Last Saturday, the Bluffton cross country teams travelled to Kalida to compete in the first ever Wildcat Invitational.
Only two days before, a victory for the girls at the Riverdale Invitational left many exhausted and happy, but the runners knew that they couldn't be satisfied just yet.
Jesse Gudakunst broke a 7-7 deadline with 1:11 remaining on the clock as Bluffton HS defeated Allen East on the road 14-7 on Friday. Gudakunst's TD was a dramatic 81-yard run.
The Mustangs took a 7-0 third period lead, but BHS answered with two TDs to win the NWC contest. Hunter Joseph passed for 142 yards in the game. Logan Sturgill had 7 solo tackles for the Pirates who are now 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the Northwest Conference.
On Friday Bluffton entertains Spencerville in its 2010 homecoming contest.
Bluffton's girls soccer team traveled to Crestview on Saturday to challenge the Knights. The cold chilling breeze, and slight spit of rain didn't dampen the Pirates' spirits as they came ready to play with full force.
Jill Steinmetz scored the first goal for the Pirates not even a full five minutes into the game. Soon after, with revenge settling in the Knights' hearts, they worked together and scored a goal approximately eight minutes later.
Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost a match to the weather and another to a Western Buckeye League team in this week's early action.
A home match with St. Marys was rained out Monday and will not be rescheduled. The Pirates lost at Van Wert Tuesday 4-1 as Ashlin Gable and Emily Sprague won at No. 1 doubles.
Other BHS competitors were Shannon Koch, Jess Hunter and Rachel Sehlhorst in singles and Kristi Geiser and Liz Diller at No. 2 doubles.
The Ada Bulldogs stopped Bluffton HS 42-6 on Sept. 24. Bluffton's lone TD was a Hunter Joseph 49-yard pass to Jacob Nienberg in the second period.
Ada took a 21-6 halftime lead. The Bulldogs extended that lead to 35-6 after three. Ada scored once in the final period.
Jeremy Basinger was in on 12 tackles for the Pirates. Drew Luginbuhl was in on 10, eight of which were solo tackles. Luginbuhl caught six passes for 129 yards in the loss.
