For two hours every Saturday morning in January, members of the Urbana High School girls’ track and field team visited with residents at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mt. Airy, keeping them company and listening to their life stories. With…
Urbana High School wrestling coach Justin Krop recognized the name immediately, when it popped up in his Facebook messages. West Virginia native Ryan Diehl had been one of the most heavily recruited student-athletes out of high school and, over the…
When it came time to choose his senior International Baccalaureate® project, Urbana High School multi-sport athlete Andrew Landry knew exactly what he wanted to do: Give back to the Hawks ice hockey program that’s been such a huge part of…
Senior Rebounds From Injury to Bolster Defending State Champion Girls’ Track RLineup A year ago, Lydia Robling, who races everything from the 55-meter dash to the 800 run, was wrestling with doctors’ projections that she might never again be able…
Baseball, Urbana Hawks 14U coach Brian Kane said, is one of the best sports for kids to play because it provides a great life lesson in overcoming adversity. And the fall Frederick County Babe Ruth Baseball recreational league season provides…
Entering the Class 4A state competition, hosted by Hereford High on Nov. 9, the Hawks knew the closer they could stay together on the difficult course—allowing as few runners as possible to sneak in between them—the better they’d finish as…
Five days after Urbana’s tight four-set loss to Montgomery County’s Thomas S. Wootton in the Class 4A West Region II final on Nov. 6, senior setter/outside hitter Trinity Burge was honored as Maryland’s Player of the Week by MaxPreps/American Volleyball…
There were many tears of disappointment in the moments immediately following the Hawks 2-1, overtime loss to Westminster in the Class 3A state final hosted by Washington College on Nov. 9. After a scoreless first half, Urbana struck first in…
The defending Class 4A/3A state champion Hawks beat their team score from last fall’s season-ending tournament by 14 strokes, but ultimately tied for second place with Montgomery’s Thomas S. Wootton, behind 15th-time winner Winston Churchill. All four of Urbana’s golfers—sophomore…
The Urbana High School girls’ volleyball team started its championship season off on a high note by defeating Oakdale 3-1 for the Central Maryland Conference title on Oct. 19. It was the Hawks’ second victory over the Bears this fall—the…
