Sports

Marysville’s boys tennis team placed fourth out of eight teams during Saturday’s Reynoldsburg doubles invitational. The MHS fourth doubles team of Connor Kennedy and Sameer Parashar took championship ...

Triad’s softball squad split a twinbill against Northwestern on Saturday. The Lady Cardinals fell in the opener, 2-1, and won the nightcap, 6-4. Kristen Bailey hit a homer in the first game, while Jon...

Marysville’s Collin Baschnagel (34) fights against two defenders while trying to decide whether to shoot or pass the ball to Travis Geyer (2). The Monarchs fell to Kettering Fairmont, 8-6. (Photo subm...

Members of the Marysville High School boys and girls track and field teams display their championship trophies from Friday’s Bellefontaine Relays. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville High School’s boys ...

The Panthers of Fairbanks upped their baseball record to 7-4 on Friday with a 3-1 victory over Greenon. FHS plated two runs in the third and added another run in the fifth. Greenon tallied its lone ru...

Audrey Davis of Jonathan Alder completes the anchor leg of the 4 x 200 relay at the Virg Rankin Invitational. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– The Fairbanks Middle School boys and girls trac...

William Findley of Fairbanks leaps over a hurdle during heat two of the 110 high hurdles at North Union’s Virg Rankin Invitational on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– The Fairbanks P...

Marysville’s Gabe Schaeffer reaches to slide safely into third base against Central Crossing on Friday. The Monarchs won, 7-5. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Marysville Monarchs did no...

The boys tennis teams from Marysville and Jonathan Alder had mixed results during matches on Thursday. The Monarchs edged Central Crossing, 3-2, while JA dropped a 3-2 verdict to Bellefontaine. MHS-Ce...

The Lady Monarch varsity softball team upped its Ohio Capital Conference Central Division record to 2-0 on Thursday with a 13-4 triumph at Central Crossing. The Lady Monarchs (10-4 overall) plated sev...

Candace Halloway of North Union prepares to field a throw at first base for an out. The Lady Cats cruised to their 10th victory with a 14-0 win over River Valley on Thursday. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

An Elgin base runner slides safely into the plate before the ball gets to the mitt of Fairbanks catcher Anna Higbee Thursday evening. The Comets downed FHS, 11-3. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)...

The Fairbanks Middle School girls and boys track and field squads placed second during five-team meets on Wednesday. West Jefferson claimed top honors in the girls meet with 128 points. The Lady Panth...

Marysville’s girls and boys track and field squads competed in five-team meets at Westerville South on Tuesday. The Monarchs went up against Westerville South, DeSales, Oakstone and Centennial. No tea...

The Marysville varsity baseball squad plated an insurance run in the visitors’ portion of the seventh inning to defeat Central Crossing, 3-1, on Wednesday. The Monarchs (7-4) tied the game at 1-1 in t...

Marysville’s Sydney Wade slides safely into third base with a triple as Westland’s infielder can’t catch the ball thrown into the outfield. The Lady Monarchs rolled to a 15-0 victory to open up the Oh...

Urbana handed Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis team a 3-2 setback on Tuesday. Riley Woods at first singles and the duo of Jack and Grant Welsch at first doubles won matches for the Pioneers. Woods downed ...

–––– The Marysville Jr. Bowling Association recently held its Alex Castaneda tournament. The top three finishers in the Jr.-Major Division (top photo from left) were Josh Geer first; Dale Barker, seco...

Triad pitchers Joni Russell and Sidney Louck combined for a no-hitter on Tuesday. The Lady Cardinals needed just five innings to put a 16-0 beat-down on Greenon. Triad improved its overall record to 5...

The track and field teams from Fairbanks and Triad competed during an Ohio Heritage Conference meet at West Liberty-Salem on Tuesday. The host school Tigers captured top honors in the boys meet with 1...

Gabby Hill of Marysville (6) carries the ball on the attack Tuesday evening. Hill tallied MHS’ lone goal during a 20-1 loss to Upper Arlington. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– Marysville’s ...

–––– Above, Marlee Jacobs goes through her windup before delivering a pitch during a recent softball game at North Union High School. At right Cierra Clark runs the base path between second and third ...

Marysville’s varsity baseball squad upped its record to 6-4 with two recent victories. The Monarchs beat Grove City, 3-1, and turned back Westland by the same score. MHS tallied all the runs it would ...

The Monarch boys varsity tennis team scored a 4-1 verdict over Olentangy Berlin on Monday. Marysville earned victories in both doubles matches. The first doubles team of Devin Kyle and Alexander Seilt...

Connor Pack of Fairbanks slides safely into third base Monday evening. The Panthers rolled past Mechanicsburg, 16-4, in 4 ½ innings. (Journal-Tribune (photo by Tim Miller) –––– Things looked a bit dic...

Marysville’s girls and boys track and field teams competed in the Stingel Invitational at Pickerington North on Saturday. The girls placed 11th out of 16 teams with 27 points. The top five teams were ...

Triad’s boys track and field squad won the Riverside Invitational with 141 points over the weekend. Lima Perry was the runner-up with 133, followed by Riverside-79, Jackson Center-67, Calvary Christia...

Sydney Bacon of North Union winds up as she prepares to toss a shot during a recent track meet. Bacon set a new school record in both the shot put and discus during this past week’s action. (Photo sub...

Fairbanks’ boys and girls track teams ran away from the competition on Saturday as the Panthers competed in the Ridgemont Invitational. The Panther boys breezed to their title with 192 points, followe...

Bob Conklin, of near Plain City, looks over Marysville Journal and Tribune clippings from the old Union County high school basketball tournament. Conklin was a star player in the 1940s at Watkins High...