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September 18, 2026
Marysville’s girls golf team shot a score of 184 during the Union-Madison counties invitational. Members of the Lady Monarch team are from left, Kaitlyn Stover, Kennedy Silcott, McKinley Samaniego, Addy Ross and Savannah Huntington. (Photo submitted)

Girls golfers from Union, Madison counties compete in annual tourney

By Tim Miller 

The girls golf teams from Union and Madison County high schools recently competed in the annual tournament at Locust Hills.

The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks won the event with a team score of 173.

Savannah Blust of FHS was the medalist of the match with a 36.

She was followed by Claire Meihls-44, Nyla Gr...

Final football players of week named for 2026 campaign
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Final football players of week named for 2026 campaign
By Tim Miller 
November 4, 2026
The 2026 high school football season has ended for Union County-area schools. North Union fell at Vermilion 35-21 during its Division V, Region 18 state playoff game. The Wildcats finished the campaig...
OHC honors volleyball athletes
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In the top photo, Fairbanks Lexie Grant (left) and Livi Maine go up for a block. In the bottom photo, Triad’s Avery Eaton (7) passes the ball to a setter. Also pictured for the Lady Cardinals is Haven Cantrell (5). Grant, Maine, Eaton and Cantrell have all earned first-team honors in the Ohio Heritage Conference. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
OHC honors volleyball athletes
By Tim Miller 
November 4, 2026
-- -- Several local high school volleyball players have been honored by the Ohio Heritage Conference. First-team honorees in the OHC North Division are Livi Maine and Lexie Grant of Fairbanks and Have...
Spikers earn honors in C. Buckeye Conference
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In the photo above, Jonathan Alder’s Kylie Trout passes the ball to the setter. In the photo below, North Union’s Katelyn Zimmerman blasts the ball for a kill. Trout and Zimmerman were respectively named players of the year in the Kenton Trail and Mad River Divisions for the 2026 season. (Journal-Tribune photo of Trout by Tim Miller and the photo of Zimmerman submitted)
Spikers earn honors in C. Buckeye Conference
By Bob Putman 
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-- -- Kylie Trout of Jonathan Alder and Katelyn Zimmerman of North Union each received Player of the Year honors as the Central Buckeye Conference recently announced its all-league volleyball teams. T...
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Final football players of week named for 2026 campaign
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By Tim Miller 
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The 2026 high school football season has ended for Union County-area schools. North Union fell at Vermilion 35-21 during its Division V, Region 18 state playoff game. The Wildcats finished the campaig...
OHC honors volleyball athletes
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In the top photo, Fairbanks Lexie Grant (left) and Livi Maine go up for a block. In the bottom photo, Triad’s Avery Eaton (7) passes the ball to a setter. Also pictured for the Lady Cardinals is Haven Cantrell (5). Grant, Maine, Eaton and Cantrell have all earned first-team honors in the Ohio Heritage Conference. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller)
OHC honors volleyball athletes
By Tim Miller 
November 4, 2026
-- -- Several local high school volleyball players have been honored by the Ohio Heritage Conference. First-team honorees in the OHC North Division are Livi Maine and Lexie Grant of Fairbanks and Have...
Spikers earn honors in C. Buckeye Conference
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In the photo above, Jonathan Alder’s Kylie Trout passes the ball to the setter. In the photo below, North Union’s Katelyn Zimmerman blasts the ball for a kill. Trout and Zimmerman were respectively named players of the year in the Kenton Trail and Mad River Divisions for the 2026 season. (Journal-Tribune photo of Trout by Tim Miller and the photo of Zimmerman submitted)
Spikers earn honors in C. Buckeye Conference
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-- -- Kylie Trout of Jonathan Alder and Katelyn Zimmerman of North Union each received Player of the Year honors as the Central Buckeye Conference recently announced its all-league volleyball teams. T...
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By Tim Miller 
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