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Ben Logan teams fall to Urbana
By Tim Miller 
May 5, 2026
Benjamin Logan’s softball team dropped a 15-4 verdict to Urbana. The setback put the Lady Raiders’ overall record at 8-10 and their Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division mark at 4-9. Rylan Nor...
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North Union’s Glory Blevins clears the high jump bar in this file photo. Blevins was a part of the Lady Cats’ winning high jump and long jump teams at the Elgin Relays. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
N. Union, Northmor track teams place first, second during annual Elgin Relays
By Bob Putman 
May 5, 2026
North Union and Northmor track teams battled throughout Friday’s Elgin Relays on Friday. When everything was settled on a rainy and cool evening, both teams each had a victory. The Wildcats won the bo...
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Marysville’s Mason Springs prepares for a pitch during an early season matchup against Dublin Jerome. Springs tripled, driving in two runs during Friday’s game against the Celtics and recorded the save on the mound. (Journal-Tribune photo by Jack Christian)
Monarch baseball team rallies past D. Jerome
By Jack Christian 
May 5, 2026
Marysville’s four-run seventh inning propelled the Monarchs to a come-from-behind 13-12 win at Dublin Jerome Friday night. The game got off to a quick start in the top of the first inning after Mason ...
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NU Middle School track teams compete in quads
By Bob Putman 
May 5, 2026
The North Union Middle School boys and girls track teams each recently took first place (NO SCORES AVAILABLE)  in a quad meet at Ridgemont. Luke Mask set a school record in the boys discus with a winn...
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MHS netters blank Centennial
By Tim Miller 
May 5, 2026
Marysville’s boys tennis team turned in a 5-0 verdict over Columbus Centennial. Singles -Soorya Loganand (M) defeated Reynolds (Centennial) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0; -Taiki Petrich (M) beat Markus (Centennial) 6...
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Emma Enochs of Triad follows through on her swing. Enochs had one hit during a 10-9 victory over Greenon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Lady Cardinal softball squad edges Greenon
By Tim Miller 
May 5, 2026
A 10-9 triumph over Greenon upped Triad’s softball record to 4-14 overall and 1-11 in the North Division of the Ohio Heritage Conference. Savannah Thomas went two-for-three at the plate for the Lady C...
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Fairbanks catcher Mason Rausch prepares to put the tag on at the plate against a Grove City Christian base runner. The Panthers dropped an 8-7 verdict in 11 innings on Thursday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Stolen base home leads to Panthers’ 11-inning loss to G. City Christian
By Tim Miller 
May 4, 2026
It’s a maneuver that’s not seen that often in baseball on any level. When it works, a coach looks like a genuis. When it doesn’t, the thinking is entirely different. Grove City Christian handed Fairba...
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NU teams fall to Shawnee
By Bob Putman 
May 4, 2026
Greyson Bledsoe and Jaxon Mobley combined to pitch a one-hitter, but North Union lost 3-2 to Shawnee in Central Buckeye Conference baseball action Thursday at Shawnee. The pair totaled four strikeouts...
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Marysville’s Aloysius Roseburrough steps in for an at-bat against Hilliard Darby. Roseburrough recorded two hits and scored two runs in the Monarch win Thursday night. (Journal-Tribune photo by Jack Christian)
Monarchs have hot bats during run-rule verdict over H. Darby
By Jack Christian 
May 4, 2026
Marysville saw its baseball bats awaken during a 12-0 win at Hilliard Darby on Thursday. After a quick first inning for both teams, the Monarchs wasted no time putting pressure on the Panthers in the ...
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Raider boys place second during track competition
By Tim Miller 
May 1, 2026
The Benjamin Logan boys track and field squad  competed in a five-team meet at Bellefontaine High School. Bellefontaine won the meet with 125 points and the Raiders were the runners-up with 101. Calva...
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MHS netters fall to D. Hayes
By Tim Miller 
May 1, 2026
Delaware Hayes handed Marysville’s boys tennis team a 5-0 setback on Wednesday. Singles -D. LaMar (D) defeated Soorya Loganand (M) 6-1, 6-2; -Brewster (D) topped Zac Clodfelder (M) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0; -Sch...
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Ben Logan girls finish as runner-up at Bellefontaine meet
By Tim Miller 
May 1, 2026
Benjamin Logan’s girls track and field squad finished as the runner-up during a five-team meet at Bellefontaine High School. Bellefontaine tallied 127 points to take first-place honors. The Lady Raide...
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Marysville’s Noah Keener clears a hurdle in this photo. Keener won the 110 meter high hurdles during a dual meet against Hilliard Darby. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Monarch track/field athletes split meets with Hilliard Darby
By Tim Miller 
May 1, 2026
Inclement weather resulted in postponements of baseball and softball games on Wednesday. It didn’t, however, prevent Marysville High School’s boys and girls track and field teams from competing in dua...
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Jonathan Alder relief pitcher Mason Peterscheim fires the ball toward the plate. Peterscheim picked up a save during the Pioneers’ 2-1 win at Tecumseh. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
J. Alder baseball team remains unbeaten by topping Tecumseh
By Tim Miller 
April 30, 2026
Corey Taylor struck out six and allowed only one hit during Jonathan Alder’s 2-1 baseball verdict at Tecumseh on Tuesday. Tecumseh’s run off  Taylor was earned. Mason Peterscheim fanned a pair of batt...
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Elizabeth Gregory, the Lady Panthers’ senior third baseman, can’t quite get the tag on a West Jefferson base runner on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers fell, 16-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Lady Panthers endure run-rule setback at the hands of WJ
By Tim Miller 
April 30, 2026
Fairbanks’ girls softball team edged West Jefferson 1-0 on the Roughriders’ field during Monday’s game. Lady Panther head coach Amy Sines, however, figured that Tuesday’s return engagement at FHS woul...
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Jon Alder netters fall
By Tim Miller 
April 29, 2026
Grove City’s boys tennis team turned in a 5-0 verdict over Jonathan Alder. Singles -Thomas (GC) downed Max Metz (JA) 6-0, 6-3; -Mobley (GC) beat Nathan McCain (JA) 6-0, 6-0; -Ellis (GC) topped Sean Gl...
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Marysville’s Brooklyn Gamby slides into third base with a triple during Monday’s game at Hilliard Darby. The Lady Monarchs fell 12-7. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Lady Monarchs battle in rain, fall to Darby
By Tim Miller 
April 29, 2026
To its credit, Marysville’s varsity softball team battled back in the rain at Hilliard Darby Monday evening. The 10-3 hole the Lady Monarchs dug for themselves, however, was too much to overcome and r...
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Maddi Sines of Fairbanks prepares to fire the ball toward the plate in this file photo. Sines allowed only three hits during a 1-0 victory at West Jefferson. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
FHS hands W. Jefferson first OHC softball loss of season
By Tim Miller 
April 29, 2026
Fairbanks’ softball team plated one run in the visitors’ portion of the fifth inning at West Jefferson on Monday. That was the only run FHS needed as it edged the Roughriders, 1-0, in Ohio Heritage Co...
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Wildcat diamond squad drops contest to Shawnee
By Bob Putman 
April 29, 2026
By BOB PUTMAN North Union could not overcome a fast start by Shawnee and lost 6-4 on Monday in Central Buckeye Conference baseball play at North Union. The game was stopped after five innings because ...
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NU boys place second during Waynesfield Invitational
By Bob Putman 
April 29, 2026
Led by a record-setting performance by Griffin Osborne, the North Union boys track team finished second on Friday at the Waynesfield-Goshen Tiger Invitational. The Wildcats totaled 112 points to finis...
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Marysville’s Ryan Melish leads off third during a matchup against Canal Winchester. Melish recorded a hit during Monday’s game against Hilliard Darby. MHS head coach Dustin Wade is picured at the left. (Journal-Tribune file photo by Jack Christian)
MHS baseball team falls to Hilliard Darby
By Jack Christian 
April 29, 2026
Marysville (6-11, 4-5 OCC-Cardinal) fell to Hilliard Darby, 14-5, in a rain-heavy conference game Monday night. Cam Schulze got the start for the Monarchs and looked sharp early. The senior set down t...
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Members of North Union’s softball team take the field prior to the game against Shawnee. The Lady Cats won and now stand in first place in the Mad River Division of the Central Buckeye Conference. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
North Union softball team tops Shawnee; breaks tie for first place in Mad River Division of CBC
By Bob Putman 
April 29, 2026
North Union did not have its best outing last Friday as it lost by double digits to Kenton Trail, the defending Division IV state champion. The Lady Cats needed to bounce back and be ready on Monday w...
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Berkley Behrens, left, of Marysville, is hand fighting with Montana State champ Ryan Wiggins during the US Open in Las Vegas. Behrens won the match 10-0. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
Monarch grapplers compete in US Open
By Jack Christian 
April 28, 2026
Three local Marysville High School wrestlers traveled west to compete in USA Wrestling’s premier event, the US Open. The event is always held the last week of April in Las Vegas and is a way for US Ol...
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Marysville’s Jackson Snyder swings at a pitch against Canal Winchester. Snyder recorded two hits for the Monarchs during Saturday’s game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Jack Christian)
Monarchs drop games to O. Berlin, C. Winchester
By Jack Christian 
April 28, 2026
Marysville (6-10, 4-4 OCC-Cardinal) dropped a pair of weekend games to Olentangy Berlin (4-0) and Canal Winchester (9-3). Friday’s game against Olentangy Berlin saw another pitcher’s duel in the early...
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Jonathan Alder’s Silas Shoemaker, right, and DeSales’ third baseman reach the bag at the same time Saturday afternoon. Shoemaker was trying to get back to the bag on a throw down the line from the plate. Shoemaker was called out during the Pioneers’’ victory over Stallions. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
JA baseball squad holds off DeSales to remain unbeaten
By Tim Miller 
April 28, 2026
“We did just enough to win.” That was the statement of Jonathan Alder head baseball coach Craig Kyle after his team’s 10-7 victory over Columbus St. Francis DeSales Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers we...
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Wildcat baseball team victim of perfect game
By Bob Putman 
April 28, 2026
By BOB PUTMAN Mason Amato pitched a perfect game and Jakob Groeschel hit three home runs as Kenton Ridge defeated North Union 13-0 in Central Buckeye Conference baseball action at North Union. NU sent...
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Fairbanks baseball squad tops Madison Plains
By Tim Miller 
April 28, 2026
Fairbanks’ baseball team defeated Madison Plains 13-3 on Friday. The Panthers plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth to invoke the run rule. Fairbanks outhit the Golden Eagles 13-7 and both team...
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North Union catcher Kailin McElroy (right) and pitcher Leah Cox work on a drill prior to Friday’s game against Kenton Ridge. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
Defending state champ Kenton Ridge topples N. Union softball team
By Bob Putman 
April 28, 2026
Kenton Ridge went undefeated in 2025 on its way to a Division IV state softball title. Based on Friday’s Central Buckeye Conference game at North Union, the Cougars are showing all the signs that poin...