Lady Panther pitcher Julia Cheney prepares to release the ball toward the plate during a 2019 game. The FHS team is in quarantine until Sunday due to COVID. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The coronavirus pandemic is still impacting local high school sports. The Fairbanks High School softball squad has been in quarantine since March 18. They will remain in that status until Sunday (March 28). “We will have 10 days of no contact, so that means 10 days of no practice,” said FHS head coach Amy Sines. The Lady Panthers won’t have much time once they are released from…
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Fairbanks High School’s Mason Sines (32) makes a stop in the goal for the Hilliard hockey team. Sines recently completed his second season with the squad. (File photo) Alex Kerr of Jonathan Alder (8) is pictured during a 2020-21 Hilliard hockey game. Kerr scored seven goals and notched 10 assists during the campaign. (File photo) Two local athletes recently ended their 2020-21 high school club hockey season. Mason Sines of Fairbanks and Alex Kerr of Jonathan Alder were members of the Hilliard hockey squad. The Wildcats placed second in the Ohio Scholastic Hockey League with a 12-4 record. They also…
Marysville girls basketball coach Klarke Ransome walks back to his team with the Division II district runner-up trophy. The 2020-21 campaign marked the first time the Lady Monarchs had played in the district hoop tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Jonathan Alder boys basketball coach Zach Ross, right, accepts the Division II district runner-up trophy and team medals from JA athletic director Mark Fenik. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) North Union players honored in CBC The 2020-21 Ohio high school basketball season will conclude this weekend with the boys state tournament in Columbus. Although the Union County campaign ended in…
The search is on for a new head football coach at Jonathan Alder High School. Pioneer boss Brett Glass announced this week he is leaving, pending board of education approval, to take over as the new head coach at Dublin Jerome. GLASS The Jonathan Alder position has been posted as being open internally within the district. This will give anyone already on the Jonathan Alder staff an opportunity to apply for the job. “I believe the external (outside the district) posting will occur in a week,” said Jonathan Alder athletic director Mark Fenik. The athletic director had nothing but praise…
Marysville High School officials have announced, pending approval by the district’s board of education, the hiring of a new head girls soccer coach. The position became vacant with the resignation of Nathan Andrews over the winter. Courtney (Ricker) Weikart, a 2008 graduate of Marysville High School, will take over the program, upon the recommendation of Supt. Diane Allen. Weikart brings eight years of coaching experience back to her alma mater that includes time as an assistant coach at Marysville, Olentangy Orange and Big Walnut. WEIKART In her coaching stops, she was a part of a Marysville program that won a…
Jonathan Alder head football coach Brett Glass, right, gives sideline instructions in this file photo. Pending approval by the Dublin Jerome board of education, Glass will become the Celtics’ new coach. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Pending board approval Pending approval by the school’s board of education, Jonathan Alder football boss Brett Glass will soon become the new head gridiron coach at Dublin Jerome High School. Jerome’s board of education will meet Monday evening, according to Glass during Thursday afternoon’s telephone interview with the Journal-Tribune. Glass, who is currently a science instructor at Jonathan Alder High School, will also join…
In the photo to the left, Triad’s Frani LeVan (23) goes up for a shot in this file photo. She finished her senior season with more than 1,000 career points. At the right, Cati LeVan of Triad (13) drives the baseline. Like her sister, she went over the 1,000-point milestone this season. (Journal-Tribune photos by Sam Dillon) An era recently came to an end for the Triad High School girls basketball team. However, the legacy will live on for years to come. Senior twins Frani and Cati LeVan concluded their high school hoop careers at the conclusion of the 2020-21…
The position hasn’t been officially posted, but Jonathan Alder officials are looking for a new girls head basketball coach. Steve Cawley stepped down this week from the position he’s held for the past four seasons. “Steve is stepping away to focus on education endeavors and family,” said Jonathan Alder athletic director Mark Fenik. CAWLEY Cawley had a great deal of success during his tenure as the Lady Pioneer head coach. Jonathan Alder posted a 67-29 record for a 70% win percentage under his guidance. The Lady Pioneers advanced to the Division II district championship contest the past three seasons. They…
JA senior Jackson Izzard puts the ball in the basket during a 2020-21 game. Izzard has been named the player of the year in the Central Buckeye Conference’s Kenton Trail Division. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Jonathan Alder’s boys and girls basketball players have earned conference accolades for the 2020-21 campaign. Earning first-team honors for the boys were senior Jackson Izzard (also the player of the year) and junior Joey Walker. First-team honorees for the Lady Pioneers were junior Mary Ferrito and senior Emma Shepherd. Those athletes helped their respective teams place at the top of the Kenton Trail Division…
These Marysville High School wrestlers earned medals for the 2020-21 Division I state tournament. They are from left, Colton Powers (170), eighth; and Erryl Will (152) and Lincoln Heard (138), seventh. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Those who were able to attend this past weekend’s state wrestling tournaments could tell a big difference between past and present venues. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tournaments were not held at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. Instead, the Divisions I, II and III events were split between three separate locations. D-I grapplers competed at Hilliard Darby, D-II took to the mats…
Marysville’s Erryl Will (top photo) and Lincoln Heard (bottom) have control over their opponents during the matches for seventh/eighth place at Hilliard Darby High School on Sunday. Will and Heard claimed seventh place in their respective weight classes during the Division I state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller) Marysville High School wrestlers earned three medals during the final day of the 2020-21 Division I state tournament that was held at Hilliard Darby High School. Only a couple of Monarch grapplers, however, were actually able to take to the mat. Senior Lincoln Heard (138) and junior Erryl Will (152) each…
In the top photo, Fairbanks senior Braylon Green (right) goes up for a basket. Green was named the Ohio Heritage Conference’s North Division player of the year and first team for the 2020-21 campaign. In the bottom photo, FHS guard Wyatt Miller drive the lane. Miller was named to the OHC North Division’s second team. (Journal-Tribune photos by Sam Dillon) Fairbanks High School senior Braylon Green has earned one of the top honors for boys basketball in the Ohio Heritage Conference. Green was named the player of the year for the OHC’s North Division. He led the circuit in rebounds…
These Marysville High School wrestlers will compete this weekend during the Division I state wrestling tournament. They are from left, front row, Erryl Will, Lincoln Heard and Jack Golla; back row, Colton Powers, Ben Bickerstaff and Zach McMinn. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville High School will be sending six athletes to the Division I state tournament that will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The event will be held at Hilliard Darby High School. Monarch grapplers who will contend for state honors are seniors Lincoln Heard (138) and Zach McMinn (heavyweight); juniors Erryl Will (152), Jack Golla (160) and…
Marysville sophomore Ava Wilkerson drives to the basket during a game from the 2020-21 season. Wilkerson has been named the Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Additional honors have been announced for members of the Marysville High School girls basketball team. Sophomore guard Ava Wilkerson was named the OCC Cardinal Division’s player of the year. MHS bench boss Klarke Ransome was honored as the coach of the year in the division. He earned the division’s top coaching honor for guiding the Lady Monarchs to an 18-6 record this past season. The Lady…
Jonathan Alder 120-pound wrestler Josh Proper has control of an opponent’s leg during a 2020-21 match. Proper is one of three Pioneer grapplers who will compete during the Division II state tournament at Sparta Highland this weekend. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Jonathan Alder High School will be represented by three wrestlers during the Division II state tournament. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday at Sparta Highland High School. Reece Chapman (113), Josh Proper (120) and Oliver Byerly (138) qualified for the state by placing in the top four of last weekend’s district tournament that was held at…