SPENCERVILLE__The unbeaten Bluffton High School football team went on the road and dominated Northwest Conference foe Spencerville 42-7 on Friday, September 19.
The Pirates, ranked second in the latest Div. VI AP state poll, improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in NWC play with the lopsided win.
The Bearcats fell to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the NWC after the defeat.
LIMA__The visiting Bluffton High School volleyball team defeated Lima Central Catholic in a four-set Northwest Conference battle on Thursday, September 18.
The Pirate girls improved to 11-4 overall and 3-0 in NWC play with the hard-fought win.
First-place Bluffton triumphed by a 26-24, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16 score.
The Thunderbirds fell to 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the NWC after the loss.
Kendall Stackhouse led the Pirates in kills with 17. Karlie Lora knocked down 16 kills and came up with six blocks.
HARROD__The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished a deceptive fifth in the tightly-bunched seven-team Northwest Conference championship tournament at Colonial Hills on Thursday, September 18.
In one of the closest tournaments in league history, Allen East edged Lincolnview by just one stroke (339-340), and beat Columbus Grove (341) by only two shots to narrowly win the NWC team title.
LEXINGTON__The visiting Bluffton High School boys soccer team tied Lexington 1-1 on a late goal in a tight non-league match on Wednesday, September 17.
The Pirate record is 2-6-3 after the result. The Minutemen are now 5-4-1.
Neither team scored during the first half, nor in the first 12 minutes of the second half.
Lexington’s Cohen Lautzenhiser finally broke the ice by tallying the game’s first goal in the 53rd minute.
HARROD__The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team defeated backyard league rival Allen East 4-0 in a Northwest Conference match on Tuesday evening, September 16 at Goodwin Field.
The Pirate girls improved to 5-5 overall with the shutout win, and upped their league mark to 4-0 to stay tied for first place with two conference matches left.
Defending champion Columbus Grove is also 4-0 in the NWC.
AE fell to 1-8-1 overall and 1-3 in NWC play after the defeat.
