Despite missing four games due to injury, senior Masyn Dallio (2) was a first-team All-SWOC selection. PHOTO BY SANDY MINOR

The 2020 Southwest Ohio Conf. football all-stars

The 2020 Southwest Ohio Conference football all-conference team: Coach of the Year – Kenyon Commins, Ross Defensive Player of the Year – Diego Neri, Northwest Offensive Player of the Year – Jackson Gifford, Ross First team Masyn Dallio, DL Dallio missed four Dallio missed four games because of injury, but finished the season with 20 solo tackles, nine assists, two quarterback sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He also played fullback for a few games, scoring a touchdown against Mount Healthy Sept.

Two current track team members – Senior Ava Tombragel and junior Sarah Helms – helped the girls 4X400 meter relay team to first place in the 2019 Southwest Ohio Conference league meet. That 2019 team were, from left, Tombragel, Emily Mueller, McKenzie Mobley, and Helms. FILE PHOTO BY SANDY MINOR

Back on track: Wildcat teams young, talented

Harrison High School’s track and field practice March 11 was canceled, just as it had been on the same date one year ago. This time, though, weather – a light, steady rain - was the culprit.

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Card anniversary

Kryptos Comix celebrated Pokemon’s 25th anniversary on Feb. 27 in Aurora. Eric Bruns, left, and Brandon Kline grew up playing the trading card game. “New generations come out each year and it’s hard to keep up,” says Bruns. The veterans were there to help partygoers learn the game and to trade cards. The Pokémon franchise began on Feb. 27, 1996, and is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. PHOTO BY JENNY AWAD

Fire out quickly at Queen City Candy

The Greendale Fire Department was called out to an early morning fire at Queen City Candy in Greendale Monday. The fire department responded at 12:44 a.m.

Erika Wells

EC student attending medical congress

Erika Wells, 16, a sophomore at East Central High School, is a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders on March 20 and 21. The congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields.

The St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross Catholic Church Knights of Columbus and other volunteers were hard at work on Friday evening for the fish fry. HALIE BARGER/THE JOURNAL PRESS

It’s fish fry season

COVID-19 can’t stop people from indulging in fish for Lent on Fridays this spring. Fish is cooking all over the area despite the pandemic.

Death Notices

Jerry W. Bondurant, 78, from Rising Sun, Indiana, passed away March 10, 2021.

Pamela Lucile Dean

Pamela Lucile Dean, 63, of Aurora, Indiana, passed away Saturday Feb. 6, 2021, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

Mary Nedderman

Mary Margaret (Geyer) Nedderman

Mary Margaret (Geyer) Nedderman, age 88, of Sunman, passed away peacefully at the Chateau of Batesville on March 11, 2021. Mary was born on May 29, 1932, at the Whitlatch Clinic in Milan, Indiana.

Carol L. Cummings

Carol L. Cummings, 72, of Milan, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville, Indiana.