Marysville’s Griffin Johnson (22) follows Colton Powers (32) on a run upfield against Toledo Whitmer. MHS and Springfield, two teams with state playoff history, will battle for the Division I-Region 2 championship. The game will be played at 7 p.m. today at Hilliard Darby High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) A pair of football programs with extensive post-season history will tangle this evening at Hilliard Darby High School. The kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. as the Marysville Monarchs face the Springfield Wildcats. The game will be for the Division I-Region 2 regional championship. The Monarchs (12-0) are the…
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The ball is on the ground as Marysville’s Cam Jones (4) pounces toward a Toledo Whitmer player. Also pictured for MHS is Braden Deere (20). The Monarchs will play Springfield Friday evening for the Division I-Region 2 championship. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) “They’re going to spread us out to mainly run the football.” That was the assessment Marysville High School head coach Brent Johnson has of Springfield. The Monarchs (12-0) will face the 11-1 Wildcats on Friday for the Division I-Region 2 championship. MHS will take the top seed of the region into the battle, while Springfield is No.…
Jonathan Alder pitcher Marlee Jacobs prepares to release the ball toward the plate. Jacobs, who will play her senior season at JA in the spring, has signed to pitch at Ohio Dominican. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marlee Jacobs, one of the top high school softball pitchers in central Ohio, has decided where she will play on the collegiate level. The Jonathan Alder High School senior recently signed to pitch for Ohio Dominican University. Jacobs had looked at a couple of other schools – the University of Findlay and Ashland University – before deciding on ODU. “I chose Ohio Dominican…
Marysville’s Jeremiah McNeil (3) lunges for a Toledo Whitmer ball carrier. The Monarchs will travel to Hilliard Darby to face Springfield on Friday in the Division I-Region 2 championship game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) When you rise to the level the Marysville High School football team has reached, anything can happen. The Monarchs will put their 12-0 record and No. 1 seed in the region on the line Friday evening at Hilliard Darby High School. On that night, MHS will face No. 2 Springfield (11-1) for the regional championship. The winner will advance to the state Final Four. When…
Members of Marysville High School’s defense sandwich Jaylen Young (21) of Toledo Whitmer during last Friday’s Division I regional semifinal game. Pictured for MHS are Andrew Bentz (60), Colton Powers (32), Ethan Moeller (57) and Nick Johnson (54). (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Marysville High School’s football team will be much closer to home when it takes the field Friday evening. The Monarchs (12-0) will face Springfield (11-1) at Hilliard Darby High School. Kickoff for the Division I-Region 2 championship game will be at 7 p.m. It’s only fitting the title contest features the top two teams in the region.…
MHS’ Colton Powers (32) runs for big yardage on Friday against Toledo Whitmer. Powers rushed for more than 200 yards during Marysville’s 49-14 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Total domination. There is really no other way to describe it. The Marysville High School football team absolutely destroyed Toledo Whitmer, 49-14, during Friday’s Division I-Region 2 semifinal playoff game. The contest was played at Lima Senior High School. “We executed at a very high level on both sides of the ball,” said MHS head coach Brent Johnson as his No. 1-seeded Monarchs upped their record to 12-0. The Monarchs rolled…
Monarch senior Mason Reed (26) prepares to tackle Perrysburg quarterback TJ Takats during last Friday’s Division I playoff game. The Monarchs will face Toledo Whitmer tonight, 7 p.m., in the Region 2 semifinals at Lima Senior High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) The Marysville Monarchs and Toledo Whitmer Panthers will take a combined record of 21-2 into tonight’s Division I-Region 2 semifinal contest. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Lima Senior High School. The Monarchs have breezed through their season with an 11-0 record, while Whitmer is 10-2. Game-by-game scores for both teams are as follows:…
Lady Monarch keeper Brielle Young kicks the ball away from the net in this 2021 file photo. Young, an MHS senior, has signed to continue her career at the University of Toledo. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Brielle Young recently completed her Division I high school soccer career. The Marysville High School senior will now turn her attention to a D-I collegiate experience. Earlier this week, Young signed on the dotted line to continue her athletic and academic careers at the University of Toledo. She will major in nursing with a minor in business administration. Young said she chose Toledo…
Griffin Johnson (22) of Marysville carries the ball past a Perrysburg tackler. The Monarchs will tangle with Toledo Whitmer on Friday during the Division 1-Region 2 semifinals. The game will be played at Lima Senior High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) The switch in venue for Friday evening’s high school football playoff game won’t change the goal of the Marysville Monarchs. They’re “in it to win it.” MHS was originally scheduled to face Toledo Whitmer in the Division I-Region 2 semifinal battle at nearby Bellefontaine High School. The location, however, was changed on Monday afternoon to Lima Senior. The…
The Lady Pioneers’ Evie McDaniel (422) tries to surpass Fairfield Union’s Brenna Reed (429) during the OHSAA Division II cross-country championships. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) The Jonathan Alder girls cross-country team completed a four-year stretch of state meet berths this past Saturday. The Lady Pioneers placed 19th during the Division II race that was held at Fortress Obetz in Columbus. That spot was close to what coach Justin Creps and his squad were anticipating for during the race. “We were hoping to be somewhere in the 14-18 range, based on the results we’d seen this season,” said Creps. “There…
Marysville’s Matt Krutowskis (42) picks up yardage during last week’s playoff game against Perrysburg. MHS will play Toledo Whitmer in the Division 1-Region 2 semifinals on Friday at Lima Senior High School. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Tickets for the game went on sale this morning at ohsaa.org/tickets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) — The Marysville High School football team thought it was going to play its next post-season game virtually in its backyard. However, as ESPN college football commentator Lee Corso would say, “not so fast, my friend.” The Friday evening contest against Toledo Whitmer was originally going…
Elaina Lahmers (5) of Fairbanks sends the ball past West Liberty-Salem opponents during the 2021 season. The Lady Panthers finished as Division III regional runners-up. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) — It was a season unlike any other in program history. The Fairbanks High School girls soccer team brought home the Division III regional runner-up trophy Saturday evening from Teays Valley High School. The Lady Panthers (14-7) finished as the runner-up after dropping a 3-2 verdict to Winchester Eastern Brown High School. Randy Spain, who has been the team’s only head coach in its 15-year history, reflected back on his…
Monarch linebacker Gabe Powers knocks down a pass during a 2021 game. Powers has been named the Division I Defensive Player of the Year in the Central District. It is the second consecutive year he has won the award. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) — Local athletes, including a player of the year, from Marysville, Fairbanks and Jonathan Alder have earned high school first-team Central District football honors for the 2021 season. The teams are annually selected by a panel of newspaper sports editors and writers from the Central District. Marysville (Division I) and Fairbanks (Division VI) are tied with…
Allen East defenders close in on Fairbanks’ Riordin Stauffer (24) Saturday evening. The Panthers dropped a 28-7 verdict during the Division VI playoff game on the Mustangs’ field. More photos may be found at marysvillejt.com (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) — The Fairbanks Panther football team went toe-to-toe with Allen East during the first half of Saturday evening’s Division VI state playoff game. The second half, however, saw the Panthers victimized by turnovers (a total of four interceptions) and penalties as they dropped the Region 24 semifinal contest, 28-7. “The guys played hard tonight and I’m very proud of them,”…
Erryl Will of MHS scoops up a Perrysburg fumble Friday evening. Will returned the recovery for a touchdown as the Monarchs won the Division I playoff game, 42-6. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Marysville High School head football coach Brent Johnson stressed to his team all week just how important Friday evening’s game against Perrysburg was going to be. Played on the Monarchs’ home field (the final time this season), it marked a second-round game in the Division I state playoffs. Either the first or second round of the post-season has been a past stumbling block for MHS. That’s what…