Sports

Madyson Watson fires the ball toward the plate for the Jonathan Alder softball team. Watson’s senior season of college softball at Winthrop University abruptly ended because of the coronavirus pandemi...

There will be no changes in divisions for area high schools when it comes to the 2020 fall sports season. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its 2020 divisional alignments for the spor...

In this file photo, Madison Amstutz of North Union checks her swing during a 2018 Division III state semi-finals softball game at Akron Firestone Stadium. Amstutz is a senior on this year’s Lady Cats ...

A youngster waits on the ball during a Marysville Junior Baseball-Softball Association game. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the 2020 youth season. (Photo submitted) Fall ball possible? High sch...

Former Marysville High School softball catcher Aggie Livingston (top photo) attempts to tag out a base runner during a 2019 game. Livingston’s sister Jewely (below) takes a swing at the plate during a...

Leah Potter of MHS puts the tag on a sliding base runner during a 2019 game. The Marysville senior is looking for another collegiate softball option as Urbana University is closing its doors. (Journal...

Marysville third baseman Leah Potter makes a tag on a base runner during a game from the 2019 season. Potter, a senior, is like all other spring sports athletes across the state who have seen their 20...

Marysville High School junior Tinley Graves tries to come up with a steal during a game from the 2019-20 basketball season. School officials could be ready to take a final candidate to the board of ed...

University of Findlay infielder Casey Gould relays the ball to first base. Gould, a Findlay senior and Marysville High School graduate, was batting .419 for the Oilers when the coronavirus pandemic en...

Fairbanks’ Mason Cushman is congratulated by coach Josh Rine after hitting a home run during a 2019 game. Spring sports in Ohio this year are still on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Journal-Tr...

Former Marysville High School wrestler Jacob Marsh has control of an opponent in this file photo. Marsh recently completed his sophomore season on the mat at Princeton University. (Journal-Tribune pho...

Jonathan Alder High School senior Jacob Schrock has made quite a name for himself over the past few years at the bowling alley. Schrock earned four varsity letters during his high school career as he ...

Tiger Woods drives the ball at the Memorial Tournament in this file photo. The 2020 tournament at Dublin’s Muirfield Village Golf Club has been postponed until July due to the coronavirus pandemic. (J...

Fairbanks High School student Tanner Ufferman shows the basketball scoreboard from the old Watkins school building. The scoreboard was purchased years ago by Ufferman’s grandfather, Ron Ebright, and h...

The search for a new girls head basketball coach at Marysville High School has been narrowed to three candidates. They are Marysville boys basketball assistant coaches Klarke Ransome and Brock Cunning...

Jonathan Alder’s Jillian Jakse prepares to drive the ball during the Division II state championship game in Akron last year. Pictured in the background is on-deck batter Marlee Jacobs. The Lady Pionee...

Marysville High School track athletes from left Nick Irving and Caitlin Cotner compete during the recent virtual meet. The MHS team used the activity to take the place of actual meets that have been c...

Marysville’s Blake Storr raps a base hit during a game from his 2019 senior season. Storr’s first spring season at Indiana Wesleyan University was halted early due to the coronavirus. (Journal-Tribune...

Fairbanks pitcher Jaeden Eickhoff delivers the ball to the plate. Whether Eickhoff and other high school senior athletes from around the state are permitted to compete this spring remains to be seen. ...

Marysville High School senior Haley Cook prepares to leap over the high jump bar in this file photo. High school sports teams could start the 2020 season on May 9, if the state’s coronavirus lockdown ...

Jonathan Alder quarterback JT Keith throws the ball during a 2019 playoff game against Jackson. Keith is working to strength his right knee, which required surgery after the season-ending loss to Colu...

Monarch pitcher Jack Christian prepares to fire the ball toward the plate. Like other high school athletes, Christian hopes an abbreviated 2020 season can still be played this spring. (Journal-Tribune...

Jonathan Alder head football coach Brett Glass gives instructions to Taber Headings in this file photo from the 2019 season. Glass, who is also an assistant baseball coach for the Pioneers, is uncerta...

Marysville High School senior Jenna Rioch works out on the new track at the school in this file photo. Monarch athletes will compete in a “virtual” track meet with other schools as a way to stay conne...

Jerry Lanfear, right, points down the fairway from a tee box at Timberview Golf Club as Pete Tassi watches. Golf courses opened late last week, then were closed by Ohio Governor by Mike DeWine on Frid...

The coronavirus mandate of social distancing is having an impact on Marysville High School’s search for a new girls head basketball coach. Interviews have begun with several candidates who applied to ...

Marysville’s Jacquelyn Witt goes over the pole vault bar in this 2019 file photo. High school spring sports in Ohio are still on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mil...

Golf legend Tiger Woods follows through on his shot in this file photo from the Memorial Tournament in Dublin. The tournament is still scheduled to be held in early June and will expand its field from...

Marysville’s Abri Schmutz steals second base while Skylar North covers the bag during an instrasquad scrimmage. The Lady Monarchs’ 2020 season is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Journal-Trib...

Fairbanks southpaw pitcher April Ward delivers the ball to the plate during a 2019 game. Whether Ward or anyone else will be able to take to pitching circles throughout the state this spring is in lim...