The Bluffton High School girls soccer team received a fourth seed in their 12-team super sectional drawing Sunday due in part to playing a rugged non-league schedule.
The Pirate girls soccer team (7-7-1) will host seventh-seeded local foe Allen East (2-10-1) on Tuesday, October 14. Bluffton defeated the backyard league rival Mustangs 4-0 on Sept. 16 this season.
The Bluffton High School boys soccer team has a tough draw for sectional tournament play. Bluffton (4-9-3) will play Bryan (9-3-1) at Bryan on Wednesday, October 16 in the first round.
The Pirates have played a difficult non-league schedule to toughen them up for tournament play, so their record is deceiving.
The winner advances to face the survivor of the Bath (6-6-3)/Elida (3-7-3) WBL battle on Oct. 21 at Kalida at 7 p.m.
Kenton (8-2-4) plays the Oct. 16 winner between Clearfork and Galion at Shelby Oct. 21 at 5 p.m.
The Bluffton High School volleyball team will play a Blanchard Valley Conference foe in first round tournament play.
The Pirate spikers (14-7) face Elmwood (6-12) in sectional final action on Thursday, October 16 at Ottawa-Glandorf.
The victor plays the O-G (17-4)/Fostoria victor at Kalida in the Northwest 2 district semifinals on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The powerhouse Titan girls are tied for first in the Western Buckeye League at 8-0 with Shawnee.
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School football team out-gunned visiting Crestview and standout running back Braxton Leeth 49-34 in a Northwest Conference battle on Homecoming Friday, October 2.
The high-octane win lifted the Pirates into a third-place tie with the Knights in the league standings at 3-1. Bluffton also improved to 6-1 overall.
Crestview fell to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the NWC after the defeat.
