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FHS lefty April Ward prepares to fire the ball to the plate in this file photo. Ward pitched a one-hitter on Tuesday during a victory over Cedarville. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– April ...

Fairbanks second baseman Alex Blumenschein slaps the tag on a Cedarville runner who tries to steal the bag on Tuesday. The Panthers downed the Indians, 11-5. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ––––...

Levi Honigford of Jonathan Alder leaps over a hurdle during the 110 meter hurdles at the Virg Rankin Invitational at North Union High School recently. Honigford placed ninth with a time of 21.01. The ...

Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis team dropped a 3-2 verdict to Kenton Ridge on Monday. Singles -Kronour defeated Riley Woods (J) 6-3, 6-3; -Dominic Gantz (J) downed Tyson 6-4, 6-4; -Max Wehner (J) beat Ca...

The Fairbanks Middle School boys and girls track and field teams won triangular meets on Monday. The boys tallied 82 points, followed by London-34 and North Union-29. The Lady Panthers finished with 7...

Emily Daniel of MHS reaches third base safely at Dublin Coffman on Monday. The Lady Monarchs lost, 8-7, when the Shamrocks scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on an error. (Journal-Tri...

Madi Montenaro of FHS rips a base hit against Springfield Catholic Central during Monday’s FHS triumph. (Photo submitted) –––– Madi Montenaro had a big day at the plate on Monday as Fairbanks’ softbal...

The Easter Bunny left some sweet goodies a few days early for Dublin Coffman’s girls on Monday. The Lady Monarchs gift-wrapped the Shamrocks’ victory with an error in the bottom of the seventh that pr...

Marysville infielder Payne Miller (left) gets the force out at second and throws the ball over to first in the bottom of the seventh on Monday. The Monarchs did not get the double play, but went on to...

Monarch catcher Chase Kilgore makes a tag for an out at the plate Saturday afternoon against DeSales. Pitcher Matt Belt (30) is pictured backing up the play. Marysville fell to the Stallions, 8-4. (Jo...

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...