Most high school sports team’s seasons culminate with a state championship. And in years past, the Urbana High School girls’ outdoor track and field team would have taken some time off to recuperate from a grueling nearly month-long postseason, especially…
Three travel baseball teams representing the Urbana Youth Baseball and Softball Association won championships in their respective age groups—9-under, 10U and 11U—on June 23. The following day, programs began holding tryouts for the 2019-20 season with record registration numbers across…
Urbana High School sophomore Ella Auderset had all but won her first outdoor track state title May 25, leading the field in the 400-meter dash by “what seemed like a mile,” Hawks girls’ track and field coach CJ Ecalono said.…
Boys’ lacrosse If someone had told Hawks coach Gavin Donahue prior to Urbana’s Class 4A North Region Section II final against Howard that his team would give up only six goals and lose, “I wouldn’t believe that for one minute,”…
The Urbana High School boys’ lacrosse team’s eight-game unbeaten streak was in jeopardy against Frederick County rival Linganore on April 16. Up 11-5 going into the fourth quarter, the Hawks found themselves locked in an 11-11 tie at the end…
The Urbana High School girls’ tennis team improved to 8-0 this season with a 5-0 sweep of Tuscarora on April 15. Remarkably, through eight matches this spring, the Hawks have dropped only two individual courts and four total sets. But…
In a ceremony held before the Maryland Student Hockey League state championship on March 1—Montgomery County’s Winston Churchill High School defeated crosstown rival Thomas S. Wootton—ninth-year Urbana ice hockey coach Toby Heusser was honored as the league’s statewide Coach of…
There are times when, within the first 10-15 minutes of training, Hawks senior wrestler Kevin Makosy feels physically exhausted. But, diagnosed with Type I diabetes in sixth grade, the University of Maryland recruit has become adept at navigating challenges and…
Boys’ lacrosse With virtually its entire offense back—plus some impactful additions—the Hawks look to build on last year’s 10-6, Class 4A North Region final campaign. Urbana returns both points leaders from a year ago, sophomore twins Eric and Jason Kolar,…
Together. The Urbana High School girls’ indoor track and field team’s success in recent years has been predicated on that one word. “We are together every step of the way,” coach CJ Ecalono said. “You might be out there (in…
