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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer Northwest Conference opener vs. visiting Spencerville was halted by lightning at halftime Monday night, August 29.

The Pirates (1-2) led 1-0 at intermission on the pitch of Steinmetz Field when the match was stopped. The game will be resumed at a date yet to be determined.

Bluffton plays two unbeaten non-conference powers this week. They visit Perrysburg (3-0) Thursday night, and host Ottoville (4-0) Saturday, September 3 at 11:45 a.m.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys cross country team finished a solid fourth at the 13-team Blue Jay Invitational hosted by St. John's at the Delphos Stadium Park Saturday, August 27. The BHS girls finished eighth out of nine teams.

Bluffton seniors Erik Nygaard and Landon Armstrong crossed the finish line first and second, 1.3 seconds apart, in the field of 134 runners.

The third-place finisher was 16 seconds behind the pace of Nygaard. Bluffton senior Sam Derstine finished a strong 13th.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team lost at local rival Pandora-Gilboa 42-7 in a non-league contest Friday night, August 26.

The defeat dropped the Bluffton record to 1-1, while P-G improved to 1-1 with the decisive win. 

The Rockets scored the first touchdown on a seven-yard run to seize a 7-0 lead.

Pirate junior Gavin Bogart tallied a touchdown on a 36-yard run in the first period. Kyle Basil's point after kick tied it 7-7 heading to the second period.

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By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team blanked Bath 2-0 Saturday afternoon.

Pirate Olivia Matthews scored the game's first goal with just over a minute left in the first half.

Sami Scoles netted the second goal in the 61st minutes to give the Pirate girls an insurance tally.

Efficient Bluffton put all eight of its shots on goal. Bath also got off eight shots, five of which were on goal.

Pirate keeper Julie Mehaffie stopped each one to come up with five saves. 

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High boys soccer team scored late to beat Botkins 2-1 in the consolation match of the Elida Kick-off Classic tournament Saturday evening.

The Pirates improved to 1-2 with the win.

Freshman Nick Lovett scored for Bluffton at the 23:18 mark to put the Pirates ahead 1-0, and it stayed that way to halftime.

Botkins scored 3:27 into the second half to knot it up, 1-1.

Senior Nolan Hoffman then scored with 8:13 left to play to give the Pirates their first win.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team lost 3-0 at tournament host Elida in their Kick-off Classic tournament semifinals Thursday evening, August 25.

The Pirates fell to 0-2 with the defeat.

Ethan Thomas scored all three Bulldog goals. He netted two goals in the first 20 minutes, then added a third tally at the 32:24 mark of the first half.

Neither team scored in the second half.

Bluffton got off eight shots, four of which were on goal. Meanwhile Elida mustered 13 shots, nine of which were on target.

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