Jonathan Alder had magical boys basketball season 60 years ago
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March 22, 2025
This is a photo of the 1964-65 Jonathan Alder boys basketball team that won what was then the Class A district championship. Like the 2024-2025 Pioneers, that Alder squad also fell in the regional championship game and missed going to the state tournament. Members of the 1964-65 team are pictured from left, front row, Dave Lowry, Bob Beach, Bob Jeffers, Bill Leftwich, Roger Pinney and head coach Cliff Rose; second row, Larry Cooke, Carl Troyer, Dave Raber, Pat Boyhan, John Crager, George Hostetler, assistant coach Ray Russell, manager Phil White and Tim Converse. Not pictured, Ken Greene. (Photo submitted)

Jonathan Alder had magical boys basketball season 60 years ago

By Tim Miller 

The recently-completed high school boys basketball season brought a lot of joy to folks in the Plain City area.

Jonathan Alder won the Kenton Trail Division of the Central Buckeye Conference, captured a second consecutive district championship and came within five points (a 63-58 loss to Gates Mills ...

Panthers to play for district title
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Ty Schroeder of Fairbanks (20) takes the ball to the hoop against Fredericktown earlier this week. The sixth-seeded Panthers handed the No. 4 Freddies their only loss of the 2025-2026 season. They will travel to Mount Vernon Nazarene University today for a 7:15 p.m. tip-off against No. 2 Columbus Africentric for a Division V district championship. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
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Swimmer places at state
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Jonathan Alder senior Lily Schneider is pictured competing during a meet at the Union County YMCA earlier in the 2025-2026 season. Schneider placed in two events during the recent Division II state meet in Canton. She was the runner-up in the 100-yard breastroke with a time of 1:02.96 and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle with a clocking of 1:57.38. (Journal-Tribune file photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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MHS girls wrestlers enter district tourney
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Kirra Streng (right) of Marysville hooks up with an opponent in this file photo. Streng is one of the MHS girls wrestlers who will compete today and Sunday in the district tournament at Big Walnut High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
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Panthers to play for district title
Sports
Ty Schroeder of Fairbanks (20) takes the ball to the hoop against Fredericktown earlier this week. The sixth-seeded Panthers handed the No. 4 Freddies their only loss of the 2025-2026 season. They will travel to Mount Vernon Nazarene University today for a 7:15 p.m. tip-off against No. 2 Columbus Africentric for a Division V district championship. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By From JT Staff Reports 
March 9, 2026
Swimmer places at state
Sports
Jonathan Alder senior Lily Schneider is pictured competing during a meet at the Union County YMCA earlier in the 2025-2026 season. Schneider placed in two events during the recent Division II state meet in Canton. She was the runner-up in the 100-yard breastroke with a time of 1:02.96 and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle with a clocking of 1:57.38. (Journal-Tribune file photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By From JT Staff Reports 
March 9, 2026
MHS girls wrestlers enter district tourney
Sports
Kirra Streng (right) of Marysville hooks up with an opponent in this file photo. Streng is one of the MHS girls wrestlers who will compete today and Sunday in the district tournament at Big Walnut High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
March 9, 2026
The next step toward the state wrestling tournament will begin today for the Marysville High School girls team. The district tournament will begin today at Big Walnut and conclude on Sunday. The MHS g...
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