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The Pigskin Pickers race remains very close through the first half of the high school regular season. Reporter Mac Cordell and sports reporter Sam Dillon posted the best record among the Journal-Tribu...

Alex Crowe of Fairbanks follows through on a tee shot at Darby Creek on Wednesday. Crowe shot a 77 to lead the Panthers to the runner-up spot of the Division III district tournament. (Journal-Tribune ...

The St. John’s Lutheran School volleyball team won the COAL regular-season title for the 2019 season. The Lady Jaguars notched a recent victory over Liberty Christian to finish the regular season with...

The Lady Panther varsity volleyball squad slipped to 14-4 overall and 11-2 in the Ohio Heritage Conference earlier this week. Fairbanks dropped a 24-26, 26-24, 16-25, 18-25 verdict to West Liberty-Sal...

Triad’s junior high football team slipped to 2-2-1 for the season after Wednesday’s 28-14 loss to West Liberty-Salem. Hunter Thompson scored on a 60-yard touchdown run for the Cardinals and caught a t...

Marysville’s Gavin Crosette, left, and Jonathan Alder’s Michael McKelvey watch the flight of their tee shots Tuesday at Darby Creek. The Monarchs and Pioneers played in the Division I sectional tourna...

MHS’ Chase Kilgore (34) picks up yardage last week against Big Walnut. The Monarchs will travel to Dublin Coffman on Friday. (Journal-Tribue photo by Chad Williamson) The Marysville High School varsit...

Brycelyn Dieckert (14) of North Union leaps to block a hit by Northwestern as teammates Journey Blevins and Gabby Ziegler watch in the background. The Lady Cats swept the Warriors, 3-0. (Journal-Tribu...

Lady Monarch Kindall Duke attempts to control the ball in this file photo. MHS defeated Pickerington Central on Tuesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Monarch soccer team upped its re...

Marysville High School head baseball coach Nick Blake, left, works with youth players on base running during a recent Marysville Futures free clinic (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

Nicolas Hammann of Marysville won the Honda Challenge 2 class championship the past weekend at the 2019 National Auto Sport Association Championships. More than 325 amateur and semipro drivers from ac...

Triad’s volleyball team fell to 1-16 with a 20-25, 13-25, 14-25 setback to Northeastern on Tuesday. Cardinal stats for the match were as follows: -Gracie Sheets: 24 passes; -Sidney Louck: three points...

Cassie Lamb of Fairbanks passes the ball in this file photo. The Lady Panthers are 14-3 after a recent victory over Bellefontaine. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Fairbanks’ volleyball team uppe...

Marysville’s varsity girls tennis squad upped its record to 13-8 on Monday. The Lady Monarchs defeated Worthington Kilbourne, 4-1. Singles -Hanna Hogan (M) lost 4-6, 0-6 to Taneja; -Krista O’Shelski (...

Fairbanks’ Adeline Fitzwater is pictured in this file photo. She helped lead the Lady Panthers to a third-place finish on Saturday during the North Union Invitational. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

Marysville’s Jacquelyn Witt leads the pack during Saturday’s “Cross the Creek” Invitational at Washington Court House. Witt won the individual race and the Lady Monarchs placed first as a team. (Photo...

Triad superintendent Vickie Hoffman announced today that Logan Dunn will be the district’s new athletic director-dean of students. Dunn, who is a graduate of Ridgedale High School, will begin his duti...

Jonathan Alder running back Garret Proxmire (22) is upended by members of North Union’s defense Friday night. Included is NU’s Trevyn Feasel (3). Alder remained unbeaten with the win. (Journal-Tribune...

Triad’s JC Alexander picks up yardage against Southeastern on Friday. The Cardinals won, 18-14. (Photo submitted) After a long and slow start to the season, the Cardinals of Triad were able to find th...

Fairbanks quarterback Braxton Wilhelm (14) races for the end zone Friday evening against Springfield Catholic Central. The Panthers rolled to a 63-6 Homecoming victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim M...

Carson Smith of Marysville (5) tries to reach a pass during Friday’s game against Big Walnut. The Monarchs pounded the Eagles, 38-10, during the first game in MHS’ new stadium. (Journal-Tribune photo ...

Special Olympics athlete Emily Woolard hits the ball during Thursday’s unified game with the Marysville High School baseball team. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Once again, the Marysville scho...

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....