CELINA __The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team lost at non-conference foe Celina 7-3 Saturday afternoon despite a hat trick from one of its top players.
Aubrey Burkholder netted all three Pirate goals.
Bluffton fell behind 3-0 in the first 20 minutes but managed to cut the lead to 3-2 on Burkholder’s first two goals.
After the Bulldogs tallied in the eighth and 18th minutes, Celina’s Paiton Rhodes scored in the 20th minute to make it 3-0.
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School volleyball team defeated visiting Defiance Ayersville in straight sets during a non-league match Thursday evening.
The Pirates swept Ayersville 25-13, 25-16, 25-21.
The convincing home win improved the Pirate record to 6-1 this season. The Pilots drop to 4-2 after the loss.
Kendall Stackhouse paced the Bluffton hitters with 11 kills.
Ayla Grandey and Libby Hocanson each knocked down nine kills. Hocanson added a block.
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School boys soccer team shut out visiting Spencerville 4-0 in their Northwest Conference opener on Thursday, August 29, at Steinmetz Field.
Levi Antrim and Jackson Brauen each scored two goals to pace the Pirates to their first victory.
Bluffton’s Ethan Blount passed out a pair of assists. Landon Sehlhorst added one assist.
The six-time defending league champion Pirates improved to 1-2 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with the win.
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School golf team defeated visiting Carey in a dual match Wednesday, August 28, at the Bluffton Golf Club.
The Pirates won the match by 17 strokes, 171-188.
Pirates Evan Speicher and Nick Lovett tied for match medalist honors as each fired a nine-hole score of 41. Lovett birdied the final hole to force the tie.
Teammate Ethan Fifer was right behind the duo, carding a 42 to finish third in the field of 12 golfers. Grady Coonfare ended up as the fourth Pirate scorer as he registered a 47.
