Sports History
Urbana HS is very competitive in athletics. They are known as the Hillclimbers and their mascot is a Hillclimber named Sparky. They have had success in football, baseball, volleyball, girls basketball, softball, and track.
The Football team finished 9-1 in for the regular season. They hosted a home playoff game for the first time since 2003. They lost to Sandusky Perkins thus concluding their season at 9-2. The varsity boys football team is coached by Geron Stokes. Assistant Coaches include Nick Marino, Mike Mays, Tom Eickhoff, Chris Stokes, and Brett Holliday.
The boys soccer team finished 6-9 in 2009. The boys soccer team finished 7-8-2 in 2012.
The girls soccer team finished 7-6-3 in 2009. The girls soccer team finished 8-7-3 in 2012.
The volleyball finished 14-3 in 2009.
In fall sports Urbana also has girls tennis and golf.
The boys golf team is coached by Todd Charles and the girls golf team is coached by Rusty Myers.
The boys basketball team finished the regular season 16 - 6 (8 - 2) in the CBC conference for the 2011-2012 season. The boys varsity basketball team finished 18-7 (8-2) in the CBC conference for the 2012-2013 season. The varsity boys basketball team is coached by Jeremy Dixon The junior varsity coach is T.D. Evans
The girls basketball team finished 8-13 in 2008-09. and 11 - 13 (6 - 4) in 2012-2013. Trischa Lacy was named CBC player of the year for the Central Buckeye Conference (2013). She was also awarded District 9 Player of the year in 2013 as well. The Varsity girls basketball team is coached by Bill Moss. The Boys Bowling team finished 12-5 in 08-09 and the girls team finished 11-6 in 08-09.
Urbana also has a swimming team and a wrestling team, both are Winter sports. The swimming team is coached by Kendell Burcham
The baseball team finished 14-6 in 2009. The baseball team finished 12-14 in 2012, second in the CBC with an 8-8 record. The varsity boys baseball team is coached by Kevin Bowdle. Tom Eickhoff is the varsity assistant coach. The junior varsity baseball coach is Travis Cross. Jess Ellis is the Junior Varsity assistant coach.
The softball team finished 14-5 in 2009.
The boys tennis team finished 8-5 in 2009.
Recently in 2009, a Freshman baseball team was added to the Urbana High School Athletic teams, this team was eliminated in 2011
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