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Fairbanks’ Braylon Green (23) attempts to thwart a Springfield Catholic Central shot attempt in Tuesday evening’s game. The Panthers beat the Irish, 32-30. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Fa...

Jonathan Alder’s Jackson Izzard goes up for a basket during a game from earlier this season. Izzard tallied 15 points during JA’s 43-16 victory over Bellefontaine on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

NU’s Preston Crabtree performs a jump pass as a Kenton Ridge defender attempts to block the ball. Crabtree tallied a team-high 17 points during the Wildcats’ 65-48 win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam D...

The Pioneers of Jonathan Alder placed second during Tuesday’s 14-team Greenfield McClain wrestling tournament. Greenon captured the team title (no point totals were reported). Xavier Pierce (113) of A...

Elaina Lahmers (30) of Fairbanks leaps for a layup as Abby Price (5) of North Union attempts to block her shot on Monday. Lahmers tallied nine points during the Lady Panthers’ 55-28 victory. (Journal-...

MHS’ Jack Christian (4) goes up for a shot against Westerville South on Monday. Christian reached the 1,000 point milestone for his varsity career during the game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller...

Alyssa Strahm (right) of MHS tries to keep the ball from going out-of-bounds at Westerville South on Monday. The Lady Monarchs fell, 46-26. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) “That was the first te...

Fairbanks High School graduate Margo Geer will take another step in her swimming career next year. Geer will replace Coley Stickels as the head coach of the University of Alabama swimming and diving p...

Marysville High School assistant girls basketball coach Natalie Herring gives instructions to Kass Lee during a recent game. Herring, the former head coach at North Union, has helped the Lady Monarchs...

This is it… the final Pigskin Pickers for a very weird season. This is our annual college bowl game extravaganza. Well, it’s not quite as extensive a list as last year, as a number of bowl games have ...

Braylon Greene of Fairbanks goes for a layup as Owen Davis of North Union attempts to block his shot. Greene tallied 13-points during the Panthers’ 56-52 overtime win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Di...

Fairbanks’ girls hoop squad slipped back to .500 (4-4) with a 67-63 overtime loss at London earlier this week. The Red Raiders held a 20-19 edge by the end of the opening quarter. FHS’ defense limited...

Jada Davis (22) of North Union leaps for a layup as a Pleasant defender attempts to block her shot. Davis tallied 10 points during the Lady Cats’ 42-37 win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The y...

Jonathan Alder’s Mary Ferrito scores on a reverse layup along the baseline Tuesday evening. The Lady Pioneers fell to West Liberty-Salem, 40-34. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Something had to ...

The Marysville high School swim team competed in a virtual meet against Bellefontaine Tuesday. At left; Lady Monarchs launch to start the 50-yard backstroke. At right; Monarch boys swimmers compete in...

Marysville’s boys hoop squad slipped to 1-2 with a 71-67 loss to Hilliard Davidson on Tuesday. The Monarchs held a 17-16 edge after the opening period. The contest was deadlocked at 33 by halftime and...

Marysville High School’s gymnastics team opened its 2020-21 season at Worthington Kilbourne on Tuesday. Kilbourne won the triangular meet with 132.5 points. MHS tallied 123.25 and Westerville Central ...

Marysville’s Ava Krutowskis (left) and Kass Lee (right) have their Blooom Carroll opponent bottled up near the basket Monday evening. The Lady Monarchs rolled to a 56-33 victory over the Bulldogs. (Jo...

Triad’s Isiah Leasure (left photo) prepares to pin Kenton’s Gavin Manns in 40 seconds during Saturday’s Cardinal tournament. Leasure placed first in the 182-pound weight class. In the photo to the rig...

Fairbanks’ girls bowling squad dropped a 2698-1838 verdict to Greenon on Monday. Katie Dingledine led FHS with a two-game score of 283. She was followed by Liz White-268, Emma Mitteson-217 and Grace K...

Marysville’s varsity grapplers began their 2020-21 season on a solid note on Saturday. The Monarchs won all five of their matches during the Harrison Duals tournament. MHS rolled past Lakota East, 64-...

Marysville High School graduate Nathan Snyder (left) is presented the special teams player of the game award. Snyder, who is the punter for Ball State, earned the award for the 2020 Mid American Confe...

The Fairbanks girls basketball team rolled to an easy 56-11 win at Elgin on Saturday. The victory increased the Lady Panthers’ record to 4-3 for the season. Fairbanks opened with nine points in the fi...

Monarch senior Jack Christian drives to the basket Friday evening against Thomas Worthington. Christian scored 19 points during MHS’ season-opening 60-52 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) It...

The Lady Monarchs of Marysville tipped off the 2020-21 campaign with a 60-35 triumph at Thomas Worthington on Friday. MHS took a 9-8 edge after the first period and a 21-16 margin at halftime. The Lad...

Former Jonathan Alder gridder Trey Pugh (left) prepares to catch a pass for Northwestern. The Wildcats will face The Ohio State Buckeyes for the Big Ten championship on Saturday. (File photo) College ...

Marysville High School senior Nick Kessler signs his national letter of intent to play football at Illinois State University. Due to COVID-19, Kessler held his signing from his home on Wednesday, whic...

Fairbanks’ Macy Miller goes up for a basket in this file photo. Miller tallied 15 points during Wednesday’s victory over Greeneview. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Carly Lehman and Macy Miller ...

Publisher Kevin Behrens has taken a one-game lead in the Pigskin Pickers. Behrens posted a 3-1 record during an abbreviated slate of games last week. He is now 81-27 for the season. Managing editor Ch...

Jonathan Alder’s boys varsity basketball squad is pictured from left front row, Jackson Izzard, Jonathan Keith, Peyton Heiss, Tyler Begin, Gibby Wilson, Grant Welsch, Nick Riedel, Rod Brandel and Tabe...