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Marysville swimmers compete in OCC Cardinal Division meet
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Marysville’s boys 200 yard freestyle relay team earned second-place honors during the Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division meet. Members of the team are from left, Carter Pancallo, Patrick Filbert, Rylan Brown and Brady Cordonnier. (Photo submitted)
By Tim Miller 
February 4, 2026
Marysville’s boys swimming team placed fifth and the girls were sixth during the Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division meet. Dublin Jerome captured top team honors during the boys meet with 305 po...
New HOFer Draudt was three-sport MHS captain
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By Tim Miller 
February 4, 2026
The Marysville High School Athletic Hall of Fame will induct three new members on Friday, Feb. 6. The addition of softball pitcher Amber Church Kuchmek, three-sport standout Scott Draudt and cross-cou...
Lady Panthers set single-game three-point record during win
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Fairbanks’ Hannah Boehm (3) and Claire Meihls (12) fight for ball possession against Pleasant’s Carly Columber (4) underneath the basket during the second half. Pictured in the background for FHS is Mara Vicari (24). (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By Aleksei Pavloff 
February 4, 2026
The age-old saying of records are meant to be broken came to light at Fairbanks High School on Monday. The Lady Panther hoop squad not only earned a 67-57 win against visiting Marion Pleasant, but als...
Athletes of week named
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By Tim Miller 
February 4, 2026
The Journal-Tribune has named its athletes of the week. -Marysville: Delaney Sherwood, a senior bowler, helped lead the Lady Monarchs to the runner-up spot of the Tomahawk Invitational at Fairlawn’s A...
Central Buckeye Conference conducts swimming meet
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By Tim Miller 
February 4, 2026
The Central Buckeye Conference recently held its swimming championships at Wright State University. Results for Jonathan Alder and Benjamin Logan were as follows (top seven): Girls -200 medley relay: ...
NU wrestlers place first, third in tourneys
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By Bob Putman 
February 4, 2026
Led by several individual champions, North Union took first place during the recent Delaware Christian wrestling  tournament. Earning individual titles were Jack Kemp, Corey Gilliam, Mason Andrews, Br...
Cagers have mixed results
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By Bob Putman 
February 4, 2026
Triad’s girls varsity basketball team dropped a 62-17 decision to Benjamin Logan on Monday. Taylor Queen led the Lady Cardinals with six points, while Emma Martin added five. Addi Matthews finished wi...
Monarch gymnasts win meet against several teams
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Skylar Langhirt is the only senior on the Marysville High School gymnastics team. (Photo submitted)
By Tim Miller 
January 30, 2026
Marysville’s gymnastics team captured top honors during a multi-team meet on its Senior Night. Skylar Langhirt is the lone senior on Marysville’s team. The Lady Monarchs finished with a total of 127.1...
Marysville bowling teams have recent tournament success
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Marysville’s Delaney Sherwood prepares to release the ball down the lanes. MHS’ bowling teams have had solid results in recent tournaments. (File photo)
By Tim Miller 
January 30, 2026
Marysville High School’s boys bowling team turned in a championship performance during the recent annual King’s Classic Tournament, hosted by the Bellefontaine High School bowling squads. The event wa...
Turnovers offset strong MHS shooting during loss to Braves
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Kellen Carter (23) of Marysville goes up for a shot. Carter scored 15 points during a 59-49 loss at Olentangy on Wednesday. (Journal-Tribune file photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 30, 2026
Marysville’s varsity boys cagers had a solid shooting performance during a road game at Olentangy. The Monarchs sank 50% of their two and three-point attempts against a Braves squad that went into the...
Monarch boys grapplers roll to win over Delaware Hayes
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Marysville’s Trent Sharp (right) defends a takedown move by Delaware Hayes’ Riddick Franks during a match at 144 pounds. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 30, 2026
Marysville’s boys wrestling team celebrated not only its senior class but also a 48-19 dual meet win over Delaware Hayes on Wednesday. While the final result was ultimately one-sided, it does not tell...
NU bowlers fall to Indian Lake; girls JV cagers top West Liberty
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By Bob Putman 
January 30, 2026
North Union came up just short in its Central Buckeye Conference boys bowling match against Indian Lake on Wednesday. The Wildcats finished with a score of 2,538, while the Lakers finished with a coun...
Benjamin Logan honors 2000 baseball team
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Members of the 2000 Benjamin Logan baseball team inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame are from left, Mark Butler, Blake Carpenter, Geoff Kerns, Zach Haney, Zach Grant, Jeff Lowe, Jeff Fox, John Kerns, Nic Crabtree, Kris Crawford, David Gilbert, Nathan Gregg, Doug Rutan, Tracy Gregg and Beau Harmon. Josh Bauman, Jeff Bednarki and Adam Sheeley were not in attendance. (Photo submitted)
January 29, 2026
Benjamin Logan High School recently recognized one of the most accomplished seasons in Raider athletics history during the boys basketball home game against Graham. Members of the 2000 Benjamin Logan ...
Lady Monarchs top Jerome; JA girls, Triad boys drop basketball contests
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Marysville’s Jenna Hackworth (23) fires up a shot. Hackworth led the Lady Monarchs with 22 points during a victory over Dublin Jerome. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 29, 2026
Marysville High School’s girls varsity basketball squad upped its overall record to 12-5 with a recent 45-33 victory at Dublin Jerome. MHS is also 3-4 in the Cardinal Division of the Ohio Capital Conf...
Fairbanks girls hand Tigers first loss; Jonathan Alder Pioneer boys defeat Kenton Ridge
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Livi Maine (44) of Fairbanks applies defensive pressure to an opponent in this file photo. Maine led the team with 12 points during a recent win over West Liberty-Salem. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Fairbanks’ girls basketball team handed West Liberty-Salem its first setback in the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division. The Lady Panthers’ 55-42 triumph puts the Tigers at 11-1 in the division an...
Local athletes of week named
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By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
The Journal-Tribune has named its athletes of the week. They are as follows: Marysville: Junior wrestler Carter Shank is Marysville’s honoree. Shank was the highest-placing Monarch during the recent M...
Jonathan Alder senior will play golf at Ohio Dominican
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By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Mother Nature’s recent winter blast obviously means local golfers won’t be hitting the links for quite some time. An area high school linksman, however, will continue his career on the collegiate leve...
Benjamin Logan bowlers top Fort Loramie
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By Tim Miller 
January 28, 2026
Benjamin Logan’s boys bowling team defeated Fort Loramie 2707-2450 during a recent match. Conner Chambers led the Pioneers with games of 234 and 205 for a 439 series. Wyatt Levan finished with a 428 s...
Second-half run propels NU boys over Benjamin Logan
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Wyatt Arver of North Union drives between Maddox Vermillion and Clayton Jenkins of Benjamin Logan. (Journal Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
By Bob Putman 
January 27, 2026
North Union varsity boys basketball coach Austin Terrill and his counterpart, Scott Vermillion of Benjamin Logan, were in agreement as to the key point of Friday’s Central Buckeye Conference game at N...
Lady Cats trounce visiting Benjamin Logan
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North Union’s Kailyn Colegrove (30) dashes up the court and past the midline while being guarded by Benjamin Logan’s Molly Siefring (2) during the first half. The senior Lady Cat tallied four points in the team’s win over the visiting Lady Raiders. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 27, 2026
North Union’s girls basketball program earned a running clock during its senior night festivities last Saturday evening. The Lady Cats tallied a 60-20 victory over visiting Benjamin Logan to improve t...
FHS defeats Mechanicsburg
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Fairbanks’ Evan Wiedmann (1) posts up against a West Liberty-Salem defenders during a recent home game. The junior Panther accounted for 18 points in the teams win over Mechanicsburg last Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 26, 2026
Fairbanks’ boys basketball program secured another OHC win after handing a 67-35 final tally to visiting Mechanicsburg. The Panthers improved to 15-2 overall following last Friday’s conference matchup...
MHS drops Homecoming hoop game to Dublin Jerome
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Levi Carouso of Marysville converts a steal into a layup Friday evening against Dublin Jerome. The Monarchs dropped their Homecoming game, 47-45. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 26, 2026
The frustration was plainly evident in the voice of Marysville High School boys basketball coach Mark Tinklenberg. “I’m sick of losing when the other team is just tougher than we are,” the fifth-year ...
Jonathan Alder’s girls basketball team honored on 20th anniversary season of state championship
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The March 20, 2006 edition of the Marysville Journal-Tribune splashed the story across the sports section. Jonathan Alder’s girls basketball team won the Division III state championship by beating Youngtown Ursuline at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. The newspaper was on display Wednesday evening when school officials held a 20th anniversary recognition for the team. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 24, 2026
“I just can’t believe it’s been 20 years.” That was the reaction of Brianna Votaw when she and her 2005-2006 Jonathan Alder girls basketball teammates returned to the high school Wednesday evening. Sc...
Bunsold cagers top UA Hastings
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By Tim Miller 
January 24, 2026
The Bunsold Middle School eighth-grade boys basketball squad beat Upper Arlington Hastings 53-24 to move to 15-1. The leading scorers for the team were Tayte Keller and Luke Hensel, with each notching...
MHS grapplers down TW; tied for second in Cardinal Division
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Marysville’s Liam Parrish prepares to pin Thomas Worthington’s Eric Wilson during the 113-pound match Thursday evening. The Monarchs defeated the Cardinals 57-18. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
By Tim Miller 
January 24, 2026
Marysville’s boys varsity wrestlers remained in contention for an Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division championship after defeating Thomas Worthington, 57-18. The victory puts the Monarchs’ divis...
NU’s girls split matches with B. Logan, RV
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Benjamin Logan’s Belle Hughes (left) takes a single-leg shot on North Union’s Jessanie Pfister during a dual a match at 135 pounds. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 24, 2026
North Union’s girls wrestling team went 1-1 during a tri-match at Benjamin Logan on Thursday. With the postseason peeking around the corner, NU assistant coach Randal Riffle, who is overseeing the gir...
Lady Panthers notch easy victory over Triad
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Fairbanks’ Sydney Cutler (10) makes a layup while being guarded by Triad’s Jazz Ford (5). (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
By Aleksei Pavloff 
January 23, 2026
Fairbanks’ girls basketball team had little trouble handing Triad a 64-12 loss on Wednesday. The Lady Panthers ventured to North Lewisburg for a second-round Ohio Heritage Conference North Division co...
MHS gymnasts place third during multi-team meet
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Marysville’s Skylar Langhirt competes on the bars during a gymnastics meet. The Lady Monarchs placed third during an eight-team meet on Wednesday. (Journal-Tribune phot by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 23, 2026
Marysville’s gymnastics team took third-place honors during a meet that included eight schools. St. Francis DeSales took top honors with 137.350 points. Bishop Watterson High School was the runner-up ...
Bishop Ready rolls past Jon Alder girls cagers
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Jonathan Alder’s Kennedy McGrath (12) tries to get the ball to a teammate after an on-floor scramble for possession. Also pictured for the Lady Pioneers are Logan Donaldson (background) and Carys Jaskiewicz (10). Alder fell to Columbus Bishop Ready, 52-32. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
By Tim Miller 
January 23, 2026
It was a rough night of shooting, ball-handling and rebounding for Jonathan Alder’s girls basketball team. The mixture of all three factors led to a 52-32 non-conference setback to Columbus Bishop Rea...
NUMS hoopsters split contests with Elgin
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By Bob Putman 
January 23, 2026
North Union defeated Elgin 61-14 in middle school eighth-grade boys basketball action. Wes Hajjar led the Wildcats with 18 points. Elgin won the seventh-grade game 25-13. Mason Hamilton notched five p...