By Cort Reynolds

ELIDA__The visiting Bluffton High School boys soccer team tied Elida 1-1 on Saturday night, August 23.

The Pirate record moved to 0-2-1 with the tie. Elida is 0-0-2 following the knot.

Neither team scored in the first half. But early in the second stanza, the Bulldogs untied the match. Elida’s Seth Warner broke the ice in the 41st minute, scoring the game’s first goal.

Twenty-four minutes later, Bluffton’s Brahlen August equalized the score 1-1 by netting the lone Pirate goal.

Neither squad scored over the final 15 minutes, maintaining the tie.

Bluffton won the junior varsity match, 2-0.

Bluffton plays at Spencerville (0-1) in the Northwest Conference opener on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 5 p.m.