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Josie Duncan, of North Union, sets the ball during a match against Pleasant. The Lady Cats struggled against the Lady Spartans as Pleasant was able to sweep three sets to win the match and drop NU’s r...

The Marysville boys varsity soccer team upped its record to 3-1 on Thursday by blanking Fairbanks, 6-0. Thomas Wolfe tallied a pair of goals for MHS. Other goals came from Zach Rausch, Matt Walters, M...

The Triad Cardinals hosted West Jefferson in the opening game of the 2017 junior high football season on Thursday evening. The Roughriders won, 14-0. Trevor Stewart led the Cardinals on offense with 6...

Marysville’s varsity tennis team fell to Dublin Coffman, 5-0, on Thursday. Singles -Anne Grimm fell to Lala Nagireddy 2-6, 1-6; -Grace Larriuz lost to C. Felt 6-4, 3-6, 8-10; -Lauren Markert dropped a...

The Fairbanks Panthers scored a 170-181 varsity boys golf victory over Jonathan Alder on Wednesday. Justin Brackenridge of FHS was the medalist with a 39. Other Panther scores were Travis Brake-42, Se...

Fairbanks receiver Tyler Beem (8) attempts to hold onto the ball during last week’s game against Benjamin Logan. The Panthers will travel to Lancaster Fisher Catholic on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo...

The Lady Cardinals of Triad swept Ridgemont 25-16, 25-20, 25-13 in varsity volleyball action on Wednesday. The triumph improved the team’s record to 2-5. Sydney Propst and Tori Thomas helped mop up th...

Bunsold’s seventh and eighth grade Blue volleyball squads split results with Dublin Davis on Wednesday. The seventh grade won 25-7, 25-16. Bella Fox finished with seven digs, while she and Morgan Shic...

Jonathan Alder’s girls tennis squad edged Pleasant, 3-2, on Wednesday. Singles -Mikayla Holland (JA) defeated Arielle Wenig 6-2, 6-0; -Sydney Winslow (JA) downed Gretchen Dunnaway 6-0, 6-0; -Grace Dav...

Triad’s cross-country teams competed in the Kiwanis Logan County Championships on Wednesday. Holly Cole was fifth in the high school girls race with a time of 21:15. Alea Ferguson was 11th in 22:54. E...

It has been said that week one is the great equalizer in the football high school season and that is exactly what it was for the Pigskin Pickers. Across the board, all of the Pickers went 3-1 to open ...

Marysville running back Deven Slabaugh picks up yardage against Jonathan Alder last Friday. The Monarchs will host Delaware Hayes this week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– The first h...

Triad’s Andy Martin (26) picks up yardage against Indian Lake. The Cardinals will host North Union on Friday. (Photo submitted) –––– Sports teams always want to start their season off with a win. It s...

Marysville’s Sara Berkland (7) and Rhiannon Gossett go up for a block against Franklin Heights Tuesday evening. The Lady Monarchs won the match in three sets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––...

Jonathan Alder’s tennis team scored a 5-0 decision over Urbana on Monday. Singles Mikayla Holland (JA) defeated Kim Asper 6-2, 6-1; Sydney Winslow (JA) downed Bri Usher 6-0, 6-0; Maddy Grove (JA) beat...

Members of the Fairbanks High School volleyball team recently honored head coach Ed Marsman for his 550th career victory. The win came earlier this season against West Jefferson. Pictured are from lef...

The Marysville Lady Monarch volleyball team took fourth place during the Lancaster tournament on Saturday. Marysville beat Millersport in straight sets 25-21, 25-9 to advance to the winner’s bracket. ...

The Monarch boys golfers downed Hilliard Darby by shooting a nine-hole low score for the season on Monday. MHS carded a 166, while Darby finished with a 176. Dylan Tremayne of Marysville was the medal...

North Union’s boys golf team is pictured from left, Austin Jamison, Hayden Blue, Nick Reeder and Kody Price. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon)

North Union’s varsity volleyball team recently beat Triad 29-27, 25-14. Lissie Michael led NU with 17 kills, while Taylor Day and Journey Blevins each had five. Brianna Eaton topped the Lady Cardinals...

Kim (Headings) Hayes, right, confers with an assistant coach prior to Jonathan Alder’s volleyball match against Olentangy. Hayes took over as JA’s head coach over the weekend. (Journal-Tribune photo b...

Marysville High School offensive coordinator Chris Craig (right) views a play on the big screen TV with quarterbacks Walker Heard (2) and Nathan Morey (14). The screen helps Monarch coaches and player...

Emma Cook (13) of Fairbanks looks to pass the ball Saturday afternoon against Northeastern. Cook tallied three goals during FHS’ 7-0 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Emma Cook recor...

A home run derby was held at County Home Road on Thursday to raise money for the Marysville/Union County Schools Special Olympics team. The event raised $320 for the program. The winner of the derby w...

Witt –––– Marysville High School’s cross-country runners fared well during the Pickerington North Classic on Saturday. The Lady Monarchs placed as runner-up to Mt. Gilead, while the boys were fourth i...

The Marysville High School girls tennis team won the River Valley Tournament on Saturday. Pictured from left, front row, are Grace Larriuz, Lauren Markert, Kayla O’Shelski and Julia Shade; back row, A...

Carson Smith (5) of North Union jukes his way past members of the Swanton Bulldogs during the opening week of Friday night football. The Wildcats beat the Bulldogs in the stat books, but had trouble g...

Bryan Blacka of Jonathan Alder (right) brings down MHS quarterback Walker Heard Friday evening. The Pioneers won, 35-32, in overtime. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– If it was on ESPN,...

Indian Lake’s Austin Beck (22) works to tackle Triad’s Logan McCoy (2) during their game Friday at Indian Lake High School. (Photo submitted) –––– Jordan Simonelli threw a pair of touchdown passes and...

Braxton Wilhelm (14) picks up yardage for Fairbanks against Benjamin Logan on Friday. The Panthers fell, 34-19. (Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell) –––– Fairbanks’ 34-19 loss to Benjamin Logan Fr...