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October 21 cross country meet sends Pirate Fenzl to regionals

Posted by Paula Scott on October 23, 2023 - 6:00am

Fenzl 8th, Essinger 19th

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the wet Div. III, District 1 meet on Saturday, October 21, in Columbus Grove.

The Bluffton boys finished seventh out of 11 teams in the district meet at Columbus Grove. The girls Bluffton finished eighth out of 10 teams.

Boys competition
Host Grove won the boys team crown with 24 points. New Bremen was second with 58 points, followed by Marion Local (74).

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Pirates edged in NWC football championship finale at Grove 

Posted by Staff on October 22, 2023 - 8:08pm

UPDATE Notes and stats added on October 22.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team lost a 14-7 defensive struggle at Columbus Grove in their Northwest Conference showdown for the league crown Friday night, October 20, on the muddy Clymer Stadium grass surface.

Bluffton finished the regular season 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the NWC with the loss to finish second in the league.  

Columbus Grove improved to 8-2 overall and won the outright league crown at 7-0 after the win. CG won its last seven games by outscoring their opposition, 271-55.

It was CG’s 16th all-time NWC crown, tying them with Delphos Jefferson for the most in league annals. Bluffton has won 14 league titles, but none since 2005.  

The Pirate defense had its seven-game shutout streak snapped. They had not allowed a point since a week two 28-21 win over Pandora-Gilboa.

SCOREBOARD

     1    2    3    4    F
CG    0    7    0    7    14
BLF    0    0    0    7    7

Grove put together a good drive midway through the first period, threatening to score. A third down pass by Landon Best was broken up in the end zone to force a field goal try.

The Evan Verhoff attempt was long enough but sailed just wide right to keep the game scoreless.

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Bluffton University sports recap for October 11-17

Posted by Paula Scott on October 21, 2023 - 6:00am

Full stories on www.BlufftonBeavers.com/

WOMEN’S GOLF: Bluffton opens fall finale with 351 at Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio__The Bluffton University women's golf team just beat the darkness, finishing day one of the Wittenberg Fall Classic with a 351 on Sunday, Oct. 15. Playing in same-school fivesomes the first nine took nearly four hours, but Bluffton managed to get out in front of the whistle as three schools will need to finish round one on Monday morning before playing the final 18 holes.

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Bluffton girls soccer douses Flames, advances to districts vs. AE

Posted by Staff on October 20, 2023 - 8:35am

By Cort Reynolds
Photos by Jamie Nygaard

The Bluffton High School girls soccer team defeated visiting Mansfield Christian 4-1 in Div. III sectional final action on Thursday night, October 19, at Steinmetz Field.

The Pirates scored all four of their goals in a 12-minute span midway through the game, and the defense held MC scoreless most of the match to post the win. 

Bluffton’s overall record improved to 10-6-2 after the victory. 

The win set up a rematch with local league rival Allen East (15-3) in the district semifinals.

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Pirate boys soccer nipped in sectionals by Old Fort

Posted by Staff on October 19, 2023 - 7:14am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team lost a 3-2 overtime nailbiter to visiting Old Fort in Div. III sectional semifinal action Wednesday evening, Octoberr 18, at Steinmetz Field.

The sixth-seeded Pirates end their season 5-11-2 after the difficult defeat. 

OF improves to 8-7-3 with the win, and advances to the sectional finals. The eighth seed Stockaders now visit third-seeded Van Buren (10-6) Saturday, Oct. 21 at noon for the right to advance to districts.

Pirate Northwest Conference Player of the Year Theo Andreas drew first blood when he found the back of the net in the eighth minute to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.

The score remained 1-0 to intermission and beyond. OF eventually tied it in the 51st minute on a goal by Andrew Tackett.

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NWC football championship tickets for October 20

Posted by Staff on October 18, 2023 - 8:39am

On Thursday, October 19 Bluffton High School at Columbus Grove Football presale tickets will be on sale at the Bluffton Schools.

Presale tickets will be sold to players, cheerleaders, coaches, and band members at the High School cafeteria from 7:00-8:00 a.m. Players, cheerleader, or band member, may only purchase a maximum of 4 tickets.

From 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., tickets will be sold to the general public in the High School cafeteria.

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