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Nate Smith, left, and Zayvier Beachy are two of Jonathan Alder’s top baseball pitchers for the 2018 season. (Photo submitted) –––– A move to the Central Buckeye Conference (CBC) will help shape Jonath...

Members of the Fairbanks High School softball team are pictured at the end of their spring break trip to Pigeon Forge, Tenn. They are from left, front row, Bella Rowland, Emily Wilson, Jayda Rausch, C...

The weather was unusually cold with temperatures in the 40s in Myrtle Beach on Monday as the Marysville High School softball team split a pair of games. The Lady Monarchs opened their spring break tri...

Jonathan Alder’s girls and boys track and field teams placed first and second respectively during the Warsaw River View Relays over the weekend. The Lady Pioneers tallied 120 points to take top honors...

These Marysville High School swimmers were recently honored as Division I District qualifiers and Participants. They are from left, Aron Moledor, Hunter Lowe, Ethan Turk, Rachel Poling, Morgan Grawe, ...

Marysville City Council Vice President Nevin Taylor commends the Marysville High School wrestling team at Monday’s city council meeting for its stellar performance at the recent state tournament. Behi...

Returning lettermen for the Lady Monarch softball squad are from left, front row, Isabelle Shroyer, Ashlee Fisbaugh, Hanna Moffett, Aggie Livingston and Leah Potter; back row, Emily Daniel, Airyanna M...

Fairbanks’ baseball lettermen are from left, front row, Jaeden Eickhoff, James Yoder, Alan Schnees and Wes Pyers; back row, John Pastirzyk, Braxton Wilhelm, Mason Smith and Alex Jones. The Panthers wi...

Marysville High School’s Tate Virts rips the ball while working in the Monarchs’ indoor batting cage on Wednesday. The snow that hit the area Tuesday night forced the Monarchs indoors for Wednesday af...

These Marysville High School cheerleaders earned special awards for the 2017-18 basketball season. They are from left, front row, Mackenzie Brdar (Most Improved Freshman), Kaylene Baschnagel (Most Coo...

ROMINE Marysville High School graduate Emma Romine continued to show her golf prowess during the TaylorMade Intercollegiate tourney earlier this week. Romine earned her third top five finish as a memb...

Marysville High School’s Jacob Wright rips a base hit in this file photo. After missing all of the 2017 football season with a knee injury, Wright will play his senior season of baseball this spring. ...

MARKHAM –––– Coaching can sometimes be a thankless job. There are the long hours at practice and additional work when the student-athletes go home. A coach spends additional time going over strategies...

Triad High School’s Hadley LeVan (3) goes up for a basket in this file photo. LeVan was today named to the All-Ohio second team for Division IV. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The most pro...

These Marysville High School track and field athletes qualified for the recent state indoor meet that was held near Cleveland. They are from left, Matthew Cox, Joey Patterson, Jarret Braun, Ethan Klau...

The ball field in the Champaign County village of Cable started to receive a facelift in 2017. Wayne Township officials are looking to continue it this year. The ball field, which is home to many Tria...

A former Marysville High School state wrestling champion won his first match on Thursday during the NCAA national championship tournament in Cleveland. University of Pittsburgh grappler Taleb Rahmani ...

Boxing at critical point for future I was frustrated last week when I read that Canello Alvarez had tested dirty for a banned substance. Alvarez’s May 5 rematch with Gennady Golovkin should have cappe...

The Marysville High School wrestling team concluded their year last week with a 9th place team finish during the state tournament. The team had five qualifiers with four of them placing including two ...

Former Jonathan Alder head football coach Barry Blackstone signals in the defense in this file photo. Blackstone will be inducted into the Central District Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame ne...

North Union senior Avery Clark, center, drives to the basket during a game from the 2017-18 season. Clark was named to the Division III All-Ohio honorable mention list, as selected today by the Ohio P...

Marysville High School senior Jacob Marsh defends a shot by Lakewood St. Ed’s Paddy Gallagher during the semifinals of the Division I state wrestling tournament. Marsh placed second in the 152-pound w...

Jonathan Alder senior Jacob Johnson, top, is pictured during his fifth-place match at the Division II state wrestling tournament. Johnson earned that spot in the 120-pound weight class. (Journal-Tribu...

Jacob Marsh, Marysville’s 152-pounder, has his left arm locked by Massillon Perry’s David Carr on Saturday evening. Carr won the match, 8-2, to claim the Division I state championship. (Journal-Tribun...

Jacob Marsh of Marysville holds on to Padraic Gallagher of Lakewood St. Edward during the Division I semifinals match at the state wrestling tournament. Marsh won by a 3-2 decision to advance to the s...

Up 7-1 with less than a minute remaining in the match, Jonathan Alder’s Jacob Johnson trips Keegan Kohler of Fairfield Union in a state 120-pound match. Johnson advanced to the championship quarterfin...

Marysville’s Tyler Bates puts a cross-face on Jake Evans of Elyria during an opening round match of the Division I state wrestling tournament on Thursday. Bates won, 3-1, with a late takedown. (Journa...

Jonathan Alder senior Jacob Johnson practices a takedown on Ohio Northern University grappler Seth Transue, who is a graduate of Dublin Jerome High School. Johnson will compete in the Division II stat...

Marysville’s Tyler Bates has the upper hand against an opponent in this flle photo. Bates is one of five MHS grapplers who will compete in the Division I state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Ke...

For the fourth consecutive year, North Union grapplers will be headed to the state tournament at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. NU coach Garret Andrews has been coaching for the pas...