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• Urbana ends Wootton's undefeated season  16 May 2009
  By Ryan Minkrmink@digitalsports.comOn paper, it looked like Wootton had the upper hand in Friday’s 4A/3A boys lacrosse state semifinal.Urbana entered the game with five losses while Wootton hadn’t lost a game since last season’s state semifinals, standing at a perfect 17-0.But that didn’t faze the Hawks one bit as Urbana took a big early lead and weathered a Wootton comeback to win 7-4 Fri [...]
• Urbana finally breaks through region final hex  15 May 2009
  By Ryan Minkrmink@digitalsports.comUrbana had made four trips to the 3A West softball finals in the past six years and lost all of them, including last year to Damascus by one run.So one would think they Hawks would be a little tense entering this year’s final against Paint Branch, who was fresh off a season-defining victory over Damascus.But not these young Hawks. They never felt most of the he [...]
• Girls Basketball: Paint Branch 58, Urbana 55  8 March 2009
  By Ryan Minkrmink@digitalsports.comPaint Branch senior Tarik Hislop had a sneaking suspicion that the Panthers were going to end up playing at Urbana in the 3A girls basketball region finals.And after a coin flip confirmed her feelings, Hilsop and the Panthers were bound for a gym the Panthers had never won in, a gym filled with undefeated Hawks players and supporters hungry to dethrone the reigni [...]
• Boys Basketball: Paint Branch 66, Urbana 60  4 March 2009
  By Ryan Minkrmink@digitalsports.comPaint Branch senior Ed Hall is accustomed to distractions on the free throw line.When he shoots them in practice, his teammates make jokes about his girlfriend to get in his head. And even then, he still knocks them down.So when it came to Wednesday’s 3A West region semifinal, with Urbana’s rabid fan base screaming in his ear, Hall calmly sealed a 66-60 Paint [...]

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