Jonathan Alder, North Union gridders earn first-team All-Ohio
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These local high school football players have earned first-team All-Ohio honors for the 2025 season. They are from left, Jonathan Alder’s Cashton Wheeler (1) and Trey Bentley (3) in Division IV and North Union’s Griffin Osborne, Division V. (Journal-Tribune photos by Aleksei Pavloff)

Jonathan Alder, North Union gridders earn first-team All-Ohio

By Tim Miller 

A trio of area football athletes received top honors as the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association recently announced its Division IV and V All-Ohio teams.

Jonathan Alder running back Cashton Wheeler and Trey Bentley, a wide receiver for the Pioneers, were each selected to the Division IV first team offe...

Monarch gymnasts tally top score of season; finish behind UA and Jerome during meet
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Marysville’s Maddie Forrester (left) leaps onto the vault, while Abby Gardini of Fairbanks (right) competes on the bars during a gymnastics meet. Teams from MHS and Fairbanks competed against squads from Upper Arlington and Dublin on Wednesday. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
Monarch gymnasts tally top score of season; finish behind UA and Jerome during meet
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Audrey Lahmers (30) of Fairbanks looks to advance the ball against a defender. Lahmers tallied 10 points during an overtime victory over Cedarville. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
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