The undefeated Ottoville boys soccer team defeated visiting the Bluffton High School team 3-0 in a non-league match on Saturday afternoon, September 2.
The Pirate boys dropped to 1-3-1 with the loss. Ottoville improved to 6-0-0 after the win.
The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed at the Columbus Grove Invitational meet Saturday, August 2.
The Pirate girls finished eighth in a field of 14 teams. Minster won the girls team title with 41 points, followed by West Liberty Salem (57) and Botkins (81).
Bluffton scored 253 points to edge Carey in ninth place by a point.
During the three-day Labor Day weekend, the Bluffton Icon and the Ada Icon will be on pause. Our regularly scheduled columns will be posted before or after that break. Breaking news including sports and obituaries will be posted.
Bluffton High School freshman Maddie Seeling has had a very successful summer in equestrian competitions. She went to the Ohio State fair with her horse PJ and came home the 13-15 year-old Ohio State Barrel Champion, as well as finishing 3rd in Keyhole, 8th in Stakes and 8th in Ground Roping.
Seeling also competed at the Allen County Fair where she won all six of the divisions that she entered: age 11-14 barrels, poles, stakes, keyhole, kegs and ground roping. She is possibly the only rider to make this sweep. Winning barrels and poles in her age division qualified her to run the Champion of Champions in these events, where she earned two championships and two belt buckles. Again, never done before.
Other prizes won at the fair? She twice won $100 riding the mechanical bull at the festival.
By Kimberly Ackley, APRN-CNP
Certified Nurse Practitioner, Bridge Home Health & Hospice-Palliative Care
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