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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...

Marysville’s Lexi Williams rips a base hit against Mathews High School. The Lady Monarchs won two games on Saturday. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville’s varsity softball squad took a twinbill on Satur...

Today Marysville baseball home vs. Grove City, 1 p.m. Marysville softball home vs. Hilliard Bradley, 11 a.m. and Westerville Central, 1 p.m. Marysville girls lacrosse at Miamisburg, noon Fairbanks boy...

Union County Family YMCA swimmer Rachel Poling competed on Friday at the 2019 YMCA National Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina. The meet attracted 1,473 swimmers (male and female) from 2...

Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis team fell to Hilliard Bradley, 5-0, on Friday. Singles -Shook defeated Riley Woods (JA) 6-4, 6-1; -Manoharan downed Dominic Gantz (JA), 6-1, 6-2; -Castro beat Jacob Zang (...

Marysville’s Lauren Markert, center, controls the ball during a recent lacrosse match. Markert helped the Lady Monarchs beat Columbus Centennial on Thursday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ––––...

John Pastirzyk tallied only one of Fairbanks’ five hits on the day, but it was a mighty big one. The Panther catcher hit safely and drove in the only run FHS would need in the home half of the seventh...

Marysville High School graduate Allison Richardson prepares to begin her floor exercise routine. Richardson is a member of the Mid-American Conference championship gymnastics team at Northern Illinois...

Triad school officials have narrowed their search for a new head football coach to five candidates. The position became open in late winter when Joe Cardinal stepped down after three seasons at the he...

Emily Walker, left, of Jonathan Alder gets caught stealing second base when Madison Amstutz, right, of North Union applies the tag. Regan Martino of North Union watches the play unfold in the backgrou...

Michael Bonczak of Marysville slides into second with a stolen base Friday evening. The Monarchs held off a rally by Westland and defeated the Cougars, 11-7. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ––––...

Triad’s boys track squad won a triangular meet at Southeastern on Wednesday. The Cardinals tallied 64.5 points, followed by Emmanuel Christian-50 and Southeastern-48.5. Southeastern claimed the girls ...

Triad’s softball team improved to 3-1 overall with a 12-3 victory over Urbana on Thursday. Holly Alvoid had three of the Lady Cardinals’ 11 hits. Triad won the game despite committing four fielding mi...

Marysville’s Joel Sheeley returns the ball over the net on Thursday. The Monarchs fell to Big Walnut, 4-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Marysville High School boys tennis squad dropp...

Marysville’s Hunter Wilson (8) advances the ball against a Newark opponent. The Monarchs won, 12-3. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– A 12-0 halftime lead turned into a 12-3 victory over Newa...

Riley Blevins of Fairbanks makes contact with the ball in the bottom of the third inning against Grandview Heights Thursday. Blevins went 3-3 and tallied two RBIs during the Lady Panthers 20-2 victory...