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Brandon Dunn (38) and Nick Johnson (54) are among the Monarch defenders working to stop an Olentangy Berlin ball carrier. The Monarchs will wrap up the regular season with a game at Olentangy on Frida...

Fairbanks’ Ava Lahmers finished third overall on Saturday in the Ohio Heritage Conference cross championships at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville. Lahmers’ finishing time was 20 mi...

Jonathan Alder placed five runners in the top eight to easily claim a Central Buckeye Conference girls cross country title on Saturday in action at South View Park in Bellefontaine. Jonathan Alder als...

Trey Greenbaum is pictured competing for Marysville’s boys during the OCC Cardinal Division race. The Monarch boys placed fourth. (Photo submitted) -- Marysville’s cross-country runners ran into Monar...

Marysville’s Elle Martter (4) sends the ball flying back towrard the net during a match against Olentangy. Also pictured for MHS is Caitlin Rigel (5). (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- If anyon...

The Lady Pioneers of Jonathan Alder used four sets to knock off Kenton Ridge, one of the Central Buckeye Conference’s top volleyball squads. JA upped its overall record to 15-7 to close out the regula...

Triad’s Claire Baker (18) attempts to block Triad’s Autumn Feasel (6) during the second set of action. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- In its final match of the regular season, Fairbanks...

North Union’s Tyler Krebehenne, left, picks up yardage during Friday’s home game against Graham. The Wildcats rolled to a 34-0 victory. For full game stories from all the local contests see pages 8 an...

Triad’s Brody Hess (5) looks to break up a West Liberty pass on Friday. The Cardinals slipped to 1-8 with the loss. (Photo submitted) -- The West Liberty-Salem Tigers closed out their final home game ...

Fairbanks’ Wyatt Stice (33) darts past an opposing Roughrider during the second half of action. Also pictured for FHS is Raffi Stauffer (22). (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- A second hal...

North Union’s Gavin Potts (20) picks up yardage against Graham Friday night. The Wildcats rolled to a 34-0 victory. (Photo submitted) -- The road to the final week of the regular season has not been a...

MHS’ Nick Johnson (54) chases Olentangy Berlin quarterback Harrison Brewster on this play. Brewster led the Bears to victory over the Monarchs. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) -- Marysville...

Jonathan Alder’s Johann Boeckl (1) finishes a touchdown reception against Bellefontaine. The Chieftains scored with a little more than two minutes left in the game to claim a 28-23 victory. (Journal-T...

Jonathan Alder’s Cameron Jewell (2) tries to find an opening amidst a range of Cougars during last week’s game against Kenton Ridge. The senior Pioneer ran for 155 yards with one touchdown. (Journal-T...

North Union senior volleyball player Riley Heminger put it simply when it came to playing a fifth set against Northwestern. “We had to push it for one more game and we didn’t want to play this long an...

Triad’s football team (1-7) will be on the road tonight, taking on West Liberty-Salem (7-1). The Tigers will walk into the contest coming on the heels of a 19-13 win over Mechanicsburg. As always, Tri...

North Union is probably in playoff mode with two weeks left in the regular season. Head coach Nick Hajjar, however, is just looking at tonight’s home game against St. Paris Graham. He wants to have hi...

Monarch senior Andrew Rabe follows through on a shot in this file photo. Rabe just missed qualifying for the Division I state tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Marysville High Schoo...

The North Union girls soccer team concluded its regular season on Wednesday and despite the record, its senior players were able to take positives off their last year. “Everybody and everything this s...

Jonathan Alder’s Carmela Dixon (5) delivers a pass to a fellow Lady Pioneer during the first half of action. The senior claimed two goals in the team’s 2-1 win over Kenton Ridge on Senior Night. (Jour...

Fairbanks quarterback AJ Landon looks for a receiver during the game against Northeastern. The Panthers will travel to West Jefferson this evening. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Fairbanks’ ...

Jonathan Alder’s Fabrizion Fiorini (10) takes a bicycle kick shot attempt in the first half against the Cougars. The Pioneer notched two goals and one assist during the team’s 5-0 win. (Journal-Tribun...

We’ve been saying what a tight race the Pigskin Pickers have been all season. Last week’s results carried along that theme. Each Picker finished the week with a 9-2 record. Sports editor Tim Miller le...

It’s been common knowledge over the past six weeks or so that the Ohio Heritage Conference volleyball championship was going to run through Milford Center. Other conference spikers repeatedly ran into...

Marysville’s volleyball team split a pair of recent matches. The Lady Monarchs swept Westerville South in three sets (no scores available). Ella Morris led the offensive attack with eight kills, follo...

Fairbanks’ Eli Feller (11) attempts to move the ball closer to Delaware Hayes’ goal during the second half of action against the Pacers. The Panthers dropped a 4-0 verdict on the road. (Journal-Tribun...

The Lady Pioneers of Jonathan Alder took a three-set volleyball sweep over Tecumseh on Tuesday. JA improved to 14-7 overall and 5-4 in the Central Buckeye Conference with a 25-14, 25-8, 25-12 triumph....

A couple of plays on special teams has led to a Monarch senior being named Marysville’s football player of the week. J.T. Hiltscher, who also did a solid job with pass coverage in the defensive second...

Jonathan Alder’s varsity spikers came up short in the fifth set against No. 16 state-ranked (Division II) Bishop Watterson. The Lady Pioneers slipped to 13-7 after a 25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 27-25, 7-15 s...

Fairbanks’ Kendra Turner advances the ball during a match this season against Greenon. The Lady Panthers have earned the No. 5 seed for the upcoming Division III tournament. (Journal-Tribune photo by ...