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Marysville football junior Nick Johnson (54) attempts to open a hole in the defense for older brother Griffin (22). The younger Johnson and the 2023 Monarchs have been working in camp the past two wee...

Josie Bumgarner fires the ball toward the catcher during a recent practice. Bumgarner is one of the hurlers who are working to replace two graduated seniors from the Marysville High School softball pr...

North Union’s Taran Moran (23) attempts a freethrow during a home playoff game against Highland. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Basketball Rules Committee recommended...

Marysville High School’s Brynn Rychlik clears the pole vault bar during the 2021 Division I state track and field meet. Rychlik had a successful season vaulting for the University of Akron women’s tea...

Pictured from left to right are North Union Shooting Club Head Coach Joe Rhea, Nathan McCaul, Levi Baer, Ty Coss, Hunter Barker, Blake Taylor and Assistant Coach Donovan Hitchings get geared up in Mic...

Jonathan Alder’s Anthony Kroninger (right) competes during the OHSAA Division II Wrestling State Tournament. The Pioneer is slated to compete in the 16U division of the U.S. Marine Corps National Cham...

Marysville’s Malia Burkhardt gets her hand raised after getting a win during the inagural OHSAA girls state tournament.   (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)   -- While the high school season i...

Jonathan Alder’s Oliver Byerly (right) tries to tree top St. Paris Graham’s Gunner Gramblett (left) during the Division II 165-pound OHSAA state finals this past season. The Pioneer will continue his ...

Marysville graduate Cali Leng (right) gets her hand raised after claiming victory over Washington’s Lyndyn Gibbs in the 120-pound semifinal during the OHSAA inaugrual girls state tournament.   (Journa...

Jonathan Alder football Head Coach Nate Snedeker (black shirt) talks to the campers on the last day of the program’s Youth Football Camp. The camp had included over 140 campers ranging from second to ...

This is an aerial photo of the Union County Joint Receation District Complex on County Home Road. The National Police Softball Tournament will be held there Saturday and Sunday. (Photo submitted)  -- ...

Marysville graduate Abri Schmutz slaps the ball during a 2023 game. Schmutz will continue her diamond career at the United States Coast Guard Academy. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Sof...

Ohio State’s Kaleb Romero (right) demonstrates a hand-fighting technique on Marysville’s Carson Mize (left) during an afternoon session in the Monarchs’ wrestling room.   (Journal-Tribune photo by Ale...

Fairbanks’   Carly Lehman (25) prepares to go up for a shot during a game in the 2022-23 season. Lehman will play basketball at Ohio Wesleyan University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Carly...

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...