COLUMBUS GROVE – The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the massive Columbus Grove Invitational in the Red Division on Saturday, August 31.
St. Francis DeSales won the boys red meet with just 45 points. Ottawa-Glandorf nosed out Toledo St. Ursula Academy for first in the girls red meet, 87-96.
The Pirate boys finished 22nd out of 26 teams with 617 points. The Bluffton girls came in 19th out of 22 squads with 461 points.
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Sept. 3 Forum
Introduction to Gaden Shartse Monks and Performance of Healing Chants
11:00 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Sept. 6 Colloquium
Late Style, New Starts and Malamud’s ‘God’s Grace’
Dr. Lamar Nisly, Professor of English
4:00 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
CELINA __The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team lost at non-conference foe Celina 7-3 Saturday afternoon despite a hat trick from one of its top players.
Aubrey Burkholder netted all three Pirate goals.
Bluffton fell behind 3-0 in the first 20 minutes but managed to cut the lead to 3-2 on Burkholder’s first two goals.
After the Bulldogs tallied in the eighth and 18th minutes, Celina’s Paiton Rhodes scored in the 20th minute to make it 3-0.
