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By Cort Reynolds

DEFIANCE – The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed well at the Div. II northwest district meet May 21 and 23 in Defiance.

The Pirate boys took second, while the Bluffton girls came in third at the 16-team meet.

Ottawa-Glandorf edged the Bluffton males 98 points to 92 to claim the district crown. Liberty-Benton came in a close third with 89 points.

The versatile Pirates had five different boys win individual events, and they took first in one relay.

Senior sprinter Griffin Stackhouse won the 100-meter dash and crossed the finish line second in the 200-meter dash.

Powerhouse O-G also won the girls team title with 99.75 points, followed by Napoleon (83) and Bluffton (77).

The Pirate girls posted four second-place finishes. Freshman Maelee Miller captured second in the 100-meter hurdles and in the 400 meters.

Bluffton regional qualifiers

Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals

1 Griffin Stackhouse 12 Bluffton 10.99

Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals

1 Kain Wright 11 Bluffton 50.27

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals

1 Carson Kruse 12 Bluffton 14.74

Boys 800 Meter Run Finals

1 Marek Donaldson 12 Bluffton 1:54.19

Boys High Jump Finals

1 Noah Bricker 12 Bluffton 6-5

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Finals

1 Bluffton 1:29.17

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals

2 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 15.82 

3 Aubrey Burkholder 11 Bluffton 16.14

Girls Pole Vault Finals

2 Alayna Mueller 11 Bluffton 10-4 1

3 Kally Cotter 12 Bluffton 10-4

Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals

2 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 59.70

Girls 800 Meter Run Finals

2 Nora Matthews 10 Bluffton 2:20.03

Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals

2 Griffin Stackhouse 12 Bluffton 22.39

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

3 Carson Kruse 12 Bluffton 40.38

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

3 Aubrey Burkholder 11 Bluffton 46.76

Girls High Jump Finals

3 Sadie Tarplee 12 Bluffton 5-0

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals

4 Bluffton 1:48.89