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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...

Ava Francis, right, of Jonathan Alder, follows through on a hit during the Division II State semifinals. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) COVID-19 issues prevented Jonathan Alder High School seni...

Monarch wrestler Erryl Will (right) has a single-leg hold on an opponent. Will and other MHS wrestlers won’t compete in the Central District All-Star match. The event has been canceled for the season....

Triad’s LeVan twin sisters, seniors Frani (23) and Cati (right photo) go up for baskets at Elgin on Friday. The siblings both scored in double figures as the Lady Cardinals rolled to a 63-12 victory. ...

Marysville’s Kass Lee (14) goes up for a basket during a 2019-20 game. OCC teams cannot play each other (either divisional or non-divisional) until at least Dec. 17. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dill...

The 2020-21 high school girls basketball schedule was supposed to open for a trio of local teams Friday evening. Two of those games were not played. The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks were scheduled to ho...

Ava Francis (left) of Jonathan Alder and North Union’s Journey Blevins (right) have been named to the All-Ohio first teams in volleyball respectively in Divisions II and III. (Journal-Tribune photos b...

Carly Lehman of Fairbanks goes up for a shot during a 2019-20 game. Panther teams are in pause mode to to coronavirus issues. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The gymnasiums remain closed for Fai...

Managing editor Chad Williamson and sports writer Sam Dillon both posted perfect records during last week’s Pigskin Pickers. There were only five games on the schedule, due to cancellations. Williamso...

Jonathan Alder’s Kennady Izzard passes the ball during a 2020 match. The Lady Pioneers recently completed a standout season with a berth in the Division II state Final Four. (Journal-Tribune photo by ...

Fairbanks athletes have hit the pause button for at least the next 12 days. District officials announced on Tuesday afternoon that Panther sports have been paused until Nov. 30. That is due to the fac...

Braylon Green of FHS catches a pass during a 2020 game. Green has been named to the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division first team. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The football programs from...

Pioneer receiver Jackson Izzard (5) picks up yardage before being tackled. Izzard and teammate JT Keith are the co-offensive players of the year in the CBC’s Kenton Trail Division. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Jonathan Alder’s Ava Francis sends the ball over the net Friday morning against Chardon Notre Dame Cathedral Latin. The Lady Pioneers fell, 3-0, during the Division II state semifinal match that was h...

Marysville High School head football coach Brent Johnson (left) is congratulated by athletic director Joey Day after MHS’ playoff victory over Dublin Jerome. Johnson is the 2020 Ohio Capital Conferenc...

Monarch linebacker Luke Harper (55) goes after a ball carrier. Harper is on the Central District’s Division I second team. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) The Union County area is also the ...

Marysville High School graduate Jacob Marsh (top) has the upper hand against an opponent in this file photo. Marsh, who wrestles for the Princeton University mat team, won’t compete this winter. The I...

Monarch linebacker Gabe Powers pressures an opposing quarterback on this play. Powers (36) has been named the Central District Division I defensive player of the year. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad W...