By Cort Reynolds

VAN WERT – The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the Van Wert Health Invitational meet Saturday at the VW Reservoir Course.

Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls team title with 41 points. Lincolnview finished a distant second with 83 points, followed by Parkway (127) in third.

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Anna senior Paige Steinke won the 129-runner girls race in 18:47.2.

The Pirate girls finished 10th out of 14 teams with 231 points. Bluffton finished ahead of Waynesfield, Crestview, Elida and Wayne Trace.

By Matt M. Stutz

As part of 2023 Homecoming festivities, the Pandora-Gilboa Rockets (4-2) football team hosted Worthington Christian in a non-conference game. P-G fell behind early but it was all Rockets the rest of the way, as they gave the home crowd much to celebrate, cruising to a 48-14 win.  

By Cort Reynolds

ADA–The Bluffton High School football team dominated local rival Ada in their last Northwest Conference matchup to spoil the Bulldog Homecoming on a warm Friday night, September 22.

The big-play Pirate offense scored two early touchdowns, and Bluffton was in control throughout after leading 27-0 at halftime.  

Junior back Landen Worcester authored four TD runs and racked up 211 yards rushing to lead the potent Pirate ground attack.

Bluffton improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with the lopsided win.

Ada fell to 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the NWC after suffering their third consecutive defeat.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School volleyball team kept its long win streak alive with a sweep at outgoing Northwest Conference rival Ada on Thursday evening, September 21.

The Pirates ran their win string to 11 matches with a convincing 25-18, 25-19, 25-16 road victory. Bluffton improved to 13-2 overall and 3-0 in the NWC after the win.

“Ada is always very competitive but we had a few more hitters,” said Pirate head coach Kevin King. ”Karlie Lora had a good match. We had some serve errors, but we also served nine aces.”

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls soccer team ran into a buzzsaw at undefeated Ottawa-Glandorf in a non-conference match Thursday evening,  September 21, at Titan Stadium.

O-G built a 4-0 halftime lead and rolled to a 7-0 victory.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls tennis team stayed hot with a 3-2 win over visiting Upper Sandusky Thursday evening,  September 21.

The Pirate netters improved to 6-6 with their third straight victory in four days this week.

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