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Journey Blevins of NU leaps to block a Benjamin Logan attack during the Lady Cats’ 3-0 sweep of the Lady Raiders. The win helped North Union into a two-way tie for the Central Buckeye Conference lead....

The Lady Panther spikers improved to 13-3 overall and 11-1 in the Ohio Heritage Conference on Thursday. FHS defeated Mechanicsburg 25-11, 25-18, 19-25, 25-23. Stats for the match were as follows: -Kai...

Marysville’s Nathan Sprague, right, goes after the ball during Thursday evening’s varsity soccer game against Dublin Coffman. The Monarchs fell, 3-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Dublin Coffm...

Triad’s junior high football squad battled Southeastern to a 20-20 stalemate on Thursday. Awesom Mitchell had a 70-yard touchdown run and a 43-yard punt return for a TD. He also added a two-point conv...

Coleman Hauck of Triad finds a hole to run through during the Cardinals’ contest against Benjamin Logan. The Cardinals are trying to re-establish their running game after last week’s game against Gree...

Panther running back Mason Cushman (2) picks up yardage in this file photo. Also pictured is Panther lineman Dakota Key (72). FHS will host Springfield Catholic Central on Friday for Homecoming. (Phot...

Marysville’s Jayden Simmons (13) picks up yardage against Grove City. The Monarchs will play Big Walnut on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Electrical inspection set for stadium toda...

Sports editor Tim Miller posted the best week of the Pigskin Pickers last week. To fight from being the lone cellar dweller, Miller finished with a sparkling 10-1 record during a rough slate of games....

Trevor Moran, right, of North Union, attempts to stiff-arm a London defender while running around the edge last week. The Wildcats have a stiff challenge on Friday as they take on Jonathan Alder. (Pho...

The Bunsold Middle School gymnastics team set a new school record for points on Wednesday. The Lady Monarchs won a triangular match with 141.1 points against Olentangy and Worthingway. That total brok...

Olivia Ishmael of MHS prepares to drive the ball during a match against Pickerington North and Gahanna. (Photo submitted) Marysville’s varsity girls golf team competed in a triangular match earlier th...

Fairbanks’ Dylan Tobe (11) tries to avoid contact with a West Liberty-Salem opponent while going for the ball on Tuesday. The Panthers defeated the Tigers, 2-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) B...

Taylar Sphapmixay, left and Kaidie Carstensen, both of Fairbanks, leap to block a shot during Tuesday’s volleyball match against Springfield Catholic Central. The Lady Panthers won the match 3-1. (Jou...

Marysville’s girls varsity tennis team had little trouble in turning back Delaware Hayes, 4-1, on Tuesday. Match results were as follows: Singles -Emma Pzedpelski (M) scored a 6-1, 6-1 verdict over Mi...

The Lady Monarch varsity volleyball team (7-9) defeated Central Crossing 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-18 on Tuesday. The match was highlighted by MHS’ strong and consistent serves. The Lady Monarchs were l...

The victories keep coming for the St. John’s Lutheran volleyball team. The Lady Jaguars upped their record to 13-0 with two recent wins. St. John’s beat Hilliard Memorial 25-1, 25-7. The team served 4...

Triad’s boys golf team finished seventh out of the 12 squads in the Southwest sectional at Shelby Oaks Country Club on Tuesday. Cole Pond of Triad led the team with an 83 and was the top individual di...

Marysville senior Ellie Williams (right) returns the ball over the net while her doubles teammate Maddie Blaisdell watches. The Lady Monarchs won the team match over Jonathan Alder, 4-1, on Monday. (J...

Ohio Dominican senior Emma Romine drives the ball in this file photo. Romine is a Marysville High School graduate. (File photo) A pair of former local high school golfers helped the Ohio Dominican wom...

Marysville’s Emily Williams drives the ball during a match. The Lady Monarchs won a triangular contest on Monday. (File photo) Marysville’s girls varsity golf squad won a triangular match on Monday. T...

A milestone was reached a week ago by one of our Union County high school coaches. Ed Marsman, who for the past five years has been the head volleyball boss at Fairbanks, recorded the 600th victory of...

The high school baseball and softball seasons ended several months ago in the state of Ohio. The Marysville High School baseball diamond, however, will be the location for a special game on Thursday. ...

Triad’s varsity volleyball squad fell to 1-13 on the season with a 10-25, 17-25, 6-25 loss to Springfield Catholic Central on Monday. Cardinal stats for the match were as follows: -Kelsey Cole: 10 att...

Avery Prohaska of Marysville follows through on her tee shot from the 3rd Hole at Darby Creek Golf Course during the Marysville Girls Golf invitational. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Fairbanks...

Marysville’s high school and middle school cross-country teams competed in the 56th annual Bob Reall Invitational in Lancaster on Saturday. The varsity Lady Monarchs placed second out of 16 teams, whi...

Fairbanks’ girls cross-country team placed third during Saturday’s Ohio Caverns Invitational. West Liberty-Salem captured top honors during the 10-team race with 29 points. Kenton was the runner-up wi...

Marysville’s boys varsity soccer team upped its record to 7-3 on Saturday with a 5-2 victory over Granville. The Monarchs used team defense and three different scorers in the win. Ryan Walters and Dak...

The Ruth Woods 5K race was held over the weekend as part of the Union County Grand Prix series. A total of 34 runners competed. Lindsey Zeuch of Hilliard was the winner with a time of 19:44.7. Union C...

Jonathan Alder head football coach Brett Glass knew going into Friday evening’s game that Urbana’s gridders have struggled so far this season. What he didn’t know was how well his unbeaten Pioneers wo...

When you get punched in the mouth, you can either fight back or cower. After taking their first loss of the season at Findlay last week, the Marysville Monarchs opted to come back swinging, blasting G...