Sports

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.

The Bunsold Middle School boys lacrosse team beat Gahanna South, 6-3, on Thursday.

Fairbanks High school senior Noel Ufferman is pictured signing her letter of intent to play volleyball at Edison State Community College. She is pictured in the front row with her parents, Elisa and B...

Ethan Klauda of Marysville prepares to land in the long jump pit at Dublin Coffman on Thursday. Klauda won the OCC Central Division title with a personal-record leap of 21-6. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

Kori Marvin of North Union pops a pitch up directly over the plate while playing against Elgin in the Lady Cats’ tournament opener on Thursday. The Lady Cats advanced to the district semifinals with a...

Emily Wilson ripped a three-run homer on Thursday and as such, helped the Fairbanks softball team win a Division III sectional title.

Marysville High School’s girls 4 x 800 relay team of, from left, Celia Soller, Robin King, Jacquelyn Witt and Jenna Rioch set a school record on Thursday. The new time of 9:37.38 was established durin...

Jack Herbst of Fairbanks, left, clears a hurdle in this file photo. Herbst won the 110 and 300 hurdle races during the OHC meet. The Panthers won the conference meet title. (Journal-Tribune photo by T...

FHS advances to semifinals The Fairbanks Panthers have advanced to the Central District Division III baseball semifinals with a close 2-1 win over Northridge on Wednesday.

Olivia Hall (right) of Marysville slides into second while Erin Lee of Zanesville covers the bag. The Lady Monarchs got past their tournament opener opponent with ease, winning 19-0. Marysville will f...

Kaleb Schultz of Marysville slides safely into third base Wednesday evening against Dublin Jerome. The Monarchs fell, 6-5, in a 10-inning Divison I tournament game. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillo...

Marysville’s boys and girls freshman and sophomore track and field athletes captured team championships on Tuesday during the annual Westerville South JV Relays.

The end of the regular season has arrived for local high school track and field teams. That means it is time for conference championships and post-season meets.

Marysville High School seniors Hailey Christian, left, and Elise Freeland sign letters of intent to continue their softball careers. Christian will play at Ohio Northern University and Freeland will p...