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Evan Platfoot (10) of Jonathan Alder prepares to slide into third base against North Union’s Ryleigh Rasey. The Lady Pioneers are seeded second for the upcoming Division II tournament. (Journal-Tribun...

NU’s Reese DeCamp delivers a pitch against Benjamin Logan. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman) -- The final regular season home game did not go the way the North Union softball team had hoped. A fou...

Fairbanks’ Cole Justus connects on a pitch during the game against Greenon. The senior Panther had five at-bats and recorded one RBI and two hits. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- When tw...

Claire Meihls (11) of Fairbanks slides into the plate with a run against Greenon. The Lady Panthers won the Ohio Heritage Conference contest 11-2. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Fairbanks’ s...

The North Union girls track team earned a first-place finish Friday in the 61st Elgin Relays. The Lady Cats totaled 86 points to defeat second-place Northmor by 12 points. Combined with the 72 points ...

Marysville’s Ethan Boylan competes during a leg of the boys 4x400 meter relay at the Gary Smith Invitational. (Photo submitted) -- Marysville’s boys and girls track and field squads competed at Thomas...

Jonathan Alder’s Chase Chopin (2) celebrates after a run was scored during a home game against Kenton Ridge earlier this season. The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association (OHSBCA) released its...

North Union Middle School made a clean sweep of the recent North Union Middle School Invitational. The boys team totaled 120 points en route to the title, while the Lady Cats counted 159 points for th...

North Union’s Ashton Haubiel delievers a pitch during a recent game. The Wildcats have a 9-6 record through games of this past weekend. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Bellefontaine scor...

Hailey Dee of Fairbanks slides safely into second base during a 2024 game. The Lady Panthers are ranked No. 7 in this week’s Division III state poll. The poll is released by the state softball coaches...

Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis team scored a 5-0 verdict over Urbana on Friday. Singles -Isaac Banks (JA) defeated Spriggs (U) 6-1, 6-0; -Gideon Sullivan (JA) turned back Wilhelm (U) 6-2, 6-0; -Josh Wea...

Fairbanks’ softball record slipped to 13-2-1 overall and 10-2 in the Ohio Heritage Conference with Friday’s 2-1, eight-inning setback at Southeastern Macy Kise yielded six hits and struck out eight in...

North Union’s Zoe Wedding puts the ball in play against Bellefontaine. The Lady Cats fell to the Chieftains on Friday and then split a twinbill on Saturday against Cardington. (Journal-Tribune photo b...

Jonathan Alder’s Jace Schrock (5) blasts a grand-slam homer during the first inning of Friday’s 11-1 victory over Benjamin Logan. The Pioneers improved to 14-1 with the win. (Journal-Tribune photo by ...

Fairbanks’ girls track and field team won a quad home meet earlier this week. The Lady Panthers finished with 96.5 points. Bellefontaine was the runner-up with 75, followed by Calvary Christian-30.5 a...

Jenna Dee rips a base hit for the Fairbanks softball team. Dee drove in six runs and hit a grand slam homer during a victory over Mechanicsburg. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- A 12-6 victory...

Lady Monarch outfielder Abbey Strahm draws a bead on a fly ball during the victory over Olentangy that gave MHS the outright OCC Cardinal Division crown. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Durin...

Marysville’s Soorya Loganand returns the ball over the net. Loganand was part of a doubles team during the Monarchs’ 4-1 triumph over Olentangy. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Marysville’s b...

Marysville High School’s track and field teams swept Hilliard Darby during a recent meet. The boys won 94-46, while the girls turned in an 85-56 victory. Monarch results for points were as follows: Bo...

Jonathan Alder’s Caleb Wiltshire (45) moves the possession up field during the first quarter against Big Walnut. The freshman midfielder notched two goals in the team’s win over the Golden Eagles. (Jo...

North Union finished second in the Mount Gilead Co-Ed Relays earlier this week. The Wildcats totaled 50 points with Mount Gilead in first place with 56 points. Earning first-place finishes for NU were...

The Pioneer baseball squad remained on a roll with a 10-0 verdict over Kenton Ridge. Jonathan Alder has lost only once in 14 games and is 10-0 in the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division. ...

Marysville’s Will Nuspl returns the ball over the net during a match against Hilliard Davidson. The Monarchs won, 3-2. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- The Monarch boys tennis squad turned bac...

Marysville’s Mason Springs delivers a pitch to an opposing Hilliard Darby batter. The sophomore notched 13 strikeouts and helped seal the walk-off win against the Panthers in the bottom of the seventh...

Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis team edged Northwestern, 3-2. Singles - Yeager (N) defeated Isaac Banks (JA) 6-0, 6-0; -Gideon Sullivan (JA) downed Hackett (N) 6-1, 6-0; -Josh Weakley (JA) turned back Jo...

The struggles continued for Triad High School’s varsity baseball team. The Cardinals dropped a 5-1 verdict to Mechanicsburg. Triad tallied its run in the bottom of the third and made the score hold un...

Marysville’s Jamey Best (22) looks for an open teammate during a home game against Hilliard Darby earlier this season. The senior Monarch notched two goals in the team’s loss to Olentangy. (Journal-Tr...

North Union’s Tyler Krebehenne stands at the plate waiting on a pitch. Krebehenne helped NU defeat Urbana. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman) -- The road to a victory had a couple of twisted turns,...

Jonathan Alder’s Mason Curtis (white) wins a faceoff battle against DeSales’ Declan Lilienthal during the first half of action. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavoff) -- Jonathan Alder’s 17-2 lacro...

Jonathan Alder’s Cam Potter (8) collides with Kenton Ridge’s Logan Fyffe (9) after the Cougar corralled a ground ball to tag out the Pioneer. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Pressure mak...