Bluffton's Junior High football team defeated Ada 45 to 8 on Oct. 8. A highlight of the game was that Kyle Koontz kicked his first official 30-yard field goal.
Needless to day, Kyle, the team and the crowd were very excited to watch a junior high player achieve this.
This feat is a team effort, as it takes consistent blockers to allow a kicker time to focus on his part of the play.
Hannah Chappell-Dick, Bluffton, is building an impressive campaign in her final cross country season, earning her third Old Dominion Athletic Conference Runner of the Week award today. With three full-fledged races under her belt on the season, Chappell-Dick has now been named the ODAC Runner of the Week after each of them.
The outcome of the Homecoming Football game matched the setting: cold, windy and miserable. Delphos Jefferson made quick work of the Bluffton squad in a 50-7 dispatch to put a damper on the parade and attendant and escort festivities. Jefferson improved to 5-1 with the win while Bluffton dropped its second straight contest and sits at 4-2.
Goals by Smucker and Tatarkov were enough for the Bluffton High School boys' soccer team to suprise Ottawa-Glandorf 2-1 on Oct. 1 in a game at Bluffton.
The Pirates are 8-5 after the win and the Titans drop to 10-2. Bluffton now has a three-game winning streak and has won five of the last six games versus WBL power Ottawa-Glandorf.
