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SONDERS –––– Life has been pretty busy for Marysville High School graduate Holly (Niederkohr) Sonders. It’s going to become even more so during the coming months. Sonders, a 2005 MHS graduate, recentl...

Triad High School’s Cati Levan dribbles the ball against Fairbanks during a game from the 2017-18 season. Levan is one of only seven players in the Lady Cardinal hoop program this summer. (Journal-Tri...

The Marysville Stingrays swimming teams dropped recent meets to the Delaware Darts. Delaware’s boys beat the Rays 1,261-909, while the Dart girls defeated the Lady Stingrays 2,118-1,294. The top score...

The fifth annual “Tee It Up to End Alzheimer’s” golf fundraiser will be held next month. The event will be held on Sunday, July 15 at Blues Creek Golf Course. It will begin at noon. Slightly more than...

Brady Adams, 10, practices his putting at The Ridge on Thursday. He played in the fourth tournament of the Union County Junior Golf Academy-Tour. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Union C...

Brooke Young, Marysville High School’s new girls basketball head coach, is pictured at center court. Young has coached in the Marysville girls hoop program for 10 years. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim ...

Fairbanks High School graduate Emily Wilson prepares to drive the ball at Marysville Golf Club on Wednesday. She was one of several local linksmen who competed in the Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Associa...

Lydia Cunningham follows through on her tee shot at Rolling Meadows on Tuesday. The Union County Jr. Golf Academy-Tour held its third tournament of the season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) ––...

These Marysville High School softball players earned special awards for the 2018 season. They are from left, front row, Lexi Williams, honorable mention Ohio Capital Conference (OCC);  Airyanna Maurer...

Jeff Moeller is the new owner of Marysville Lanes. The facility will remain the home base for the high school bowling teams from Marysville, Fairbanks and North Union. It has been renamed “Dragon Lane...

Jarod Yoakam, center, Marysville’s 17U Elite baseball coach, makes a visit to the mound during a recent game against Benjamin Logan. Also pictured are from left, infielders Blake Storr and Trey Storr,...

Grady Wisecup, 10, practices his putting at Blues Creek Golf Club Thursday morning. Wisecup, who has played golf for the past four years, was getting in some extra work prior to his round of the Union...

Marysville Elite second baseman Garret Lobdell is a bit late with the tag as a Benjamin Logan runner swipes second on Thursday. The Monarchs, though, run-ruled the Raiders, 10-0, in six innings. (Jour...

Fairbanks’ Natalie Parker follows the flight of her shot during the girls’ Division II 2016 state golf tournament in Columbus. Parker is just one of the many golfers who played in the Union County Jun...

Marysville and Dublin swimmers dive into the water at the Marysville Municipal Pool on Wednesday. It was the beginning of the 18 and under butterfly event. The Marysville Stingrays split matches with ...

Jonathan Alder second baseman Angela Brandel makes the throw to first base for the out during JA’s Division II district championship victory. The Lady Pioneers will begin work soon to prepare for the ...

Avery Clark of North Union rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the Division III state semifinals game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. Clark earned the division’s All-State Player of the Ye...

Fairbanks’ Bella Rowland (14) guards against a shot during a game from the 2017-18 basketball season. Rowland and the other Lady Panthers will have a new head coach next winter. School officials are i...

Fairbanks senior Beau Sloan, far right, sprints down the track Saturday morning at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Sloan placed fourth during the boys’ Division III 100-meter...

In the photo to the left, Jonathan Alder’s Lexi Thorpe leads this group of runners during the Division II girls 4 x 800 relay final on Friday at The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadiu...

Avery Clark makes contact with the ball during the Division III state semifinals softball game at Firestone Stadium in Akron against Warren Champion. Clark sparked the Lady Cats’ only offense of the d...

Jonathan Alder shorstop Emily Walker, left, can’t come up with the tag on this stolen base by West Branch’s Grace Heath on Thursday. The Lady Pioneers dropped the Division II state semifinal game, 5-4...

Fairbanks’ Kayla Green finishes the 300 meter hurdles during the 2017 state track and field meet. She has qualified for this year’s state meet in the same event. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) ...

Keegan Bradley (left photo) hits the ball out of the sand on No. 18 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. In the photo at the right, Rickie Fowler, left, signs autographs for fans. Both are pl...

A Williamsburg player fields the ball at the left as North Union’s Abby Davis streaks to first base after a bunt. The Lady Cats won the game, 1-0, to claim a Division III regional title. NU will face ...

Marysville High School shortstop Blake Storr (left) reaches out to make a tag during a game from the 2018 season. Storr earned first-team All-Ohio honors for Division I. He hit .520 this season with o...

Former Marysville High School junior varsity girls basketball coach Brooke Young was named the Lady Monarchs’ new head coach on Tuesday. Young, who coached the past couple of seasons at Bunsold Middle...

Jason Dufner, the defending Memorial Tournament champion, tees off on No. 10 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin during Tuesday’s practice round for the 2018 event. Also pictured to the left ...

Reggie Johnson peers in at the plate while working the bases during a Marysville High School baseball game earlier this season. The Marysville resident has earned his first state tournament assignment...

Members of the Jonathan Alder softball team celebrate after beating Clinton-Massie in the Division II regional championship game on Saturday at Mason High School. Pictured from left are Emily Walker, ...