The Cardinals of Triad won their ninth straight baseball contest on Thursday. Triad rolled to a 9-4 verdict over Riverside. Derek Bails started on the mound for the Cardinals. He allowed one hit and one run (unearned) during 3 2/3 innings of work. He fanned five and issued a trio of free passes. Coleman Hauk hurled the final 3 1/3 innings. He yielded five hits, struck out five and walked five. The Cardinals rapped seven hits. Hauck and Ayden Spriggs both had two. Spriggs and Ryan Gross both drove in two runs. Triad (9-4 overall and 6-2 in the Ohio…
Author: Tim Miller
Fairbanks’ boys and girls track and field teams won a quad meet at Mechanicsburg on Thursday. The FHS boys tallied 112 points, followed by Mechanicsburg-72, Kenton Ridge-44 and Jonathan Alder-15. The Lady Panthers won their meet with 83 points. They were followed by Kenton Ridge-62, Mechanicsburg-61 and Alder-31. First-place finishes for FHS were as follows: Boys -4×800 relay: (Dylan Tobe, Caleb Wenger, Gage Wilson, Jeremy Ziegler); -4×100 relay: (Wyatte Miller, Jackson Stage, Brogan Green, Brendan Baker); -400 dash: Kaleb Bosworth; -300 hurdles: Wilson; -800 run: Tobe; -200 dash: Trey Good; -3200 run: emy Ziegler; -4×400 relay: (Good, Wilson, Bosworth, Kyler…
Marysville High School graduate Morgan Forney is pictured during an MHS meet. Forney has earned NAIA All-American honors for cross-country. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Morgan Forney was a cross-country and track standout while she was a student at Marysville High School. She is continuing that trend as a collegiate runner. Forney was recently named an All-American after the NAIA cross-country national meet earlier this month. Forney, who is a member of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s cross-country team, earned that honor after the meet in which she ran a personal record time of 18:32.69. She placed 35th out…
Danielle Robbins, left, and Kiersten Dolby helped Jonathan Alder’s softball team defeat Kenton Ridge on Tuesday. (File photo) Jonathan Alder’s softball team upped its record to 12-1 with a 3-2 verdict over Kenton Ridge on Tuesday. The game was played a day ahead of schedule due to anticipated inclement weather on Wednesday. JA’s Marlee Jacobs struck out 10 and walked one batter for the victory. She scattered two hits. Danielle Robbins tallied three of Alder’s eight hits. Kiersten Dolby finished with two RBIs. — Jayvees triumph The Marysville JV softball team notched a 14-1 victory over Delaware Hayes earlier this…
Marysville High School boys basketball coach Ryan Grose watches the action at Westerville South during a 2020-21 game. Grose recently stepped down as the Monarchs’ coach. Applications for the position will be accepted by district officials through May 2. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The process has begun in the search for a new head boys basketball coach at Marysville High School. Ryan Grose announced late last week he was stepping down from the position he held for the past 11 seasons. Grose took over the top hoop job during the summer of 2010. He guided the Monarchs to a…
Marysville’s Kyrell Stauffer, dressed to ward off Tuesday’s chill, returns the ball over the net. The Monarchs fell to Thomas Worthington. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville’s boys tennis squad dropped a 4-1 verdict to Thomas Worthington on Tuesday. The lone MHS victory on a gray, chilly day came at first doubles. Cory Cordell and Jacob Markert turned back Hughes and Gattikoppula 6-1, 6-1. Other match results were as follows: Singles -Newberry defeated Sean Richardson (M) 6-1, 6-1; -Johnson topped Kyrell Stauffer (M) 6-1, 6-3; -Sablok downed Carson Kane (M) 6-3, 6-2. Doubles -Riegert-Nisthauz beat Mason Ice-Aidan Johantges (M) 6-2,…
Marysville High School’s boys lacrosse squad recently edged Brunswick (from near Cleveland), 9-7. Isaac Tocci scored six goals, while Mark Frendberg and Braiden Henson each tallied one. Griffin Ahlstrom finished with 13 saves in the net. The Monarchs also dropped earlier contests to Olentangy Berlin (15-3), Westerville North (10-0), Big Walnut (18-5), Thomas Worthington (18-1) and Hilliard Darby (23-11). Frendberg, David Bonczak and Tocci each scored single goals against Berlin. Ahlstrom finished with 12 saves. He followed that with nine saves during the contest against Westerville North. Bonczak tallied a pair of goals against Big Walnut. Chris Wilson played in…
Lady Monarch Abri Schmutz steals second base Monday against Dublin Jerome. MHS won the game, 14-1, in five innings. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Monarch softball bats broke out for 20 runs during a game on Saturday against Columbus Bishop Ready. The sticks continued to stay strong on Monday during a 14-1, five-inning victory over Dublin Jerome. “Our bats stayed hot,” said MHS head coach Jennifer Segner-Maxwell. “We just have to keep that up.” Marysville improved its record to 11-1 by ripping a trio of Celtic pitchers for 12 hits. One of the highlights was Abby Gindlesberger’s solo…
Jonathan Alder pitcher Marlee Jacobs checks her wrist band for a pitch selection in this file photo. Jacobs struck out nine during Monday’s victory over Kenton Ridge. (Journal-Triubne photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Pioneers of Jonathan Alder pushed across one run in the visitors’ half of the fourth inning on Monday. That was all JA needed as it squeaked out a 1-0 decision over Kenton Ridge. Shanna Higgins singled to drive in Lily Walker with the only run the Lady Pioneers needed. Alder finished the game with five hits. Higgins, Marlee Jacobs, Kylie King, Lizzie Lombardi and Walker all…
Fairbanks’ baseball and softball squads turned back Madison Plains on Monday. The Panther baseball team evened its mark at 6-6 with an 8-7 triumph. The softball team upped its record to 5-7 overall and 4-4 in the Ohio Heritage Conference after its 6-4 verdict. Baseball The game was deadlocked at 1-1 after three innings. Fairbanks (which will host Southeastern today) plated three runs in the visitors’ portion of the fourth. FHS scored four runs over the sixth and seventh frames. That was enough to withstand six Golden Eagle runs during the fifth-through-seventh frames. Noah Rausch won the game in relief…
Emily Thomas of MHS, left, is pictured competing during the 100 hurdles in file photo. Thomas won the event during Monday’s quad meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville’s boys and girls track and field squads both finished second during a home quad meet on Monday. Dublin Jerome won both the boys and girls meets with respective point totals of 101 and 127.5. The MHS boys tallied 92 and the Lady Monarchs scored 113.5 for the runner-up spots. Westland was third in both meets with the boys scoring 38 and the girls finishing with six. Central Crossing brought up the…
Nick Kessler of MHS clears the high jump bar in this file photo. Kessler helped the MHS boys win the Chieftain Relays. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville’s boys and girls track and field teams won the 23rd annual Bellefontaine Chieftain Relays on Friday. Brynn Rychlik raised her own personal and school record to 13-3 in the pole vault. Nick Kessler anchored a victory in the boys 4×400 relay to close out the night. “Our young team is gaining valuable experience and building momentum as April pushes forward,” said Monarch coach Luke Sundermeier. “There were a lot of point scorers…
The Lady Monarch softball squad upped its record to 10-1 with a pair of victories on Saturday. MHS edged Granville, 11-10, and rolled past Columbus Bishop Ready, 20-1. Action came during the Battle for the Cure Tournament in Lancaster. MHS-Granville Abby Christian split time in the pitching circle with Tareyn Born during the opening victory. She gave up two runs in 2/3 innings. Born came in and yielded five runs in the fourth. Christian returned to the circle and allowed only two base runners for the win. Born led MHS with four hits. She homered and drove in a trio…
Ashton Schmutz of Marysville slides safely into the plate Friday evening. The Monarchs rallied to defeat Dublin Jerome, 8-6. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) It was gut-check time for Marysville High School’s baseball squad on Friday. The Monarchs held a 3-2 edge after five innings, only to allow Dublin Jerome to take a 6-3 lead after the visitors’ portion of the fourth. MHS coach Nick Blake had to be wondering… how would his team respond? The way the Monarchs did brought a smile to the coach’s face after an 8-6 triumph over the Celtics. “We responded well when Jerome took…
Abby Christian’s grand slam homer in the fifth inning ended Friday’s Lady Monarch softball game. Christian cleared the bases and gave MHS a 12-1 victory over Dublin Coffman. The contest had been postponed from Monday due to inclement weather. MHS led 7-1 after four innings. Marysville (8-1) plated five runs in the home half of the fifth to invoke the run rule. Christian had three hits on the day and drove in five runs. Abby Gindlesberger hit a solo dinger to lead off the fifth. She tallied two hits and an RBI. Abri Schmutz and Jalynn Young both had two…