The Bluffton High School girls soccer team pulled away late and shut out visiting Spencerville 3-0 in their Northwest Conference opener Monday night at Steinmetz Field.
The Pirate girls improved to 1-1-1 overall and 1-0 in NWC play as they began defense of their league title with a win. The scrappy Bearcat girls dropped to 0-3 and 0-2 in league play with the loss.
Bluffton hosts Ottoville Saturday, September 2 at 11:45 a.m.
By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton HIgh School boys soccer team began defense of its Northwest Conference title with a tense 1-0 league-opening win at Spencerville Monday evening.
The Pirates improved to 2-2-1 overall and 1-0 in NWC play with the win. Bluffton remains undefeated all-time in league play.
The defensive match was scoreless for the first half and most of the second half. Pirate Chase Kelly netted the first and only goal in the 72nd minute on an assist from Theo Andreas.
ELIDA--The Bluffton High School boys soccer team beat Sylvania Northview 3-2 in overtime on penalty kicks Saturday evening in the annual Elida Kickoff Classic.
The original semifinal match was postponed from Thursday evening due to extreme heat and humidity.
The winning shoot-out goal came from Cole Burkholder and the Pirates' two regulation goals both came from Theo Andreas.
UPDATE Runner Lydia Tarpley was not included in the first version of this article. Thank you to an Icon reader for their email to [email protected].
DELPHOS – The Bluffton High School cross country teams opened their season at the Delphos St. John’s Blue Jay Invitational meet Saturday at Stadium Park.
The Bluffton girls finished sixth out of 10 teams with 146 points.
