Sports

The deadline for Fall Youth Soccer through Bluffton Soccer Club is Friday, June 30.  Register HERE.

Helpful Dates to know:

June 30 - Fall Registration Deadline
August 11- Schedules to Coaches
August 21 - Games begin
NO GAMES LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Oct. 7-8 Van Buren Tournament (U8 &U10)
Oct. 14-15 (U12 & U15)

Field set up will be August 3 and 5.

More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Kenton on July 7-8, for the 41st annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Championship. The WOAL meet is for swimmers aged 5-18 who are members of a league team.

The Kenton Municipal Swimming pool is the host site for the even, which will host teams from Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. These eight teams will compete for the 2023 league title.  

Events start at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, July 7 and will conclude around 2:00 p.m. Day two will start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 8 and conclude around 3:00 p.m. The league champs will be crowned at the end of day two.  

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team defeated visiting Wapakoneta convincingly in a Western Ohio Aquatic League meet on a cool and overcast Thursday evening, June 22, at the Bluffton Community Pool.

Bluffton won the combined team event decisively, and swept the boys and girls dual meets.  

The Sardines handily won the overall event, 792-444. Bluffton beat the Wapak boys 388-221, and defeated the visitors 404-223 in the girls dual meet.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team handily swept visiting teams Westside and Ada in a Western Ohio Aquatic League makeup tri-meet Tuesday evening, June 20. 

Ada at Bluffton was postponed twice last week due to unseasonably cool and rainy conditions, and thus the meet was combined into a three-team competition.

Bluffton won the combined team event convincingly, sweeping the boys and girls dual meets. Westside finished second, and Ada came in third.

UPDATE: The Bluffton Sardines vs. Ada Gators swim meet orginally scheduled for Monday June 12 has been delayed because of cold temperatures. The June 13 forecast is for a low of 47 degrees and high of 67 degrees.

The Bluffton Community Pool also closed on June 12-13.

 

Strong middle distance corps perfomed well

By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS - Several members of the Bluffton High School track and field teams competed well on the second and final day of competition at the Div. III state meet on June 3, a sunny day at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Bluffton senior Eden Antrim took fifth in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4:19.03. Senior Brylan Holland of East Canton won the 1600 in 4:13.51.

In the 800 meters, Pirate senior Landon Armstrong crossed the finish line fifth in 1:55.52. Kaleb Nastari of United won the 800 race in a meet-record time of 1:48.31.

The Pirate quartet of Sam Derstine, Erik Nygaard, Landon Shutler and Antrim came home sixth in the nine-team 4x400 finals relay event Saturday. They were seeded fifth after Friday’s preliminary heats.

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