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MHS’ Colton Powers (32) runs for big yardage on Friday against Toledo Whitmer. Powers rushed for more than 200 yards during Marysville’s 49-14 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Total...

Above, Marysville’s Gabe Powers (36) shakes defenders Friday night. Teammates Colton Powers (32) and Gavin Rohrs (right) are also shown. Above, Monarch Cameron Jones (4) hauls in an interception near ...

Monarch senior Mason Reed (26) prepares to tackle Perrysburg quarterback TJ Takats during last Friday’s Division I playoff game. The Monarchs will face Toledo Whitmer tonight, 7 p.m., in the Region 2 ...

Lady Monarch keeper Brielle Young kicks the ball away from the net in this 2021 file photo. Young, an MHS senior, has signed to continue her career at the University of Toledo. (Journal-Tribune photo ...

Former North Union spiker Journey Blevins sends the ball over the net in this file photo. The University of Findlay athlete is in line for her collegiate conference freshman of the year honor. (Journa...

Griffin Johnson (22) of Marysville carries the ball past a Perrysburg tackler. The Monarchs will tangle with Toledo Whitmer on Friday during the Division 1-Region 2 semifinals. The game will be played...

Publisher Kevin Behrens picked all five games right last week. As they say, cream does rise to the top so his 5-0 record has elevated him back into first place of the Pigskin Pickers with a 76-29 reco...

The Lady Pioneers’ Evie McDaniel (422) tries to surpass Fairfield Union’s Brenna Reed (429) during the OHSAA Division II cross-country championships. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) The Jon...

Warren Robinson (24) sifts through the defense with Griffin Beery (26) and Tucker Heminger (22) following behind. The Marysville sixth-grade football team completed its 2021 season ending with a perfe...

Marysville’s Matt Krutowskis (42) picks up yardage during last week’s playoff game against Perrysburg. MHS will play Toledo Whitmer in the Division 1-Region 2 semifinals on Friday at Lima Senior High ...

Elaina Lahmers (5) of Fairbanks sends the ball past West Liberty-Salem opponents during the 2021 season. The Lady Panthers finished as Division III regional runners-up. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim M...

Members of the Fairbanks girls soccer team display their Division III regional runner-up trophy. They from left, front row, Gracie Pyers, Anna Poling, Avery Groves, Brynne Stanley, Kate Ruff and Lilia...

Former MHS grappler Jacob Marsh, left, is shown competing against a Turkish athlete in the World Championships. (Photo submitted) -- “Not many kids from Marysville get an experience like this, but it ...

Owen Davis of North Union evades a tackler in this file photo. Davis is the Central District’s Division V offensive player of the year. (Journal-Tribune file photo) -- North Union running back Owen Da...

Monarch linebacker Gabe Powers knocks down a pass during a 2021 game. Powers has been named the Division I Defensive Player of the Year in the Central District. It is the second consecutive year he ha...

Fairbanks runner Rachael Hoover, left, and coach Mike Van Winkle watch the leaderboard after the Division III state cross-country meet. Hoover placed 55th in the girls’ race. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

Allen East defenders close in on Fairbanks’ Riordin Stauffer (24) Saturday evening. The Panthers dropped a 28-7 verdict during the Division VI playoff game on the Mustangs’ field. More photos may be f...

Erryl Will of MHS scoops up a Perrysburg fumble Friday evening. Will returned the recovery for a touchdown as the Monarchs won the Division I playoff game, 42-6. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad William...

Fairbanks High School runner Rachael Hoover is pictured at the start of a 2021 race in this file photo. Hoover is competing today in the Division III girls state cross-country meet. (Journal-Tribune p...

Marysville’s Griffin Johnson is saluted by members of the home crowd after ripping off a 79-yard scoring run on the third play from scrimmage Friday night. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) R...

Ryker Green (7) of Fairbanks picks up yardage during last week’s game against Paint Valley. The Panthers will travel to Allen East for a Division VI regional quarterfinal contest on Saturday. (Journal...

Fairbanks’ Ava Orders (14) moves the ball past a Lynchburg Clay opponent. FHS will play for a Division III regional title on Saturday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) The Fairbanks High Sch...

In the photos from the left, Marysville’s Gabe Powers (36) gains yardage on this play; Erryl Will (40) and Colton Powers (32) team for a tackle; and Ben Bickerstaff (64) goes in for a stop. All four M...

Bryn Hothem, left, and Bailey Gross of MHS practice for the state cross-country meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville High School will be represented by two runners during Saturday’s ...

Marysville’s Erryl Will (40) and Gabe Powers (36) bury a Delaware Hayes ball carrier during last week’s Division I playoff contest. The Monarchs will host Perrysburg on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo ...

The Fairbanks Lady Panthers are slated to face the Eastern Lady Warriors of Winchester at Teays Valley High School, located in Ashville, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The match will be for the Divis...

It was not a sparkling week for your friendly, neighborhood Pigskin Pickers. Sports reporter Aleksei Pavloff (the new kid on the block) finished with a 4-6 record. Before anybody starts making fun of ...

Fairbanks’ Lilly Dean (3) tries to break free of a Lady Mustang offender. Dean claimed the team’s only goal of the night in the 1-0 win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) The Fairbanks Lady P...

Former Marysville High School wrestler Jake Marsh (bottom-left) competes during a meet on the MHS match in this file photo. Marsh has been selected to compete in this weekend’s World tournament in Ser...

Liza Streit (top photo) and Evie McDaniel (below) of Jonathan Alder run through the mud during a meet from earlier this season. They will help lead the Lady Pioneers into Saturday’s Division II state ...