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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton girls soccer team scored a pair of dagger first-half goals and made them stand up in a 2-0 win over visiting local rival Allen East in Div. III district semifinal action Tuesday night at Steinmetz Field.

On an unseasonably warm night in front of a big crowd, the Pirates tallied the first goal with 13:12 left in the first half. The hosts then added a deflating goal just 5.1 ticks before intermission to take a commanding two-goal lead into halftime.

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Worcester NWC Defensive Player of the Year

By Cort Reynolds

The second-place Bluffton High School football team placed nine players on the All-Northwest Conference first team in voting conducted Sunday, October 22, by the league coaches.

In all, 16 positions on the all-league first and second teams were filled by Pirates.

Bluffton junior linebacker Landen Worcester was voted NWC Defensive Player of the Year, and was also voted first team All-NWC at running back. He rushed for 1,288 yards and 19 touchdowns on 164 carries this season.

Senior Braeden Jordan was named first team all-league at receiver. He grabbed 16 passes for 391 yards (24.4 yards per catch) and hauled in six TD aerials.

Senior linemen Jacob Granger and Daniel Friedritz were named first team All-NWC on the offensive line.

Place-kicker Kyle Basil was the first team offense specialist. He scored 53 points on point after kicks and field goals this regular season.

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Bluffton High School Football will be hosting Paulding in the first round of the OHSAA playoffs this Friday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. at Harmon Field

Tickets may be purchased online at www.ohsaa.org/tickets/

Adult $12, Student $9 or a the gate for $15 cash.

Bluffton All Sports Pass, Season pass, Reserved Seat Pass, and 10 game passes are NOT Valid. NO PASSES of any kind will be honored at the gate.

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The last :90 of the game clock were run without play after a Manchester University player made a late hit and kicked a Bluffton player, resulting in a bench-clearing fight. RedditCFB posted a clip HERE on Twitter.

BOXCAST GAME VIDEO

The Bluffton University football team delighted the Homecoming crowd with a 50-12 dismantling of Manchester University on a cold and rainy Saturday, Oct. 21. Sparty stayed winless at 0-7 and 0-4 in the Heartland Conference, while Bluffton picked up its first HCAC win and improved to 2-5 on the season.

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At 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24, the Blufft High School girls soccer team will play Allen East in the DIII District Semi-Finals at Steinmetz Field.

All spectators must purchase a ticket, either online ohsaa.org/tickets (students $5 and adults $8) or at the gate for $10 (cash).

Bluffton passes will NOT be accepted.

Tickets will be good for two games, the 5:00 pm game between Van Buren and Riverdale and the Bluffton Allen East game at 7:15 p.m. Please note, the facility will not be cleared following the first game.

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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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