DELPHOS--The Bluffton High School football team grabbed an early lead but lost to rival Delphos Jefferson 27-7 in a Northwest Conference competition on October 14.
The loss put Pirate playoff status in jeopardy and also ended any chance of sharing the conference crown.
Bluffton fell to 5-4 overall and 4-2 in the league with the costly defeat. They will need a week 10 upset over visiting Columbus Grove to tie for second place in the NWC, and likely need that victory just to make the playoffs.
Pirate boys place 3rd; Essinger is 2nd in girls race
By Cort Reynolds
Bluffton High School senior Landon Armstrong won the 59-runner male race to lead the Pirate boys cross country team to third at the six-team Northwest Conference title meet Saturday morning at Columbus Grove on October 15.
The Pandora-Gilboa High School football team took advantage of four first half turnovers, flying ahead 14-0 in the first quarter, as they overwhelmed the Riverdale Falcons by a final of 55-7 in Blanchard Valley Conference football action.
The win clinches a playoff spot for P-G, currently ranked 9th in the Division VII, Region 26 playoff computer rankings with one week remaining. The top 16 teams advance to the playoffs, with the top 8 seeds hosting a first-round playoff game.
The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team defeated non-league foe Upper Sandusky 3-0 Thursday night to register their eighth straight victory.
The regular-season ending win upped the Lady Pirate record to 14-2. US fell to 6-5-3 with the shutout defeat.
Pirate Sami Scoles scored the first goal on a Karson Hauenstein assist 18 minutes into the match.
Allison Diller found the back of the net in the 34th minute on a Riley Eachus pass to make it 2-0 by halftime.
The Bluffton High School volleyball team rallied after losing the first two sets, but visiting Van Buren won the decisive fifth game to capture their regular season finale battle Thursday evening, October 13.
Their second five-set loss in three days dropped the Bluffton record to 13-9.
VB improved to 17-3 with the 21-25, 22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 15-7 non-conference victory.
Ayla Grandey knocked down 20 kills to pace the Pirates. Kendall Stackhouse contributed a season-high 18 kills.
