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The Bluffton University men's soccer team heads north to Albion College to open the 2023 season on Friday, Sept. 1, the first of four straight road matches before UC-Clermont travels to the Sears Complex for the Beaver home opener on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The HCAC lidlifter is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 27, when Transylvania makes the trek up Interstate 75 for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. Rival Defiance College will be in the house on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The regular season wraps up with road trips to Rose-Hulman and Manchester.

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The Bluffton University volleyball team is ready to build on a solid 2022 campaign that saw the Beavers go 16-11 and get back into the Heartland Conference tournament after a one-year hiatus snapped Bluffton's string of 13 straight berths. The Beavers won four straight HCAC tournament titles from 2013 through 2016 after their first HCAC championship in 2009 when Bluffton went 27-6 with an 8-0 mark in the conference.

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By Cort Reynolds

VOLLEYBALL
The Bluffton High School volleyball team lost in three straight sets at non-league foe Shawnee Monday evening, August 21.

The Indians won 25-18, 25-13, 25-13. Kelly Cooper hit for 15 kills, while Addie Maxwell doled out 36 assists and Grace Freiberger mustered up 19 digs.

Last Saturday, Bluffton opened its season with a five-set win at Kalida.

After winning the first two sets the Pirates staved off a Wildcat comeback to win the marathon match 25-19, 25-18, 22-25, 11-25, 15-9.

Kendall Stackhouse and Ayla Grandey led the victors with 10 kills apiece. Grandey also served four aces. Setter Gracie Yarnell dished out 21 assists, while libero Avery Talavinia came up with 24 digs.

The Pirate girls (1-1) host local rival Pandora-Gilboa Thursday, August 24.

BOYS GOLF
The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished second in a close three-team Northwest Conference match Monday, August 21, at Pike Run Golf Course.

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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team kicked off its 2023 season with a dominating 42-7 win over visiting Ben Logan Friday night at Harmon Field.

The Pirates racked up 21 points in each of the first two quarters to build a commanding 42-0 lead, and won going away.

Junior Landen Worcester scored three rushing touchdowns and ran for 125 yards to pace the Pirate offense.

The Pirates out-gained the Raiders 368-139 in total offense.

Worcester put Bluffton ahead early with TD runs of 11 and one yards in the first period to provide a 14-0 lead.

Braeden Jordan then hauled in a 41-yard TD pass from Garret Bogart. Kyle Basil booted his third straight extra point to extend the margin to 21-0 after one quarter.

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CARMEL, Ind.–The Hanover College Panthers were tabbed to finish the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) women’s cross country season on top in a vote amongst league coaches.
 
The Panthers were voted to reign victorious in the 2023 season, garnering 75 points and five first-place votes.

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By Matt M. Stutz

The Pandora-Gilboa Rockets kicked off their 2023 football season by hosting their State Route 12 rival, the Columbus Grove Bulldogs on Thursday night, August 17. The annual non-conference season opening showdown between the two neighboring schools proved to be a thriller, as P-G scored a touchdown with 0:01 left on the clock, for a 25-22 come-from-behind win. 

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