On September 2, the Bluffton High School football team lost a 27-19 nailbiter to visiting Defiance Ayersville in a non-league contest at Harmon Field.
The loss dropped the Bluffton record to 1-2, while Ayersville improved to 2-1 with the win.
The Pilots scored first on a one-yard run, but the extra point kick was no good to keep the score 6-0.
Pirate junior Gavin Bogart then found paydirt on a 70-yard scoring scamper to tie it 6-6. The Bluffton point after kick also missed to keep the score tied after one quarter.
COLUMBUS GROVE⎯Bluffton senior Landon Armstrong won the 121-runner Columbus Grove Invitational boys gray division race Saturday morning. Armstrong finished first in a time of 15:45.371. Classmate Erik Nygaard took third, just 6.15 seconds behind Armstrong.
Icon photographer and mom Jamie Nygaard reports "Erik and Landon are not only Bluffton High School Seniors, they are close friends, amazing runners and both broke a 40-year old BHS cross country record of 15:52 that was held by Mullenhour."
The Pandora-Gilboa High School football team picked up a huge non-conference win Friday night September 2. P-G defeated Putnam County foe Leipsic, 33-21.
The Rockets were led by senior running back Ethan “Freight Train” Luginbill’s 28 carries, 181 yards, and three touchdowns; as the Rockets moved to 2-1 on the season.
Playing at home, the Bluffton High School volleyball team staved off a Defiance Ayersville rally to win a five-set non-league match Thursday evening, September 1.
The Pirates improved to 4-2 with the 25-22, 25-20, 16-25, 22-25, 15-10 victory. Ayersville fell to 2-4 with the defeat.
Kendall Stackhouse hammered a season-high 15 kills to pace the Pirates. Sophomore Ayla Grandey knocked down 14 kills, while Morgan Fruchey
added nine kills and 13 digs.
