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Jonathan Alder's Henry Shoemaker (21) breaks up a Bloom-Carroll pass near the end zone Friday evening. JA slipped to 2-1 with a 35-0 setback.  (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- When a pair of u...

Triad quarterback Kaleb Deam (3) looks to pick up yardage in this file photo from the 2010 season. Deam became a doctor, like his Cardinal quarterback coach Dr. Joe Linscott, and has joined Linscott’s...

After falling to North Union in week two, Triad’s varsity football team is ready to steer back on course tonight against Cedarville. The matchup marks the first Ohio Heritage Conference game for both ...

The stage is set. The course is primed. And the Panthers are ready to roar. Fairbanks will host its annual home cross-country invitational on Tuesday. New this year will be a fund-raising event dubbed...

North Union’s Chailyn Fishbaugh dives for a dig during the match against Tecumseh. (Photo submitted) -- North Union got off to a fast start during a volleyball match against Tecumseh. The Lady Cats, t...

The second week of the high school football season found North Union returning to a more familiar style of what is part of the Wildcats. “The running game came back,” NU head football coach Nick Hajja...

Jonathan Alder’s varsity volleyball team swept Hillard Darby in three sets. Scores from the match were 25-14, 25-22 and 25-22. The Pioneers improved to 2-2 overall. Emma Ishmael put away six kills, wh...

Grace Gorton (10) of Fairbanks prepares to smash the ball over the net against West Jefferson. Gorton tallied 12 kills during FHS’ three-set triumph. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Mismatch ...

Jonathan Alder’s Ali Hayes (17) digs for the ball during a recent match. Also pictured for the Lady Pioneers is Olivia Crabtree (18). Alder won their first match of the year against Northwestern. (Jou...

Avery Prohaska of Marysville swings on a tee shot during the match against Jonathan Alder. Prohaska was the medalist as MHS won the contest. (Photo submitted) -- Marysville’s girls golf team defeated ...

The Lady Monarch soccer squad clubbed Central Crossing by an 8-0 verdict. Aimee Bowsher, JoJo Eberhart, Cam Lee, Kennedy Shaffer, Leah Brown, Jessica Leeflang and Kasey Duke each tallied a goal for MH...

Marysville senior Grayson Stanford (8) gives a high kick as an incoming Comet tries to disrupt the Monarchs’ possession. Also pictured is Gabe Tangeman (10). For more photos, go to www.marysvillejt.co...

Linnea Oloffson of MHS returns the ball over the net during the third singles match against Olentangy Berlin. MHS dropped the team contest by a 3-2 verdict. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Ol...

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 ...