Sports

The Marysville High School girls tennis team won the River Valley Tournament on Saturday. Pictured from left, front row, are Grace Larriuz, Lauren Markert, Kayla O’Shelski and Julia Shade; back row, A...

Carson Smith (5) of North Union jukes his way past members of the Swanton Bulldogs during the opening week of Friday night football. The Wildcats beat the Bulldogs in the stat books, but had trouble g...

Bryan Blacka of Jonathan Alder (right) brings down MHS quarterback Walker Heard Friday evening. The Pioneers won, 35-32, in overtime. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– If it was on ESPN,...

Indian Lake’s Austin Beck (22) works to tackle Triad’s Logan McCoy (2) during their game Friday at Indian Lake High School. (Photo submitted) –––– Jordan Simonelli threw a pair of touchdown passes and...

Braxton Wilhelm (14) picks up yardage for Fairbanks against Benjamin Logan on Friday. The Panthers fell, 34-19. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) –––– Fairbanks’ 34-19 loss to Benjamin Logan Fr...

Carissa Baker, an outside hitter for Marysville High School, returns a serve from Westerville North during the first set on Thursday. The Lady Monarchs struggled to get past Westerville, resulting in ...

MERRIMAN –––– It is still in its early stages as a club team. The Bunsold Middle School girls tennis squad, however, hopefully will become a full-fledged school sport in a year. A total of 13 girls in...

MHS freshman Olivia Ishmael is pictured at the No. 7 hole at the Denison Golf Club. Ishmael hit a hole-in-one on Thursday. (Photo submitted) –––– For the second time this season, a local high school g...

The Bunsold eighth grade football team rolled past Hilliard Heritage, 30-0, on Thursday. No other details were available at presstime.

The Lady Monarch tennis team evened its record at 2-2 on Thursday by blanking Westland, 5-0. MHS results were as follows: Singles -Anne Grimm won 6-0, 6-0; -Grace Larriuz claimed a 6-0, 6-0 decision; ...

Marysville’s seventh grade football team went on the road to open the 2017 season on Wednesday. The Monarchs traveled to Hilliard Heritage and won, 24-18. A strong defensive performance was cited by t...

The Marysville Lady Monarch tennis squad lost a hard-fought match to Watkins Memorial on Wednesday by a 5-0 verdict. MHS lost two courts in tiebreaker sets, which would have made the match much closer...

Jonathan Alder’s boys golf team was edged by Bellefontaine, 167-170, on Wednesday at Liberty Hills. Hayden Mitchell led the Pioneers with a 38, followed by Joey Petrella-40, Zach Otto-45 and Liam Thom...

Bunsold Middle School’s boys and girls cross country teams each fell by one place during a dual meet in Hilliard on Wednesday. The Monarchs placed as follows: Boys -1. Bryce Thomas, 12:37; -4. Sean Sc...

KING –––– The Triad Lady Cardinals volleyball team swept the Hillclimbers of Urbana in three sets, 25-18, 25-19, 25-23 on Wednesday. Bri Eaton and Tori Thomas each attacked the net for six kills apiec...

Football lettermen for the Panthers are from left, front row, Gatlin Luke, Joey Burnett, Dylan Stage, Justin Wulff, Matt Bouic, Cole Murdock, Beau Sloan, Austin Lester, Mason Montenaro and Braeden Fai...

We are on the eve of the 2017 high school football season. It’s when the gridiron rumbles back to life and the Friday night-lights illuminate the field to test the metal of every high school football ...

The Triad Lady Cardinals volleyball team struggled to get past Ohio Heritage Conference rival West Liberty-Salem on Tuesday. The Lady Tigers won in three sets 25-18, 25-18, 30-28. Bri Eaton collected ...

Marysville High School quarterback Walker Heard looks over Hilliard Darby’s defense during last Friday’s preseason scrimmage. The Monarchs will open the 2017 regular season at Jonathan Alder on Friday...

Holly Cole of Triad is shown competing at the Benjamin Logan Early Bird Invitational on Tuesday. (Photo submitted) –––– The Fairbanks, Triad and Jonathan Alder cross-country teams competed during Tues...

Fairbanks’ Jeremy Ziegler tries to get the ball around the keeper for Harvest Prep during Tuesday evening’s varsity soccer game. The Panthers won, 3-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The F...

Bunsold Middle School’s club tennis team opened its season with a 4-1 victory over Big Walnut on Monday. All of the matches were played as doubles with the following results: -First: Ellie Nuspl/Emma ...

The Marysville High School girls golf team is pictured with the Marysville School District Special Olympics athletes. The groups played an outing on Monday at Blues Creek, under the instruction of Lad...

Fairbanks’ girls golf team downed Mechanicsburg, 177-231, on Monday. Emily Wilson was the medalist with a score of 38. She was followed by Natalie Parker-41, Audrey Brackenridge-43, Racheal Studenmund...

The Bunsold seventh and eighth grade Blue volleyball squads downed Dublin Sells on Monday. The seventh grade won 25-6, 25-8. Natalie McNicholas led the team with 17 aces, two digs and a pair of kills....

GANGLUFF –––– Marysville native and professional golfer Stephen Gangluff made his biggest paycheck of the year when he tied for 34th place with a four-round score of 8-under 276 during the News Sentin...

Max Brennan of Marysville defends against a Bellefontaine player on Saturday. The Monarchs won, 3-0. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville’s boys varsity soccer team upped its record to 2-0 on Saturday wi...

Fairbanks senior Jenay Kocsis fires up the first serve of the 2017 season on Saturday against Shekinah Christian. The Lady Panthers beat Shekinah and Millersport. (Photo submitted) –––– The Lady Panth...

Marysville’s girls golf team placed 12th during the 16-team North Canton Hoover Midwest Classic on Saturday. The Lady Monarchs tallied a team score of 402 after playing in two heavy downpours. Katie B...

Marysville defenders Tyler Bates (left) and Jarrett Karnes (35) pursue a Hilliard Darby ball carrier during Friday evening’s Jamboree scrimmage at Monarch Stadium. The Panthers outscored the Monarchs,...