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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...

This is a rendition of what North Union’s football field would look like with turf. (Photo submitted) The Outdoor Facilities Subcommittee of the North Union Local School District is considering replac...

Fairbanks High School student Cadence Eger is pictured on “Ray Ray” during a Western equestrian show. (Photo submitted) What began as a young child’s wish has turned into a college opportunity for Cad...

Jonathan Alder’s Katie Hooley (center) drives to the basket on Monday against Marysville’s Cam Lee (left) and Abbey Williams (right). Also pictured for MHS is Alyssa Strahm (43). The Lady Monarchs bea...

For the first time in school history, Triad will welcome its first athletic Hall of Fame class, thanks to community member submissions. Inside the Hall of Fame are memorabilia of the school’s past, in...

Jonathan Alder’s Will Heisler (26) picks up yardage during the second game at home of the 2021 season against Thornville Sheridan. JA’s Volunteer Field will host Friday evening’s Division IV state sem...

Colton Powers (32) of MHS stretches for yardage against Springfield on Friday. The Monarchs fell in the Division I-Region 2 championship game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) One of the bes...

Fairbanks junior Elaina Lahmers (30) grapples with Pleasant’s Whitney Waddell (10) as both fight for possession of the ball. Also pictured is Fairbanks’ Ellie Carter (24) and Pleasant’s Kayla Columber...

Triad opened its 2021-22 girls basketball season on a sour note on Friday. The Lady Cardinals fell to the visiting Elgin Lady Comets, 55-14. “I was very pleased with my team’s hustle, effort and grit,...

Above, members of the Marysville football team pose with the Regional runner-up trophy after Friday’s 27-0 loss to Springfield. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Gabe Powers tries to make sli...

Marysville’s Griffin Johnson (22) follows Colton Powers (32) on a run upfield against Toledo Whitmer. MHS and Springfield, two teams with state playoff history, will battle for the Division I-Region 2...

North Union alum Nick Reeder competes as a member of the Kent State Tuscarawas men’s golf team in the fall portion of the 2021 season. The Golden Eagles will compete again in the spring. (Photo submit...

The ball is on the ground as Marysville’s Cam Jones (4) pounces toward a Toledo Whitmer player. Also pictured for MHS is Braden Deere (20). The Monarchs will play Springfield Friday evening for the Di...

Sports editor Tim Miller, managing editor Chad Williamson and sports writer Aleksei Pavloff posted winning records during last week’s Pigskin Pickers. All three went 4-3 for the week. Publisher Kevin ...

Jonathan Alder pitcher Marlee Jacobs prepares to release the ball toward the plate. Jacobs, who will play her senior season at JA in the spring, has signed to pitch at Ohio Dominican. (Journal-Tribune...

Marysville’s Jeremiah McNeil (3) lunges for a Toledo Whitmer ball carrier. The Monarchs will travel to Hilliard Darby to face Springfield on Friday in the Division I-Region 2 championship game. (Journ...

A sendoff is planned for the Marysville High School football team prior to Friday’s regional championship game at Hilliard Darby High School. The No. 1-seeded Monarchs will tangle with No. 2 Springfie...

Members of Marysville High School’s defense sandwich Jaylen Young (21) of Toledo Whitmer during last Friday’s Division I regional semifinal game. Pictured for MHS are Andrew Bentz (60), Colton Powers ...