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Jonathan Alder sophomore Grant Horne (12) delivers a hit to a Buckeye Valley ballcarrier during the team’s week two matchup against the Barons. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- After over...

The Pigskin Pickers remain in a deadlock. Each of the Pickers – managing editor Chad Williamson, sports editor Tim Miller, publisher Kevin Behrens, reporter Mac Cordell and sports reporter Aleksei Pav...

MHS’ Griffin Johnson (22) carries the ball during last week’s game against Lancaster. The Monarchs will travel to Reynoldsburg on Friday for the third game of the regular season. (Journal-Tribune phot...

The Journal-Tribune has named its high school football players of the week after the second game of the 2022 regular season. Colton Powers, a senior running back-linebacker,has earned the honor for Ma...

Panther quarterback A.J. Landon (2) looks to hand off to a running back during the game against Indian Lake. The Panthers will look to up their record to 3-0 when they play at Southeastern on Friday. ...

North Union senior Hannah Carney (30) clears the ball out of the Lady Cats’ territory during the first half of play against St. Paris Graham. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- North Union’...

Marysville’s girls golf team placed fifth during an Ohio Capital Conference Central Division match. New Albany won the event with a team score of 322. Dublin Coffman was the runner-up with a 337, foll...

The Lady Monarch tennis squad dropped a 3-2 verdict to Worthington Christian. Match results were as follows: Singles -M. Mayotte (W) defeated Linnea Olofsson (M) 6-0, 6-1; -Stone (W) downed Nicole Duf...

North Union’s Sienna Ballinger (9), a junior, sends the ball over the net against Fredericktown. The Lady Cats beat the Freddies for their first victory of the 2022 campaign. (Photo submitted) -- A ne...

In the photo above, Jonathan Alder’s Paige Jestadt (10) prepares to serve the ball. In the photo below, Marysville’s Ella Morris (8) sends the ball over the net. The Lady Pioneers and Lady Monarchs dr...

Members of the Marysville Rhinos rugby team are pictured playing the squad from Dayton. The contest was held at the Union County Joint Recreation Complex. Dayton defeated the Rhinos, 33-11. (Journal-T...

Eli Feller tallied five goals for   Fairbanks’ boys soccer team. Samer Abdeljaber added the other as the Panthers clubbed Springfield Catholic Central, 6-0. Vincent Jimenez, Noah Thorley, Drew Rausch ...

Lyla Channel (left) and Katherine Heap (right) compete for the Lady Monarchs during Saturday’s Pickerington North Classic. (Photo submitted) -- The Lady Monarch cross-country team raced past the oppos...

The Jonathan Alder cross-country team dominated Buckeye Valley’s Baron Blast on Saturday, winning both the boys and girls meets. The Pioneers, who scored 44 points, had six runners in the top 14 of th...

Rachael Hoover of Fairbanks (left) and Shalyn Smiles of Triad are pictured competing against each other in this file photo. Both girls were runners-up in their respective races on Saturday. (Journal-T...

Marysville’s girls tennis team earned a pair of recent victories. The Lady Monarchs downed Lancaster 4-1 and edged Upper Arlington B by a 3-2 count. Results from the Lancaster contest were as follows:...

Fairbanks’ freshman Mara Vicari (26) tries to get ball control in the midst of a heavy Catholic Central defense. She also claimed the team’s first goal of the morning Saturday. (Journal-Tribune photo ...

The Bunsold eighth-grade football team improved to 1-0-1 with a recent 36-0 verdict over Hilliard Weaver. The Monarchs tallied 294 yards of offense and held Weaver to just 24 yards. Leading the Monarc...

North Union's Owen Davis (center) is surrounded by several Triad players during a run on Friday in non-league action at Triad. Trying to bring down Davis are, from left, Ty Thomas, Jackson Cordell, Re...

Jonathan Alder senior Henry Shoemaker (21) makes the defensive play of the game after punching the ball out from Buckeye Valley's possession. That led to a 100-yard house call by Grant Horne (not pict...

Marysville's Colton Powers (36) runs through a gaping hole in the Lancaster defense Friday evening. Luke Montgomery (14) provides a block. Powers rushed for 95 yards during the Monarchs' 17-0 triumph....

Fairbanks running back Nick Rhea (34) gets past Indian Lake defenders Friday evening. Rhea rushed for more than 100 yards during the Panthers' 28-7 victory.  (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- M...

Triad’s varsity volleyball team is pictured from left, front row, coach Dorothy Rees, Sara Pratt, Jenna Jones, Kaley Nott, Tristah Truitt, Kaydee Roberts, Kaitlyn Gregg and coach Mackenzie Swary; back...

Pictured from left, front row, is the Triad girls golf team, Alyssa Conley and Ashtyn Millice; second row, Mallory Hayes, Chloe Honchell, coach John Millice, Alli Gregg and Megan McMannaway. (Journal-...

Members of Triad’s cross-country team are from left, coach Niki Smiles, Jacob Jaser, Charlie Aarrington, Wyatt Robinson, Shalyn Smiles and coach Amanda Robison. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavlo...

Warren Robinson (24), a running back for the Bunsold Middle School seventh-grade football team looks to get around a Hilliard Weaver defender. Robinson scored three touchdowns during the Monarchs’ 30-...

Jonathan Alder senior midfielder Carson Skidmore (37) leaps over a River Valley Viking to gain possession during the second half. For more photos, go to www.marysvillejt.com. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

Fairbanks will open the home portion of its 2022 football season by hosting Indian Lake this evening. The Panthers will take a 1-0 record into the battle, while the Lakers are 0-1. “We’re going to see...

North Union’s boys golf team dropped a 183-184 verdict to Urbana. Miles Hall led the Wildcats with a 44, followed by Tayden Peck-46, Wyatt Davis-47 and Austyn Wilson-47.

Jonathan Alder’s varsity volleyball team is pictured from left, front row, Sidney Troesch, Meredith Stroupe, Lily Trbovich, Julia White, Paige Jestadt and Kenzie Smith; second row, Addison Schumacher,...