Sports

Marysville’s Sami Haigh delivers the ball back over the net. The Lady Monarchs swept Delaware Hayes. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Marysville’s Gerald Amaglo (14) tries to maintain possession while surrounded by Northland defenders during the second half of action. The Monarch accounted for one goal in the team’s win over the visiting Vikings Monday night. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union’s Sam Price (5) takes a shot on goal during the first half of action Monday evening. The freshman Lady Cat accounted for five goals in the team’s 9-2 win over River Valley putting her at eight goals so far in the regular season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union’s football seniors are from left, front row, Gavin Potts, Griffin Osborne and Brock Smith; middle row, Ethan Miller, Gavin Delp, Blaine Ware and Preston Larson; back row, Landry Dible, Nick VanHoose and RJ Hillyard. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union’s football team is pictured from left, front row, Ethan Miller, Preston Larson, Brock Smith, Griffin Osborne, Gavin Potts, Landry Dible, Nick VanHoose, Gavin Delp, Blaine Ware and RJ Hillyard; second row, Peyton Wood, Carter Hamilton, Wyatt Arver, Brycen Delawder, Jaxon Heminger, Nickolas Hajjar, Trenor Kyte, Ryun Eager, Xavier Gruber, Dainon Lindsey and Kadrin Riffle; third row, Jessanie Pfister, Tristen Granlee, Kory Ransome, Luke Brown, Mason Andrews, Broden O’Reilly, Dylan Asher, Grayson Smith, Bradley Cline and Rylan Potts; fourth row, Easton Duvall, Wyatt Larson, Kaiden Dixon, Jace Phipps, Dominic Hamline, Ethan Wilcox, Hayze Miller, Cain Holloway, Hudson Bugg and Grayson Bledsoe; fifth row, Noah Huddleston, Gabe Hayes, Hayden Bright, Colton Lee, Charles Oberdier, Owen Wilcox, Deegan Parks, Hayden Young and Gunner Delp; fifth row, manager Bray Wenger, assistant coaches Jake Blevins, Joe Kyte and Jesse Miller, head coach Nick Hajjar and assistant coaches Cam Miller and Andrew Owens. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Members of Marysville’s varsity football team are from left, front row, Brady Carper, Alex McNamara, Zach, Bisang, Raymond Bymaster, Matthew Hover, Eric Nunez, A’Viyoun Peppers, Brock Powers, Waylon McDaniel, Ennis Modie and Carlos Acosta; second row, Paul Green, Grady Evans, Cooper Cronwell, Tyson Baker, Hunter Sheldon, Jackson Snyder, JJ Henry, Ryan Melish, Greg Superville, Matthew Paige, Antonio Puerta and Isaac Heller; third row, A.J. Gratz, Kale Strickland, Shane Brickner, Brock Smith, Carter Dunn, Carter Paine, Collin Burns, Bransen Allemang, Owen Morey, Mitchell Evans and James Stevenson; fourth row, Keefer Stackhouse, Deacon Henry, Luke Gibson, Jackson Firestone, Owen Harbold, Oscar Olding, Leighton Fondren, Henry Brown, Carter Bohanan, Trevor Helmuth, Aloysius Roseburrough and Mamour Saidy; fifth row, Rivers Hodges, Reagan O’Dell, Dylan Blevins, Nolan Phillips, Allen Vanhassel, Talan Wolford, Cooper Foughty, Tucker Heminger, Brycen Luelleman, Colin Wimmers and Brady Watkins; sixth row, Gavin Moore, Clayton Hover, Austin Lamb, Evan Beany, Gage Henry, Drew Carper, Jackson Williams, Griffen Beery, Dominic Thomas, Warren Robinson Row 7 (Training Staff), McKinley Heard, Larry Fox, Ashley Hardbarger, Darren Clancy, Helena Mize, Claire Connolly, Mikayla Pepper, Ava Gower, Olivia Yakali, Angel Moss, Katelyn Bickerstaff; eighth row, assistant coaches Devin Stover, Brad McKinley, head coach Mike Young, assistant coaches Justin Louck, Ryan Fritch, Steve Powers, Tanner Powers, Dave Gebhart, Jason Harrah, Ashton Schmutz, Jim Hodakievic, Tony Brake. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Members of Fairbanks High School’s football team are from left, front row, Konner Ohler, Gatlin Conley, Andy Agner, Cohen Burns, DJ Litzke and Nicolas Andrews; second row, Bryson Giffin, Carson Shope, Evan Wiedmann, Cooper Phelps, Reid Phelps, Daniel Bailey and Noah Mullett; third row, Camden Rall, Liam Kelly, Brennan Peffer, Leo Winner, Caleb Wilson, Nate Meihls, Joseph Reinhard and Aidan Hafner; fourth row, Rylee Castle, Jacob Sayre, Connor Bjorkgren, Max Winner, McClain Burns, Carter Woody, Caleb Hoffman, William Griffey and Collin Bailey; fifth row, Vinnie Morton, Nevan Moore, assistant coaches Dan Terhune and Mike Mays, head coach Dave Carroll, assistant coach T Jay Kemmeri and Lucas Bertin. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union’s Emmy Eastman (4) and fellow Lady Cat Lexi Wills (8) jump to block Fairbanks’ Liviann Maine (4) during the second set of action in a recent county-rival match. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Gridiron seniors for FHS are from left, DJ Litzke, Konner Ohler, Nicolas Andrews, Andy Agner, Cohen Burns and Gatlin Conley. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville’s Addie Best (left) separates the ball from Fairbanks’ Avery Thorley (right) during the first half of action last Friday evening. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Marysville’s Mya Schroeder (9) sends the ball over the top of Upper Arlington defenders Saturday afternoon. The Lady Monarchs began their season by beating Grove City in a pair of games and falling in three sets to the Golden Bears. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Marysville’s first-team quarterback Evan Beany (red) slices through a pack of defenders before jaunting into the end zone on a 42-yard touchdown run during the first quarter scrimmage action against Canal Winchester. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

MHS’ Sophia Hacker is pictured in action on the tennis courts. The Lady Monarchs split two recent matches. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Marysville’s McKinley Samaniego follows through on her shot on a foggy morning at the second OCC match of the season. (Photo submitted)

Marysville’s running back Colin Wimmrs picks up yardage during Thursday’s scrimmage against Canal Winchester. Marysville High School will host a “Meet the Team” event for fall sports on Sunday evening. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union volleyball coach Alexis Maenz (left) talks to her team during a break in the action. The Lady Cats defeated Marion Harding in three sets during their final preseason scrimmage. (Journal-Tribune photo by Bob Putman)

North Union defensive coordinator Jesse Miller makes a point to players during the team’s recent Midnight Madness practice. Miller, who formerly was the head coach at NU, has returned to the coaching staff this season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Kaitlyn Stover of Marysville prepares to drive the ball through the trees at Oakhaven. MHS competed during the Ohio Capital Conference tee-off. (Photo submitted)

Marysville’s Nyla Baumbarger returns the ball over the net in this file photo. She helped lead the Lady Monarchs to a 5-0 victory over Marion Harding for the team’s first win of the 2025 season. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Mollie Thrush of Fairbanks is pictured competing in a cross country race. The Panthers competed in the recent Westerville North meet. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)