A few familiar names are on the lists as Jonathan Alder searches for new head coaches in football and girls basketball. The positions came open earlier this spring. Head football coach Brett Glass ste...

Kennady Ruhl, center, of North Union signs her written commitment to continue her softball career at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Her parents, Danielle, left, Craig, right, and Mark Pratt, Cougar...

The 12 U Sharks completed the All-American Sparta Select Classic sweep on April 24-25. The team defeated the Gahanna Lions Yellow in the championship game. The squad also beat the Titans of London, BB...

Evan Platfoot (10) of Jonathan Alder steals third base against London on Wednesday. The Lady Pioneers fell, 3-2. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Red Raiders of London turned the tables on Jo...

Ashley Dunn of Marysville follows the flight of the ball in this file photo. Dunn helped the Lady Monarchs beat Hilliard Darby on Wednesday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Monarch vars...

Hudson Davis of North Union clears the bar in a high jump attempt during a tri-meet with Benjamin Logan and Pleasant Tuesday. Davis finished in fourth place. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Ashl...

Marysville’s boys tennis team dropped a 5-0 verdict to Olentangy on Tuesday. Singles -R. Sriram defeated Sean Richardson (M) 6-1, 6-0; -Dave downed Kyrell Stauffer (M) 6-1, 6-1; -MacDowell toppled Car...

Comes to district from CBL foe Ben Logan The Jonathan Alder school district, as was reported in the Journal-Tribune a few weeks ago, has hired a new athletic director. Scott Reule, who has spent the p...

Marysville’s Bryn Rychlik easily clears the pole vault bar at 12-0 during Tuesday’s quad track and field meet. She went on to win the event with an effort of 12-6. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller...

Zoe Wedding of North Union slides into third base during a Central Buckeye Conference game against Benjamin Logan on Tuesday. The Lady Cats completed their sweep of the Lady Raiders with a 11-5 victor...

The Lady Monarchs of Marysville won the battle of two top Division I softball squads in the Central District. The Lady Monarchs upped their record to 16-2 by blasting Lancaster (16-3), 21-5, on Tuesda...

The Christian siblings, Jack (top photo) and Abby (bottom photo) pitched their teams to victories on Monday. (Journal-Tribune file photos by Tim Miller) A Marysville High School brother-sister pitchin...

JA’s Dominic Gantz fires the ball back toward the net on Monday. Gantz helped the Pioneers remain unbeaten (13-0) with a 5-0 victory over Northwestern. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Jonathan A...

The North Union softball team moved into the top spot of the Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division with a 6-5 victory over Benjamin Logan on Monday. The Lady Cats, who now hold a 7-3 record in...

Fairbanks’ Alex Crowe drives the ball during a 2020 Heart of Ohio Junior Golf event. The organization’s 35th season will begin in June. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) The Heart of Ohio Junior G...

The Marysville JV softball team defeated Olentangy,10-3, on Monday. Caitlin Regel went the distance for the Lady Monarchs. She surrendered five hits and fanned seven. The offense was led by Maya Segne...

Abby Gindlesberger fires the ball toward the plate against Central Crossing. She threw a one-hitter during her 2021 pitching debut. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) The Lady Monarchs of Marysvill...

The North Union boys and girls track teams competed at the Elgin Relays on Friday, NU’S boys took home their first team victory of the season with 108 points. The Lady Cats finished in fourth place wi...

The Lady Pioneers of Jonathan Alder upped their record to 14-1 on Saturday with a 6-5 verdict over Mechanicsburg. JA took a 4-0 lead into the top of the third. The Indians plated a pair of runs to hal...

Derek Bails of Triad, left, prepares to receive a throw from the catcher as Jack Christian of Marysville cruises into third base during a game at Marysville on Saturday. Christian reached third safely...

The Marysville JV softball team won a hard-fought, 2-0 victory over Upper Arlington on Saturday. The score was deadlocked at 0-0 until the fifth inning. Avery Prohaska started the inning with a triple...

Jonathan Alder’s boys tennis team rolled to a 5-0 verdict over Kenton Ridge on Saturday. The victory upped JA’s record to 12-0 for the season. Singles -Riley Woods (JA) beat Kronour 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; -Do...

The boys and girls track and field squads from Marysville High School placed second during Friday’s Wapakoneta Relays. Lima Shawnee won the boys meet with 90 points. The Monarchs took second during th...

MHS’ Ashley Dunn touches second base before a tag could be made Friday. The Lady Monarchs notched a 6-2 victory over Thomas Worthington. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller) Marysville High School so...

Batai Lease of Triad follows through on a pitch to the plate during an Ohio Heritage Conference game against West Jefferson Friday. Lease tallied four strikeouts and pitched a complete game during the...

The Hot Shots Volleyball club’s 16 American squad recently won its second tournament of the year at Eastside Athletics in Lithopolis.  Hot Shots posted a 6-0 record in the tournament. Pool play includ...

NU’s Bailee Amstutz fires the ball toward the plate. She was the winning pitcher for NU on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Sam Dillon) Jonathan Alder’s softball squad needed just five innings to pum...

Kayla Sedgwick of North Union watches her hit fly high into the outfield during a game against West Jefferson Thursday. The Lady Cats scored a 7-6 come-from-behind victory in nine innings. (Journal-Tr...

The Cardinals of Triad won their ninth straight baseball contest on Thursday. Triad rolled to a 9-4 verdict over Riverside. Derek Bails started on the mound for the Cardinals. He allowed one hit and o...

Fairbanks’ boys and girls track and field teams won a quad meet at Mechanicsburg on Thursday. The FHS boys tallied 112 points, followed by Mechanicsburg-72, Kenton Ridge-44 and Jonathan Alder-15. The ...