Urbana

BOYS BASKETBALL IJAMSVILLE, Md. - Ryan Brandenburg made five 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 26 points Friday as Urbana outscored North Hagerstown 27-10 in the fourth quarter for a 69-59 victory to remain undefeated. Quielan Gantt led North (2-2) with 16 points, while Chris Grove and Dee Mency each added 14. Tyrell Wilson had 13 rebounds, Colby Thompson had nine and Jarell Rodriguez dished out seven assists. Thomas Johnson 64, Walkersville 53 WALKERSVILLE, Md. - Jair Brady had 17 points and Clinton Jones had 16 to lead Thomas Johnson over Walkersville in an MVAL nonconference matchup.

A Library of Congress traveling exhibition - mounted in a customized 18-wheel truck - will visit Urbana this week. “Gateway to Knowledge” will be in Urbana Friday and Saturday, and will be parked at the Urbana Regional Library, 9020 Amelung St. The exhibit is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, go to www.loc.gov/gateway/ .

The Clear Spring Blazers put up a good battle against the Urbana Hawks, but lost three close games and were swept 27-25, 25-21, 25-16 on Thursday night in a prep volleyball match. “It seems like it was a game of errors on both sides,” Clear Spring coach Sabrina Lee said. “The mental ones killed us the most. Serving was definitely a thorn in our side in Game 1, that's for sure. We rely on our serving a lot. Urbana is a good team and they definitely benefitted from our mistakes.” Urbana (2-1)

URBANA, Md. - An Urbana man was charged Saturday night with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl, Frederick County Sheriff's deputies said. Ian M. Chiville, 20, was charged with child abuse, second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense, police said. A 4-year-old girl was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital earlier that day after being sexually assaulted, police said. Chiville allegedly was babysitting the girl when the sexual assault took place. The girl was taken to the hospital by her parents after they arrived home, police said.

BOONSBORO - The marquee was set aside for a showdown between Seth Staley and Steve Chucoski in a 152-pound battle of titans. It never happened. But even with Staley and Jimmy Starkey (119), out of the lineup, North Hagerstown managed to scratch out a 31-27 victory over Urbana Thursday in a tri-meet matchup. Urbana led 21-20 heading into the third round of the meet, without the two Hubs' mainstays in the lineup. It made every match a showdown. In triangular format, each team wrestles four matches per round, using two mats and with the weight classes picked at random.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Ross Flanigan looked up at the scoreboard and saw what he'd done. To his surprise, he'd just scored the game-winner in Urbana's 29-28 victory over Martinsburg Friday night. Flanigan followed quarterback Jesse Heon's 1-yard touchdown with a go-ahead 2-point conversion run that set the stage for a chaotic final 11 minutes. A Martinsburg player had jumped offsides while the Hawks were attempting a game-tying extra point, putting the ball just outside the 1-yard line.

PREP FOOTBALL FREDERICK, Md. - Tuscarora began its varsity football history with a 70-0 loss to perennial power Urbana. The Titans fell behind late in the first quarter when Urbana returned two punts for touchdowns to begin the rout. Other scores: Allegany 63, Williamsport 0; Harrisburg 26, Chambersburg 7 GIRLS SOCCER Goretti 1, St. James 1 ST. JAMES - St. Maria Goretti and St. James played to a tie. Allie Beck scored for St. James (0-1-1)

GIRLS BASKETBALL WALKERSVILLE, Md. - No. 1 Walkersville played good, ol' fashion halfcourt defense in the middle two quarters, holding Urbana to just five baskets in the 16-minute stretch to win, 51-47, Saturday afternoon. The Lions (10-1) got back defensively and stopped up the Hawks' transition game to get the lead, outscoring Urbana 22-16 in the second and third quarters. Koffi Harrison led Walkersville with 19 points and 10 rebounds to go with three assists and four steals.

BOYS BASKETBALL IJAMSVILLE, Md. - David Miner recorded a triple-double - scoring 27 points, grabbing 14 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists - to lead South Hagerstown to a season-opening 73-53 win over Urbana on Thursday. The Rebels (1-0) built a 20-6 first-quarter lead and easily defeated the Hawks, despite hitting just two of 13 free throws. Gene Johnson had 21 points and 14 rebounds and Jesse Gutekunst had 10 points and 10 rebounds for South. Episcopal 63, SJPH 53 FREDERICK, Md. - Episcopal outscored St. John's at Prospect Hall 35-17 in the second and third quarters to defeat the Vikings.

Saturday, October 13, 2012 PREP CROSS COUNTRY IJAMSVILLE, Md. - Williamsport had all seven of its runners in the top 25 as the Wildcats topped a field of 13 teams to win the boys title at the Urbana Invitational on Saturday. Cody Bowman placed fourth in 16:20.9 to lead Williamsport, which finished with 65 points. Century edged Oakdale 98-101 for second. Also for the Wildcats, Caleb Buchman was 11th (16:43.6), Scott Long was 13th (16:54.8), Austin Schetrompf was 18th (17:08.5)