Sports

There are just things that happen in life that seem to defy logic. One of those things for me was the changing of the basketball coaching position at Dublin Coffman High School. Now, I’ve never been a...

Camper Lily Dygert (right) tries to scurry past Karley Straub (left) during a drill at the Marysville youth soccer camp. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Consistency has been the main foc...

Marysville High School boys head basketball coach Mark Tinklenberg, right, confers with new associate head coach Jamey Collins during this week’s youth camp. Collins brings 25 years and more than 400 ...

Noah Bowers, a 2023 Marysville High School graduate and former Monarch baseball player, hits the ball with a wood bat. Bowers will compete in a wood bat tournament that is being played throughout cent...

Fairbanks’ C.J. Swartz connects on an opposing pitch during a tournament game against Columbus Academy. The senior Panther claimed first-team All-OHC honors for the 2023 campaign. (Journal-Tribune pho...

Jonathan Alder’s varsity baseball coach Craig Kyle demonstrates bunting techniques to campers at the school’s home field. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Building a program starts from t...

Jonathan Alder designated hitter Anna Engle (14) steps to the plate against River Valley during the district final at Pickerington Central. The sophomore earned first-team honors in the Central Buckey...

At the conclusion of the 2023 season, five Lady Panthers claimed all-conference awards for the Ohio Heritage Conference (OHC).   Fairbanks junior Hailey Dee kicked off the list with a first-team All-O...

Marysville senior pitcher Tareyn Born prepares to deliver an offering during a Division I tournament game. Born has been named first-team All-Ohio for the 2023 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

Lady Monarch seniors Addy Tweed and JoJo Eberhart are the only players coming back to the MHS varsity team that had appreciable moments on the court during the 2022-23 season. Marysville is using summ...

Marysville High School head softball coach Jennifer Segner-Maxwell demonstrates a batting drill during summer practice. Pictured in the background are Cam Harbold (left) and Sydney Calhoon. (Journal-T...

Marysville High School girls basketball coach Klarke Ransome, right, watches as Reagan Slone practices her jump shot. More than 80 girls participated in the Lady Monarch youth camp this week. (Journal...

Jonathan Alder’s Ashton Martin prepares to release a pitch during a game from the 2023 season. The sophomore tallied eight wins on the hill and was named the Central Buckeye Conference’s player of the...

Zoey Yendrick makes a big leap during a high jump drill at the Marysville youth track and field camp. More than 100 youngsters attended the camp this week at the Marysville High School track. Pictured...

Jonathan Alder’s Mason Wolford attempts to get free from an opposing Lumberjack during the first round of the Division II boys lacrosse postseason. The senior Pioneer is now the program’s leader goals...

Fairbanks senior Macy Miller (right) flips the ball backwards toward the goal during a game from the 2022-23 season. Miller has decided to continue her hoops career at Ohio Wesleyan University. (Journ...

Zaden Salah, 6, makes a big throw from the outfield during the second day of the Marysville Youth Baseball Camp. More than 100 youngsters in grades kindergarten through 8 have participated in the camp...

Although the 2023 spring track and field season concluded with the state meet this past weekend at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, plenty of folks still have the sport in min...

Lady Panther Macy Miller clears the high jump bar at 5-5 during the Division III state track and field meet at The Ohio State University. Miller, a senior, was the state runner-up two years ago, but d...

Jonathan Alder’s Eliza Streit (11) and Marysville’s Bryn Hothem (2) are side-by-side during the Division I girls state 3200 meter run at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The e...

Luke Goode, right, of Jonathan Alder competes in the boys’ 800-meter run. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)  -- Jonathan Alder’s Luke Goode pretty much had the same feelings as others who mad...

Fairbanks' Rachael Hoover competes during the girls 1600-meter finals.  (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- It was an All-Ohio kind of morning when a handful of local girls athletes competed...

Macy Miller of Fairbanks and Cayla Eaton of Triad compete during a Division III hurdles prelim race at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Miller qualified for today’s state fina...

Triad High School junior Cayla Eaton clears a hurdle during a post-season race. Eaton is competing today in the Division III 100 and 300 meter state prelims at The Ohio State University. (Photo submit...

Marysville High School senior Bryn Hothem is pictured competing during the Division II district meet at Hilliard Darby. Hothem, who won a regional championship in the 3200 meter run, will compete in t...

Fairbanks High School will be represented by three athletes during this weekend’s Division III state track and field meet. A pair of athletes – seniors Macy Miller and Kinley Green – will compete duri...

Marysville High School graduate McKenzie Edgar is pictured at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. She will work for HNS Sports Group at the Memorial Tournament. (Photo submitted) -- It’s safe t...

Bryn Hothem will be the only Marysville High School athlete to compete in next weekend’s Division I state track and field meet. The state will be held at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memori...

Marysville’s Bryn Hothem placed first during the Division I regional 3200 meter run. She will compete in the state meet Saturday evening at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. (J...

Fairbanks’ Macy Miller goes up to the bar in the high jump in this file photo. Miller will compete in several events during this weekend’s Division III state track and field meet. (Journal-Tribune pho...