Lincolnview won the Northwest Conference golf tournament in an 18-hole tournament played at Hickory Sticks Golf Club in Van Wert. The first-place tournament finish also clinched the overall 2016 conference golf championship for the Lancers.
The Lancers had a team total 338 to defeat tournament runner-up Spencerville (361) by 23 strokes. Other tournament team totals were: Columbus Grove (370), Paulding (372), (Bluffton 377), Crestview (388), Delphos Jefferson (401), Allen East (411), Ada (514).
Bluffton High School's football team is ranked 12th in Division VI, Region 24, in this week's Ohio High School Athletic Association football computer ratings.
Bluffton High School boys' golf team was second in a tri-match on Sept. 19. Spencerville won with a 64 team score. Bluffton was second at 186. Ada was third at 255.
The individual finisher scores are in the attachment below.
The Celina Bulldog soccer team visited Bluffton’s Steinmetz Field for a muddy affair on Saturday, 9-17-16. Celina prevailed by 1-0.
The non-conference game pitted two skilled teams who spent a lot of the game under tight pressure from each other. Bluffton had 4 shots on goal and Celina had three.
The lone score came at the 20th minute of the game by Jarren Casto when he managed to break free of the tenacious Bluffton defenders.
Celina goalkeeper, Aden Gariety, had 4 saves; Bluffton keeper, Levi Smith, had two saves.
