Sports

The Ohio high school baseball season will have a slightly different calendar, starting next year. The state’s high school athletic board of control recently approved a recommendation to extend the bas...

The Lady Monarch softball team scored once in the top of the first inning and made that run stand during Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over Central Crossing. The run came after Emily Daniel battled to a 15-...

Abby Davis of North Union makes contact at the plate during a softball game against Galion on a rainy Tuesday. The Lady Cats struggled during the early frames of the game, but found runs late to win 1...

Marysville’s girls lacrosse team rolled to a 16-4 victory over Buckeye Valley on Tuesday. Gabby Hill led the Lady Monarchs with six goals, while Stella Moser tallied three. Abby Burnes, Emma Boger and...

Mindy Eisnaugle gives instructions to the Marysville High School girls basketball team in this file photo. Eisnaugle has stepped down after two years as the Lady Monarchs’ head coach. (Journal-Tribune...

Morgan Forney of MHS competes in the high jump Tuesday evening. She placed third in the event. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Marysville’s girls and boys track and field teams won home tri...

The Lady Cats of North Union just keep on winning. NU recorded its lopsided victory of the season on Monday, defeating Mid Ohio Athletic Conference rival Marion Harding, 27-0. The North Union bats wer...

Lady Monarch pitcher Jewely Livington fires the ball toward the plate during a recent 9-7 victory against Olentangy Liberty. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The sport of softball has been a...

The fourth annual Marysville Soap Box Derby race was held on Saturday at its new location on Third Street.  This race was sponsored by the Marysville Elks Lodge 1130 and the University of Akron Colleg...

Marysville’s boys track and field team celebrates its first-place finish at Wapakoneta. (Photos submitted) –––– The Lady Monarchs of Marysville claimed first place at the Redskins Relay in Wapakoneta ...

Several Jonathan Alder High School seniors recently signed to continue their athletic careers on the collegiate level. They are from left, Maryn Herring, swimming, Wilmington College; Emily Davis, bas...

Hanna Moffett of MHS squares to bunt during doubleheader action on Saturday. Moffett had five hits during Marysville’s 12-4 triumph over Bishop Hartley. That tied the school’s single-game record for m...

Marysville catcher Chase Kilgore catches a foul ball for an out Saturday afternoon at Upper Arlington. The Monarchs fell, 6-4. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Marysville High School bas...

Marysville’s Izzy Shroyer watches her run-producing hit fall in against Dublin Coffman on Friday. The Lady Monarchs won the OCC game. (Photo submitted) –––– The Marysville Lady Monarch varsity softbal...

Fairbanks shortstop Ciera Madison leaps for the ball thrown on this Greeneview stolen base Friday evening. The Lady Panthers rallied for a 4-3 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The r...

DEVINE –––– Former Ohio State University football coach Earle Bruce is being remembered for the opportunity he gave a local man to climb the coaching ladder. Bruce died Friday morning at the age of 87...

Jonathan Alder’s tennis team dropped a 3-2 verdict to Urbana on Thursday. Singles -Brandon Dembek (J) defeated C. Headlee (U) 6-0, 6-0; -Connor Dembek (J) beat Burnside (U) 7-6, 6-1; -Johnson (U) down...

Triad’s varsity baseball team pounded Riverside into submission by a score of 17-2 during six innings on Thursday. The Cardinals (4-5) plated 11 runs over the fifth and sixth frames to invoke the run-...

North Union third baseman Avery Clark fields the ball and prepares to throw to first base during a recent softball game against Pleasant. The Lady Cats will head to Ashland today to compete in the 25t...

Lady Monarch pitcher Airyanna Maurer fires the ball toward the plate in this file photo. Maurer, a senior, will continue her career at Marietta College. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) --- Airya...

James Yoder of Fairbanks dives back for first base during a pickoff play against Worthington Christian. The Panthers increased their record to 10-4 with the 6-1 win. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dill...

Ashden Turrill of North Union dives for third base during a baseball game at North Union High School. The Wildcats defeated Mid Ohio Athletic Conference foe Marion Harding 8-3 on Wednesday to increase...

Madison Wedding of North Union fields a ground ball during a Mid Ohio Athletic Conference game against Marion Harding on Wednesday. Wedding pitched a no-hitter during the Lady Cats’ 12-0 win in six in...

Marysville’s Emily Daniel rips the game-winning hit at Upper Arlington on Wednesday. The Lady Monarchs won, 3-1. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville’s Emily Daniel broke a 1-1 stalemate with a base hit ...

Marysville’s Tyler Drope (0) slides home with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning against Upper Arlington on Wednesday. The Monarchs rallied for an 8-5 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo b...

Stella Moser of Marysville attempts to block a pass by a Dublin Coffman player during a lacrosse game at Marysville High School. The Monarchs lost the contest 17-2. (Journal-tribune photo by Sam Dillo...

North Union girls basketball coach Rachel Weaver, right, gives instructions to senior Paxon Stofcheck during a game this past season. Weaver has stepped down from the position after two years. (Journa...

The Marysville High School varsity boys lacrosse team played in weather conditions that canceled the majority of other sports on Monday. The wind, sleet and temperatures in the 30’s, however, didn’t s...

A trio of Jonathan Alder High School seniors will remain in the same school as they begin their collegiate bowling careers next year. From left, Joshua Schrock, Hallie Nichols and Zach Otto sign with ...

A joke...a fraud...maybe a figment of our imaginations. That’s what last week’s two days of 70-degree weather is beginning to feel like. The inclement weather that had plagued the Union County high sc...