Fairbanks trio earn All-Ohio grid honors; Carroll named DivisionVI co-coach of year for 2024 season
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December 11, 2024
Fairbanks’ Ryker Green, left, picks up yardage against Triad during a Saturday morning game this past season. Green has been named a first-team All-Ohio running back in Division VI. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson)

Fairbanks trio earn All-Ohio grid honors; Carroll named DivisionVI co-coach of year for 2024 season

By Tim Miller 

A turn-around type of season by the Fairbanks High School football team has resulted in several All-Ohio honors.

The Ohio Prep Sports Media Association named its 2024 All-Ohio gridiron squads for Division VI.

Panther head coach David Carroll was named a co-coach of the year, along with Tiger LaVerde f...

MHS, JA boys grapplers compete at Maumee
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Marysville’s Griffen Beery (blue) scrambles with Sheridan’s Luke Skinner (white) during a match at 150 pounds. The competition came during the Maumee Classic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
MHS, JA boys grapplers compete at Maumee
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 20, 2026
Marysville and Jonathan Alder were among the more than 60 schools represented in this year’s edition of the Maumee Bay Classic boys wrestling tournament. The tournament, as it has been, was hosted by ...
NU grapplers tie for fourth at Wasserbeck; Triad wrestler wins
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Triad’s Garret Bollack (top) sprawls on Pleasant’s Aaron Hibar (bottom) during the finals match at 150 pounds at the Don Wasserbeck Classic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
NU grapplers tie for fourth at Wasserbeck; Triad wrestler wins
By Bob Putman 
January 20, 2026
It was not quite the finish North Union wrestling coach Garret Andrews was looking for Saturday at the Don Wasserbeck Classic wrestling tournament. “We finished fourth overall and that is an improveme...
Jonathan Alder girls cagers top Tecumseh in OT
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Jonathan Alder freshman Ellioitt Hecht goes up for two of her team-high 20 points on Saturday against Tecumseh. JA won the game in overtime. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Jonathan Alder girls cagers top Tecumseh in OT
By Tim Miller 
January 20, 2026
A pair of rebuilding girls basketball teams tangled Saturday afternoon in the Jonathan Alder High School gym. Both the JA Lady Pioneers and Arrows from Tecumseh faced off in the Central Buckeye Confer...
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JA buys 25 acres in village
Education, News, Plain City News
Jonathan Alder officials are in contract with a property owner for three parcels of land, shown above outlined in yellow, located just behind Plain City Elementary School. The newly acquired land totals just over 25 acres with two larger parcels to the north and south and a third narrow strip going through the center. (Graphic submitted)
JA buys 25 acres in village
$1M purchase will give district site for expansion
By Michael Williamson 
January 20, 2026
Jonathan Alder is expanding the district’s footprint in Plain City. Board of education members approved a resolution recently to enter into a contract to purchase land just behind Plain City Elementar...
NU board debates buying driver’s ed car
Education, News
NU board debates buying driver’s ed car
By Kyle Meddles 
January 20, 2026
North Union’s Board of Education debated a request to buy a new car for the district’s driver education programming. At the regular meeting of the board of education on Monday, Superintendent Justin U...
McIntosh tapped to fill school board seat
Education, Local News, Marysville School Board, ...
McIntosh tapped to fill school board seat
By Chad Williamson 
January 20, 2026
A parent with children in the Marysville School District has been selected to fill the open Marysville Board of Education seat. Picked from a group of nine applicants, Erin McIntosh will fill the seat...
MHS, JA boys grapplers compete at Maumee
Sports
Marysville’s Griffen Beery (blue) scrambles with Sheridan’s Luke Skinner (white) during a match at 150 pounds. The competition came during the Maumee Classic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
MHS, JA boys grapplers compete at Maumee
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 20, 2026
Marysville and Jonathan Alder were among the more than 60 schools represented in this year’s edition of the Maumee Bay Classic boys wrestling tournament. The tournament, as it has been, was hosted by ...
NU grapplers tie for fourth at Wasserbeck; Triad wrestler wins
Sports
Triad’s Garret Bollack (top) sprawls on Pleasant’s Aaron Hibar (bottom) during the finals match at 150 pounds at the Don Wasserbeck Classic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
NU grapplers tie for fourth at Wasserbeck; Triad wrestler wins
By Bob Putman 
January 20, 2026
It was not quite the finish North Union wrestling coach Garret Andrews was looking for Saturday at the Don Wasserbeck Classic wrestling tournament. “We finished fourth overall and that is an improveme...
Jonathan Alder girls cagers top Tecumseh in OT
Sports
Jonathan Alder freshman Ellioitt Hecht goes up for two of her team-high 20 points on Saturday against Tecumseh. JA won the game in overtime. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Jonathan Alder girls cagers top Tecumseh in OT
By Tim Miller 
January 20, 2026
A pair of rebuilding girls basketball teams tangled Saturday afternoon in the Jonathan Alder High School gym. Both the JA Lady Pioneers and Arrows from Tecumseh faced off in the Central Buckeye Confer...