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By Cort Reynolds

CONVOY __ The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team dominated Northwest Conference rival Crestview 9-0 on Tuesday, September 3.

Pirate ace Aubrey Burkholder netted a hat trick with three goals for the second consecutive match.

Blair Utendorf tallied a pair of goals just a minute apart in the second half. 

The Pirates improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the NWC after the lopsided win. Crestview dropped to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the NWC with the defeat.

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By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS GROVE – The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the massive Columbus Grove Invitational in the Red Division on Saturday, August 31.

St. Francis DeSales won the boys red meet with just 45 points. Ottawa-Glandorf nosed out Toledo St. Ursula Academy for first in the girls red meet, 87-96.

The Pirate boys finished 22nd out of 26 teams with 617 points. The Bluffton girls came in 19th out of 22 squads with 461 points.

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Burkholder nets hat trick

By Cort Reynolds

CELINA __The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team lost at non-conference foe Celina 7-3 Saturday afternoon despite a hat trick from one of its top players.

Aubrey Burkholder netted all three Pirate goals. 

Bluffton fell behind 3-0 in the first 20 minutes but managed to cut the lead to 3-2 on Burkholder’s first two goals.

After the Bulldogs tallied in the eighth and 18th minutes, Celina’s Paiton Rhodes scored in the 20th minute to make it 3-0.

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By Cort Reynolds

PANDORA – The visiting Bluffton High School football team ran over local rival Pandora-Gilboa 42-0 in a non-league contest on Friday, August 30.

The Pirates scored on the first play, raced to a 28-0 halftime lead and were never threatened.

Bluffton rolled up 280 of its 421 total yards on the ground. 

The Pirates improved to 2-0 with the blowout win, while the Rockets fell to 0-2 after the defeat.

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By Cort Reynolds

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

The Pirates swept Ayersville 25-13, 25-16, 25-21.

The convincing home win improved the Pirate record to 6-1 this season. The Pilots drop to 4-2 after the loss.

Kendall Stackhouse paced the Bluffton hitters with 11 kills. 

Ayla Grandey and Libby Hocanson each knocked down nine kills. Hocanson added a block.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __The Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 5-0 to visiting Wapakoneta Wednesday evening.

Wapakoneta improved to 4-3 with the win.

Pirate Rory Youngpeter lost at first singles to Redskin Liberty Jolly in a very tight three-set battle 7-5, 5-7, 7-6.

Bluffton’s Brooklyn Moser fell at second singles to Wapak’s Kate Eley 6-1, 6-1.

At third singles, Hannah Nieman was defeated by Redskin Brooklyn Mowery 6-2, 6-0.

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