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Pirate boys head to regional finals!

BHS 2 - Fairview 1 - in two overtimes
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 9:36pm

Bluffton High School boys' soccer team defeated a determined Fairview team 2-1 in the Division III regional semi-finals tonight in Sandusky.

Watch the Icon for game details as soon as we obtain them. 

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Youthful Pirate cross country team will return next fall

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 1:30pm

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photo by Jamie Nygaard
TIFFIN - The youthful Bluffton boys cross country team finished 22nd in the 23-team Div. III regional meet at Tiffin's Hedges-Boyer Park on a cool, wet Saturday morning.

New London won the boys team title with 68 points. Sandusky St. Mary's Central Catholic was second with 125 points, followed by Hopewell-Loudon (164) in third.

Holgate (192) came in fourth, followed by Minster (203), Ashland Crestview (204) and Liberty Center (209).    

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Bearcats stymie Pirates 

Bluffton finishes season on the road Friday at Grove
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 27, 2019 - 3:57pm

By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The visiting Bluffton football team was blanked 35-0 at league co-leader Spencerville in a Northwest Conference blowout Friday night.

Coming off their first league loss, the angry Bearcats stormed to 21 first-period points and tallied 14 more in the second quarter to provide all the points on the night.

The rugged Spencerville defense limited Bluffton to just 49 total yards, while the Bearcat offense rolled up 381 yards. It was the first shutout of the season for both teams.  

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Bluffton boys advance to regional with 1-0 win over Riverdale

Matt Daws booted a low free kick off the wet turf that squirted off the hands of Riverdale keeper
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 27, 2019 - 3:02pm

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By Cort Reynolds
TIFFIN - The top-seeded Bluffton boys soccer team defeated previously unbeaten Riverdale 1-0 in overtime in Div. III district final action at Tiffin Columbian's Frost-Kalnow Stadium on a rainy, cool Saturday evening.

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Shane Halcomb in Louisville Ironman event

Posted by LizGH on October 25, 2019 - 6:00am

Shane Halcomb of Bluffton recently participated in and completed the Louisville Ironman. Although the swim portion was cancelled due to toxic algea in the Ohio River, the course did consist of a 112-mile bicycle ride followed by a full marathon of 26.2 miles. 

"There was much serious training involved prior to the competition,” said Halcomb.

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Bluffton boys romp past Willard

Next up - district finals vs Riverdale on Saturday
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2019 - 5:23pm

By Cort Reynolds
TIFFIN - The top-seeded Bluffton boys soccer team handily defeated Willard 6-2 in Div. III district semifinal action at Tiffin Columbian Wednesday evening.

The win upped the Pirate record to 14-2-2 and advanced them to the district finals against third seed Riverdale (14-0-4) Saturday evening. Willard ends its season 8-9-1 with the defeat.

Against the sixth-seeded Crimson Flashes, the Pirates raced to a 3-0 lead and extended it to 6-2 just past the midway point of the second half to win going away.

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