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The second half of the 2016 high school football regular season will begin a day early and under the bright lights of television for the Marysville Monarchs.

Fairbanks’ Noel Ufferman (1) sends the ball past a pair of Buckeye Valley blockers Monday evening. The Lady Panthers won their Volley for the Cure match in three sets. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Mi...

Marysville’s girls and boys cross-country teams came through with solid performances during Saturday’s Bob Reall Invitational at Lancaster High School.

North Union’s Chey Wiley chips toward hole No. 17 at Darby Creek Saturday afternoon. NU was among a number of teams playing in the Marysville Lady Monarch Invitational. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam D...

North Union’s boys cross-country team competed in the George Rogers Clark Invitational in Springfield against 16 teams, beating out Jonathan Alder and Triad. North Union finished sixth with a score of...

The Fairbanks Lady Panthers played a physical soccer battle with Jonathan Alder on Saturday night, falling short with a 3-2 loss.

Marysville Eagles 3506 recently donated nearly $6,000 to the Marysville School District Special Olympics program. Pictured above are from left in the front row, Austin Boblitt, Andrew Wright, Riley Ka...

Luke Krawczyk of North Union attempts to break free from a Marion Harding tackler during Friday night’s game. North Union suffered its first loss of season, 35-0. (Photo submitted) –––– The North Unio...

Jack Iannarino of Fairbanks (2) scores on a six-yard run at Buckeye Valley on Friday. The Panthers fell 41-24. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– If they awarded points simply for how hard a f...

The Jonathan Alder Pioneers took a one-game lead in the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference Red Division football race with a 43-16 victory at Galion on Friday.

Monarch running back Thomas Rush gives a stiff-arm to an Olentangy defender. The Monarchs fell 49-17. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) –––– Olentangy’s student section at football games has ...

Marysville’s varsity volleyball team got back on track Thursday with a 25-19, 25-11, 25-22 victory at Westland.

Jonathan Alder’s tennis team scored a 5-0 victory over Buckeye Valley on Thursday.

Fairbanks’ middle school football squad rolled to a 38-6 triumph over Springfield Catholic Central on Thursday.

Mackenzie Grose of North Union tosses up the ball for a serve to the Pleasant defense. Grose was one of two junior varsity players called up to the varsity to help fill in for the injured Paxon Stofch...

Football is a tricky sport to coach. On the high school level, you only get 10 short weeks to take everything that you have been coaching since two-a-days back in early August and hope that your team ...

Emma Cook (13) of Fairbanks races a Mechanicsburg opponent for the ball Thursday evening. Cook tallied two goals during FHS’ 5-2 victory. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– The Fairbanks girls...

Marysville’s Max Brennan (right) heads the ball to Kyle Bosch, who is making a run at the goal Thursday. The Monarchs beat Dublin Scioto 4-0. (Photo submitted) –––– Marysville High School’s boys socce...

Jonathan Alder and Galion are two high school football teams that are traveling in quite opposite directions.

Emily Wilson of the Fairbanks girls golf team hits a ball from the fairway of hole one at Darby Creek Golf Course during the Ohio Heritage Conference tournament. The tournament was held on Thursday. (...

After weeks of competition, 14 local teams are concluding the annual event known as the Union County YMCA Community Challenge.

The passing game will be a critical part of Fairbanks’ game plan Friday evening at Buckeye Valley. Senior wide receiver Jacob Rigsby is pictured catching a pass earlier this season against Waynesfield...

Nearly all of the Pigskin Pickers posted decent records last week despite a challenging slate of games.

In football you are only as good as you were during your last week. For the North Union Wildcats, that means they have been great. They are going into week five of the season with a sterling 4-0 recor...

Bunsold’s seventh grade volleyball team was defeated in three sets by Olentangy Orange 27-25, 16-25, 15-25 on Wednesday.

Marysville’s girls tennis team upped its record to 7-8 on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over Worthington Kilbourne.

GOOD –––– Fairbanks’ girls golf team scored a 166-215 victory over Greeneview on Tuesday at Sebastian Hills.

If the 2016 Ohio high school football playoffs were to begin today, a pair of local teams - Jonathan Alder and North Union - would be taking the field.

Marysville’s Kiya Miller returns the ball over the net on Tuesday against Worthington Christian. The Lady Monarchs fell 5-0. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) –––– Marysville’s girls tennis team d...

Fairbanks defeated Cedarville in varsity volleyball action on Tuesday.