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North Union’s Gabby Ziegler (left) looks to pass to a teammate in this file photo. In the photo to the right, Jonathan Alder’s Sydnie Bushong drives to the basket. Ziegler and Bushong helped their res...

Fairbanks High School senior Dakota Key (front row, center) prepares to sign to play football at NCAA Division II Lake Erie College. He is pictured in the front row with his parents, Brad and Jennifer...

North Union High School honored the 1969-70 boys basketball team that is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Class A district championship. The team was recognized during Tuesday’s victory over Ri...

Batai Lease of Triad flies to the basket against Northeastern on Tuesday. The Cardinals won their second game of the season, 56-52. (Photo submitted) Ayden Sanford and Batai Lease scored in double fig...

For the past four-plus decades, no one in Monarch Nation can think about Marysville High School football without fitting Ron Sabins into the equation. Whenever MHS gridiron warriors have taken the fie...

Haley Cook of Marysville is fouled while driving to the basket Tuesday evening. The Lady Monarchs fell to Big Walnut, 39-31. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville’s girls basketball team st...

One of the longest-serving and most successful baseball coaches in Marysville High School history is joining the elite of Monarch athletic lore. Retired coach Ed Starling will be inducted into the MHS...

Triad’s seventh and eighth-grade boys hoopsters dropped recent games to Mechanicsburg. The seventh-grade fell, 31-29. Caleb Thomas led the Cardinals with 14 points, while Brayden Hoffman added seven. ...

Pictured is the Marysville High School Athletic Hall of Fame display case in the high school’s Alumni Hall. The Hall of Fame will expand during ceremonies Friday evening. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim...

Played three sports for Monarchs Marysville High School graduate Mike Adkins compiled quite a list of athletic accomplishments during his time as a Monarch. The title Hall of Famer can now join his ot...

A Marysville High School athlete from long ago will enter the school’s athletic Hall of Fame on Friday. The late Allen Bump, who graduated from MHS in 1929, will join along with three-sport standout M...

These Fairbanks High School bowlers earned Ohio Heritage Conference honors for the 2019-20 season. They are (top photo) Lilly Dellinger, second team, and JD Welch (bottom photo), honorable mention. (P...

Preston Crabtree, North Union’s leading scorer, follows through on a shot in this file photo. The Wildcats are ranked fifth in this week’s Associated Press Division III state poll. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Marysville High School’s varsity wrestling team scored a pair of dual victories over the weekend at Kettering Fairmont. The Monarchs rolled past Western Brown, 60-12, and Cincinnati Colerain, 49-16. “...

The 2019-20 high school hoop season marks the 50th anniversary of North Union’s boys district basketball championship. The Wildcats won a Class A district title by beating East Knox, 76-64, in the dis...

Journey Blevins scored 15 points on Saturday as North Union’s girls nipped Springfield Northwestern, 38-31. In doing so, the Lady Cats upped their record to 11-8. NU got off to a slow start and traile...

With the Ohio High School Athletic Association girls basketball regular season coming to a close, coaches from each district and division met Sunday to cast their votes for seeding in the upcoming tou...

Haley Cook of Marysville (3) stretches for the jump ball against Dublin Coffman on Friday. The Lady Monarchs put up a great battle and led at halftime before losing by 10. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ch...

Fairbanks’ Gatlin Luke (5) battles for a rebound on Friday against West Liberty-Salem. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Fairbanks’ hopes for an Ohio Heritage Conference North Division championshi...

Jake Christian of Marysville drives the lane while a Dublin Coffman defender attempts to block his shot. Christian led the Monarchs with 18 points during their 70-53 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sa...

Marysville’s Zach Pfarr (top photo) begins to turn Wyatt Sherer of Hilliard Davidson during Thursday’s match. Pfarr scored a 14-6 major decision. In the bottom photo, MHS’ Garrett Seger attempts to es...

Emma Kugel of Fairbanks eyes the basket. Kugel helped the Lady Panthers to a victory over West Jefferson on Thursday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks notched their...

Marysville’s Brynn Rychlik competes on the bars in this file photo. The Lady Monarchs placed third during a five-team meet earlier this week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Monarch gym...

The Marysville High School swimming teams celebrated their senior nights with victories over Jonathan Alder and Fairbanks on Thursday. The Lady Monarchs won their meet with 87 points, followed by JA-4...

Fairbanks football offensive coordinator Eric Leeth (left) talks to FHS players during a 2019 game. Leeth has stepped down from the Panther program. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Fairbanks Hig...

Jonathan Alder’s Emma Shepherd fires up a shot during Wednesday’s game against London. Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) There are times when even the best basketball teams have to fight and claw t...

Chase Blackburn, the special teams coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, will keep that position under new head coach Matt Rhule. Blackburn, a 2001 graduate of Marysville High School, won two Super B...

Jack Christian of MHS goes up for a basket in this file photo. Christian scored 14 during Tuesday’s victory over Dublin Scioto. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville’s Jack Christian steppe...

Trevyn Feasel (3) of North Union leaps for a jump shot with a Tecumseh defender attempting to block the shot. Feasel picked up 13 points in the Wildcats’ 62-59 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam D...

Jackson Izzard of Jonathan Alder (left) drives into the lane on Tuesday. The Pioneers rolled past Benjamin Logan, 64-34. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Winning streak reaches 11 games A month-l...