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Owen Davis of North Union takes the ball up against opposition from Mt. Gilead. The Wildcats breezed to a victory during their first-round Division III post-season contest. (Photo submitted) If there ...

Jonathan Alder’s Joey Walker goes up for a basket in this file photo. Walker scored 10 points during the Pioneers’ tourney win over Columbus Centennial. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) It was th...

Dayne Johnson of Marysville eyes the basket while Big Walnut’s Rickey Bessinger (15) applies defensive pressure. The Monarchs dropped a 49-45 verdict during their Division I tournament opener on the E...

Mary Ferrito of Jonathan Alder goes up for a shot during a game against London. Ferrito has been named the top girls hoopster in the CBC’s Kenton Trail Division. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ...

After the conclusion of the regular season for wrestling, two Triad grapplers along with one Fairbanks Panther were honored with All-Conference awards for the Ohio Heritage Conference. Wrestling for T...

Dayne Johnson of Marysville eyes the basket while Big Walnut’s Rickey Bessinger (15) applies defensive pressure. The Monarchs dropped a 49-45 verdict during their Division I tournament opener on the E...

Mary Ferrito of Jonathan Alder goes up for a shot during a game against London. Ferrito has been named   the top girls hoopster in the CBC’s Kenton Trail Division. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller...

After the conclusion of the regular season for wrestling, two Triad grapplers along with one Fairbanks Panther were honored with All-Conference awards for the Ohio Heritage Conference. Wrestling for T...

Katie Hooley of Jonathan Alder watches the ball go out of bounds during the Division II district semifinal game against Bexley. The Lady Pioneers won the contest that was played at Dublin Jerome. (Jou...

The North Union girls bowling team was able to reach the district level of the Central District Division II tournament. The Lady Cats finished 11th overall in the sectional tournament at HP Lanes in C...

Grant Rausch of Fairbanks cuts down part of the net after the Panthers recently won the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division title for the second consecutive season. FHS will open Division III tour...

Marysville’s Leah Brown (center) splits Hilliard Bradley defenders as she goes up for a shot. Brown tallied a team-high 15 points during MHS’ tournament victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ...

Elaina Lahmers of Fairbanks goes up for a shot against Johnstown. Lahmers tallied 20 points during the Lady Panthers’ tournament setback. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Fairbanks’ girls basketb...

Marysville junior Cali Leng hits a single leg shot on Lutheran West’s Catie Kerr in the quarterfinal round of the OHSWCA Girls State Tournament. Leng eventually took second place at 120 pounds. (Journ...

Marysville’s R.J. Thornton is fouled while going up for a shot against Olentangy. The Monarchs wrapped up the regular season with a 45-35 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The strides the...

JA senior Mary Ferrito (4) takes a big step before laying in a score against Whitehall. Ferrito went off by scoring 35 points for the Lady Pioneers in their win over the Lady Rams. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Cameron Thomas (22) of Triad goes up for a shot against West Liberty-Salem. The Cardinals closed out the regular season with a loss. (Photo submitted) Triad’s boys basketball team wrapped up its regul...

The boys from St John’s Lutheran School continued their basketball season another week by clobbering Immanual Lutheran (Hamilton, OH) 56-13 to advance in the All-Ohio Lutheran Tournament. Connor Boyd ...

NU’s Abbey Price goes up for a basket. The Lady Cats’ season ended with a tournament loss to Pleasant. (Photo submitted) From beginning to end, the North Union girls basketball team struggled to find ...

Jonathan Alder swimmer Eli Stoll won two district championship races. (Photo submitted) Eli Stoll of Jonathan Alder swam his way to a pair of Division II district swimming championships at The Ohio St...

The weather-delayed Fairbanks High School Winter Homecoming ceremony was held before the Panthers’ varsity basketball victory over West Jefferson. Grant Rausch, a member of the FHS varsity hoops squad...

Tanner Ufferman of Fairbanks scores despite West Jefferson defensive pressure. The Panthers won, 48-32, to repeat as Ohio Heritage Conference North Division champions. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

North Union’s Zach Vernon goes up for a basket during a victory over Northmor. (Photo submitted) When everything played its way out, North Union was able to look back on a very busy end-of-the-regular...

Lady Monarch Alyssa Strahm, left, battles for possession of the ball during a tournament game against Worthington Kilbourne. MHS will host Hilliard Bradley today, 6 p.m., during the second round of th...

JA senior Joey Walker (left) levitates with the Cardinals’ Chase Walker (right) at the tip-off of the game. Walker notched three points in the team’s loss to St. Charles. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ale...

The fifth-sixth grade boys basketball team from St John’s Lutheran School captured the Wellington Youth Basketball league tournament. The Jaguars beat Tree of Life 29-26 for the title. The second-seed...

North Union sophomore Zoe Wedding sifts through two Lady Viking defenders eventually finding an open teammate. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- A nearly two-week period between the end of...

The Marysville High School indoor relay team of from left, James Heap, Jack Flanagan, Brian Boston and Griffin Rigel has set a new school mark in the 4x800 event. (Photo submitted) -- MHS’ Shannon Cor...

Carly Lehman of Fairbanks goes up for a shot in this file photo. The Lady Panthers closed out the regular season with a victory at Centerburg. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Fairbanks’ girls...

Jonathan Alder wrestler Owen Crabtree has his arm raised in victory after a 2021-22 match. Crabtree was one of several area athletes to earn Central Buckeye Conference honors. (Journal-Tribune photo b...