The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed at the Ottawa-Glandorf Blue/Gold Invitational meet Saturday, September 18.

The Pirate boys finished eighth in the 17-team Blue Division boys race. Holgate captured first with 62 points, followed by Van Wert (75) and host O-G (103).

Junior Landon Armstrong led the Pirates by finishing seventh in a time of 17:40.488.

Senior Hunter Wasnich of Wauseon crossed the line first in the boys race with a time of 16:47.129.

Bluffton boys finishers:

Place Runner Time

7th Landon Armstrong 17:40.488

25th Sam Derstine 18:41.872

44th Trey Boblitt 19:31.596

50th Liam Jordan 20:10.033

72nd John Yoder 21:26.232

Blue Division O-G Meet Boys Team Scores:

Place Score Team

1 62 points HOLGATE

2 75 VAN WERT

3 103 OTTAWA-GLANDORF

4 162 NAPOLEON

5 167 ST. MARYS

6 171 FAIRVIEW

7 181 WAUSEON

8 198 BLUFFTON

9 213 BATH

10 226 KENTON

11 246 ALLEN EAST

12 318 TINORA

13 328 PAULDING

14 377 ELIDA

15 475 LIMA SENIOR

Perry and LCC did not field enough runners for a team score.

The Pirate girls ended up eighth out of 14 teams represented in the O-G Blue Division race.

Bluffton freshman June Essinger led the Pirates by finishing 12th in a time of 21:51.587. 

Junior Alexa Fortman of Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls Blue Division race in 19:56.81.

Bluffton girls finishers:

Place Runner Time

12th June Essinger 21:51.587

21st Makay Tuttle 23:23.348

22nd Amairi Painter 23:24.830

39th Kaelin Weissling 24:57.230

61st Greta Kauffman 32:55.408

Blue Division O-G Meet Girls Team Scores:

Place Score Team

1 73 points WAUSEON

2 97 FAIRVIEW

3 100 OTTAWA-GLANDORF

4 123 VAN WERT

5 128 NAPOLEON

6 146 ST. MARYS

7 151 TINORA

8 155 BLUFFTON

9 164 KENTON

10 256 ELIDA

Bath, LCC, Allen East, Paulding and Lima Senior did not have enough finishers for a girls team score.

Bluffton competes in the Van Wert Health Cross Country meet Saturday morning, September 25, hosted by Crestview.