Tigers ranked No. 1 in AP football poll
The Bluffton Tigers are now ranked No. 1 for 2A in the latest high school football poll announced Tuesday.
The Tigers (6-0) received nine of the 17 first place votes, sharing with Triton Central (4), Linton (2), and Heritage Christian (2).
Bluffton is traveling to Heritage this week in a first of two week stretch against quality opponents. No. 2 in 1A Adams Central will follow.
Tigers fall to Patriots in ACAC volleyball
Bluffton’s volleyball team fell at Heritage in three games Tuesday night.
Scores for the varsity were not provided at the time of publication.
Stat leaders were Maryn Schreiber with seven kills and one stuff block, Konley Ault with one stuff block, and Haley Gibson with 14 assists, 12 digs, and four aces.
The junior varsity team lost in two sets (25-15, 25-18).
Stat leaders were Rori Drayer with three kills and one ace, Sophie Eisenhut with one ace and two stuff blocks, Ella Borror with four assists, and Madelyn Funk with five digs.
Bluffton will be at the Jay County Invitational at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30.
Rain pushes tennis sectional back 1 day
The rain on Tuesday forced the first match of the boys’ tennis sectional at Norwell High School to be pushed back one day for all of the matches this week.
Tuesday night would have been Adams Central against Bellmont, but will now play at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The winner will face Bluffton at the same time Thursday, with the championship to follow for Friday.
Norwell will play South Adams on the other side of the courts Thursday.
There still is weather concerns for Wednesday’s matches, and any postponements will be updated throughout the week.
