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A group of North Union defensemen wrap up Galion running back Nakoma Breedlove during the Wildcats’ Homecoming game Friday. The Cats won their first home of the season in a big way with a 68-26 thrash...

A nin e-year-old Marysville girl will become the newest member of the Capital University women’s basketball team on Sunday. Mercadize Paver of Marysville will become a team member during a Team IMPACT...

Jonathan Alder’s football team got back on the winning track Friday with a 35-28 victory at New Carlisle Tecumseh. It was a game of back-and-forth scoring as the two teams kept pace with each other du...

Jonathan Alder’s Brennan Blain (50) puts down Bellefontaine quarterback Dezmin Lyburtus on this play last week. Also pictured for JA is Nolan Larison (52). The Pioneers will travel to Tecumseh this ev...

The Marysville seventh-grade football team ventured to Delaware Dempsey on Thursday with two goals. The first was accomplished with a 42-6 victory. The second was to complete an undefeated season at 8...

North Union’s Drake Price attempts to elude a Marion Harding tackler during Week 7’s football game at Harding. This week, the Cats will try to earn their first home win during Homecoming. NU will face...

Fairbanks’ Mikayla Mansfield (12) sends the ball over the outstretched arms of Triad’s Brianna Eaton Thursday evening. Also pictured is FHS’ Megan King (background). The Lady Panthers won the match in...

Jonathan Alder spikers from left, Kortney Reynolds, Corinne Parker and Ava Francis helped lead the Lady Pioneers to a sweep over Bellefontaine on Thursday. (Photo submitted) –––– Jonathan Alder’s vars...

Marysville’s Max Brennan controls the ball during Thursday’s match against Hilliard Darby. The Monarchs won, 1-0. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) –––– The Marysville boys varsity soccer team def...

Pigskin Picking can be a rewarding experience that makes every football game one that provides entertainment. It’s even more rewarding when you look like you know what you are talking about when the t...

Fairbanks High School will host a fall “Harvest Night” on Friday for the  West Liberty-Salem football game. The athletic boosters will be serving a pulled pork meal in the concession stand beginning a...

Marysville High School student Andrew Beverlin and a few of his friends traveled to Marysville’s boys soccer Kick for a Cure game in a pink stretch limo. Pictured from left, are Kiera Parsons, Beverli...

The Marysville High School Lady Monarchs JVBlue soccer team finished its season with a record of 12-1-1. The Lady Monarchs won their final game against Olentangy Orange, the only team that had previou...

Fairbanks’ varsity volleyball team defeated West Liberty 25-23, 25-19, 15-25, 25-9 to up its record to 15-0 in the OHC and 21-0 overall on Tuesday. The Lady Panthers finished with an 82-of-87 serving ...

Fairbanks’ Chase Litzke gains yardage on this play. The Panthers will host West Liberty-Salem on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) –––– A ground-oriented West Liberty-Salem football squad...

Taylor Day of North Union sets the ball during the opening set of a match against River Valley. The Lady Cats where able to take the match to five sets after going down two sets early, but the Vikings...

Marysville High School’s varsity girls tennis team closed out its season during the recent Division I sectional tournament. Anne Grimm, Grace Larriuz and Lauren Markert each won their first-round sing...

Emma Romine, a Marysville High School graduate, finished in a tie for fourth place out of 80 competitors at the Wittenberg University Pat Clouse Invitational. Romine, an Ohio Dominican sophomore, fini...

Marysville’s Jarret Braun (32) picks up yardage against Dublin Coffman. The Monarchs will look to even their record at 4-4 when they travel to Upper Arlington on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad...

Marysville’s seventh-grade Blue volleyball squad ended its season with a split in tournament action. The Lady Monarchs downed Delaware Dempsey 25-6, 17-25, 25-14. Morgan Shick led Bunsold with nine ki...

Fairbanks’ Kaidie Carstensen (3) sends the ball over a pair of blockers during a recent match. The Lady Panthers are seeded second for the Division III district tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by T...

The Fairbanks girls soccer team improved to 10-2-3 on the season and 6-1-1 in the Ohio Heritage Conference with a 7-0 win at Southeastern on Saturday. Emma Cook had two goals with Megan Olson, Molly O...

Pictured from   left are Maryville’s Kayla Michalak and Elena Boger in the Open Race at Saturday’s Eisenhart Invitational. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville’s girls and boys cross country teams conclu...

Members of the Bunsold eighth-grade volleyball team are from left, front row, Breanna Bailey, Allie Anderson, Carys Gossett, Peyton Ingle, Sara Weinbrecht and Ella Hansen; back row, Kaiti Cox, Madison...

North Union’s Tim Gilliland, left, tries to sack Marion Harding quarterback Noah Thompson during the fourth quarter Friday at Harding. The Wildcats suffered their first road loss of the season, 31-28....

Fairbanks’ Tyler Beem (8) picks up yardage against Northeastern. The Panthers won, 38-10. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell) –––– It’s about how you finish. That’s the message Fairbanks head footb...

Jonathan Alder’s Trevor Mitchell (3) tries to avoid a tackle against Bellefontaine on Friday. The Pioneers lost, 19-6, during their Homecoming game. (Photo submitted) –––– For much of the season, the ...

Marysville’s Thomas Rush lunges for additional yardage near the goal line against Westland on Friday. Rush gained 90 yards on 15 carries during MHS’ 27-6 Homecoming victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by ...

A Mechanicsburg player bends the net antenna while Fairbanks’ Megan King (left) and Abbey Hubbs go up for a block attempt. The Lady Panthers extended their record to 20-0 with a five-set victory on Th...

Triad’s junior high gridders defeated West Liberty-Salem, 38-22, on Thursday. The Cardinals scored on the second play of the game with a 68-yard pass from Wyatt Cole to Ayden Sanford. Hayden Simpson r...