Sports

The sport of wrestling will return to varsity status at Fairbanks High School next winter. Now, the search is on for a new head coach. FHS athletic director Larry Morris said there are feelers out for...

Members of the Fairbanks High School football team run through some plays as head coach Patrick Cotter, left, watches on during a summer camp Thursday. The high school football preseason doesn’t offic...

Joey Hazelbaker swims the butterfly leg of the individual medley during a Stingrays meet against Dublin. Hazelbaker compiled the most team points for the boy’s team despite losing to Dublin. (Journal-...

Quarterback Michael Bonczak gets set to run a play during a Marysville High School football workout Monday afternoon. The Monarchs are using the next two weeks for 10 days of off-season coaching as pe...

GANGLUFF –––– Marysville native, Stephen Gangluff, was able to find the cup with ease during the second round of the LECOM Health Challenge at Peek n’ Peak Resort in Findley Lake, New York to put hims...

Marysville infielder Blake Storr covers third base on this play from the 2018 season. The Monarchs will have a new head coach for the 2019 campaign. A contract offer has been extended to London High S...

The Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association made their fifth stop of the season at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Kenton on Thursday where local golfer Justin Brackenridge of Fairbanks was able to card a 39...

Rylan Brown swims the butterfly leg of the 100-yard medley relay race during a Stingrays meet against the Tigersharks. Brown’s team of Joseph taracko, Berkley Behrens and Carter McGhee won the race wi...

Monarch pole vaulters recently held a vaulting session with several alumni members to prepare for next years track and field season. Alumni members are in the front row, from the left: Cameron Finley,...

The 13U Raymond Rapture found some success recently at the Strike Out Cancer tournament in Urbana. The Rapture went 5-0 in the tournament, winning the championship round 3-2 over the Big Walnut Eagles...

The Wildcats recently held a wrestling camp with the help of the new wresting coach at Ohio Wesleyan Paul Reed and former state qualifiers Corbin Bunsold and Christian Koch. The camp had over 50 parti...

The MJBSA 8U Championship game was played on Marysville City C field Saturday during the weekend heat wave. Richwood Bank (13-0) won the game 10-7 over Kiwanis (8-5-1). The teams took a moment to pose...

The Marysville Elite 17U team lost a tight battle of 2-1 to the Kaneland Knights at the King’s Island Classic Sunday. Jack Christian got the nod to take the mound to start the game and was able to str...

Marysville Schools Special Olympics team recently had eight high school athletes participate in the State Summer Games held at The Ohio State University. The athletes participated in bowling and did v...

Members of the Premier Division of the Union County Junior Golf Academy Tour pose with their participation medals after the final match of the season at Darby Creek Golf Course. The Premier golfers ar...

Swimmers dive from the boards during the start of the second heat of the boys 10 and under 25-yard freestyle. The Muirfins where able to top the Stingray boy’s team to help them win the meet. (Journal...

A Fairbanks U15 baseball team capped off a perfect 14-0 season in the Midwest Buckeye League with a 7-5 win against the London Red team recently to earn the league championship. The team posed for a p...

The Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association made their fourth stop on the tour at Pine Lakes in Mt. Gilead. Local golfer Justin Breckenridge of Fairbanks took second place in a field of 20 golfers in th...

Reese Cordonnier chips onto the hole 4 green at Marysville Golf Club during a round of the Union County Junior Golf Academy-Tour match. Cordonnier finished with a 68 in the Academy Disvion. (Journal-T...

Ohio Hawks 05 Gold won the 2018 Sheer Madness USA National Qualifier and Showcase recently. The Hawks went a perfect 7-0 to win the title, outscoring their opponents 48-6. The player and coaches are l...

Berkley Behrens of the Marysville Stingrays leaps from the platform during a 100-yard-freestyle race at a tri-meet between the Stingrays, Plain Township and Sycamore Hills. The Stingrays took first pl...

The North Union varsity boy’s basketball team participated in a summer camp Saturday and Sunday at the University of Findley. The Wildcats won the bronze bracket of the tournament. The team from the l...

The Union County YMCA gymnastics team is preparing for the 2018 National meet next week in Toledo. A total of 33 local girls ages 7-17 in Levels 3-8 will compete in various events against gymnasts fro...

SONDERS –––– Life has been pretty busy for Marysville High School graduate Holly (Niederkohr) Sonders. It’s going to become even more so during the coming months. Sonders, a 2005 MHS graduate, recentl...

Triad High School’s Cati Levan dribbles the ball against Fairbanks during a game from the 2017-18 season. Levan is one of only seven players in the Lady Cardinal hoop program this summer. (Journal-Tri...

The Marysville Stingrays swimming teams dropped recent meets to the Delaware Darts. Delaware’s boys beat the Rays 1,261-909, while the Dart girls defeated the Lady Stingrays 2,118-1,294. The top score...

The fifth annual “Tee It Up to End Alzheimer’s” golf fundraiser will be held next month. The event will be held on Sunday, July 15 at Blues Creek Golf Course. It will begin at noon. Slightly more than...

Brady Adams, 10, practices his putting at The Ridge on Thursday. He played in the fourth tournament of the Union County Junior Golf Academy-Tour. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Union C...

Brooke Young, Marysville High School’s new girls basketball head coach, is pictured at center court. Young has coached in the Marysville girls hoop program for 10 years. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim ...

Fairbanks High School graduate Emily Wilson prepares to drive the ball at Marysville Golf Club on Wednesday. She was one of several local linksmen who competed in the Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Associa...