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Marysville’s girls swimming team won its home opener on Friday. The Lady Monarchs finished with 88 points, while Lancaster scored 49 and Fairbanks finished with 27. Lancaster won the boys meet with 81...

Kade Focht (11) of Marysville twists his way toward a shot attempt against Hilliard Darby on Friday. The Monarchs won, 62-56, in double overtime. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The look on Mark...

The hold-your-breath start to North Union’s 2021-22 boys basketball season continues. Following two games in which a last-second free throw decided who won or lost, nearly the same finish happened Fri...

Jonathan Alder’s Grant Welsch finds some space in the London defense for a third-quarter shot on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) An early lead turned into a decisive win for the Jon...

Marysville girls basketball coach Klarke Ransome summed it up best. “Good teams find ways to win games.” The Lady Monarch boss was referring to his own team after Friday’s 35-32 victory at Hilliard Da...

Macy Miller (5) of Fairbanks has the ball deflected while going to the basket earlier this week against Northeastern. The Lady Panthers won the game under the second-half running clock rule. (Journal-...

Triad’s varsity and JV girls basketball teams were swept by West Liberty-Salem on Thursday. The varsity fell, 62-12, while the reserves dropped a 57-14 verdict. Cami Allison led the varsity with five ...

Jonathan Alder’s boys bowling team defeated North Union, 2659-1544 on Thursday. The Lady Pioneers claimed victory over NU’s girls by a 2507-1608 count. Levi Honigford led the Alder boys. He rolled gam...

Carly Lehman of Fairbanks looks to shoot along the baseline during Wednesday’s game over Northeastern. Lehman scored 11 points and was one of four Lady Panthers in double figures during a 68-11 victor...

Jonathan Alder’s Mary Ferrito (4) drives to the basket against North Union on Wednesday. Pictured for the Lady Cats are Zoe Wedding (12) and Jada Davis (far right). JA won, 51-36. (Journal-Tribune pho...

Jonathan Alder’s boys bowling team scored a 2226-1862 decision over Indian Lake on Wednesday. Drew Damron and Jaiden Henderson rolled respective series of 391 and 347 for the Pioneers. The Lady Pionee...

Reese Cordonnier (top photo) and Gabe Filbert (bottom) are pictured in file photos from a previous swim meet. The Lady Monarchs edged Worthington Kilbourne, while the boys fell to the Wolves to begin ...

There is a new Pigskin Pickers leader in the clubhouse going into the college football bowl season. Reporter Mac Cordell won six of last week’s eight games and has now taken the overall lead. Cordell ...

North Union’s middle school boys hoopsters split games with Bellefontaine on Wednesday. Nickolas Hajjar tallied 20 points during the seventh grade’s 35-24 victory. The eighth-grade squad dropped a 37-...

North Union’s Owen Davis (13) drives toward the basket against Marysville’s Ryker Bowden on Tuesday. The Wildcats edged MHS, 42-41. (Photo submitted) Just two games into the season, the North Union bo...

Peyton Heiss (4) of Jonathan Alder shoots over Fairbanks’ Tanner Ufferman on Tuesday. Heiss tallied 15 points during JA’s 40-12 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Jonathan Alder’s boys bas...

North Union’s bowling teams fell to Northwestern on Tuesday. The boys varsity dropped a 2437-1530 verdict. Nathan Arnold rolled a 249 series for the Wildcats. Lily Leavitt tallied a 263 series for NU’...

Marysville’s Jack Golla has control of his opponent during a 2020-21 match. The Monarchs will host the Bob Williams Classic on Saturday to open the 2021-22 regular season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ti...

North Union’s middle school boys basketball teams fell to Jonathan Alder on Monday. The seventh-grade dropped a 31-27 decision. The eighth-grade lost 36-19. No other details were available. The Wildca...

North Union’s Audrey Benedict guards Lauren Leslie of Ridgedale during Saturday’s non-league girls basketball game at Ridgedale. The Lady Cats pulled away in the fourth quarter to earn a 47-25 victory...

Triad’s Ayden Spriggs (30) goes up for a shot. Spriggs scored 18 points during the Cardinals victory over Ridgedale. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) In clubbing Ridgedale 74-44 over the weekend,...

Former North Union volleyball player Journey Blevins goes for a block in the top photo. Blevins, who plays collegiately at the University of Findlay, was recently named the freshman of the year in the...

Max Parish (3) of North Union rises above River Valley’s Blake Mosher during Wednesday’s boys basketball game at North Union. The Wildcats’ Zach Vernon (2)moves in from the right. River Valley won the...

Triad’s girls varsity basketball squad lost a 58-23 verdict to Shawnee earlier this week. The setback dropped the Lady Cardinals’ record to 0-2. Shawnee jumped out to an 18-6 advantage by the end of t...

Josh Melms of Marysville lifts an opponent in this file photo. Melms was one of several local high school grapplers who competed in the recent All-Star meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Seve...

It was a struggle at times for the North Union girls basketball team in its season opener on Tuesday at home against Fredericktown. The Lady Cats, however, found their way through the hard times and c...

Jonathan Alder High School senior Katie Hooley recently signed to continue her soccer career at Huntington University. Pictured from the left in the front row are father Bruce, Hooley, mother Sheri an...

Macy Miller (5) of FHS drives to the basket in this file photo. Miller scored 23 points during the Lady Panthers’ win over Buckeye Valley on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) The Lad...

The Pigskin Pickers race has really tightened after the results from last week’s games. Sports editor Tim Miller was the lone Picker with a mark of above .500. Miller chose four of the six games corre...

Gabe Powers (36) of MHS picks up yardage against Springfield. The Monarchs finished the 2021 season as regional runners-up. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) The Marysville High School footba...