The Fairbanks High School girls golf team opened its 2017 season on Friday with a 173-235 victory over Northeastern. Emily Wilson and Audrey Brackenridge tied for medalist honors with scores of 39. Ot...

Special Olympics athlete Grayson Green, left, and Monarch baseball player Casey Gould prepare to field the ball in this file photo. The Marysville Schools Special Olympics team and the MHS baseball sq...

Marysville High School quarterback Jarrett Karnes runs a drill during a practice session on Thursday. The Monarchs are preparing for their first preseason scrimmage of the summer on Saturday, Aug. 12,...

GANGLUFF –––– Marysville native Stephen Gangluff shot a 71 during Thursday’s opening round of the Ellie Mae Classic in Hayward, Calfornia. The tournament is part of the Web.com Tour. Stephen Curry of ...

Tami and Jerry Buerger of Marysville spent an evening with newly-appointed Ohio State University head basketball coach Chris Holtman (center). Along with other seat license holders at the Value City A...

Members of the Jonathan Alder football team tackle a Pleasant ball carrier during a game from the 2016 season. Pioneer squads are now members of the Central Buckeye Conference. (Journal-Tribune photo ...

The North Union youth softball leagues recently wrapped up the 2017 regular season. The Scotts team came out on top of the ‘B’ league. Members of the squad are from left, front row, Kirsten Miller, Re...

Vaughn Young stands in front of his street-stock racing car from the early 1960’s. Vaughn was the first generation of race car driver in the long line of drivers in the Young/Knaul racing family. (Sub...

Fairbanks’ Beau Sloan (4) is tackled during a game from the 2016 season. The Panthers are joining the Ohio Heritage Conference this season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Fairbanks High Sc...

Cameron Troesch of the North Union cross-country team competes during the NU Invitational last year at the high School. While the high school running ranks are strong, the Lady Cats’ middle school cro...

Ryan Walker, Marysville High School’s new athletic director, works on the school’s athletic department website. Walker took over the position from Stacy Hahn. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––...

OBER –––– With her first season as head coach of the Triad High School varsity volleyball team quickly approaching, Dayna Ober is looking to be a builder. “I’m kind of looking forward to building the ...

PRINTZ ––– Printz back in head coaching ranks as teams prepare for grid season Payton Printz’s absence from the ranks of head football coach did not last very long. Printz, a 1982 graduate of Marysvil...

Kate Clarridge, 8, of Marysville displays her award at the recent UCI BMX World Bike Championship. Clarridge earned a trip to the finals and placed eighth in the competition. She transferred out of th...

Marysville High School head baseball coach Mark Brunswick, left, addresses players from the Monarch Elite program. A trio of Monarch teams recently completed a successful 2017 campaign. (Journal-Tribu...

Linemen for the Marysville High School football team go through drills this morning on the first day of preseason practice. High school teams in Ohio began preseason sessions today in preparation for ...

Marysville pitcher Tate Virts fires the ball toward the plate. Monarch hurlers will be undergoing velocity drills in the coming months in preparation for the 2018 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim...

Bethany Bentz, right, the new varsity volleyball head coach at Marysville High School, watches a drill during the school’s recent youth camp. Bentz, who previously was a Lady Monarch assistant coach, ...

Special awards winners for the Marysville Elite 17U baseball team are from left, Kaleb Schultze, top hitter; Tate Virts; top pitcher; and Jacob Wright, top infielder. Not picture, Gavin Sharp, top out...

Elizabeth Henderson, center, returns the ball to Marysville High School player Danielle Jarvi, left, while MHS spiker Maddie Brown looks on. Participants in the Lady Monarch youth volleyball camp have...

I was on vacation last week when I got the word that North Union would be switching from the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference to the Central Buckeye Conference. I had heard rumors of such a move for the p...

Ian Gehres of Jonathan Alder rips a base hit during a game from the 2017 season. Gehres will continue his diamond career at Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) ––...

North Union has found themselves a new conference to compete in. Starting as early as the 2018 school year the Wildcats will be competing in the Central Buckeye Conference (CBC). The Wildcats voted on...

Danial Chapman of Richwood decorates his bike for a bike parade hosted by the Richwood-North Union Library as a part of the Richwood Rides campaign. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– The Rich...

Aaron Peitsmeyer is a young man with a big problem, he has cancer and like many others the price of medical treatment can become overwhelming. A group of individuals have come in to help smooth out th...

GANGLUFF –––– Stephen Gangluff did not play on the Web.com Tour this week, which is playing in Utah. Instead Gangluff stayed right here in Ohio to compete in the Ohio Open at The Weymouth Club in Medi...

George ‘Soapy’ Showalter poses for a photo in front of the Richwood Lake. Showalter has been taking care of the lake for the past two decades in one capacity or another. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam ...

Todd Crowe II of Fairbanks chips the ball at the fourth hole at Marysville Golf Course during the Heart of Ohio Junior Golf association match. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– The Heart of O...

In this file photo,Thomas Rush, 27, runs the ball against Jonathan Alder on Aug. 26. Rush recently verbally committed to the Minnesota Golden Gophers during a satellite camp at Walsh University. (Jour...

The Marysville Elite 17U season has come to close after dropping their finally game of the season to the Kentucky Bulls 7-2 on Sunday. The Bulls whaere able to strike first when they stung Elite start...