Marysville High School safety Brody Lewis (26) tackles a Columbus Northland ball carrier in this file photo from the 2019 season. Lewis will continue his gridiron career at Mt. Union University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Marysville High School senior Brody Lewis will continue his academic and athletic careers on the collegiate level. Lewis, a safety in the defensive backfield, has committed to play football at Mt. Union University in Alliance. “I had also looked at Findlay and Wittenberg,” said Lewis. “However, I just feel Mt. Union is a better fit for me with its campus life.” Marysville High School…
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Fairbanks High School graduate Margo Geer is pictured practicing at the Union County Family YMCA pool in this file photo. Geer must wait another year for the Olympic Trials as the 2020 Summer Games have been postponed due to the coronavirus. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Former Fairbanks High School athlete Margo Geer will have to wait another year in order to compete for a spot on the United States Olympic swimming team. The Journal-Tribune spoke with the eight-time state championship high school swimmer on Tuesday as the International Olympic Committee was postponing the 2020 Summer Games for a year.…
Mason Sines comes up with a save for the Hilliard Hockey Club. Sines is a freshman at Fairbanks High School. (Photo submitted) Hockey fans, like those of other sports, may be going through withdrawal and the athletic world has crashed with a resounding thud due to the coronavirus outbreak. A pair of local athletes, however, recently concluded a very successful season on the ice. John Pastryzk, a senior, and Mason Sines, a freshmen are Fairbanks High School students who play hockey. Since the Panthers do not offer hockey as a sport, both played this past season with the Hilliard Hockey…
The Marysville High School girls 4×800 meter relay team placed during the recent state indoor meet. Runners are from left, Bryn Hothem, Jenna Rioch, Leanne Eichorn and Jacquelyn Witt. (Photo submitted) The 2020 high school outdoor track and field season remains in question due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Several Marysville High School athletes, however, honed their skills with a successful indoor campaign this past winter. “We had an outstanding year of indoor track and field at Marysville High School,” said Monarch head coach Luke Sundermeier. “We held workouts each week to prepare for the spring season and competed…
Marysville resident Nadine Muzerall, right, watches her Ohio State University women’s hockey team compete during a 2019-20 game. (File photo) The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the world of sports into a huge turmoil. Athletics from the professional level on down to youth sports have been impacted and seen seasons either postponed or entirely shut down. The NCAA women’s hockey tournament is among the many victims and it is impacting a local resident. Nadine Muzerall of Marysville is in her fourth season as the head women’s hockey coach at The Ohio State University. The Lady Buckeyes recently won the Western Collegiate…
Marysville’s Kass Lee (14) goes up for a shot during a victory over Upper Arlington this past season. Marysville school officials are currently searching for a new head coach to lead the program next winter. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The open position for the top of the Marysville High School girls basketball program has been expanded to candidates outside the school district. The interview process, however, may be altered a bit due to the coronavirus outbreak. The job became open after the 2019-20 season when Brooke Young stepped down after two years on the job. Marysville school officials posted…
The Union County area has three “Jacks” of diamonds among basketball players who have earned All-Ohio honors for the 2019-2020 season. Jonathan Alder’s Jackie Santa-Emma and Jackson Izzard and Marysville’s Jack Christian have been honored on teams announced by the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association. Santa-Emma was named to the third team and Izzard earned honorable mention status in Division II. Christian was named honorable mention in Division I. Santa-Emma and Izzard helped lead the Pioneers to a Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division championship. JA claimed the crown with a 9-1 record. Jonathan Alder posted an overall record of…
North Union’s Preston Crabtree hits a basket in this file photo. The junior was named to the Division III All-Ohio special mention list. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The North Union Wildcats put together one of the best Union County boys high school basketball seasons in recent memory. The Wildcats won 24 consecutive games before falling to Johnstown-Monroe during the Division III district championship contest a couple of weeks ago. One of the reasons for North Union’s success was the work of junior Preston Crabtree. As such, Crabtree was today named to All-Ohio special mention honors by the Ohio Prep…
St. John’s Lutheran School’s girls basketball team recently placed third during the Ohio All-Lutheran tournament. Members of the squad are from left, front row, Anna Lynch, Mya Balderson, McKenna Fonner and Grace Gorton; back row, assistant coach Bob Boehm, Allie Boyd, Emma Hamilton, Sara Lynch, Avery Gallmeyer, Hannah Boehm and head coach Austin Clarridge. (Photo submitted) Members of the St. John’s Lutheran School boys basketball team are from left, front row, Mac Rausch, Matthew Kelly, Connor Boyd, Lincoln Thrush, Jackson Burns, Biaggio Pagan and Blake Gorton; back row, assistant coach Todd Gorton, Logan Landry, Noah Fonner, Rylan Gabel, Leo Rausch,…
Marysville’s Erryl Will is set to pin an opponent in this file photo. The Monarch mat program improved as the season progressed. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Under normal circumstances, the 2019-20 high school wrestling season would have concluded Sunday evening at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. The state tournament was planned for this past weekend. The Union County area was to have been represented by Erryl Will and Lincoln Heard of Marysville and Reece Chapman of Jonathan Alder. The “new normal,” at least for the foreseeable future, has brought about the suspension of high school sports. The coronava…
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has issued a coronavirus mandate for all school-sponsored sports. A mandatory no-contact period goes into effect beginning Tuesday (March 17) through April 5. Additionally, there will be a mandatory shutdown of facilities used for the purpose of conducting athletic activities for the same time period. Earlier last week, the OHSAA postponed the remainder of the winter sports tournaments for wrestling, boys and girls basketball and ice hockey. The organization sent out a recent media advisory from Jerry Snodgrass, the OHSAA executive director. “The tournaments are postponed indefinitely,” according to the press release. “Given the…
Marysville High School graduate Taleb Rahmani prepares to pin an opponent in this file photo. Rahmani’s collegiate career ended when the NCAA decided to cancel its 2020 tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The coronavirus has left former Marysville High School state wrestling champion Taleb Rahmani not feeling well these days. It’s not that the 2015 MHS graduate has come down with the illness. It’s because the widespread sickness is preventing him and a lot of other collegiate grapplers from competing in the NCAA tournament. Rahmani, who recently finished second in the 157-pound weight class during the Atlantic Coast Conference…
Local wrestlers from left, Lincoln Heard and Erryl Will of Marysville and Jonathan Alder’s Reece Chapman, were scheduled to compete in the state tournament this weekend at The Ohio State University. The tournament has been postponed due to the coronavirus scare. (File photos) High school wrestlers will not be contending for state honors this weekend. All Ohio High School Athletic Association events were announced on Thursday afternoon as being postponed on an indefinite basis. The action was taken as a result of the coronavirus fear. The state wrestling tournament was scheduled to begin today at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein…
Union County YMCA swimmers who were scheduled to compete in the Southwest Ohio championships are from left, front row, Molly Murphy and Brady Cordonnier; back row, Madison Corbett, Janie Clayton and Sadie Lucas. (Photo submitted) The fear of the coronavirus has forced the cancellation of another sports event. The Southwest Ohio YMCA Swim League “AA” championships have been called off. The event was scheduled for today through Sunday at Miami of Ohio University in Oxford. Nearly 1,000 swimmers from 19 YMCAs were scheduled to compete, including Union County’s Madison Corbett, Janie Clayton, Sadie Lucas, Molly Murphy and Brady Cordonnier. The…
University of Pittsburgh wrestler Taleb Rahmani acknowledges the crowd after a win. Rahmani, who won a state championship for Marysville High School in 2015, placed second during the recent ACC tournament. He qualified for his fourth NCAA tournament with the finish, but the NCAA event will not be held. (File photo) Marysville High School graduate Taleb Rahmani recently finished second in his weight class during the Athletic Coast Conference (ACC) wrestling tournament. Rahmani, who competes in the 157-pound weight class for the University of Pittsburgh, fell to North Carolina State’s Hayden Hidlay during the tournament that was held at the…