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The St. John’s boys hoopsters rolled to a 46-15 victory over the visiting New Hope Christian Academy Statesmen. The Jaguars’ stifling defense was basically the star of the show. St. John’s held a 14-5...

Elijah Perkins, (front) a Monarch heavyweight, wraps up with an opponent in this file photo. Perkins placed first in his weight class at the Firebird Classic in Fairmont. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim...

Ohio State’s Kaleb Romero (red) hooks in a single leg on former Marysville Monarch Tyler Bates (blue) during the second period of a collegiate match at 184 pounds. Romero, a Mechanicsburg graduate, is...

Bunsold’s Cam Taylor (172) pins Aaron Rapp of Indian Lake in 2:55 during the championship match of the North Union Invitational. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens) -- North Union competed in the...

Triad sophomore Awsom Mitchell (top) drives into London’s Aidan Cooney (bottom) as the Cardinal goes in for the pin during the third round of the Harry Steele Classic. Mitchell was able to get second ...

North Union’s Jada Davis (3) goes up for two points during a victory over Benjamin Logan. (Photo submitted) -- North Union picked up its fourth win in five games as the Lady Cats defeated Benjamin Log...

A pair of local girls basketball teams at the opposite end of the spectrum played a lopsided contest at Triad. Fairbanks upped its overall record to 5-1 and its Ohio Heritage Conference North Division...

Jonathan Alder’s Peyton Heiss (4) goes up for a basket against London’s Kobi Payne (0) during the second half. The junior notched a total of 33 points with four three-point field goals in the team’s w...

Ryker Bowden of Marysville, right, goes up for a basket against Dublin Jerome on Friday. The Monarchs fell, 53-50. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Empty possessions are a major cause of distr...

Marysville’s Leah Brown drives past an opponent to the basket in this file photo. Brown tallied 16 points during a victory over Dublin Jerome. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Dublin Jerome be...

North Union’s Nolan Draper (1) guards a Graham opponent. The Wildcats fell to the Falcons. (Photo submitted) -- North Union battled its way back from a double-digit deficit but   the Wildcats were not...

Griffin Johnson (22) of Marysville looks to stiff-arm a Grove City opponent while picking up yardage. Johnson has been named to the All-Ohio second team for Division I. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleks...

Fairbanks High School kicker Nate Russell displays his skills during the recent Kicking World national showcase. (Photo submitted) -- Fairbanks High School football kicker Nate Russell recently compet...

Marysville High School swimmers Patrick Filbert, above, and Ruby Halle are shown competing in races against Benjamin Logan. The Monarch athletes won both the boys and girls meets. (Journal-Tribune pho...

North Union’s Austin Cline attempts to turn Springfield Catholic Central’s Bruno Juarez. Cline went on to pin his opponent. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman) -- North Union hosted wrestlers from S...

Triad High School officials have put up the “Help Wanted” sign for a new head football coach. District superintendent Vickie Hoffman confirmed to the Journal-Tribune that Dylan Wears has resigned from...

Former Marysville High School wrestler Tyler Bates battles an opponent for control in this file photo. Bates, who competes with the Kent State University squad, will wrestle against The Ohio State Uni...

Fairbanks junior Rachel Hoover (12) drives in for a layup attempt while Mechanicsburg’s Olivia Skillings (10) makes her presence felt on defense. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Fairbank...

The Lady Cardinals of Triad captured their first basketball victory of the 2022-23 season. The squad (1-5 overall and 1-2 in the Ohio Heritage Conference) defeated Northeastern 41-37. Emma Ferguson po...

An 11-point difference in the second and fourth quarters proved to be the deciding factor in North Union’s 42-31 girls basketball victory at Bellefontaine. Both teams scored 14 points in the first qua...

Jonathan Alder’s Cameron Jewell (2) finds daylight for positive yardage against Tecumseh this past season. Also pictured is fellow junior Andrew Heisler (53). (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff...

Bunsold Middle School wrestler Kaylor Niemi prepares to pin Landon Bounds of Hilliard Heritage. The Bunsold grapplers won the team match by a score of 68-24. The referee is former Marysville wrestler ...

The type of aerial ladder truck Jerome Township officials were considering purchasing, a Sutphen SPH100, is pictured above. Two of the three trustees said Tuesday they are not comfortable purchasing t...

Marysville’s Jason Moore stretches his 6-8 frame to hit a basket against Hilliard Davidson. Moore tallied 24 points during the Monarchs’ 67-51 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)   -- Marys...

Ava Wilkerson goes up for a shot in this file photo. Wilkerson scored 13 points during a victory over Hilliard Davidson. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Ava Krutowskis tallied 14 points and A...

North Union senior Owen Davis picks up yardage with the football during the 2022 season. Davis, a linebacker-running back, has been named the Division V All-Ohio defensive player of the year. (Journal...

NU’s Trey Bossaller goes to the basket against Buckeye Valley. The Wildcats won, 55-36. (Photo submitted) -- The current trend during the basketball season is to not play that many times on back-to-ba...

Fairbanks senior Dylan Wiedmann (11) gets past Mechanicsburg’s Keegan Freeze (left) and Mason Hess (right) for a layup attempt. The FHS forward was credited with one three-pointer in the team’s win. (...

Ken Chaffin drives to the basket in this file photo from the 2006-2007 Marysville Meteors semi-professional basketball season. Chaffin, the Marysville High School principal, played college hoops at Mt...

North Union’s Miles Hall (23) shoots a jumper in this file photo. Hall tallied 23 points during a loss to River Valley. (Photo submitted) -- There was no great wave that swept the gymnasium, but River...