Sports

North Union and Jonathan Alder will be sending runners on to the next level after they qualified for the Lexington regional track meet with solid times at the sectional track meet finals on Saturday.

Softball field crews work some quick-dry into the field at third base at Pickerington Central High School after rain cancelled the Division I and III district finals games on Friday. Marysville, which...

Earl Jacobs sank his first hole-in-one on Wednesday at Blues Creek Golf Club on Route 4.

Former Jonathan Alder pitcher Mady Watson fires the ball toward the plate in this file photo. Watson recently completed her first year of college softball at Winthrop University. (Journal-Tribune phot...

These Marysville High School seniors will continue their academic-athletic careers on the collegiate level. They are from left, Kyle Boesch, soccer, University of Northwest Ohio; David Haake, track an...

The annual Marysville youth baseball camp will be held June 12 and 13 at the Marysville High School complex.

Ryan Walker, right, Marysville High School’s new athletic director, addresses district treasurer Todd Johnson, left, and superintendent Diane Mankins Thursday evening. Walker, who spoke at the board o...

Monica Phillips of Fairbanks signs a letter of intent to continue her soccer career at Bethany College. She is pictured in the front row with her parents Annette Harbolt and Scott Phillips. Pictured i...

Day two of the Division II and III district track and field meets are in the books. The finals are set for Saturday to see who will be moving on to the regional meet and whose season will come to a cl...

Marysville’s girls 4 x 800 relay team of, from left, Jenna Rioch, Celia Soller, Robin King and Jacquelyn Witt set a new school record of 9:36.67. The record was set at the Division I district meet at ...

The Jonathan Alder baseball team ‘dog piles’ on Cal Duckworth around first base after he hit the game-winning single into right field to beat Bishop Watterson, 7-6, and win the Division II Central Dis...

Hunter Rivers of MHS flies through the air during the Division I district girls long jump on Wednesday at Hilliard Darby. Rivers placed seventh in the event. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ––––...

Triad infielder Dustin Bruce, left, makes a putout at second base before a sliding Fort Loramie base runner can reach the bag. The Cardinals lost in the Division IV district semifinals in Piqua. (Jour...

The Union County Health Department met on Wednesday morning to talk about new health awareness campaigns and a potential new change to birth certificates.

Jonathan Alder’s Emily Walker steals second base against Granville at Olentangy High School on Tuesday. The Lady Pioneers won, 10-9, in 12 innings to advance to the Division II district finals. (Journ...

Marysville’s Connor Hall, left, won the Division I boys pole vault title at the district meet on Tuesday. Hall is pictured with MHS coach Luke Sundermeyer. (Photo submitted) –––– Connor Hall of Marysv...

Kallie Price of North Union attempts to leg out a bunt while the Northridge third baseman prepares to make a throw over to first base. Price went 0-for-2 at the plate, but picked up an RBI on a sacrif...

The Lady Panthers of Fairbanks saw their season come to a close on Tuesday when they were  defeated 5-0 by Johnstown in the Division III district semifinals.

Marysville’s eighth grade baseball team rolled to a 21-1 victory over Delaware Dempsey on Monday.

The sixth annual Corey Hoehn Memorial Co-ed Softball Tournament will take place Saturday in Marysville, but the events leading up to the tournament will run throughout the week. Hoehn was a freshman a...

Emily Daniel of Marysville swings through a pitch during the Lady Monarchs’ Division I district semifinal game against Hilliard Davidson at Olentangy High School. The Lady Monarchs defeated Davidson, ...

The Fairbanks Middle School boys 4 x 400 relay team earned first place during the inaugural state middle school track and field meet over the weekend. The foursome also broke their own school record b...

The ball reaches Fairbanks second baseman Jaeden Eickhoff  before Fredericktown’s Tony Caputo gets to the bag on this stolen base attempt. The Panthers lost to the Freddies, 13-3, during the Division ...

Fairbanks’ Middle School boys 4 x 400 relay team of Braylon Green, Gage Wilson, Kaleb Bosworth and Trey Good set a new school record and won a state championship.

Marysville’s Jenna Rioch (left) battles with Hilliard Davidson’s Kristina Hoefler down the stretch of the girls 400 meter dash at Dublin Coffman on Saturday. Rioch won the Ohio Capital Conference Cent...

WALKER –––– Board OK pending Marysville school district officials have selected a new athletic director, pending approval later this week by the board of education.

The Triad Lady Cardinals were able to hold off the Lady Trojans of Southeastern to win their last softball game of the season, 7-5, on Saturday.

The Xcel 17-Burton volleyball team of the Union County YMCA finished its season by winning gold in the 17 Regional Ohio Valley tournament and finishing first out of 112 teams.  The team has now captur...

Marysville’s varsity softball team will play a rematch with Hilliard Davidson in the Division I district semifinals. The game will be played at Olentangy High School on Monday at 5 p.m. Returning lett...

CAWLEY –––– Jonathan Alder High School has a new girls basketball head coach, following action this week by the district’s board of education.