Sports

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...

From left: Steve Bell, Jason Goodwin, Mike Karcher, Kevin Truitt, Carly Truitt, JR Rausch, Terry Emery and John Connolly shovel dirt at a ceremonial ground breaking for a new training complex to open ...

Above: Mallory Case of the Union County YMCA Gymnastics team poses for a photo with her three medals she won at the YMCA Gymnastics Nationals in Savannah, Ga. Case won second place in both the beam an...

The Marysville Elite 17U baseball team was able to handle their competition, Command Demand, with ease when they won 8-0 in five innings of play. Elite was able to get on the board early when they tal...

The Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association made their sixth of seventh stop, this time at Sycamore Creek in Galion. Out-of-towner and Fairbanks student, Justin Brackenridge was able to break into the t...

Mike Andrako, public service director for the City of Marysville, hits the inaugural ball at the Marysville Cricket Field at Union County Joint Recreation District. The field opened to the public on W...

The Union County Freedom 9U baseball team will be hosting open tryouts on Thursday and Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the Union County Joint Recreation District Fields.

The Marysville Elite Travel Team is hosting open tryouts for all incoming eighth grade to 11th grade students on July 24-25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Marysville High School Baseball Facility. Hopeful athlet...

Jared Yoakam of the Marysville Elite 17U team swings to make contact with the ball during a game against Post 76. Elite was defeated 5-1 during the contest. (Photo submitted) –––– The Marysville Elite...

The Blue (left) and Red (right) All-Star Teams of the 8U Marysville Junior Baseball and Softball Association pose for a photo after the game at City C Field in Schwartzkopf Park. The 8U MJBSA Red Team...

The Triad Junior High School Football program will be hosting a summer camp July 18-20 at Triad High School from 5:45-7:30 p.m. The camp is voluntary for all junior high football players and there is ...

Honda of Marysville won the 13U championship of the Marysville Junior Baseball-Softball Association. The team wore pink socks to honor relatives who are suffering from breast cancer. Members of the te...

GANGLUFF –––– Marysville native and web.com Tour professional golfer Stephpen Gangluff will be ending his tournament early at the LECOM Health Challenge at Peek’n Peak Resort in Findley Lake, New York...

Marysville’s Garrett North rips a base hit on Friday against the Hawks. The game was played at The Ohio State University. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville’s 17U Elite baseball team scored a 3-1 victo...

The Marysville Junior Baseball and Softball Association season has to come a close and the 10U Plexus Shultzslim.com team has been crowned the tournament champions this past week after winning two clo...

MORRIS –––– The changing of the guard in the Fairbanks High School athletic department is officially getting under way this week. Larry Morris, who assumes the position from new Fairbanks Middle Schoo...

The Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association made their fifth stop at the Memorial Park Golf Course in Kenton on the seven-event tour. A few local golfers where able to finish in the top five out of a fi...

Marysville High School graduate Chase Blackburn speaks during a ceremony honoring him after his first Super Bowl victory. Blackburn will be inducted next winter into the MHS Athletic Hall of Fame. (Jo...