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By Bryan Kress
Bluffton opened up the season with a blowout win of Cory-Rawson, winning 49-13.
The Pirates dominated on defense and on the ground, racking up 304 yards and three turnovers, two for touchdowns.

Dylan Ault started the scoring with 35-yard interception return for a touchdown early in the game and then Clay Wilson returned a fumble 35 yards for another defensive score.

Bluffton’s offense finally got on the field and Noah Stratton sprinted 42 yards for the first offensive touchdown of the season and to close the 1st half 22-0.

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Jason Stechschulte, Findlay, was the fastest of 75 runners in Saturday's BFR Sports and Fitness 5-K. He ran the course in 18:46.

The first woman to finish was Jaime Combs in 22:47.

For a complete listing of 5-K finishers, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Bluffton High School girls' soccer team won their third game of the season, blasting Mohawk 8-0 at Bluffton on Aug. 30.

Halftime: B, 2-0 Goals: (B) Steinmetz, (B) Steinmetz, (B) Theisen, (B) Burkholder, (B) Koontz, (B) Koontz, (B) Spiridigliozzi, (B) Steinmetz. Assists: (B) Steinmetz (2), (B) Fredritz (2), (B) Theisen, (B) Koontz.

Shots on Goal: B, 29-8. Corner Kicks: B, 5-1,Saves: M,None; B,Barhorst (6)

Home:  Bluffton 3-2-0, 2-1-0

 

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Riverdale girls blanked Bluffton 5-0  on Aug. 29.

 

Halftime: R, 1-0 Goals: None. Assists: NA.
Shots on Goal: R, 20-5. Corner Kicks: R, 2-1,Saves: R,Parish (4); B,Barhorst (17)

Bluffton 2-2-0, 1-1-0
 

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Here's a view of College Avenue you don't see every day. Fifteen seniors on the BHS football team painted the bridge on East College, and this view is from the Bluffton fire department ladder.

See if you can find all the names.

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Bluffton's girls' soccer team improved to 2-1 with a 7-0 win over Ada on Aug. 27 at Steinmetz Field.

Halftime: B, 6-0 Goals: (B) Spiridigliozzi, (B) Spiridigliozzi, (B) Spiridigliozzi, (B) Wright, (B) Steinmetz, (B) Steinmetz, (B) Theisen. Assists: (B) Steinmetz (2), (B) Theisen (2), (B) Burkholder, (B) Fredritz.

Shots on Goal: B, 11-4. Corner Kicks: B, 3-1,Saves: B,Barhorst (3); A,goalie (7)

Bluffton dominated the game by scoring six goals in the first half. The Ada defense pushed forward in the second half holding the pirates to one goal in the second half.

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