The Bluffton High School girls soccer team overcame a very early deficit to beat visiting Anna 2-1 in the home opener Thursday, August 22, at Steinmetz Field.
The Bluffton High School varsity boys golf team lost a dual match to visiting Blanchard Valley Conference foe Leipsic at the Bluffton Golf Club on August 21.
ABOVE) Bluffton High School girls soccer team, fall 2024
By Cort Reynolds
WAPAKONETA __ The Bluffton High School girls soccer team kicked off its season at Wapakoneta with a 1-0 victory in a non-league battle Tuesday, August 20, at Ryan Field.
The Pirate girls improved to 1-0 by winning their opener. The Wapak team record dropped to 1-1 after the defeat.
The Pirates scored the game’s lone goal just 73 seconds into the fray.
Mya McDoogle netted the winner after beating two Redskin defenders on a counter-attack. She then put a shot past keeper Gianna Staas in a one v. one situation to make it 1-0.
The Bluffton High School boys golf team won a dual match Tuesday, August 20, handily over Bellefontaine. The Pirates triumphed by 31 strokes, 171-202.
Bluffton’s Nick Lovett was match medalist with a nine-hole round of 40. Pirates Evan Speicher and Ethan Fifer tied for second in the 12-player field with a score of 43.
Grady Coonfare was the fourth Pirate scorer as he registered a round of 45.