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This baseball team of future Marysville High School Monarchs won the fall ball 13U championship that was recently held at Lou Berliner Park in Columbus. The team posted an 8-0 record during the tourne...

North Union’s Abbey Price goes after the ball during a soccer match against Marion Harding. (Photo submitted) -- North Union suffered a 5-4 girls soccer loss at Marion Harding. The Lady Cats held a 4-...

Griffin Johnson (22) of Marysville bats away a Grove City pass. The Monarchs hope to bounce back from a loss to the Greyhounds when they travel to Hilliard Darby on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by A...

North Union’s girls and boys cross-country teams competed during the Central Ohio Cross-Country Invitational. The Lady Cats placed 17th with a team score of 429. The boys tallied 606 points for 20th p...

The Jonathan Alder freshman volleyball team competed in the eight-team Bellefontaine Invitational. The Lady Pioneers (11-0) won three matches to capture the championship. JA got things started by beat...

Fairbanks’ AJ Landon (2) puts down a Madison Plains ball carrier on the Golden Eagles’ field Saturday evening. Also pictured for FHS is Raffi Stauffer (22). The Panthers   won the game, 42-6. More pho...

Caitlin Rigel (6) of MHS attempts to send the ball past North Union’s Riley Heminger (5) and an unidentified Lady Cats. Marysville won the match on Saturday in five sets. (Photo submitted) -- Marysvil...

A Madison Plains defender can't bring down Fairbanks' Noah Rhea on this touchdown run. Rhea helped the Panthers to a 42-6 triumph.  (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- The Fairbanks football...

Logan Harper (2) of Triad catches a touchdown pass Friday against Greenon. The Cardinals won their homecoming game, 26-7.  (Photo submitted) -- Triad’s varsity football team earned its second win of t...

North Union's Nolan Draper (11) attempts to bring down Jonathan Alder running back Cam Jewell (2) Friday night. Also pictured for the Wildcats is Trey Bossaller (14). The Pioneers beat NU, 31-28, on a...

Marysville's Colton Powers, left, stretches for additional yardage, while Griffin Johnson (22) supplies a block. The Monarchs fell to Grove City, 48-35.  (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- ...

Fairbanks quarterback AJ Landon (left) picks up yardage after a block by Cohen Riley (9). The Panthers will play at Madison Plains Saturday evening. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) --- You can’t...

Andrew Rabe of Marysville follows through on a swing during an OCC tournament at Darby Creek. The Monarchs placed second as a team. (Photo submitted) --- The best tournament of the season to date and ...

The Lady Monarch tennis team scored a 3-1 verdict over Reynoldsburg. Match results were as follows: Singles -Kaitlin McCasland (M) downed Fishatsion 6-0, 6-2; -Blair Fairchild (M) topped Smith 6-0, 6-...

A Worthington McCord defender jumps in and intercepts a pass intended for Marysville receiver Jack Williams (6). The Monarch seventh-grade squad fell to McCord 44-8. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Be...

After falling to a state-ranked opponent last week, Triad’s varsity football team is gearing up for another conference matchup in Greenon. Triad, a member of the Ohio Heritage Conference (OHC), will b...

Jonathan Alder’s varsity football team is slated to compete against North Union tonight. North Union boasts a 4-0 overall record going into the contest against the visiting Pioneers (3-1). Last season...

North Union’s volleyball squad fell at Benjamin Logan in three sets (18-25, 12-25, 11-25). The Lady Cats slipped to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the Central Buckeye Conference. Final statistics were as foll...

Jonathan Alder junior Emma Ishmael (21) is met by a couple of Lady Pacers at the top of the net. Also pictured for JA is Lily Trbovich (20). (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) ___ Jonathan Ald...

Ali Hayes (17) blasts the ball toward London blockers during a Central Buckeye Conference match. Hayes finished with 14 kills as the Lady Pioneers won the contest in three sets. (Journal-Tribune photo...

Marysville’s Rylee Dundon (7) leaps for a powerful delivery toward Thomas Worthington’s side of the court. Also pictured is Aaliyah West (14) and Caitlin Rigel (6). (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei P...

MHS’ Leah Brown (21) controls the ball in this file photo. Brown tallied a pair of goals during a 5-1 victory over Hilliard Darby. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Marysville’s girls soccer te...

Marysville’s girls golfers placed fifth (out of six teams) during the final Ohio Capital Conference match of the season. The Lady Monarchs shot a 361 during the event that was held at New Albany Links...

Grace Gorton tallied 10 kills and Sophie Little added nine as Fairbanks’ volleyball team swept Greenon 25-12, 25-7, 25-6. As a team, the Lady Panthers (9-1 overall and 7-0 in the Ohio Heritage Confere...

North Union’s Nolan Draper (11) picks up yardage during this season’s win over Marion Pleasant. The Wildcats (4-0) will host Jonathan Alder (3-1) on Friday. NU is ranked third in Region 18 of Division...

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has released its initial football computer ratings for the 2022 season. The computer ratings are used to determine which teams will compete in the state playo...

Three Pigskin Pickers had solid weeks and two others went down the drain during the past week of football games. Managing editor Chad Williamson was 9-2, pulling himself into a season tie with reporte...

Monarch defensive back Terry Toops (2) breaks up a Hilliard Bradley pass. The Monarchs will face a passing team in Grove City on the road Friday. For more photos, go to www.marysvillejt.com. (Journal-...

The Journal-Tribune has named its high school football players of the week. They are Nascere Smith of Marysville, Ryker Green from Fairbanks, Owen Davis of North Union, Cam Smith of Jonathan Alder and...

Sophie Little (31) of Fairbanks goes up for a kill against Columbus Bishop Ready. Little tallied 19 kills during FHS’ four-set triumph. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)  -- A competitive match be...