The place to be was War Memorial Stadium in Ada on Friday evening.
The field turned out to be aptly named as the Bluffton Pirate football team fought, scratched and clawed their way to a 27-21 victory over Ada. The win was of high importance for a few reasons.
First, it stopped a three-game losing streak for the Pirates. In a much longer term, it snapped an eight-year losing streak at the hands of the Bulldogs. Both Ada and Bluffton owned 5-3 records heading into Week 9.
Following a big win on Friday against Ada, the Bluffton High School football team moved from 12th to 10th in Division VI state computer rankings. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs.
Northwest Conference cross country meet - Bluffton's Jacob Barnett ran the best individual time of 17:00 in winning the boys' race and was voted by the coaches as NWC Male Runner of the Year. Boone Brubaker (CG; 17:04) finished second with Austin Elick (LV, 17:12) completing the race as the third place finisher.
