Sports

In football you are only as good as you were during your last week. For the North Union Wildcats, that means they have been great. They are going into week five of the season with a sterling 4-0 recor...

Bunsold’s seventh grade volleyball team was defeated in three sets by Olentangy Orange 27-25, 16-25, 15-25 on Wednesday.

Marysville’s girls tennis team upped its record to 7-8 on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over Worthington Kilbourne.

GOOD –––– Fairbanks’ girls golf team scored a 166-215 victory over Greeneview on Tuesday at Sebastian Hills.

If the 2016 Ohio high school football playoffs were to begin today, a pair of local teams - Jonathan Alder and North Union - would be taking the field.

Marysville’s Kiya Miller returns the ball over the net on Tuesday against Worthington Christian. The Lady Monarchs fell 5-0. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Marysville’s girls tennis team d...

Fairbanks defeated Cedarville in varsity volleyball action on Tuesday.

Monarch running back Tommy Rush (27) finds a huge gap in the Grove City defense. The Monarchs will travel to Olentangy on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– Marysville High School...

The Marysville High School girls golf program is represented on the Ohio Capital Conference divisional golf teams for the 2016 season. Maddie Powers (left), who averaged a score of 94.8 for OCC matche...

Marysville’s Matthew Walters takes the ball toward the goal against Central Crossing on Tuesday. The Monarchs won 3-0. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville’s boys varsity soccer team recorded a 3-0 trium...

Fairbanks’ Morgan Liszeski (12) prepares to kick the ball into the net for the Lady Panthers’ lone goal Monday evening. FHS tied the Columbus School for Girls, 1-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mille...

Lucas Bender, right, speaks with his attorney Dennis Belli. A jury was selected Monday for trial before Bender decided to plead guilty to charges that he created and operated a meth lab in Marysville ...

The Marysville Rugby Football Club defeated the Black Swamp Mercenaries of Findlay on Saturday by a score of 14-12.

The girls soccer teams from Fairbanks and the Columbus School for Girls battled to a 1-1 stalemate after 80 minutes of action Monday evening.

The Lady Monarchs’ seventh grade volleyball team was defeated by Olentangy Liberty on Monday, 23-25 and 14-25.

MARKERT –––– The Marysville High School girls tennis team inched closer to the .500 mark on Monday with a 3-2 win over Reynoldsburg.

Kennedy Dunn of Marysville returns a serve from Bishop Ready as Kassidi Davisson looks on during volleyball action Monday evening. The Lady Monarchs lost a tough battle to the Silver Knights in four s...

Josh Orecchio of Fairbanks heads the ball down the field at Wellington Saturday afternoon. The Panthers lost, 2-1. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Saturday was a difficult day for both Fair...

Lindsey Walker of Fairbanks hits the ball through the arms of a Columbus School for Girls blocker during the Panther Volleyball Classic at Fairbanks High School. The Lady Panthers won their match agai...

Jonathan Alder’s girls tennis team sent athletes into the final match in four spots and came away with one champion during the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference tennis match.

The North Union boy’s cross-country team won the Central Ohio Cross Country Invitational on Saturday with a team score of 82.

North Union’s Tim Gilliland avoids a River Valley tackler Friday evening during the Wildcats’ 21-14 victory. (Photo submitted) –––– The North Union Wildcats kept their winning ways intact Friday night...

Beau Sloan (4) of Fairbanks wrestles for the ball with Nick Middlesworth (10) of Marion Harding during a deep pass play by Harding. The Presidents clubbed the Panthers, 54-0. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

Thomas Rush (27) of Marysville tries to elude a Grove City tackler on this play. The Monarchs won, 21-14, for their first victory of the 2016 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– If...

Alder’s Trey Pugh bursts through Pleasant’s defense on this play Friday evening. The Pioneers ran their record to 4-0 with a 33-16 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Jonathan Alde...

Jonathan Alder’s girls tennis team edged Galion 3-2 on Thursday.

Marysville’s varsity volleyball team fell to Upper Arlington 22-25, 17-25, 25-20, 17-25 on Thursday.

Fairbanks’ middle school football team defeated West Liberty-Salem 26-22 on Thursday.

The Lady Panther golf team scored a victory during Thursday’s triangular match at Marysville Golf Club.

Marysville High School’s powderpuff football games raised $1,559 for the benefit of the Monarch Quarterback Club and the Union County Cancer Society earlier this week. Pictured are MHS students who we...