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Marysville’s Colin Richards (62) battles to control the puck during a game with the Columbus Blue Jackets 14U A team. Richards scored 22 goals and finished with 19 assists during the 2022-23 campaign....

Marysville High School senior Cali Leng (center) celebrates her Division I 120-pound state championship at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. Pictured in the back are MHS coaches Shawn ...

North Union’s Journey Blevins (11) is pictured going up for a kill during a match in this file photo. Also pictured to the left for NU is Jordyn Hoffman. Hoffman, who plays for the University of Findl...

North Union’s Jayla Kelley dives into third base as Fairbanks’ Macy Kise tags her during a preseason scrimmage this week. Kelley was safe on the play. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- The...

Marysville’s McKenna Boger (left) sprints past midfield while a Hilliard Davidson player attempts to keep up. Boger scored the only goal in Marysville’s road loss.   (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei ...

The final post-season honors for girls basketball have been announced. A total of seven local high school athletes have earned All-Ohio accolades from the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association. The top...

Marysville’s varsity boys lacrosse team suffered its second loss of the season against Westerville North by a 17-6 count.   MHS senior Jordan Anspach accounted for four goals in the team’s setback. Be...

A state championship banner has come to a Union County basketball team. The St. John’s boys cagers recently captured the 2023 All-Ohio Lutheran state tournament that was held at Fairbanks High School....

Marysville’s Lexi Norcross-Zales (left) dishes a pass off to another Lady Monarch during a home match against Gahanna Lincoln last season. The senior recently committed to Akron to play Division I wom...

Hilliard club hockey goalie Mason Sines, right, stops a shot during the 2023 state tournament. Sines is a senior at Fairbanks High School. He played four years with the Hilliard team. (Photo submitted...

Marysville resident Nadine Muzerall, right, talks to members of her Ohio State University women’s hockey team. The Buckeyes did not repeat as NCAA champions as they were edged by Wisconsin, 1-0, durin...

Marysville’s Xander Angelas (blue) tries to squeeze past two opposing Pacers during the first half of action against Delaware Hayes. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Marysville’s boys lac...

Jonathan Alder’s Sharon Keefer goes up for two points in this file photo. Keefer has decided to continue her basketball career at Bluffton University while studying pre-law. (Journal-Tribune photo by ...

Jonathan Alder’s girls bowling team placed fourth during the recent OHSAA Division I state tournament. Members of the squad are from left, front row, Emily Webb, Ella Cameron, Macie Lane, Taylor Heine...

JA senior Eli Stoll recently repeated as a Division II state champion in the 100-yard backstroke. Stoll will become a swimmer with The Ohio State University. (File photo) -- Jonathan Alder’s swimming ...

Jonathan Alder senior Oliver Byerly, right, attempts a single-leg takedown against Graham’s Gunner Cramblett during the D-II 165-pound state finals match. Byerly finished as runner-up after a 5-4 setb...

Marysville senior Cali Leng gains control over Clayton Northmont freshman Lacie Knick during the Division I 120-pound state championship match. Leng won the title with an 8-7 victory. (Journal-Tribune...

Jonathan Alder’s Xavier Pierce (black) gets tangled up with Tecumseh’s Collin O’Banion during a Division II consolation match. The senior Pioneer claimed fifth place at 126 pounds. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Marysville High School senior Cali Leng has her arm raised in victory after winning the Division I girls 120-pound state championship Sunday evening. The tournament was the first girls state event spo...

Jonathan Alder’s Xavier Pierce works the legs of an opponent at the Division II state wrestling tournament. Pierce won his first bout on Friday and was scheduled to return for a second-round match tod...

  North Union’s Trace Williams (left) hits a shot on Genoa Area’s Mickey Soto (right) during the first round of the Division III state wrestling tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) ...

Jonathan Alder’s Oliver Byerly has taken a positive approach into the Ohio High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. “I feel I am the...

Marysville's Cali Leng has reached the finals for 120 pounds with several other local grapplers looking to place at the OHSAA girls state tournament. The second day of the girls’ state tournament saw ...

North Union senior Trace Williams had a tough task at the beginning of action on Saturday in the Ohio High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament. Williams, competing in the Division I...

Both Marysville and Jonathan Alder had a handful of grapplers come up short in the first championship round with some rebounding in the following consolation round. JONATHAN ALDER The Pioneers had two...

History was made Friday night with the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s girls state tournament commencing in front of a stadium crowd. Marysville currently holds second place (23 points) as a t...

The girls bowling teams from Marysville and Jonathan Alder will compete in the Division I state tournament today, beginning at 9 a.m. The Lady Monarchs earned a berth in the state tourney by placing t...

Jonathan Alder state wrestling qualifier Oliver Byerly (left) spars with Marysville state qualifier Colton Powers during a joint practice earlier this week at MHS. The boys Division II tournament for ...

Ohio State women’s hockey coach Nadine Muzerall talks to her team prior to a game. The Marysville resident and her squad will open defense of their 2022 NCAA national title on Saturday. (File photo) -...

Jonathan Alder senior Xavier Pierce visits his coaching corner during a brief break in the action against Tecumseh in a home dual meet. The 126-pound Pioneer claimed the David Taylor Wrestler of the Y...