Sports

It will be Homecoming on Friday for the Fairbanks High School football team when it hosts River Valley.

Maddie Fuller of the Jonathan Alder volleyball team celebrates after winning the second set of the match 25-13 Tuesday. The Pioneers swept North Union in three sets, raising their record to 9-0 in Mid...

The North Union boys cross-country team topped the list of nine schools to win the Triad Invitational on Tuesday.

Kassidi Davisson (3) of Marysville sends the ball past a pair of Central Crossing blockers Tuesday evening. The Lady Monarchs won the match in three sets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Th...

The Fairbanks High School boys golf team placed third during the Division III sectional tournament Tuesday at Darby Creek. The Panthers qualified for next week’s district tournament at Apple Valley. M...

Shep Ndungu of Fairbanks moves the ball against Northeastern on Tuesday. The Panthers won 6-1. (Photo submitted) –––– The Fairbanks boys soccer team clubbed Northeastern 6-1 during an Ohio Heritage Co...

The Jonathan Alder High School football team is ranked once again in the Associated Press state poll.

Bunsold Middle School held a “Yellow Out” at its volleyball matches Monday evening to raise money for two families of Bunsold students dealing with cancer. The Bunsold B team, in its first year of com...

Anna Weigand of Marysville leaps to make a save after a Hillard Darby player takes a shot on goal as Katherine Hazelbaker of MHS looks on. Marysville wore pink jerseys during the game in support of Ki...

The second half of the 2016 high school football regular season will begin a day early and under the bright lights of television for the Marysville Monarchs.

Fairbanks’ Noel Ufferman (1) sends the ball past a pair of Buckeye Valley blockers Monday evening. The Lady Panthers won their Volley for the Cure match in three sets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

Marysville’s girls and boys cross-country teams came through with solid performances during Saturday’s Bob Reall Invitational at Lancaster High School.

North Union’s Chey Wiley chips toward hole No. 17 at Darby Creek Saturday afternoon. NU was among a number of teams playing in the Marysville Lady Monarch Invitational. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam D...

North Union’s boys cross-country team competed in the George Rogers Clark Invitational in Springfield against 16 teams, beating out Jonathan Alder and Triad. North Union finished sixth with a score of...

The Fairbanks Lady Panthers played a physical soccer battle with Jonathan Alder on Saturday night, falling short with a 3-2 loss.

Marysville Eagles 3506 recently donated nearly $6,000 to the Marysville School District Special Olympics program. Pictured above are from left in the front row, Austin Boblitt, Andrew Wright, Riley Ka...

Luke Krawczyk of North Union attempts to break free from a Marion Harding tackler during Friday night’s game. North Union suffered its first loss of season, 35-0. (Photo submitted) –––– The North Unio...

Jack Iannarino of Fairbanks (2) scores on a six-yard run at Buckeye Valley on Friday. The Panthers fell 41-24. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– If they awarded points simply for how hard a f...

The Jonathan Alder Pioneers took a one-game lead in the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference Red Division football race with a 43-16 victory at Galion on Friday.

Monarch running back Thomas Rush gives a stiff-arm to an Olentangy defender. The Monarchs fell 49-17. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– Olentangy’s student section at football games has ...

Marysville’s varsity volleyball team got back on track Thursday with a 25-19, 25-11, 25-22 victory at Westland.

Jonathan Alder’s tennis team scored a 5-0 victory over Buckeye Valley on Thursday.

Fairbanks’ middle school football squad rolled to a 38-6 triumph over Springfield Catholic Central on Thursday.

Mackenzie Grose of North Union tosses up the ball for a serve to the Pleasant defense. Grose was one of two junior varsity players called up to the varsity to help fill in for the injured Paxon Stofch...

Football is a tricky sport to coach. On the high school level, you only get 10 short weeks to take everything that you have been coaching since two-a-days back in early August and hope that your team ...

Emma Cook (13) of Fairbanks races a Mechanicsburg opponent for the ball Thursday evening. Cook tallied two goals during FHS’ 5-2 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Fairbanks girls...

Marysville’s Max Brennan (right) heads the ball to Kyle Bosch, who is making a run at the goal Thursday. The Monarchs beat Dublin Scioto 4-0. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville High School’s boys socce...

Jonathan Alder and Galion are two high school football teams that are traveling in quite opposite directions.

Emily Wilson of the Fairbanks girls golf team hits a ball from the fairway of hole one at Darby Creek Golf Course during the Ohio Heritage Conference tournament. The tournament was held on Thursday. (...

After weeks of competition, 14 local teams are concluding the annual event known as the Union County YMCA Community Challenge.