The North Union softball continues to show its strength in the Central Buckeye Conference after beating Urbana 15-3 on Monday. The victory improves the Lady Cats’ record to 5-2. NU found itself in an early hole as the Lady Hill Climbers jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the end of the first inning. The Lady Cats answered in the second inning by crossing the plate five times to take a 5-1 lead after the second inning. Both pitchers gave up runs in the third inning. Bailee Amstutz, who earned the win, was inside the circle for the Cats. Urbana…
Author: Sam Dillon
The North Union boys and girls track teams recently competed at the River Valley Relays The boys took fifth place with 60 points, while the Lady Cats were sixth with 58. Marion Harding captured first place in the boys meet with 105 points. River Valley took first place in the girls meet with 93 points. The North Union boys team took second place in two events: the 4×110 meter shuttle run (Brennan Burke, Parker Brandt, Trey Bossaler and Ricky Weigand) in 1:11 and the shot put relay (Drue Duncan, Ethan Young and Corbin Stanley) with a distance of 117-10.25. The…
The North Union softball team picked up its fourth win of the season with a 10-1 victory over Central Buckeye Conference opponent Graham on Wednesday. The Lady Cats worked out to an early 1-0 lead after the first inning and kept the bats energized. They scored eight runs through the first four innings. NU’s Laine Sparks took the circle to start the game and pitched 4.2 innings. She threw 91 pitches, striking out six Graham hitters. Sparks allowed two hits, one for a home run that moved the score to 8-1. Neither team put runs on the board in the…
Derek Bails, right, of Triad makes contact with a pitch as Fairbanks catcher Evan Blumenschein prepares to catch the offering during Tuesday’s Ohio Heritage Conference game at Triad. The Cardinals toppled the Panthers, 13-5. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The Triad baseball team built off its win over Ohio Heritage Conference opponent West Liberty on Monday with a 13-5 triumph over Fairbanks the following day. The Cardinals notched early hits, but also capitalized on the Panthers’ wild pitching. Fairbanks hurlers Max Snyder and CJ Swartz gave the Cardinals nine free bases by either walking or hitting batters. Triad also pounced…
Trevyn Feasel, left, of North Union slides into second base on a steal against Graham on Monday. Feasel tallied two stolen bases and pitched a one-hitter during the Wildcats’ 5-1 win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The early going for a young North Union baseball team has been learning experience. The Wildcats have seemed to learn fast as they picked up their first win of the season Monday with a 5-1 victory over Central Buckeye Conference opponent Graham. The Wildcats notched the win by sticking to the fundamentals of baseball – solid pitching and manufacturing runs – when the opportunity…
Trevyn Feasel of North Union puts the ball in play during a 2019 game. The Wildcats fell to Springfield Shawnee over the weekend. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Spring athletics have returned for North Union as the baseball and softball teams stepped back on to their respective diamonds after a year off. Both teams made the trip to Springfield Shawnee to open the season against the Braves as part of Central Buckeye Conference crossover contests. The outcome was somewhat bleak for both NU teams. The Wildcats’ baseball squad fell to the Braves by a score of 13-3, while the Lady…
The Triad softball team is still on the hunt for its first win of the season after a 9-0 loss to Northeastern on Friday. Neither team could put runs on the scoreboard in the first inning. It didn’t take the Lady Jets long, though, to find their way through Triad pitching. The Jets tallied runs in the second-through-fifth frames against Triad pitchers Joni Russell and Morgan Alexander. Alexander gave up six hits to the Jets, while Triad gave a helping hand in the field with four errors. Russell was tagged with the loss. The Lady Cardinals had three hits, but…
The 2021 Triad varsity baseball team is as follows: row one, from the left: Jalen Nott, Zane Robison, Batai Lease, Blake Boldman and J.C. Alexander. Row two, from the left: bat boy Karson Meeker, Ryan Gross, Coleman Hauck, Jared Spors, Drew Campbell and bat boy J.J. Roberts. Row three, from the left: Wyatt Cole, Adam Mroczkowski, Drue Instine, Michael Warner and Derek Bails. Row four, from the left: coach Jason Meeker, Ayden Spriggs, Logan Braun and coach Jon Roberts. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The 2021 Triad junior varsity baseball team is as follows: row one, from the left: Ried…
The 2021 Triad softball team is as follows: row one, from the left: Cati LeVan, Ali Cox, Audra Millice, Abby Walls, Joni Russell, Holly Alvoid and Frani LeVan. Row two, from the left: Lillian Greene, Meghan Kilbride, Kaley Nott, Kaydence Feasel, Jalynn Smith, Hailey Blackburn and Gracey Gilpin. Row three, from the left: Hailey Snider, Allison Harlan, Lea LeMay, Rylie Thomas, Cylie Nott, Zoey Maurice, MaKenzie Trapp and Mallory Hayes. Row four, from the left: coach Hannah Hilborn, coach Rick Wilkins, head coach Shari Dixon, coach Ali Dixon and coach Erica Trainer. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The Triad softball…
The 2021 Triad boy’s and girl’s track team is as follows: row one, from the left, Kohl Eggleston, Joe Ferguson, Klinton Driscoll, Wyatt Robison and Tavin Yorgason. Row two, from the left: Hannah McManaway, Megan McManaway, Tabitha Gaier, Shalyn Smiles and Aliandra Yorgason. Row three, from the left: coach Michael Yoder, Maison Johnson, Cayla Eaton and coach Mackenzie Swary. Not pictured: Jared Grissom and Mason Harper. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The Triad track teams are coming into the spring season with low numbers and little experience. Second-year head coach Michael Yoder, though, said the athletes are ready for the…
The 2021 North Union varsity baseball team is as follows: row one, from the left, Richie Bolander, Caden Potts, Aaron Krebehenne and Landon Converse. Row two, from left, Evan Hoffer, Mason Bright and Anson Brown. Row three, from the left, coach Trent Pugh, Nolan Draper, Trevyn Feasel, Chris Isler, Greyson Beeney, John Hughes and coach Klarke Ransome. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The 2021 North Union JV baseball team is as follows: row one, from the left: Gavin Bango, Tayden Peck, Austine Cline and Jackson Huff. Row two, from the left: coach Cody Neel, Spencer Parish, Drew Schmidt, Leevanui Suifuniui,…
The 2021 North Union softball team is as follows: row one, from the left, Zoe Wedding, Jada Davis, Chailyn Fishbaugh, Ryleigh Rasey and Cagney Stewart. Row two, from the left, Jayla Kelly, Regan Martino, Laney Converse, Kennady Ruhl and Jacklyn Fishbaugh. Row three, from the left, Bailee Amstutz, Laine Sparks, Savannah Queen, Lindsay Willis and coach Dawn Draper. Row Four, from the left, coach Steve Allen, coach Logan Martino, Candace Holloway, Kayla Sedgwick, Reese DeCamp, Emma Padavano, manager JoshRayburn and coach Terry Setser. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) North Union head coach Dawn Draper and her Lady Cat softball team…
The 2021 North Union boy’s track team is as follows: row one, from the left: row one, from the left: Omi Alison, Griffin Salyer, Brennan Burke, Tyler Fout, Caleb Isler, Coulter DeBoer and Henry Hayward. Rwo two, from the left: Eli Mishler, Zane Temple, Jacob Willis, Trey Bossaler, Cordell Nicholson, Ricky Weigand, Ayden Hawkins and Mitchell Marlette. Row three, from the left: head coach Cole Krawczyk, Isiah Radcliff, Ben Decker, Drue Duncan, Parker Brandt, Hudson Davis, Daniel Burggraff, William Popovich, Ethan Young and coach Penny Johnson. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The 2021 North Union girl’s track team is as…
Triad’s softball and baseball teams are still on the hunt for their first wins of the season. On Wednesday, the Lady Cardinals dropped an Ohio Heritage Conference game against Mechanicsburg 8-0, while the Cardinal baseball team fell 10-2 to Graham. The Lady Indians came out strong against Joni Russell, who was inside the circle for Triad. Mechanicsburg picked up a single run in the first inning and pounced on the senior pitcher in the second for five additional scores. After a long stretch in the middle innings of no offense, Mechanicsburg added insurance runs in the top of the seventh…
Billy Reed-Bodey, left, of Fairbanks bear hugs Brodie Stevens of Swanton during the heavyweight consolation semifinals of the Division III Ohio High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament at Marion Harding High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) It ended how it all began for the wrestler from Fairbanks High School. Billy Reed-Bodey took sixth place during the Division III Ohio High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament at Marion Harding High School. He went into the state tournament with a perfect 43-0 record. He kept that record sterling after his first bout against Seth Phillips of Western Reserve with an…