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FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Bluffton University men's soccer team made a 2-0 lead stand up as the Beavers downed Franklin 3-2 on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Bluffton University women's soccer team scored early in the second half en route to a 1-0 shutout at Franklin on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

Bluffton High School Homecoming Court: Boys L-R: Truett Diller 9th, Landen Worcester 10th, Silas Menzel 11th, Sam Derstine 12th, Aidan Sponsler 12th, Landon Armstrong 12th. Girls L-R: Kynzie Ewing 9th, Jordyn O'Connell 10th, Leah Klinger 11th, Allison Diller 12th, Amy Jebsen 12th, Dyllan Worcester 12th. Crown Bearers: Grayson Oberly and Julia Knowlton.

Victory sets up NWC 1st-place showdown with AE

By Cort Reynolds

LEIPSIC--The Bluffton High School football team used a 20-point third quarter to defeat Leipsic 34-14 in a Northwest Conference contest on a cool Friday night, September 30.

The Pirates stayed in a first-place tie with Allen East atop the NWC with their fourth consecutive win, improving to 4-0 in the league. Bluffton is now 5-2 overall. 

By Cort Reynolds

Pirate senior Landon Armstrong won the 144-runner boys race to lead the Bluffton High School boys cross country team to a strong fourth-place finish at the 25-team Kalida Invitational meet Saturday morning, October 1.

Armstrong crossed the finish line in a time of 15:56 to defeat 143 runners.

Senior teammate Erik Nygaard came in third at 16:03.4. Pirate senior Sam Derstine finished a very good 10th. 

The drop-off between the top three Pirate runners and the next four kept Bluffton from finishing higher as a team.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team scored early and made that goal stand up in a 1-0 win over visiting non-league rival Riverdale Saturday, October 1, at Steinmetz Field.

The Pirates improved to 7-4-1 overall with their sixth consecutive win. 

Riverdale fell to 3-7-2 with the loss.

Pirate Luke Shepherd scored the game's only goal eight minutes into the fray.

Pirate goalkeeper Kyle Basil made three saves in goal to post the shutout. The Falcon keeper was credited with four saves.

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