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Jonathan Alder softball player Cierra Clark puts down a bunt in the above photo. Clark was a starting outfielder on the Lady Pioneer team that captured the 2019 Division II state championship. She was...

Marysville High School pitcher Trey Storr fires the ball toward the plate during a 2019 game. Monarch athletes have chosen to compete on travel ball clubs this summer, instead of the local Elite progr...

Triad’s Ayden Sanford (34) catches a pass during the 2019 game against Fairbanks. Triad officials will offer a digital ticket option for 2020-21 athletic contests. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller...

K.J. Ahern, an incoming Marysville High School freshman, hits a jumper during a drill. MHS hoopsters are going through workouts amid the coronavirus-related reopening of sports. (Journal-Tribune photo...

Meghan Morey (top photo) and Gabby Watson (bottom photo) of Marysville are shown competing in high school rodeo events. Both have qualified for the national championships that will be held in Oklahoma...

WEARS The Triad Board of Education announced the hiring of new head football coach Dylan Wears at their Thursday meeting. After former head coach Zach Winslow left in early June to take over a head fo...

Marysville’s Kindall Duke (left) battles an opponent for the ball during a 2019 soccer match. High school teams in Ohio will be permitted to begin contact practices on Monday. (Journal-Tribune photo b...

The Union County Family YMCA will begin Phase II of its coronavirus-related reopening on Monday. Group exercise classes will begin with session sizes limited to a maximum of 10 people. Not all classes...

In the top photo, Janie Clayton goes off the dive for the girls 18 U 50 freestyle. In the bottom photo, Jason Moore (front) and Gabe Filbert hit the water for the boys 14 U 50 freestyle. The Marysvill...

Jonathan Alder’s Lindsey Potter prepares to hit the ball during the 2019 Division II state championship game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. Potter will continue her career at The Ohio State University...

Marysville’s Alyssa Codner (5) digs the ball before it reaches the floor during a 2019 match. The Lady Monarchs are going through workouts to prepare for the 2020 season. Also pictured is Morgan Shick...

These Marysville High School graduates were recently honored by the softball program. They each will continue their diamond careers on the collegiate level. They are from left, Tayler Claybaugh, Muski...

Marysville High School graduate Tom Rausch is depicted in this display for his 2015 induction into the MHS Athletic Hall of Fame. Rausch was also a pitcher for the Ohio University baseball team that p...

Brothers Alex (left) and Andrew Crowe finished among the top scores during Thursday’s opening match of the 2020 Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The ...

Marysville High School baseball player Michael Beverlin, right, uses a pvc pipe to keep his shoulders squared during a drill earlier this week. MHS head coach Nick Blake, left, watches. (Journal-Tribu...

The first two weeks of reopening have gone well for the Union County Family YMCA. That is the message that was sent out Wednesday afternoon by YMCA CEO Trevor Secord. “We are ready to move forward wit...

Jonathan Alder’s Emily Walker watches the flight of her hit during the 2019 Division II state semifinal game at Akron Firestone Stadium. Walker will continue her softball career at Ohio University. (J...

Assistant coach elevated, pending board OK Marysville High School officials did not have to look far for a new boys soccer head coach. Pending approval by the district’s board of education, Brent Harm...

Marysville High School baseball player Ethan Bates follows through on his swing during a workout at the Ed Starling Hitting Facility on Tuesday. The Monarch diamond program is conducting workouts afte...

Blues Creek Golf Course will be the site of a benefit golf scramble on Saturday, June 27. The event will be in memory of Charlie Baesmann II, who died as the result of a traffic accident in 2010. Ther...

Fairbanks High School quarterback Ethan Kise throws the ball during a drill on Monday. The Panther gridiron squad is a week in as far as getting back to business after the COVID-19 shutdown. (Journal-...

Klarke Ransome, Marysville High School’s new girls head basketball coach, gives instructions while wearing a mask. The Lady Monarch program is divided into limited numbers for workouts due to COVID-19...

This is a file photo from the 2019 Marysville basketball “Pit” camp that was held in June. This year’s camp may be conducted in July, if all coronavirus precautions work. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim...

Marysville High School graduate Leah Potter signs to play softball at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She is pictured with MVNU assistant coach Mark Pratt. (Photo submitted) First choice Urbana clos...

Contractors work on plumbing in the foundation of the new field house that is being built at Triad High School. The project is one of three major upgrades to the Cardinals’ athletic complex. (Photo su...

Marysville High School graduate Emily Daniel raps a base hit during a 2019 game. Daniel started all 18 games this spring for Wright State University’s women’s softball team. The school announced on We...

In the above photo, Jonathan Alder infielder Tyler Graber (23) makes a putout at third base during the 2010 state tournament. Members of the Pioneer squad (bottom photo) celebrate winning the Division...

Marysville High School senior football player Caleb Dilsaver begins his workout in the MHS weight room on Monday. It was the first day the weight room has been opened since school facilities were shut...

Hank Luther is pictured competing during a 2019 Marysville Stingrays swimming meet. Practices for the 2020 season will begin on Tuesday at the Marysville Municipal Pool. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevi...

Youth golfers Berkley Behrens (top photo) and Lillian Peck compete during a 2019 Union County Junior Golf Academy-Tour round. The organization has canceled its 2020 season due to the coronavirus pande...