Sports

The calendar year of 2017 was one of changes, championships, milestones and sad good-byes for the Union County sports scene. With just a couple of days left until the calendar flips forward to 2018, t...

Marysville’s Sarah O’Neil tries to thwart this shot attempt by North Union’s Maddi Ruhl Wednesday evening. The Lady Cats rolled to a 66-42 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)  --- The physi...

Megan Olson of Fairbanks looks for an open pass while a Grandview Heights defender guards her Wednesday at Fairbanks High School. Olson added six points during the Lady Panthers’ 34-31 loss. (Journal-...

Jacob Bennett practices his hitting skills during the first day of the third-annual Union County Holiday baseball camp on Wednesday. The camp, which is being held in the Marysville High School fieldho...

Grid bowls dominate air waves and.... what’s in those swag bags? If you’re a huge college football fan, these last few weeks of December and into the New Year are, simply put, the Yuletide and your bi...

The North Union girls basketball team will play at Marysville this evening. The game was originally scheduled for Friday evening, but was rescheduled due to the Ohio State-USC Cotton Bowl Classic, whi...

LEVAN –––– Local high school boys basketball teams had mixed results before the Christmas holiday with games played on Friday night. Fairbanks, North Union and Jonathan Alder all won contests, while t...

Triad’s Alea Ferguson goes up for a basket in this file photo. Ferguson scored 22 points on Thursday during the Lady Cardinals’ victory over Northeastern. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Al...

Journey Blevins, right, of North Union, lines up a jumper while an Elgin defender attempts to pressure the shot. The Lady Cats cruised past the Lady Comets by a score of 83-48. Blevins tallied seven p...

Marysville High School senior Thomas Rush (center) is pictured with his parents Thomas and Lana. Rush signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday to continue his academic and football careers at t...

Fairbanks’ Gavin Horn goes up for a dunk against Mechanicsburg on Tuesday. Horn led all scorers with 16 points during the Panthers’ 76-34 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Fairba...

Paxon Stofcheck, right, of North Union, attempts to drive to the basket with the ball against a Buckeye Valley defender. Stofcheck helped add seven points to the scoreboard during the Lady Cats’ 40-38...

Triad freshman Coleman Hauck is pictured preparing to pin an opponent during the recent Versailles Tournament. Hauck went 2-2 for the day. (Photo submitted) –––– Triad’s varsity wrestling team compete...

Members of the Bunsold Middle School wrestling team display their championship trophy from the Heath Invitational. (Photo submitted) –––– The Bunsold Middle School Red wrestling team competed in its f...

Fairbanks High School’s senior bowlers are from left, front row, Marisa Nicol, Kira Jones and Hunter Johnson; back row, Caeden Luke, Koryn Bosworth, Sarah Young and Robert Hoffman. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Marysville High School baseball player Blaine Winans (left) watches as Zach Tompkins wraps a Christmas gift Monday evening at the Hope Center. The Monarch baseball program is partnering with the Hope ...

Fairbanks’ girls basketball team improved to 3-4 on the season with a 35-18 victory over West Jefferson on Saturday. The Lady Panthers held an 18-8 lead at halftime and coasted to the victory. Macy Wa...

The Marysville High School wrestling team finished fifth over the weekend at the Southwest Ohio Coaches Association Classic held at Harrison High School. The tournament is known for having some of the...

igh School boys basketball team a couple of times early in the 2017-18 season. I have to say I’ve been impressed with what I’ve seen so far. The Cardinals have possessed a strong court sense, knowing ...

Riley Price of North Union drives to the basket around an Ontario defender during a ball game at North Union High School. Priced picked up 16 points during NU’s 50-48 loss. (Journal-Tribune photo by S...

CALVERT –––– Marysville High School’s gymnastics team placed second during a quad meet with the Dublin schools earlier this week. Dublin Jerome won the meet with 125.4 points. The Lady Monarchs tallie...

An ice-cold shooting performance and a ton of turnovers plagued Triad’s girls basketball team on Thursday during a 69-26 loss to Greeneview. The Lady Cardinals (4-3 overall and 2-2 in the Ohio Heritag...

These runners were honored as being among the top performers for the 2017 Union County Grand Prix series. They were honored during a banquet on Wednesday evening. They are from left, front row, Marcy ...

These Marysville High School bowling lettermen led the Monarchs to a new single-match school record during a recent win over New Albany. Veteran bowlers for MHS are from left, Landon Winfield, Kayla H...

We’re back!!! After a couple of weeks “vacation,” the Pigkins Pickers are back to conclude the 2017 season with our mega-college bowl predictions. The final week of the regular season saw most of the ...

BOURQUIN –––– Sydney Bourquin poured in 30 points on Wednesday as Jonathan Alder’s girls basketball team cracked the .500 mark with a 65-49 Central Buckeye Conference victory over Kenton Ridge. Bourqu...

Jonathan Alder High School senior Austin Hurley recently signed to continue his academic and baseball careers at Ohio Christian University. Pictured from left are OCU assistant coach Brian Daria, OCU ...

Triad’s Hadley LeVan (3) wrestles the ball away from Cross Hackathorne of Fairbanks on Tuesday. LeVan scored 23 points as the Cardinals won, 51-49. Pictured at the right is Triad’s Briley Harlan. (Jou...

O'NEIL –––– A 20-point first quarter sparked Marysville’s girls basketball team to a 45-39 triumph at DeSales on Tuesday. MHS (4-1) held a 20-17 margin at the end of the opening period. The offense st...

Members of the Marysville High School girls and boys swimming teams are pictured with their trophies from Monday’s Whetstone Invitational. The girls won the team title of their meet and the boys were ...