Sports

The North Union shooting club was able to place in the top five during the recent Ohio Trap Shooting state tournament. The event was held at the Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware. The Wildcats fi...

Monarch infielder Damon Wade makes a play during the 2024 season. Wade was named to an OCC scholar athlete. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- A successful 2024 season has led to a number of Mar...

The Marion Country Club hosted the Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association’s second-in-series tournament on Tuesday . Galion’s Logan Keller, Pleasant’s Maura Murphy and River Valley’s Asher Gates captur...

Jonathan Alder’s Shanna Higgins delivers a base hit during a 2024 game. Higgins will continue her softball career at Hocking College. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Jonathan Alder High Schoo...

Jonathan Alder graduate Mason Wolford (30) looks for an open teammate during a 2023 regular season game against Westerville South. The former Pioneer led Canisius College’s men’s lacrosse program in g...

And now there are two. That’s the number of candidates left in the search to replace Klarke Ransome as the Marysville High School girls basketball head coach. Ransome stepped down from the MHS positio...

The Fairbanks High School trap shooting team is in its second year. They are a part of the Ohio High School Clay Target League and participated in the State Youth Shoot at Blackwing Shooting Center in...

Several North Union athletes recently announced their intention of where that next step in athletics will be. Choosing where to continue their athletic careers were Max Parish (basketball, Heidelberg ...

Former Fairbanks High School volleyball standout Grace Gorton (left) watches as Harper Priday, a fourth-grader at Fairbanks, prepares to serve the ball. Gorton is an instructor for the Hot Shots progr...

Jonathan Alder senior Evan Platfoot puts the ball in play during a Division II tournament game. Platfoot has earned first-team All-Ohio honors for the 2024 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pa...

Youngsters who competed during the recent Marysville mini track and field meet are from left, Ariah Keener, Jaxon Weber and Lady Monarch camp counselor Cameron Cave. (Photo submitted) -- The Marysvill...

These Fairbanks High School softball players earned special awards for the 2024 season. They are from left, Kyah Hendren, second-team Ohio Heritage Conference and highest batting average; Elizabeth Gr...

Marysville’s Trent Sharp ties up with an opponent during the 16U Greco Roman state tournament at Ohio Northern University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens) -- Just because it’s the off-season,...

A field of 10 candidates has been narrowed to four in Marysville High School’s search for a new girls head basketball coach. The position was vacated nearly two weeks ago when Klarke Ransome stepped d...

Cale Middlesworth goes through a pole vaulting drill while Marysville High School head track and field coach Luke Sundermeier looks on. Several potential vaulters took part in the drills that were a p...

Silas Streng fields a ground ball during infield practice. Streng is one of more than 120 youngsters participating this week in the three-day Marysville High School baseball camp. The camp will run th...

Jonathan Alder’s Greg Nussbaum, left, secures a handoff from Ian Odell during the boys 4x400 meter relay event at the OHSAA state meet. The crew finished sixth in the Division II meet in Dayton. (Jour...

Fairbanks’ Rachael Hoover scans the competition pack during the girls 1600-meter run at Welcome Stadium. The senior placed third in the 1600 and 800-meter races at the OHSAA state track and field meet...

North Union’s Gabby Lindsey takes a leap during the Division II girls long jump event at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. The Lady Cat took 15th place overall with her best jump at 16-6. (Journal-Tribune ph...

Baseball is a funny game. On one hand, it’s a sport that many people love. On the other, it’s a game that will drive people, especially ones who love it as much as anything, crazy. A bounce here, a bo...

Jonathan Alder’s Andy Yoder (right) attempts to slide into the plate, but is tagged out by Hamilton Badin’s catcher. The Pioneers fell, 2-0, during the Division II regional championship game that was ...

There weren’t very many style points handed out after Jonathan Alder’s baseball team defeated Kenton Ridge for the third time this spring. Glamour shots, however, aren’t what this time of year is all ...

In the above photo, Jonathan Alder’s Cam Potter (left) and Ashton Martin (10) go after the ball as a Kenton Ridge player slides into third base. In the bottom photo, Mason Keaton slides safely into th...

Triad’s Cayla Eaton makes a mad dash for the finish line during the first heat of the girls 100-meter hurdle race. Eaton has advanced to the finals of the Division III event at the state track and fie...

North Union will have new leaders for its girls and boys basketball programs for the upcoming season. Bre Jackson, who has been the Lady Cats coach for six years, and Ryan Grose, the boys coach the pa...

These Marysville High School 2024 graduates have decided where they will continue their academic and athletic endeavors. They are from left, Blake Murgatroyd, track and cross-country at Ohio Dominican...

Jonathan Alder’s Travis Chany (red) stick checks an opposing DeSales player during a road playoff game this past season. The junior defenseman was given a special mention award for the Mid-Ohio Lacros...

It’s common knowledge that the Triad High School athletic director’s position has been a revolving door for the past few years. Jason Malone feels he’s going to put an end to that. Malone will take ov...

Fairbanks will have athletes competing in four events during this week’s OHSAA state track meet at Welcome Stadium at the University of Dayton. Lady Panthers on the track will be, from left, Alexis Wo...

Jonathan Alder’s Jack Kennedy tries to get past a Stallion defender during the first half of action. The senior Pioneer recorded one goal and one assist in JA’s last game of the season. (Journal-Tribu...