BLUFFTON – The Bluffton boys soccer team gave up a goal in the final two minutes and lost 2-1 to visiting non-league foe Celina at Steinmetz Field Monday, October 7.
Celina’s Zaden Rolfes scored in the 79th minute to break a 1-1 tie and give the visiting Bulldogs the victory.
The Pirate record dropped to 8-8 overall after the tough loss. Celina improved to 11-4-1 after the last-minute victory.
Celina led 1-0 after a goal in the 37th minute by Carson Staudler.
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys soccer team was seeded first at the nine-team Tiffin Div. V sectional drawing Sunday, October 6.
Number one seed Bluffton (8-7) will host the winner between six seed Huron (4-9-2) and fifth seed Ashland Crestview (6-7-2) in the quarterfinals Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m.
Huron and Crestview tied 1-1 on Sept. 21.
The winner from that quarter of the draw will face the Old Fort (4-10-1)/Mansfield Christian (7-7-1) survivor in the semifinals Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. in Tiffin.
The Bluffton High School girls soccer team was seeded fourth in the tough eight-team Div. V sectional drawing Sunday, October 6. Bluffton hosts sixth-seeded local rival Allen East (6-8-1) in the first round of tournament play Tuesday, October 15 at 6 p.m.
The Pirate girls defeated AE 3-0 on Sept. 17 in Bluffton, and also eliminated the Mustangs in the district semis last year. AE senior standout Rilynn Jones has scored 22 goals and dished out 15 assists this season. Junior Rylie Jordan has netted a dozen goals.
This Bluffton sunset is punctuated by the silhouette of a daring paraglider. They bring to mind a 1905 postcard that featured another figure dangling precariously over the local landscape. Check it out HERE.
