Bluffton’s boys placed 6th of 14 teams at the IHSAA Sectional 9 meet at Delta High School in Muncie, scoring 162 points, and three Tigers earned individual berths to the regional. The team finished 10 points behind fifth-place Adams Central (152). Case Neuenschwander led Bluffton, finishing 20th overall in 17:27.70, a personal record [previous best: 17:35.70]. Aidan Graves was 23rd (17:41.10), and Clayton Brubaker (18:03.70, a PR [previous best: 18:07.80] and Jimmy Borabo-Hower (18:13.10, a PR [previous best: 18:59.40] were 34th and 38th. Hudson Withers rounded out the scoring five in 47th (18:33.90, a PR [previous best: 19:09.00]. Rogan Johns (76th, 20:22.40) and Isaac Salazar-Garcia (82nd, 21:39.60, a PR [22:57.00] also ran for the Tigers. Neuenschwander, Graves and Brubaker each advance to regionals as individuals. The top 15 finishers from non-qualifying teams move on, and Neuenschwander and Graves were the sixth- and seventh-best of that group. Brubaker was 13th. Borabo-Hower missed an individual spot by one place, finishing 16th. PLACES: Name: Time: 20 Case Neuenschwander 17:27.70 23 Aidan Graves 17:41.10 34 Clayton Brubaker 18:03.70 38 Jimmy Borabo-Hower 18:13.10 47 Hudson Withers 18:33.90 76 Rogan Johns 20:22.40 82 Isaac Salazar-Garcia 21:39.60