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By Cort Reynolds

LIMA __ The Bluffton High School golf team won a four-team Northwest Conference quadrangular match at the Oaks Golf Club on Thursday, September 5.

The Pirates finished first easily with just 176 strokes. LCC was a distant second at 207 shots, followed by Delphos Jefferson (214) and Spencerville (315).

The Pirates improved their record to 11-2 overall and 7-1 in the NWC after the sweep to stay atop the conference standings. 

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School volleyball team defeated visiting Elmwood in straight sets during a non-league match Thursday evening.

The Pirates swept the Lady Royals 25-13, 25-13, 25-19.

The home win improved the Pirate record to 8-1 this season. Bluffton has won seven straight matches since a four-set loss to Shawnee on August 19.

The Royals fell to 1-6 after the loss.

Ayla Grandey hammered 13 kills to pace the Pirate hitting attack. 

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School boys soccer team rallied late but came up just short vs visiting power Ottoville, losing 3-2 in a non-league match on Thursday, September 5, at Steinmetz Field.

The Pirate record dropped to 1-5 with the tough defeat. The Big Green improved to 5-1 after the win.

Ottoville led 2-0, but the Pirates scored twice in the final 10 minutes to make it close. However, a 77th-minute goal by the Big Green proved to be the difference.

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By Cort Reynolds

LIMA __ The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team came within a moment of a shutout win before tying non-conference foe Bath 1-1 on Thursday, September 5.

After a scoreless first half, Pirate Mya McDougle scored the game’s first goal in the 55th minute on a feed from Keyrsten Kleman to put Bluffton on top 1-0.

But Bath’s Mara Davis tied it in the 79th minute with a last-gasp goal to force the tie.
With this result, the Pirate record is 4-1-1 overall, while WBL foe Bath is 2-3-2 overall. 

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GAMBIER __ The Bluffton University volleyball team went the distance in a five-set win at Kenyon that marked program victory #1,000 for the Beavers. Bluffton moved to 4-1 on the season, while the Owls of Kenyon fell to 0-4.

The visitors took set number one, 25-20, and had leads of 23-21 and 15-10 in the second and third sets, but Kenyon used a pair of late runs to take a 2-1 lead over the Beavers. Bluffton bounced back with a 25-19 victory that sent it to the fifth where the Beavers left nothing to chance with a dominating 15-7 shellacking in the clincher.

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By Cort Reynolds

DEFIANCE __ The Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 4-1 at WBL foe Defiance on Wednesday, September 4.

Genevieve Gatchel posted the lone Pirate win at third singles. She defeated Rory Bright handily by a 6-1, 6-1 count.

Defiance won the first singles matches over Brooklyn Moser (6-1, 6-0), and took the second singles bout against Hannah Nieman (6-3, 6-1). 

At first doubles, the Pirate duo of Omlor and Klinger was defeated 6-2, 6-2.

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