Monarchs battle to triumph over T. Worthington

Fairbanks’ Gatlin Conley (red) closes in on a Hillclimber receiver during a seven-on-seven at the school’s practice field. Fairbanks hosted the Central Buckeye Conference’s Urbana Tuesday morning for a passing scrimmage with both teams preparing for the upcoming fall season. Comments and details from head coach Dave Carroll’s first impressions of the team’s initial scrimmage will be published in Thursday’s edition of the Marysville Journal-Tribune. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Brie Jennings chases down a pop fly during Marysville High School’s summer softball workouts. The sessions are held every Monday evening throughout the summer. Monday’s session was pushed back 90 minutes due to the extreme heat. More about the workouts will appear in a future edition of the newspaper. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Members of Marysville High School’s boys 4x800 meter relay team are pictured during the national outdoor championships that were recently held in Eugene, Oregon. Monarchs pictured are from left, Mack Weithman, Levi Weithman, Paxton Herring and Adam DeSutter. They finished 16th in a field of 35 teams. (Photo submitted)