Three Bluffton High School seniors and one junior from the league title team earned first team All-Northwest Conference boys soccer honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Seniors Eden Antrim, Justin Good and Nolan Hoffman made first team All-NWC, along with junior Pirate teammate Kyle Basil.
Junior Ben Hartzler made second team all-league, as did seniors Luke Shepherd and Ethan Oglesbee.
Junior Theo Andreas made honorable mention all-league.
Bluffton High School senior Sami Scoles of league champion Bluffton girls soccer team was voted Northwest Conference Player of the Year in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Bluffton mentor Jamie Mehaffie was named NWC Coach of the Year after leading the team to a 6-0 league mark and 14-2 overall record.
Senior keeper Julia Mehaffie, senior scorer Allison Diller and senior Riley Eachus of Bluffton also joined Scoles on the all-league first team.
VAN BUREN--The Bluffton High School volleyball team won the first game but ended up falling in four sets on the road to Van Buren in a Div. III Kalida sectional first round match Monday evening, October 17.
The 20-25, 25-14, 25-11, 25-20 defeat ended the Bluffton season with a record of 13-10.
Homestanding VB improved to 18-3 with the tournament victory.
It was the second time in five days that the two teams faced off, with the Black Knights also winning their five-set battle Oct. 13.
The Bluffton University football team dropped a 48-20 decision to Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Oct. 15. The Beavers dropped to 0-6 overall (0-3 HCAC) while the Engineers improved to 3-3 (3-0 HCAC).
