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Triad’s girls basketball team slipped to 0-6 overall and 0-3 in the Ohio Heritage Conference on Wednesday. The Lady Cardinals dropped a 33-23 verdict at Northeastern. Mia LeMay led Triad (which will t...

North Union linebacker Gavin Miller (8), below, pursues a ball carrier. Wildcat running back Owen Davis (1), above, picks up yardage during a 2021 game. Miller has been named to the Division V All-Ohi...

Jonathan Alder’s Danielle Robbins slides safely into second base. Robbins will continue her softball career at Ashland University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Jonathan Alder High School seni...

North Union’s 138-pounder Gabe Hansen (bottom) puts a fireman’s carry on Delaware Christian’s Luke Couch Tuesday evening. Pictured in the background is former NU head coach Don Wasserbeck, who is help...

Fairbanks boys basketball coach Zach Brown shouts instructions to his team. The Panthers won their first game of the season with Tuesday’s overtime triumph at Urbana. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mil...

North Union’s bowlers dropped matches to Indian Lake on Tuesday. The boys fell by a 2219-1628 count. Nathan Arnold led the Wildcats with a 313 series. Indian Lake claimed top honors during the girls m...

Fairbanks linebacker Riordin Stauffer (24) zeros in on a ball carrier during the 2021 season. Stauffer was named to the All-Ohio first team for Division VI. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The O...

The first five games of the 2021-22 season have gone extremely well for Fairbanks’ girls basketball team. The Division III Lady Panthers upped their record to 5-0 on Monday with a 55-41 triumph over D...

Retired Fairbanks High School athletic director Steve Conley, second from right, was recently inducted into the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Hall of Fame. The ceremony, which was postp...

Marysville senior Josh Melms (right) goes up against Watkins Memorial’s Landon Hines., Melms eventully won the match with a pin during the Bob Williams Classic at MHS. (Journal-Tribune photo by Alekse...

Awsom Mitchell of Triad lifts an opponent off the mat during Saturday’s Northeastern duals tournament. Mitchell claimed championship honors in the 165-pound weight class. The Cardinals placed second i...

Fairbanks’ Elaina Lahmers goes up for a basket in this file photo. Lahmers helped lead FHS to Saturday’s win over West Jefferson. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks p...

North Union dominated the first and third quarters, but needed to hold off Benjamin Logan late in the game to earn a 38-37 victory Central Buckeye Conference victory at Benjamin Logan. The Lady Cats o...

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’...