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A pair of high school football teams that struggled during the 2017 season will meet tonight to kick off the new campaign. The Triad Cardinals, who posted a 1-9 slate a year ago, will be on the road t...

Marysville quarterback Walker Heard (2) scrambles for yardage during last Saturday’s scrimmage againt Hilliard Darby. The Monarchs will open the regular season tonight by hosting Jonathan Alder. (Jour...

Marysville’s varsity girls tennis squad won its first match of the season with a 5-0 triumph over Westerville North on Wednesday. Singles -Lauren Markert beat E. Preston 6-0, 6-0 for her first victory...

Members of Jonathan Alder’s boys varsity soccer team are from left, front row, Alan Santos, Camden Herring, Kent Gingerich, Peyton Ernst, William Moore and Lucas Shelley; second row, Cameron LaFayette...

Jonathan Alder’s varsity girls soccer team is pictured from left, front row, Sydnie Bushong, Emily Opatt, Lauren Perkey, Emily Piccolantonio, Marissa Belau, Avery Hecht, Kenzie Bushong and Alaina Wins...

Jonathan Alder girls tennis boss Brett Fuller has high expectations for his team this year. The Lady Pioneers went through the Central Buckeye Conference portion of their schedule with an unbeaten rec...

Members of Jonathan Alder’s varsity boys golf team are from left, front row, Matthew Fox, Hayden Mitchell, Chase Pond and Mychal McKelvey; second row, assistant coach Brandon Whitt, Tyler Hilbert, hea...

Jonathan Alder’s varsity volleyball team is pictured from left, front row, Hunter Kaltenbach, Kayleigh Hall, McKenzie Wright and Sydney Beard; second row, Kyli Ricker, Hunter Larison, Ava Francis, Emm...

Jonathan Alder’s football team is pictured from left, front row, Trevor Mitchell, Caleb Howell, Brennan Blain and Victor Fenik; second row, Declan Costello, Jackson Welsch, Luke Stalnaker, Jose Duarte...

The Pigskin Pickers have returned for the 30th season, albeit with an abbreviated schedule this week. We’re only picking three games, since two of those contests feature local teams playing against ea...

The 2018 North Union varsity volleyball team is pictured from left, front row, Lissie Michael, Josie Duncan, Darian Thompson, Mackenzie Grose and Kaitlyn O’Connors; second row, Sydney Bacon, Grason In...

The 2018 North Union Wildcat football team is pictured from left, front row, Kase Orahood, Hunter Zimmerman, Dalton Rowland, Colton Clark, Carsen Newell, Chris Wislon, Dylan Thompson, Joey Blair, Ashd...

The 2018 North Union girl’s golf team is listed in the front row, from the left: Kendra Nicol, Maddy Snyder and Lilly Taylor. The back row, from the left: coach Jessica Curtis, Katlyn Saunders, Grace ...

The 2018 North Union boy’s cross-country team is listed in the front row, from the left: Dalton Skaggs, Joel Krebehenne, Zak Kratowicz, Adam Brown, Aiccardo Cantori and Lino Bender. Second row, from t...

The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks improved their soccer record to 2-0-0 with a hard-fought, 5-4 triumph over Lancaster Fisher Catholic on Tuesday. Emma Cook tallied a hat trick plus one (four goals) and ...

Sarah Peterson (13) of Marysville sets the ball for teammate Carys Gossett (15) Tuesday evening against Olentangy Liberty. The Lady Monarchs fell in three sets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –...

The boys cross-country season began for two local schools during Tuesday’s Early Bird Invitational at Benjamin Logan. Jonathan Alder tallied 25 points to clinch first place, while North Union was the ...

Marysville’s girls golf team scored a victory during Tuesday’s triangular match. The Lady Monarchs carded a 194, while Olentangy shot a 204 and Buckeye Valley finished with a 229. Maddie Powers and Ol...

The Fairbanks High School volleyball team defeated West Jefferson to open the Ohio Heritage Conference portion of its schedule. The scores from Tuesday were 25-8, 25-7, 25-15 as FHS upped its overall ...

Members of the Fairbanks High School girls soccer program are, from left, front row, Claire Ruff, Taylor Hall, Macy Wanamaker, Devin Baum and Joelle Ziegler; second row, Kaela Wurster, Gracie Pyers, B...

Members of the Fairbanks High School boys varsity soccer team are from left, front row, Pierce Powell, Diego Shaw, Gage Wilson, Nate Vollrath and Jeremy Ziegler; second row, assistant coach Nick Bowsh...

Junior varsity spikers for FHS are from left, front row, Antonia Mapes, Lizzie Nicol and Jayda Rausch; second row, Taylar Sphapmixay, Megan Rausch, Ellee Johnson, Brianna Bosworth, Dani Headings and c...

Members of the Fairbanks varsity volleyball team are from left, front row, Piper Huston, Lizzie Nicol, Grace Tomblin, Cassy Lamb, Jayda Rausch and Mackenleigh Greene; second row, head coach Ed Marsman...

Fairbanks’ varsity football team is pictured from left, front row, Wyatt Damron, Charlie Scheiderer, Jacob Nicol, Will Cochrane, Josh Day, Tyler Beem, Nate Timmons, Justin Wulff and Matt Bouic; second...

Marysville’s varsity football cheerleaders are from left, front row, Madison Walls, Lindsey Itnyre, Meredith Kiss, Amanda Failor, Stephanie Perry and Kassidi Jones; second row, Mackenzie Mayse, Olivia...

Varsity volleyball players for Marysville High School are from left, front row, Kaitlyn DeLauter, Alyssa Codner, Peyton Ingle and Kami Carter; second row, Miali Bard, Sarah Peterson, Carys Gossett, Rh...

The Monarch boys cross country team is pictured from left, front row, Graham Guider, Jack Flanagan, Willy Vititoe, Justin Marsh, James Heap, Sean Schultz, Lincoln Witt and Lane Coil; second row, Tyler...

Members of the Marysville High School girls cross-country team are from left, front row, Kay Houser, Jacquelyn Witt, Maddie Sundquist, Leanne Eichorn, Ellie Nichols and Kayla Michalak. Back row, assis...

Marysville’s girls golf team is pictured from left, front row, Kaya Lewis, Madison Powers, Olivia Virts and Eva Mason; back row, coach Eli Morris, Cassi Van Dyke, Olivia Ishmael, Lydia Cunningham and ...

Members of the Monarch boys golf program are from left, front row, Cole Weaver, Sameer Parashar, Dylan DeLauter, Gavin Cossett, Chris Borjas and Dominic Lombardi; back row, head coach Jonathan Wing, T...