Jonathan Alder wide receiver Jackson Izzard (5) picks up yardage during a 2019 playoff game. High school gridders are still waiting on word from Gov. Mike DeWine on whether the 2020 season will be played. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The jury is still out and no verdict has been rendered. The case involves whether there will be high school football in Ohio this fall due to COVID-19. Governor Mike DeWine did not address contact sports such as football and soccer during Tuesday’s press conference. DeWine said last week he would talk about high school sports this week. It is…
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Who are these masked ladies? The COVID-conscious Fairbanks High School girls golf team of, from left, Kaylee Mitton, Shelby Jones, Gabby Vamos, Veronique Grand, Mary Weisburn and Janie Clayton, display their runner-up trophy on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers placed second at the Colonial Golfers Club tournament. (Photo submitted) Mary Weisburn of Fairbanks was the third best golfer on Tuesday as the Lady Panthers competed in the Colonial Golfers Club Tournament in Harrod, Ohio. Weisburn carded a career-best score of 76 as FHS placed second out of a field of 15 teams. Veronique Grand shot an 86 to place tenth overall.…
Jonathan Alder’s Tyler Boggs (top photo) eyes a putt during Monday’s Fairbanks Invitational at Darby Creek. The Pioneers won the team championship. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) A pair of local teams took the top two honors during Monday’s Fairbanks High School Panther boys golf invitational. Jonathan Alder carded a team score of 314 to claim championship accolades. The Pioneers were closely followed by Fairbanks, which tallied a 317. Additional team scores were as follows: -Pleasant-320, Kenton Ridge-325, Madison Plains-386, Northeastern-409, Buckeye Valley-410, Shekinah Christian-423, Mt. Gilead-423 and West Jefferson-563. Andrew Crowe of Fairbanks blistered the Darby Creek course with…
Marysville’s Ryan Kern picks up yardage during a 2019 game. The Ohio High School Athletic Association has allowed schools can play six regular-season games this fall before the playoffs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) took a step forward toward a possible 2020 football season in the midst of COVID-19. The organization on Friday afternoon announced it has proposed that teams would be permitted to play six regular season games. The season would begin the week of Monday, Aug. 24. The first Friday of the season would…
Carter Dunn (left) tests his ballhandling skills against Marysville High School hoopster Jack Christian. The drill was conducted this week during MHS’ Basketball in the Pit camp. (Journal Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Thursday wrapped up the second and final session of Marysville High School’s boys Basketball in the Pit camp. The program has been conducted every summer at MHS for several decades and was started by retired head coach Jim Kaufman. It continued through coaches Scott Forney and Ken Chaffin and remains with current head coach Ryan Grose. The 2020 Pit camp was conducted differently this year due to…
Marysville’s Riley Karnes competes during a 2019 cross-country meet. The Ohio High School Athletic Association has canceled its Early Season Invitational. The meet was scheduled to be held on Aug. 15 in Franklin County. (Photo submitted) Marysville High School cross-country head coach Luke Sundermeier nailed it. He talked with the Journal-Tribune earlier this week about the sport being put on the state’s non-contact list in the midst of the coronavirus. As such, the Monarchs would be able to go ahead with competitions against other schools. At that time, however, the coach still didn’t have high hopes the 2020 campaign would…
Jonathan Alder’s boys golf team captured top honors during Wednesday’s Central Buckeye Conference preseason tournament. The event was held at Lakeland Golf Club in St. Paris. Brady Fox of JA earned medalist honors as he carded a 77. He helped lead the Pioneers to a low score of 324. JA was followed by Kenton Ridge-330, Graham-359, Northwestern-364, Tecumseh-371, Urbana-375, London-381, Benjamin Logan-388, Indian Lake-398, Bellefontaine-406 and North Union-563. Other Alder scores were Matthew Fox-82, Sammy Ratliff-82, Tyler Ogg-83, Brandon Gargac-85 and Nathan Reynard-88. No individual scores for North Union were available. Cardinals triumph Triad’s boys downed Mechanicsburg, 186-197, during a…
Maddox Evans (left) and Utah Coleman are among the youngsters who are participating in the Union County YMCA swimming program this summer. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller) The reopening of the Union County Family YMCA earlier this summer permitted a popular program to move forward. The YMCA’s swimming program has been conducting afternoon practices for youngsters ages 10 U and 11 and over. There are 32 youth participating in the activity. The program is under the direction of YMCA swim instructor Craig Faircloth. “This was our fifth week of conditioning and technique drills,” said Faircloth, who has also served as…
Katie Krueger, left, and Bryn Hothem are veteran runners for the 2020 Marysville High School cross-country program. The Lady Monarchs competed in the 2019 Division I regional meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Boys and girls cross-country programs throughout Ohio cleared a big hurdle on Tuesday en route to a return to normal in the midst of COVID-19. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced during a press briefing that cross-country has been taken off the list of contact sports. It has been placed on the list of non-contact activities that are being allowed to resume competition with other schools. Earlier this…
Jonathan Alder’s Emma Shepherd sends the ball over the net during the 2019 Division II regional title match. The Lady Pioneers posted a 26-2 record last season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The 2019 volleyball season began and ended with a loss for the Lady Pioneers of Jonathan Alder. What happened in between, however, was pretty spectacular. The Alder spikers began the campaign under first-year head coach Joe Ross. After suffering the season-opening setback against Division I Pickerington North, the Lady Pioneers ripped off 26 consecutive victories and captured a Division II district championship along the way. The campaign came…
Marysville linebacker Cole Pombert goes through a drill Monday morning. The Monarchs went through their first day of preseason practices for the 2020 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville High School’s football team began preseason practices on Monday with an uncertainty in the air. The Ohio High School Athletic Association permitted fall sports teams to begin practices this past weekend. The big question mark remains as to how the 2020 season will play out in the midst of COVID-19. Although Monarch gridders were allowed to begin practices on Saturday, head coach Brent Johnson decided to begin two-a-days on Monday.…
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has outlined procedures that will be conducted while the state battles COVID-19. Practices for all fall sports teams began on Saturday with social distancing and sanitization protocols in place. The OHSAA recently announced there will be no preseason scrimmages permitted for the contact sports of football and soccer. The sports of golf, girls tennis and volleyball, which are considered non-contact, will be permitted to play scrimmages. Golf teams are allowed one scrimmage any time during the season. The golf season is scheduled to begin on Wednesday of this week. Girls tennis squads may conduct…
Quarterback Ethan Kise, left, hands the ball off to Brogan Green during Fairbanks High School’s first football practice of the 2020 preseason Saturday morning. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) High school fall sports teams throughout Ohio began preseason practices on Saturday. Whether or not those squads will be able to conduct their seasons may be in question. The Fairbanks High School gridiron squad began two-a-day workouts amid the coronavirus pandemic. Practices began after the Panthers took some time off after a two-week camp session. “Camp went really well,” said FHS head coach Patrick Cotter. “We had 10 good days and…
Fairbanks High School golfer Alex Crowe has been honored as the 2020 Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Associatin’s player of the year. Crowe received the David J. Wensinger player of the year accolade during the organization’s recent season-ending banquet. Crowe tallied 104 points to top the 16-18 age bracket. That entitled him to the rotating player of the year trophy. Crowe finished the season with a 75 average. Chase Brakenridge of FHS placed third in the 13-15 division. He shot an 85 average for HOJGA tournaments. William Reiser of Marysville finished the season with the most pars (8) in the…
Fairbanks High School soccer player Carly Lehman works to control the ball during a 2019 game. Fall sports teams are scheduled to begin practices on Saturday under coronavirus guidelines. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The countdown is on toward the start of preseason practices for Ohio high school fall sports teams. Squads will be permitted to begin practices on Saturday. The Ohio High School Athletic Association has mandated regulations that teams must adhere to during the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing, sanitization and face masks are within the guidelines that have been established by the OHSAA and medical professionals. One of…