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Marysville sandlot league baseball coach Brodie Rockenbaugh (left) puts players through a base-running drill Monday evening. The league is scheduled to continue at least through August. (Journal-Tribu...

Marysville’s Ryan Kern picks up yardage during a 2019 game. The Ohio High School Athletic Association has allowed schools can play six regular-season games this fall before the playoffs in the midst o...

The Lady Monarch tennis team opened its 2020 season on Friday with a 3-2 triumph over Hilliard Darby. Freshman Mallory Huffman earned her first varsity victory. She defeated Lexis Mincy 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 ...

Carter Dunn (left) tests his ballhandling skills against Marysville High School hoopster Jack Christian. The drill was conducted this week during MHS’ Basketball in the Pit camp. (Journal Tribune phot...

Marysville’s Riley Karnes competes during a 2019 cross-country meet. The Ohio High School Athletic Association has canceled its Early Season Invitational. The meet was scheduled to be held on Aug. 15 ...

Tyler Cantrell drives toward the basket during this week’s Basketball in the Pit camp at Marysville High School. The camp sessions were split into two separate weeks this summer due to COVID-19. A rec...

Jonathan Alder’s boys golf team captured top honors during Wednesday’s Central Buckeye Conference preseason tournament. The event was held at Lakeland Golf Club in St. Paris. Brady Fox of JA earned me...

Maddox Evans (left) and Utah Coleman are among the youngsters who are participating in the Union County YMCA swimming program this summer. (Journal-Tribune photos by Tim Miller) The reopening of the U...

Katie Krueger, left, and Bryn Hothem are veteran runners for the 2020 Marysville High School cross-country program. The Lady Monarchs competed in the 2019 Division I regional meet. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Jonathan Alder’s Emma Shepherd sends the ball over the net during the 2019 Division II regional title match. The Lady Pioneers posted a 26-2 record last season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) T...

Marysville linebacker Cole Pombert goes through a drill Monday morning. The Monarchs went through their first day of preseason practices for the 2020 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Mary...

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has outlined procedures that will be conducted while the state battles COVID-19. Practices for all fall sports teams began on Saturday with social distancing ...

Quarterback Ethan Kise, left, hands the ball off to Brogan Green during Fairbanks High School’s first football practice of the 2020 preseason Saturday morning. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Hi...

These local youth baseball players, from left, Dominik Dials, Cameron Taylor, Bradoyx Inks and Berkley Behrens were invited to play in the USSSA all-state All-Star games. The event was held at Action ...

Fairbanks High School golfer Alex Crowe has been honored as the 2020 Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Associatin’s player of the year. Crowe received the David J. Wensinger player of the year accolade during...

Fairbanks High School soccer player Carly Lehman works to control the ball during a 2019 game. Fall sports teams are scheduled to begin practices on Saturday under coronavirus guidelines. (Journal-Tri...

The North Union Wildcat football coaches have been putting stock in the future of the program. For the past three seasons head coach Nick Hajjar and his crew of coaches have opted to give their incomi...

Way back when I was a kid (during the pre-color and cable/satellite days), there was an iconic television series called “The Twilight Zone.” Series episodes dealt with themes such as fantasy, science ...

Fairbanks High School golfer Alexander Crowe follows through on a tee shot in this file photo. Crowe placed fifth during the final Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association tournament of the 2020 season. ...

Marysville High School linemen go through drills during the team’s recent gridiron camp. The Ohio High School Athletic Association has called off preseason scrimmages for prep teams due to an increase...

Mark Fenik has worn many different hats during his career in education. At one point or another, he’s been a teacher, football coach and administrator. His most recent position has been that of direct...

I’ve been back from vacation for a couple of weeks and during the time I was off, we lost a Union County high school coaching legend. Becky Thompson LaRue, who was the long-time girls basketball coach...

Marysville High School assistant football coach Aaron Rossi watches the footwork of quarterback Braden Deere during a recent camp session. The MHS gridders are taking this week off and are scheduled t...

New Fairbanks High School varsity volleyball coach Ryanne Ufferman (left) demonstrates a drill with the help of Lady Panther junior Anna Higbee. Ufferman replaces Ed Marsman, who retired after the 201...

Marysville High School assistant football coach Aaron Peitsmeyer helps with a drill during the Monarchs’ summer camp. Peitsmeyer is coaching during the coronavirus pandemic after battling cancer a few...

Preston Crabtree throws to Isaiah Radcliff during a drill at North Union’s football camp inside the Wildcats’ new fieldhouse. The Cats are moving forward with a preseason despite the uncertainty of th...

Fairbanks linebacker Tanner Ufferman (19) tackles a ball carrier during a 2010 game. Current rules and recommendations have been set in place for a 2020 season in the midst of COVID-19. (Journal-Tribu...

Jonathan Alder senior Jackson Izzard (5) prepares to make a tackle during a 2019 game. The Pioneers are conducting summer camp despite the coronavirus-related uncertainty of the 2020 campaign. (Journa...

Fairbanks Middle School volleyball players Zoe Schmidt, left, and Emily Clayton go through a passing/digging drill on Tuesday. New Fairbanks High School varsity head coach Ryanne Ufferman is conductin...

Andrew Heizer, 11, awaits a pitch from Cameron Wallace, 14, during Monday evening’s Marysville sandlot baseball competition. Sandlot games are held on Monday and Friday evenings at Schwartzkopf Park. ...