Cross Hackathorne of Fairbanks goes up for a basket in this file photo. Hackathorne tallied 19 points during the Panthers’ victory at West Liberty-Salem on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mille...

Marysville’s Jack Christian drives to the basket for two of his game-high 18 points on Tuesday. Christian later hit the buzzer-beating three-pointer that gave the Monarchs a 55-54 win over Big Walnut....

North Union’s girls hoop squad won its second consecutive game with a 39-36 victory at Urbana on Monday. The contest had been postponed from earlier in the season due to inclement weather. The Lady Ca...

Fairbanks’ boys varsity bowling team defeated Ridgedale, 2157-2011, on Monday. J.D. Welch rolled games of 159 and 268 for a 427 series. He was followed by Jacob Nichols (216-180-396), Anthony Nichols ...

The 2018-19 high school girls basketball regular season is rapidly coming to an end. Before fans know it, local squads will be venturing into post-season action. The first tournament game for the area...

The Bunsold Middle School Red girls hoop squad beat Patriot Academy, 33-8, recently to conclude its season. The Lady Monarchs finished the season with a 14-0 record. Members of the team are (not neces...

Abby Jones, 42, of Jonathan Alder leaps for a layup against Bishop Watterson. Jones tallied 18 points during the Lady Pioneers’ 59-44 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– The Jonathan Alde...

Caleb Isler of North Union holds on to Jacob Romero’s (Pleasant) leg during a quarterfinals match of a Division III regional wrestling duals at Centerburg on Saturday. The Wildcats lost by a 40-39 mar...

Marysville’s Walker Heard has the upper hand against Dublin Coffman’s Antonio Gonalez during the Division I regional duals tournament on Saturday at MHS. Heard won the match, but the Monarchs fell to ...

Marysville High School wrestler Walker Heard has the upper hand in this match from the 2018 regional tournament of the state duals event. The Monarchs will host the 2019 regional tournament on Saturda...

Editor’s note: this is the final profile of the 2019 Marysville High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. Today’s profile is about retired MHS head wrestling coach Bob Williams, who will be inducte...

The Marysville girls basketball team traveled to Dublin Coffman and dropped a 76-37 verdict to the Shamrocks on Thursday. Coffman got out of the gate early and took a commanding lead in the first half...

Marysville’s Ethan Turk (top photo) and Sophie Taracko (bottom photo) are pictured during Thursday evening’s triangular meet. The Monarch squads placed second in boys and girls competition. (Journal-T...

Editor’s note: this is the second in a series of 2019 Marysville High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. Today’s story is about former MHS track and field standout Shae Weiskircher Sakach. Bob Wi...

Fairbanks’ Jacob Nicol (5) goes up for a basket in this file photo. Nicol scored 10 points during the Panthers’ victory over Elgin on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Panthers o...

Michaela Writesel (30) of Fairbanks goes up for a basket against Ridgemont on Monday. Writesel scored 12 points during FHS’ 51-36 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– A slow start to the g...

Editor’s note: this is the first of the stories that will pertain to the 2019 Marysville High School Athletic Fall of Fame inductees. Jason Heard, Shae Weiskircher Sakach and Bob Williams will be indu...

The Bunsold Middle School wrestlers placed fourth during a 26-team tournament at Beavercreek over the weekend. Colton Powers was the lone champion for the team, bringing home the 142-pound title. Chri...

The Wildcats of North Union captured fifth place with 79 team points at the 21-team Sally George wrestling invitational at Pleasant High School on Saturday. Chris Cox-Wilson was the lone champion for ...

Marysville’s Ethan Smegal has the upper hand in this photo from a match earlier in the season. Smegal won his weight class championsihp at Watkins Memorial over the weekend. (Journal-Tribune file phot...

Connor Terrill of North Union leaps for a layup after stealing a Northwestern pass. Terrill netted four shots to tally eights points during the Wildcats’ loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) ––...

Marysville’s Joey Duke is fouled while going up for a shot against Central Crossing on Friday. Duke scored 19 points during the Monarchs’ 61-59 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Marysvi...

Fairbanks’ boys basketball team jumped out to a 16-8 lead in the first period and went on to defeat West Jefferson, 67-61, in overtime on Friday. The Rough Riders fought back to within 27-26 by halfti...

Marysville’s Blaine Landon has an arm bar on Upper Arlington’s Sebastian Chamber during Thursday’s 160-pound bout. Landon won the match with a pin and the Monarchs downed the Golden Bears, 47-17. (Jou...

Despite a 61-48 loss at Elgin on Thursday, Fairbanks High School girls basketball coach Landon Fraker saw progress from his team. “We played well during the second and fourth quarters,” he said. “We g...

Jonathan Alder’s McKenzie Wright (16) sets the ball near the net in this file photo from a 2018 volleyball match. The Lady Pioneers are looking for a new head coach for the 2019 campaign. (Journal-Tri...

The Bunsold Middle School wrestlers defeated Dublin Davis, 60-30, on Wednesday. Picking up pins for the Monarchs were Luke Bonczak (104), Blaize Hall (122), Blayke Powell (134), Nick Johnson (150) and...

These Marysville High School seniors helped the Lady Monarch gymnastics squad beat Olentangy Liberty on Wednesday. They are from left, Megan Erickson, Lindsey Itnyre, Lauren Deere, Morgan McKillon and...

Jonathan Alder’s Melissa Walbom hits a lay-up in this file photo. Walbom scored 11 points on Wednesday as the Lady Pioneers crushed Indian Lake, 72-28, (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Jonat...

Marysville’s Phillip Hughes hits a basket in this file photo. Hughes scored 23 points on Tuesday during the Monarchs’ 56-44 victory at Franklin Heights. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Phil...