LIMA – The Bluffton High School football team lost a Northwest Conference showdown of unbeaten powers 31-21 to Lima Central Catholic in Spartan Stadium on Saturday night, September 27.
Both state-ranked rivals came into the game 5-0 overall and 2-0 in NWC play. After the big win, LCC (6-0) is now tied for first place in the league at 3-0 with Crestview and Columbus Grove.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 5-0 to visiting Bryan in the final home dual match of the season on Saturday, September 27.
The Bluffton record dropped to 5-12 after the defeat.
Pirate senior starters Hannah Nieman and Claire Blackburn, and Maize Digby were recognized at their last home match. Digby played early in the season before injury halted her campaign.
Bluffton visits Kenton (2-11, 0-8 WBL) on Monday, Sept. 29 in the season’s final dual match.
KALIDA – The Bluffton High School boys and girls cross country teams competed at the 21-team Wildcat Invitational in Kalida on Saturday, September 27.
The Pirate girls ended up 14th out of 17 teams with 431 points.
Bluffton finished 16th in the field of 21 boys squads with 487 points.
GIRLS RESULTS
Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls team title with 76 points. The Titans edged Napoleon (79) by three points. Van Wert was a distant third at 113.
DELPHOS__The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team jumped ahead early and shut out Delphos Jefferson 4-0 in a Northwest Conference match at Stadium Park on Thursday, September 25.
With the lopsided win, the Pirate girls stayed undefeated and first in the NWC standings at 5-0. Bluffton improved to 6-7 overall after the victory.
The Wildcats fell to 5-7 overall and 1-2 in NWC play after the loss.
Bluffton’s Keyrsten Kleman scored in the second minute off a Mya McDougle assist, and the Pirates were never headed.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys soccer team lost 2-1 to visiting Ottawa-Glandorf in a non-league match at Steinmetz Field on Thursday, September 25.
The match was stopped and deemed over just two minutes into the second half due to repeated lightning strikes.
Bluffton fell to 3-8-3 with the defeat. O-G improved to 2-9-3 after the win.
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Carson Kimmel scored in the 15th minute to draw first blood.
OTTAWA__The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished 12th in the 13-team Div. II sectional tournament at Ottawa’s Moose Landing Country Club on Thursday, September 25.
The Pirates totaled 361 strokes. They finished ahead of last-place Fostoria (436).
Ottawa-Glandorf won the sectional team title with just 291 strokes as they captured the first three individual spots. St. Marys came in second with 308, followed by Liberty-Benton (325).
