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Macy Kise of Fairbanks rips a base hit during a 2023 game. The Lady Panthers will have a veteran team next spring. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- It will be a veteran team that returns to th...

Triad running back   Awsom Mitchell (20) catches a toss during the Cardinals’ final day of summer camp earlier this week. Preseason practices begin on Monday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff...

Jonathan Alder’s Kiersten Dolby safely steals second base during a game against Buckeye Valley. The Lady Pioneers have put in work this summer to prepare for the 2024 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by...

Marysville High School graduate Corey Gould talks to players while coaching the MHS summer baseball league several years ago. Gould has taken over as the head coach at Dublin Coffman High School. (Jou...

Marysville’s Carson Mize (left) grapples with an opponent during last season’s OHSAA state wrestling tournament. Mize competed in the U.S. Marine Corps. Junior National Championships in both Freestyle...

Fairbanks’ Ryker Green stretches to catch a pass during a recent 7-on-7 scrimmage against multiple teams. The Panthers are taking this week off for the Union County Fair and will open preseason practi...

Will Stiffler runs a leg of the 4x100 relay during the recent Marysville community track and field meet. The event was conducted by the MHS track program. (Photo submitted)   -- The Marysville High Sc...

North Union’s Carter Skaggs (orange helmet) rolls out during a 7-on-7 competition period against Bellefontaine at Marysville High School. The senior Wildcat is set to be the starting quarterback for N...

Marysville’s Cam Smith (left) breaks up a pass to a Bellefontaine receiver during a 7-on-7 scrimmage at MHS. The Monarchs also scrimmaged North Union. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Lat...

Tiffany Abraham practices digging the ball during the Marysville youth volleyball camp. The week-long session has drawn the most (100) participants it has ever had. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mille...

   Jonathan Alder sophomore defensive back Cashton Wheeler (left) bats the ball away from an opposing Panther during a 7-on-7 scrimmage hosted by Hilliard Darby. Wheeler came up with an interception o...

  Nicholas McMullen of Galion posted a one-under-par 37-34-71 to take the top overall honor in the final Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association tournament held at Valley View in Galion. McMullen collec...

Elaina Morse practices fielding groundballs during the opening day of the Marysville softball youth camp. More than 70 girls in grades 1-8 registered for the camp that concluded on Tuesday. The sessio...

Former Triad High School athlete Joni Russell prepares to release a pitch during a game at Fairbanks. Russell has earned NAIA All-American honors at Hillsdale College. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

Tryouts have been announced for the Bunsold Middle School boys golf team. Sessions will be Monday, July 31 (11:30 a.m.) and Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 (11 a.m.) at Marysville Golf Club. ...

Marysville’s Cali Leng (right) claims victory during the state dual tournament at MHS last season. The University of Iowa signee took seventh place at the U.S. Marine Corps National Championships. (Jo...

Marysville football junior Nick Johnson (54) attempts to open a hole in the defense for older brother Griffin (22). The younger Johnson and the 2023 Monarchs have been working in camp the past two wee...

Josie Bumgarner fires the ball toward the catcher during a recent practice. Bumgarner is one of the hurlers who are working to replace two graduated seniors from the Marysville High School softball pr...

North Union’s Taran Moran (23) attempts a freethrow during a home playoff game against Highland. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Basketball Rules Committee recommended...

Marysville High School’s Brynn Rychlik clears the pole vault bar during the 2021 Division I state track and field meet. Rychlik had a successful season vaulting for the University of Akron women’s tea...

Pictured from left to right are North Union Shooting Club Head Coach Joe Rhea, Nathan McCaul, Levi Baer, Ty Coss, Hunter Barker, Blake Taylor and Assistant Coach Donovan Hitchings get geared up in Mic...

Jonathan Alder’s Anthony Kroninger (right) competes during the OHSAA Division II Wrestling State Tournament. The Pioneer is slated to compete in the 16U division of the U.S. Marine Corps National Cham...

Marysville’s Malia Burkhardt gets her hand raised after getting a win during the inagural OHSAA girls state tournament.   (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)   -- While the high school season i...

Jonathan Alder’s Oliver Byerly (right) tries to tree top St. Paris Graham’s Gunner Gramblett (left) during the Division II 165-pound OHSAA state finals this past season. The Pioneer will continue his ...

Marysville graduate Cali Leng (right) gets her hand raised after claiming victory over Washington’s Lyndyn Gibbs in the 120-pound semifinal during the OHSAA inaugrual girls state tournament.   (Journa...

Jonathan Alder football Head Coach Nate Snedeker (black shirt) talks to the campers on the last day of the program’s Youth Football Camp. The camp had included over 140 campers ranging from second to ...

This is an aerial photo of the Union County Joint Receation District Complex on County Home Road. The National Police Softball Tournament will be held there Saturday and Sunday. (Photo submitted)  -- ...

Marysville graduate Abri Schmutz slaps the ball during a 2023 game. Schmutz will continue her diamond career at the United States Coast Guard Academy. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff) -- Sof...

Ohio State’s Kaleb Romero (right) demonstrates a hand-fighting technique on Marysville’s Carson Mize (left) during an afternoon session in the Monarchs’ wrestling room.   (Journal-Tribune photo by Ale...

Fairbanks’   Carly Lehman (25) prepares to go up for a shot during a game in the 2022-23 season. Lehman will play basketball at Ohio Wesleyan University. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) -- Carly...