By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys soccer team was seeded first at the nine-team Tiffin Div. V sectional drawing Sunday, October 6.

Number one seed Bluffton (8-7) will host the winner between six seed Huron (4-9-2) and fifth seed Ashland Crestview (6-7-2) in the quarterfinals Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. 

Huron and Crestview tied 1-1 on Sept. 21.

The winner from that quarter of the draw will face the Old Fort (4-10-1)/Mansfield Christian (7-7-1) survivor in the semifinals Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. in Tiffin.

Mansfield is seeded fourth, and OF is seventh.

Second-seeded Ada (11-4) will host eighth-seeded backyard rival Allen East (1-11-1) in the first round Saturday afternoon, October 19.

The Bulldog/Mustang winner will face the Riverdale/Cory-Rawson victor in the semifinals Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7:15 p.m. in Tiffin. 

The third-seeded Falcons are 8-7-1, while ninth seed C-R is 1-16. The Bulldogs lost at Riverdale 3-2 on Sept. 12. Falcon Will Clark and Bulldog Andrew Allen each scored two goals in that contest.

The district finals at Tiffin will be played Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. If the seeds hold, Bluffton will face former league rival Ada in the finals.