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Marysville’s Olivia Brooks (17) bounces a header during Tuesday evening’s soccer match against Olentangy Berlin. The teams battled to a 1-1 stalemate. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Marysvi...

Grace Brandt of North Union leaps to block a Benjamin Logan hit during the third set of a five-set match Tuesday. The Lady Cats won 3-2 to pick up their 14th consecutive win. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

Fairbanks’ Dani Headings prepares to hit the ball over the net in this file photo. The Lady Panthers defeated West Liberty on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Fairbanks’ varsity volleyba...

Marysville’s Griffin Johnson (22) is brought down by an Olentangy player last Friday. The Monarchs will host Dublin Jerome this week in the opening round of the Division I state playoffs. (Journal-Tri...

I ran into an old buddy at Jonathan Alder Friday night. At the end of the Jonathan Alder-London football game, I saw a member of the Red Raider coaching staff who looked really familiar. PRINTZ The Lo...

Hanna Hogan (right) of Marysville delivers the ball toward the net during Monday’s varsity tennis match at Dublin Coffman. Hogan and her second doubles teammate Emily Thallman (left) won their match. ...

The Bunsold Middle School eighth and seventh-grade volleyball squads topped Norton Middle School on Monday. The eighth-grade breezed to a 25-3, 25-3 victory. Paityn Hoskins and Ari Nusbaum both tallie...

The St. John’s Lutheran School volleyball squad posted a 15-0 regular season record. The Lady Jaguars’ final regular season game was a 25-23, 25-19 verdict over Shekinah Christian. Members of the team...

Rachael Hoover, left, and Amelia Cameron, both from Fairbanks, run side-by-side through the first mile of the NU Invitational race. Hoover took fourth place, while Cameron was only four seconds behind...

Katie Krueger of Marysville is pictured finishing down the stretch. Krueger helped MHS to a team title in Washington Court House on Saturday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville High Scho...

Fairbanks’ girls soccer team (7-5) edged Worthington Christian on Saturday. The Lady Panthers’ goal came from Ellie Carter. Madi Cook finished with 13 saves in the net. The Lady Panthers will host Wes...

Ryan Kern of Marysville runs in for one of his three touchdowns against Olentangy on Friday. Kern rushed for 184 yards during the Monarchs’ 28-7 victory that gave them the OCC Cardinal Division title....

Jonathan Alder receiver Jackson Izzard (5) looks like he’s about to lose his shirt after catching a pass against London on Friday. Izzard snared 19 receptions during JA’s 30-13 victory. (Journal-Tribu...

Ethan Kise (11) of Fairbanks tiptoes down the sideline after shaking a West Jefferson tackler Friday. The Panthers lost, 49-14. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The Fairbanks football team had so...

Trevyn Feasel of North Union leaps to catch a pass during Friday’s game against Benjamin Logan. The Wildcats defeated the Raiders 42-7. Triad was able to pick up its second win of the season with a 21...

Marysville running back Griffin Johnson is hauled down at the sidelines in front of the Monarch bench Friday night. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Grant Rausch of Fairbanks works to the ou...

The players on Marysville’s football team accomplished something Friday that hasn’t happened while they have been alive - the Monarchs earned an outright OCC title. With the Cardinal Division champion...

The Fairbanks football team had something different in mind when West Jefferson came to town for the Panthers’ final game of the 2020 regular season at Kyre Field. The passing game of Rough Rider’s qu...

Madison County football fans may have expected an old-fashioned, tension-filled slugfest between the Jonathan Alder Pioneers and the London Red Raiders on Friday. After all, both squads went into the ...

Monarch quarterback Ethan Musel passes the ball last week against Olentangy Berlin. MHS will once again host Dublin Jerome for the opening round of the state playoffs on Friday, Oct. 9. (Journal-Tribu...

Fairbanks quarterback Ethan Kise (11) throws the ball against Mechanicsburg. The Panthers will host West Jefferson for Homecoming tonight. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Fairbanks High Scho...

In this file photo, Ayden Sanford of Triad catches a kick-off during Week 2 of the season against West Liberty. Sanford scored the Cardinals’ two touchdowns last week, one on a 90-yard kick return. (J...

North Union’s volleyball squad upped its record to 13-1 with a 25-12, 25-17, 25-18 triumph over Urbana on Thursday. Journey Blevins led the Lady Cats with 18 kills. Kaitlyn DeLauter added nine as NU t...

The Fairbanks girls soccer team cracked the .500 mark with a 3-2 win over Southeastern on Thursday. The Lady Panthers improved to 6-5 with the victory. Elaina Lahmers scored two goals, while Ellie Car...

Marysville’s Ryan Kern is tackled after picking up yardage during a game from earlier this season. The Monarchs will host Olentangy on Friday with the Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division title a...

Trevyn Feasel, left, of North Union leaps forward after an Urbana tackler makes a shoe-string tackle. Feasel tallied one TD during the Cats’ victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) North Union’...

Fairbanks’ Mary Weisburn waits her turn to tee off at the Division II sectional tournament. Weisburn was the medalist during Wednesday’s match. FHS placed second in the tournament. (Photo submitted) F...

Managing editor Chad Williamson and sports editor Tim Miller are currently waging a fierce battle for the top of the Pigskin Pickers. Both posted 8-1 records last week. Their only loss came during the...

Journey Blevins (11) and Cambria Skaggs (14) watch a ball fall to the floor after blocking a Kenton Ridge hit. Blevins led the team with seven blocks during the 3-0 sweep. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sa...

Jonathan Alder quarterback JT Keith looks downfield for a receiver. The Pioneers will battle London on Friday for the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division championship. (Photo submitted) A...