Fairbanks alumna Rachael Hoover is shown competing in the 2024 OHSAA track and field state meet at the University of Dayton. The former Lady Panther is slated to compete in the 2025 U20 Outdoor Championships tomorrow in Eugene, Oregon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville’s Mason Springs (42) delivers a pitch during a regular season game against Olentangy this past spring. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Jonathan Alder’s Wyatt Clemons (8) and Maddox Kingry (5) celebrate with fellow teammate Kaiden Snyder (middle) after the senior notched the game winning goal against Kettering Alter during the postseason. Clemons and Snyder earned All-State accolades for the 2025 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin (10) throws to first base during a regular season home game against North Union. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Fairbanks’ Evan Wiedmann (14) gets tackled by a pair of Jonathan Alder Pioneers during the 2024 fall season. Wiedmann is a junior who will be preparing for the 2025 campaign, a season in which the Ohio High School Athletic Association has scaled back the state playoffs to 12 (down from 16) teams in each region of each division that will qualify for the post-season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville’s Sienna Hutchins watches a ball fly toward the outfield for a home run. Hutchins is the local area’s softball co-player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Marysville’s Griffin Scheiderer (2) heads for home while he and Jonathan Alder head coach Craig Kyle (black) observe a hit during the Central District All-Star game at Olentangy Liberty. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin delivers a pitch to the plate. Martin has been named the Union County-area baseball player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville’s Hunter Sheldon (5) delivers a shot during a regular season home game against Westerville Central. The Monarch earned All-OCC Honorable Mention status following the 2025 spring season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union High School graduate Rita Hamilton Somerlot is pictured after being recognized during the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association state track/field meet. Somerlot, who was the girls head track coach for many years at Centerville High School, was recognized for all of her efforts in promoting girls track and field over the years. The OHSAA observed the 50th anniversary this year of the girls state track meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Handoffs play a vital role in the success of a relay team. In the above photo, Fairbanks’ Alyssa Tobe (right) hands the baton to Charley Shope. In the bottom photo, Ally Gearheart (right) does the same to anchor leg Alexis Wojcehowics. The Lady Panther 4x200 team placed third during the state Division II girls meet at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. (Journal-Tribune photos by Alekesi Pavloff)

NU sophomore Gabby Lindsey displays her medal and All-Ohio certificate after placing second during the Division II girls 400 meter dash finals. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

These Marysville High School softball players earned special awards for the 2025 season. They are from left, front row, Lauren Mobley, honorable mention Ohio Capital Conference (Cardinal Division); Brie Jennings, first-team OCC and honorable Mention Division I Central District; and Ella Wood, second-team OCC; back row, Josie Bumgarner, first-team OCC and second-team Central District; Lilly McKinney, OCC scholar-athlete; Sienna Hutchins, first-team OCC, Central District and All-Ohio; and Lexi Hakola, special mention OCC. (Photo submitted)

In the photo to the left, Fairbanks’ Alexis Wojcehowics runs the anchor leg of the Division II girls 4x200 meter relay. The Lady Panthers finished third in the state race that was held Saturday at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. In the photo to the right, North Union’s Gabby Lindsey sprints toward the finish line of the girls Division II 400 meter dash finals. Lindsey finished as the state runner-up. The FHS relay team that included Alyssa Tobe, Charley Shope and Ally Gearheart and Lindsey earned All-Ohio honors. Complete details about the Lady Panthers’ and Lindsey’s performances will appear in Tuesday’s print edition of the Journal-Tribune. (Journal-Tribune photos by Aleksei Pavloff and Tim Miller)

Jonathan Alder’s Greg Nussbaum, right, competes during a leg of the Division II boys 4x800 meter relay. The Pioneers did not advance to the awards podium during Friday’s finals. JA finished 16th. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Griffin Osborne of North Union lands in the long jump pit during the boys Division II state meet Friday morning at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Osborne placed 13th out of 18 jumpers. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Jonathan Alder’s Grant Horne, left, puts the tag on a Cincinnati Indian Hill base runner at second base. Also pictured for the Pioneers is Ashton Martin (10). JA lost to Indian Hill, 8-1, during the Division IV regional title game in Xenia on Thursday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville High School seniors Maggie Foust, left, and Audrey Spooner will respectively compete in the Division I girls 3200 meter run and the high jump today at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)