BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School football team shrugged off a slow start to defeat visiting Ben Logan 33-30 in a seesaw 2025 season kickoff thriller on Friday, August 22 at Harmon Field.
The Pirates improved to 1-0 with the non-league victory, while BL starts 0-1 with the defeat.
Bluffton junior quarterback Tayte Giesige passed for four touchdowns and ran for another to pace the victorious offense. In all, he accounted for 327 yards in offense and five TDs.
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.
The 100th edition of the State Route 12 rivalry game between the Pandora-Gilboa High School and Columbus Grove High School football teams did not disappoint. In the annual showdown between the two neighboring schools, the host Rockets came from behind in the second half, to pull out a thrilling 22-21 non-conference win to open the 2025 season.
