-seeded Pandora-Gilboa in the first round Tuesday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m.
Bluffton beat P-G 3-1 back on August 22 in just their second match of the season.
The Pirate/P-G victor will face the victor between heavily-favored third seed Marion Local and winless 14th seed Upper Scioto Valley. That second round match will take place at New Knoxville Thursday, Oct. 17.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton football team was upset 21-9 by visiting Paulding in a Northwest Conference ground battle to spoil Homecoming Friday night at Harmon Field.
Their second consecutive loss dropped the Pirate record to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the NWC. The Panthers improved to 2-4 and 1-2 in league play as they ended a two-game losing skid.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Seven Bluffton girls tennis players competed at the Div. II sectional tournament hosted by Elida this past Thursday at UNOH.
Forty singles players competed, with only the final four moving on to districts next week.
Pirate senior Erin Hotmire won her first match, a round of 32 battle, over Rachel Wilcox of Bath by a 6-0, 6-2 score. In the round of 16, Hotmire eliminated Defiance's Alexa Bickford easily in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Jacob Miller scored both goals to lead visiting Shawnee to a 2-1 win over the Bluffton boys soccer team Saturday afternoon.
The Pirates dropped to 11-2-1 with the non-league defeat, their first loss since Aug. 24 at Elida.
After a scoreless first half, Miller found the back of the net in the 45th minute to put the Indians on top, 1-0.
Pirate Jonathan Schriner tied it 1-1 with a goal in the 65th minute. But Miller untied it three minutes later with the eventual winning goal.
By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - The Bluffton boys golf team finished 13th out of 18 teams in the Div. III district tournament at Bowling Green's Stone Ridge Golf Club Thursday.
Kalida won the district team title with 328 strokes. Minster ended up second (333), followed by St. Joseph Central Catholic (339) and Seneca East (349).
Bluffton came in 13th with a total of 377 strokes, finishing five strokes ahead of league rival Allen East (382).
