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The Lady Monarch soccer team dropped a 5-0 verdict at Olentangy Berlin on Tuesday. The Bears held a 2-0 lead at halftime. Shannon Cordle finished with seven saves for MHS. The Lady Monarchs (5-7-1) wi...

This is an aerial view, taken from a drone, of the Union County Joint Recreation District Complex on Saturday. A number of sporting events on that day included the softball game between the City of Ma...

Jonathan Alder’s Ava Ater (24) covers an opposing Lady Bulldog in the Lady Pioneers’ portion of the field. The Lady Pioneers lost Monday evening’s match, 2-1, against Bloom-Carroll. (Journal-Tribune p...

Marysville’s varsity girls tennis squad scored a 3-2 victory over Wapakoneta on Monday. Blair Fairchild of MHS won the second singles match. She topped Addisyn Cooper 6-2, 6-3. Marysville captured bot...

The Bunsold Middle School eighth-grade volleyball team beat Dublin Grizzell 25-15, 21-25, 25-23 on Monday. Aaliyah West had six kills and four aces for the Monarchs. Annabelle West added six kills and...

Alyssa Rodman of MHS is pictured competing during the Cross the Creek event on Saturday. (Photo submitted) Marysville’s boys and girls cross-country teams took first-place honors during the annual Cro...

Kendal Music, left, leads a pack of runners during Saturday’s North Union cross-country invitational. The Lady Cats placed second. (Photo submitted) The high school cross-country regular season has on...

In the above photo, Dylan Tobe of Fairbanks, left, moves the ball past a Greeneview defender. Elaina Lahmers of the Lady Panthers, bottom photo-right, does the same. FHS split games with Greeneview. (...

North Union’s varsity volleyball team lost in three sets, 16-25, 18-25, 14-25, on Saturday at Johnstown-Monroe. Hope Hall and Zoe Wedding led the Lady Cats in kills with six each while Sienna Ballinge...

Rachael Hoover of Fairbanks added another championship to her resume on Saturday. The Panther sophomore placed first during the Erin Nance Invitational at London. Hoover toured the course with a time ...

Bunsold Middle School’s eighth-grade football team roared past Dubin Grizzell, 30-6, late last week. The Monarchs improved to 6-0 on the season. Bunsold rolled up 338 yards rushing and was led by Zach...

The story of Marysville’s 34-0 Friday night blowout against Dublin Jerome can be seen in the photo and two inset images above. Jerome QB Zakk Tschirhart was hammered by the Monarch defense all night, ...

Fairbanks’ Ryker Green (7) breaks through Triad’s defense en route to a touchdown Friday evening. Also pictured for FHS are Brogan Green (8) and Les Brandel (50). Pictured for Triad are Ty Thomas (72)...

North Union’s fullback Ethan Young (21) leaps over a fellow Wildcat on his way into the endzone in the team’s 35-7 route over Benjamin Logan Friday night. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) Wi...

Jonathan Alder’s Will Heisler picks up yardage against Kenton Ridge. Heisler’s interception helped set up JA’s 24-21 win. (Photo submitted) Jonathan Alder’s gridiron squad got back on the winning trac...

Above, Colton Powers (32) runs through a massive hole created by Gabe Powers (36) and Gavin Rohrs (76). (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) A gaggle of Wildcats swarm a Raider ball carrier, sto...

Triad’s Kaydence Feasel (12) leaps for a spike against Fairbanks’ Aubry Burns (30) and Kaelynn Sphapmixay (20) pictured on the defensive end. Also pictured is Lady Panthers’ Zoe Schmidt (6). (Journal-...

Paige Hobbs of Marysville returns the ball over the net against Jonathan Alder. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Monarch tennis squad upped its record to 12-7 with Thursday’s 5-0 verdict...

Candace Holloway of North Union sends a pass toward the net during Thursday’s match against Urbana. Also pictured for NU is Kiley Pedersen (4). (Photo submitted) Jonathan Alder’s volleyball team score...

Marysville’s Gabe Powers picks up yardage against Hilliard Darby. The unbeaten Monarchs will play at Dublin Jerome on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) It has been the best and worst ...

There isn’t any change in the Pigskin Pickers standings after last week’s slate of games. Publisher Kevin Behrens, reporter Mac Cordell, sports editor Tim Miller and managing editor Chad Williamson al...

Panther quarterback AJ Landon picks up yardage against West Liberty-Salem last week. Fairbanks will play at Triad on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Fairbanks Panthers will make the ...

One week after suffering its first loss of the season, the North Union football team got back on the winning track. The Wildcats are looking to keep it moving down the line on Friday as they travel to...

The Fairbanks High School girls golf team finished just shy of earning a district tournament berth on Wednesday. The Lady Panthers shot a team score of 384 during the 18-hole sectional event. That pla...

The North Union girls soccer team picked up two wins and a tie over the past few days. The Lady Cats play mostly a JV schedule. NU, though, scored a recent 3-1 victory over Pleasant’s varsity squad. S...

The Bunsold Middle School eighth-grade volleyball team lost to Dublin Eversole Run on Wednesday. The Lady Monarchs fell 10-25, 25-18, 25-27. Aaliyah West tallied nine kills and three blocks for the Mo...

Andrew McGlaughlin (53) of Jonathan Alder hauls down a London ball carrier. The Pioneers will play at Kenton Ridge on Friday. (Photo submitted) Jonathan Alder saw its modest two-game football winning ...

Gab Lee (23) of Marysville sends a header into play Tuesday evening against Thomas Worthington. The Lady Monarchs won, 3-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Senior Night was a success for Marysvi...

Jonathan Alder’s Lizzie Lombardi was recently recognized for her 1,000th career volleyball assist. (Photo submitted) Jonathan Alder senior Lizzie Lombardi recently reached a volleyball milestone. Lomb...

The expanded state high school football playoffs would have four of the five area teams eligible for post-season play if they were to start this week. The top 16 teams in each region across the seven ...