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St. John’s boys basketball team closed out its regular season with a 32-25 win over Tree of Life. The Jaguars recognized their four eighth-grade athletes, Connor Boyd, Cooper Phelps, Reid Phelps and M...

Marysville’s Gage Riley (right) takes Olentangy Berlin’s Grant Gibson (left) for an air ride during the first period of action. The 113-pound Monarch collected six points for the team after pinning Gr...

Lady Monarch senior Cali Leng, left, prepares to turn Big Walnut’s Abi Stewart on Thursday. Leng earned her 100th career triumph with a pin. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- A personal milesto...

Fairbanks’ girls and boys bowling teams won recent matches against London. The Lady Panthers are now 10-6 overall with their 1768-1482 verdict. Emma Milleson led FHS with a 325 series. She was followe...

The Marysville High School Athletic Department has announced that upon the recommendation of Marysville Exempted Village School District superintendent Diane Allen and pending board approval, Jordan T...

Jonathan Alder’s Avery Murdock (12) sifts her way through Mechanicsburg’s defense. The Lady Pioneer scored one field goal in the team’s loss to the Lady Indians. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavl...

Allison Price of North Union (32) goes up for a shot at Olentangy. The Lady Cats won the game in the final seconds. (Photo submitted) -- The clock was winding down to zero in regulation and North Unio...

Emma Milleson rolled games of 151 and 185 to lead the Fairbanks girls bowling team to a 1608-1324 victory over Greeneview. Those games added up to a match-leading 336 series. Lily Vollrath came close ...

Triad’s girls basketball regular season came to a difficult end when the Lady Cardinals lost to Urbana, 57-26. Kaley Nott finished with eight points and five rebounds for Triad. Mia LeMay notched eigh...

Addy Tweed (23) of Marysville goes up for a layup. The Lady Monarchs (19-2) are ranked seventh in this week’s Division I state poll by the Associated Press. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- A ...

The North Union girls bowling team set a school record with a final count of 2226, but it was not enough as Graham finished with a score of 2319 in Central Buckeye Conference action. Montana Donohue p...

North Union’s boys hoopsters battled until the end, but finished on the short end. NU was edged at Centerburg, 49-48. The Wildcats had a chance for victory in the final possessions, but could not scor...

Jonathan Alder is the area’s highest rated seed for the Central District boys basketball tournament. The Pioneers (12-8) were ranked eighth in Division II in voting done by the coaches over the weeken...

Jason Moore (22) of MHS is fouled while going up for a basket against Olentangy Liberty. Moore tallied 34 points during the Monarchs’ 58-52 setback. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- When a bas...

Jonathan Alder’s Peyton Heiss (4) drives into the lane against Tecumseh   defenders during the first half of action. The junior Pioneer recorded 31 points during the game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Al...

Lady Monarch Leah Brown (13) swishes a three-pointer against Olentangy Liberty. MHS fell in overtime by one point during a battle between state-ranked teams. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- A...

Fairbanks’ girls bowling team is 8-6 overall after a 1620-1613 non-conference victory over Elgin. Lily Vollrath rolled games of 144 and 163 for a team-leading 307 series. She was followed by Madeline ...

North Union and Jonathan Alder competed over the weekend in the Central Buckeye Conference wrestling championships at North Union. Graham was the tournament champion with 222 points.   The Pioneers fi...

Marysville’s Steven Garcia has his hand raised after defeating Westerville North’s Collin Gamble with a pin in the second period. The 215-pounder also defeated Dublin Coffman’s Ezra Kerns with a pin i...

North Union broke open a close game in the second half and defeated Northwestern 68-28 on Friday in Central Buckeye Conference action at Northwestern. The Wildcats (4-5 CBC, 9-10 overall) led 21-16 at...

Abbey Overfield (25) of Triad shoots over Fairbanks’ Carly Lehman during a recent game. Overfield tallied a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds during the Lady Cardinals’ lost to Southeastern...

Marysville senior Ava Wilkerson cuts down the net as Lady Monarch head coach Klarke Ransome watches. The Lady Monarchs secured their third consecutive Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division title b...

The Marysville High School boys and girls swimming teams placed fifth during the recent Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division meet. Dublin Jerome won the boys meet with 305 points, followed by Tho...

The North Union Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team qualified for the championship round of the Central Buckeye Conference tournament. The Lady Cats (18-0) defeated Bellefontaine 21-16 a...

After taking time away from coaching to help raise his children, a familiar face is coming back to North Lewisburg to head the Triad High School football program.   On Feb. 16, Triad Local Schools pla...

Marysville High School senior Griffin Johnson signs to continue his academic/athletic careers at Columbia University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- The announcement was made a while ago tha...

The Marysville High School Athletic Hall of Fame added four new members during ceremonies Saturday evening. The new inductees are from left, Jodie Hyland Agan, Cal Adams, Tony Blumenschein and Wes Hec...

Jonathan Alder sophomore A.J. Delong (right) whizzers an opposing Indian out of bounds during the team’s first dual match of the evening at Mechanicsburg.   (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) ...

North Union’s Audrey Benedict eyes a shot in this file photo. Benedict scored in double figures as the Lady Cats wrapped up their Central Buckeye Conference schedule with a perfect record. (Photo subm...

Jonathan Alder’s Ashley Bentley prepares to shoot a free throw at London. The Lady Pioneers dropped a 61-56 verdict. (Journal-Tribune photo by Eva Paspallis Case) -- The Lady Pioneers of Jonathan Alde...