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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...

There are some football games that coaches praise as a shinning example of how to win a game. Then there are those games that they would rather just forget about. North Union’s 39-15 loss to London on...

Fairbanks’ Brogan Green is pictured in this file photo from earlier in the season. Green rushed for more than 200 yards during FHS’ 48-42 win over Greenon on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Wil...

For the first time ever, a Marysville High School football team played a home game on artificial turf. The MHS freshman squad hosted Grove City Thursday evening during a game that was played on the ne...

Jonathan Alder’s Jacob Fenik (7) breaks up a Marion Harding pass attempt in this file photo. The Pioneers will go for their fourth win of the season tonight at Urbana. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

Fairbanks’ Samantha Adkins (3) battles a West Liberty-Salem opponent for possession of the ball Thursday afternoon. The Lady Panthers fell, 4-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) It was a tough da...

The Lady Monarch tennis squad reached double figures in victories on Thursday. Marysville upped its record to 10-8 with a 3-2 triumph over Hilliard Darby. The final match of the night went three sets....

Triad’s girls golf team defeated Madison Plains, 223-263, on Thursday during a non-league scoring match at Woodland. The Lady Cardinals were led by match medalist Olivia Butz with a 48. She was follow...

Hayden Simpson of Triad carries the ball against Madison Plains. The Cardinals will host Greeneview tonight. (Photo submitted) Triad’s football squad has had a slow start to the season that has result...

Triad’s junior high football team dropped a 21-0 verdict to Greeneview on Thursday. Kane Bailey had an interception for the Cardinals. Triad will host Southeastern Thursday.

Jaxson Harrah (11) of North Union makes a cut upfield during last week’s game at Heath. The Wildcats will face off against a tough London team on Friday. (Photo submitted) The North Union Wildcat grid...

Panther players and fans cheer as running back Mason Cushman crosses into the end zone against Cedarville. Fairbanks will play at Greenon on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) “The guy...

Publisher Kevin Behrens, the defending Pickers champion, and managing editor Chad Williamson each posted 8-3 records during last week’s slate of Pigskin Pickers games. Sports writer Sam Dillon, report...

Gabby Ziegler, left, of North Union follows through on a hit while two Buckeye Valley blockers attempt to block the shot. Ziegler tallied seven kills during NU’s 3-0 win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam...

Fairbanks’ varsity volleyball team upped its overall record to 10-3 and its Ohio Heritage Conference mark to 8-1 with a 25-19, 20-25, 25-9, 19-25, 15-10 victory at Greenon on Tuesday. Stats for the ma...