Monarch grapplers honored
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March 22, 2025
These Marysville High School boys wrestlers earned special awards for the 2024-2025 season. They are from left, front row, Brian Waller, first-team OCC, 20-plus victories; Berkley Behrens, state qualifier, varsity most improved, most escapes, second-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award (highest individual GPA-4.063), 30-plus wins; Oliver Fox, state qualifier, 20-plus victories; Carter Shank, 30-plus victories, team accountability award, Marine Corps academic award, second-team OCC; Jack Williams, 20-plus victories, Marine Corps academic award, second-team OCC; Michael Bates, most reversals, team gratitude award, third-team OCC; Logan Shaw, second-team OCC, 20-plus victories, Marine Corps academic award; Kaylor Niemi, team best effort award, Marine Corps academic award; and Vinny Holt Goodman, JV most improved; back row, Carson Mize, state placer, MVP, OCC wrestler of the year, first-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award, academic All-Ohio, most victories, best winning percentage, most takedowns, most falls, 40-plus victories; Cam Taylor, second-team OCC; Keegan Andrews, most near-falls, Marine Corps academic award, 30-plus victories; Boston Burkhardt, state qualifier, academic All-Ohio, team legacy award, 40-plus victories, second-team OCC; James Lowe, third-team OCC, Marine Corps academic award; Trent Sharp, state qualifier, team best attitude award, second-team OCC, 30-plus victories; Logan Adlesberger, 20-plus victories; Griffin Beery, JV MVP, Marine Corps academic award, 20-plus victories; and Gage Counts, state qualifier, team committment award, academic All-Ohio, Marine Corps academic award; third-team OCC and 30-plus victories. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)

Monarch grapplers honored

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Triad athletes place at Urbana Invitational
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By Tim Miller 
April 7, 2026
Triad High School’s boys and girls track and field teams respectively placed fourth and fifth during the Urbana Invitational. Grandview Heights took top honors in the boys meet with 123.5 points. The ...
YMCA swimmers place in zone competition
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Members of the Union County YMCA Hurricanes swim team that competed in the recent zone event are from left, front row, Clara Mordhorst, Linden Rosen, Alan Bartlett and Harper Deitz; second row: DJ Bartlett, Patrick Filbert, Cody Byrd and Matthew Cadiang; back row, Carter Pancallo, Rylan Brown and Rory Wirebaugh. (Photo submitted)
By Tim Miller 
April 7, 2026
The Union County YMCA swimmers competed in a recent zone event. The zone tournament is a multi-state qualifying meet. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia are among the states in the zo...
Triad athletes place at Urbana Invitational
Sports
By Tim Miller 
April 7, 2026
Triad High School’s boys and girls track and field teams respectively placed fourth and fifth during the Urbana Invitational. Grandview Heights took top honors in the boys meet with 123.5 points. The ...
YMCA swimmers place in zone competition
Sports
Members of the Union County YMCA Hurricanes swim team that competed in the recent zone event are from left, front row, Clara Mordhorst, Linden Rosen, Alan Bartlett and Harper Deitz; second row: DJ Bartlett, Patrick Filbert, Cody Byrd and Matthew Cadiang; back row, Carter Pancallo, Rylan Brown and Rory Wirebaugh. (Photo submitted)
By Tim Miller 
April 7, 2026
The Union County YMCA swimmers competed in a recent zone event. The zone tournament is a multi-state qualifying meet. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia are among the states in the zo...
B. Logan softball team earns sweep
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By Tim Miller 
April 7, 2026
The Lady Raiders of Benjamin Logan upped their softball record to 4-1 with a pair of victories over Versailles on Saturday. They won by scores of 4-3 and 11-9. Adilynne Gregg and Jaylyn Parker both fi...
MHS baseball squad concludes spring break journey
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Brady Carper prepares to man third base during one of Marysville’s spring break games in Georgia. (Journal-Tribune photo by Jack Christian)
By Jack Christian 
April 7, 2026
Marysville’s varsity baseball team finished the remainder of its spring break trip at LakePoint, Georgia. MHS went 1-3 for the week. The Monarchs dropped both games of a doubleheader. In the opener, M...
Cox’s pitching arm, long-ball bat help Lady Cats win games
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North Union’s Leah Cox delivers a pitch to the plate during Saturday’s game against Dublin Coffman. Cox pitched a complete game in a 7-2 victory while also hitting two home runs. (Journal Tribune photo by Bob Putman)
By Bob Putman 
April 7, 2026
North Union sophomore Leah Cox had a pretty good end to her week of softball action. It did not start out well as she was the losing pitcher in a pair of games earlier in the week. However, that all c...