By Sam Brauen, www.blufftonpirates.com
The Pirate Cutthroat wrestling team has won the 2018 Allen County Invitational held at LCC this past weekend.

 Deandre Nassar (195) and Tayton Kleman (106) each won their class and all but one Pirate wrestlers placed in the top 5 of their class to earn the team win.

The Pirates competed against larger schools such as Elida, Shawnee, Bath and Lima Senior in addition to other Division III schools Allen East, Spencerville, Jefferson, LCC, and Delphos St John’s.

Team results
Bluffton 230
Allen East 213
Elida 173
Shawnee 161

Individual Pirate Results
106 Tayton Kleman - 1st Place : 2-0 record with 2 pins
113 Kaden Basil – 3rd Place : 2-2 record with 2 pins
120 Jeremy Sturgeon – 2nd Place : 4-1 record with 4 pins
126 Elias Mault – 5th Place : 3-2 record with 3 pins
132 Dustin Mortimer – 3rd Place : 2-1 record with 1 pin
138 Josh Mehaffie – 3rd Place : 2-1 record with 2 pins
145 Elijah Conley – 5th Place : 3-2 record with 2 pins
152 Jesse Montel – 2nd Place : 3-2 record with 2 pins
160 Jackson Wilson – 5th Place : 3-2 record with 3 pins
170 Isaiah Schwab – 5th place : 1-4 record with 1 pin
195 Deandre Nassar – 1st Place : 4-0 record with 4 pins
220 Landen Luginbuhl – 3rd Place : 4-1 record with 3 pins
285 Trent Howard – 0-3 record

What’s next
The Pirates will travel to Arcadia to take on the Redskins on Thursday evening at 6 p.m.