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Members of the Fairbanks High School wrestling squad are from left, assistant coach Theo Granford, Dominic Coy, Ashton Griffith, Billy Reed-Bodey, Connor McCardle and head coach James Kasser. (Journal...

The Wildcats of North Union ran their basketball record to 2-0 on Tuesday. NU rolled to a 70-53 verdict over Bellefontaine. North Union trailed 22-20 after the opening quarter. The Wildcats limited th...

North Union’s Trevor Moran picks up yardage during a 2020 game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Several North Union High School football players have earned Division V All-Ohio honors. The accol...

Fairbanks High School swimmers competed during the recent Champaign County Sprint Meet. Matt Kehlbeck won both the 50 and 100 freestyles with respective times of 24.87 and 56.91. Janie Clayton capture...

Members of the Lady Panther bowling team are from left, front row, Madeline Headings, Emma Milleson, Lily Dellinger and Grace Koenig; back row, Katie Dellinger, Kaylee Mitton, Elizabeth White and coac...

Triad’s Isiah Leasure focuses in on a ball carrier during a 2020 game. Leasure has been named to the Division VI All-Ohio first team. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Several local high school fo...

Megan Rausch (4) of Fairbanks grabs a rebound during Monday’s game against West Liberty-Salem. The Lady Panthers fell, 59-28. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Fairbanks High School girls basketba...

The North Union boys basketball team opened the 2020-21 season with a 64-54 victory over its neighbors to the north, Ridgemont, on Monday. Preston Crabtree led the Wildcats in scoring with 18 points. ...

Triad’s girls hoop squad was edged by Sidney Fairlawn, 48-43, on Monday. The game was tightly contested for the entire 32 minutes. The score was deadlocked at 9-9 after the opening period. Frani LeVan...

Jada Davis (22) of North Union leaps for a layup during the Lady Cats’ season opener against Benjamin Logan. Davis picked up 10 points during NU’s 63-48 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The...

Triad’s Frani LeVan goes up for a basket during a game earlier this season. LeVan scored 15 points during the Lady Cardinals’ loss to Mechanicsburg on Saturday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) T...

Fairbanks’ Trey Good (14) hits a basket against West Liberty-Salem during a 2019-20 game. Friday’s Panther contest on Triad’s court was postponed due to a coronavirus-related issue with the Cardinals....

Fairbanks’ girls hoop team had a difficult time shooting the ball Friday evening at Buckeye Valley. The Lady Barons, however, didn’t do that much more on offense as they edged the Lady Panthers, 38-32...

First-year Marysville High School girls head basketball coach Klarke Ransome is shown conducting drills during a summer workout. The Lady Monarchs are scheduled to begin practices once again on Monday...

The Lady Cardinals of Triad slipped to .500 (2-2) with Thursday’s 68-27 setback at West Liberty-Salem. Triad trailed by just a 15-13 count after the opening quarter. The Lady Cardinals’ offense, howev...

Fairbanks’ varsity boys basketball squad is scheduled to tip-off the 2020-21 season this evening at Triad. Returning lettermen for The Panthers are from left, Wyatte Miller, Trey Good, Braylon Green a...

Fairbanks High School bowlers JD Welch (left) and Lily Dellinger prepare to roll the ball down the lanes in Plain City on Wednesday. Both Panther teams defeated Greeneview. (Journal-Tribune photos by ...

The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks opened their 2020-21 basketball season with a 56-22 victory at Springfield Northeastern on Wednesday. Fairbanks’ defense was stout the entire game as Northeastern hit ju...

Publisher Kevin Behrens and managing editor Chad Williamson remain deadlocked in a very tight Pigskin Pickers race. Both posted 6-1 records last week. They both stand at 76-22 for the season. Reporter...

Mary Ferrito of Jonathan Alder goes up for a basketball during a 2019-20 game. The Lady Pioneers will not be allowed to play games until the first of January, due to COVID-19. The team is permitted to...

Marysville’s Jeremiah McNeil picks up yardage during a 2020 game against Dublin Jerome. The Monarchs hope to resume their off-season weight training next week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamso...

Several members of the 2020 Fairbanks High School boys golf squad recently earned special awards from the Ohio Heritage Conference (OHC) and the Central District Golf Coaches Association (CDGCA). They...

Fairbanks’ Braylon Green goes up for a basket during a game from the 2019-20 season. The school’s winter sports teams are returning to practice today after a COVID-19 pause. (Journal-Tribune photo by ...

Triad’s girls hoop squad dropped its first game of the season on Saturday. The Lady Cardinals slipped to 2-1 overall with a 68-37 setback at West Jefferson. Triad is also 0-1 in the Ohio Heritage Conf...

Monarch roundball fans watch Garrett Taylor put in a basket during a 2019-20 game. It is anticipated there will be far fewer fans in attendance once the 2020-21 campaign begins. (Journal-Tribune photo...

Triad’s Abby Walls puts up a shot during a recent game. Walls scored 10 points as the Lady Cardinals clubbed Springfield Shawnee on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The only local girls ...

Jonathan Alder’s Jackson Izzard (center) goes up for a basket during a game from the 2019-20 season. Unless there is a change of heart by the Madison County Health Department, all sports within the co...

Publisher Kevin Behrens and reporter Mac Cordell each posted 3-2 records during last week’s Pigskin Pickers race. Behrens is now back in a stalemate with managing editor Chad Williamson for the season...

Marysville girl’s basketball coaches from left Klarke Ransome, Sydney Ransome and Natalie Herring. The sport of basketball and Natalie Herring were just made for one another. That’s why when Herring s...

Braylon Green, right, of Fairbanks, tackles the West Jefferson quarterback during the regular season. Green will continue his football career at the Naval Academy. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon...