The Sporting Blue Athletics Blog

After a fantastic basketball season for both our girls and boys varsity teams, it's time to turn our full attention to Spring sports. The Blues are midway through the Spring season and several teams are off to great starts.

• The Girls Varsity Soccer team is off to a 7-0-1 start with league wins over International, Covent, Lick and MA. As has become the standard with our girls soccer team, we play fantastic team defense and have been capitalizing on our scoring opportunities.  We have players from every grade level on the varsity soccer team.
• Not to be outdone, our JV Girls Soccer team is having a fantastic year as well.  Their Team Defense is second to none and they are enjoying their time together and improving on a daily basis.
• Urban has added a SWIM team this Spring and they recently completed their first ever meet.  While we didn't "win" any races, we left the aquatic center with our heads held high.  We're very proud of the athletes who comprise our first ever swim team and we look forward to additional opportunities to compete this Spring.
• The Urban Track and Field team is off and running!  With 2 league meets in the books, the Blues have an excellent chance to have several athletes advance to the Meet of Champions and potentially the CIF State Finals.  Run Blues Run!
• Our Softball and Baseball teams are in the middle of their league seasons battling for league wins and enjoying their time together.  The Softball team is likely on a path to yet another BCL West Title game. The baseball team steps away from league play this week before finishing their season with 6 critical league games vs Lick, Stuart Hall and Marin Academy.
• Our Fencing program is having a great year.  The boys are undefeated heading into their big battle with Lowell on April 2nd.  The Girls are also having success and we're hoping for a chance to send several fencers to the state tournament.
  
• Lastly, our golf team anchored by Alex P and Reed B continue their quest to qualify for the BCL and NCS Tournaments.  The golfers are working hard on a daily basis and battling their fellow BCL League schools in an effort to bring the BCL title back to Urban.

We're excited with our success on and off the field this Spring.  Our athletes are working hard and doing a fantastic job representing the entire Urban community. We hope to see you at a game soon!

It's December and that means it's HOOPS season @ The Urban School. All 4 of our teams have begun play and I'm thrilled with what I've seen in both practices and games from the Blues.  Our teams and players have taken on the personality of our Varsity Head Coaches, and that is a GREAT thing!  Joe and Hope are passionate about the game of basketball and they do things the right way.  They are fantastic teachers and motivators and players LOVE playing for them.  It's an exciting time to be an Urban Basketball player.

Our JV and Varsity coaching staffs are pushing our student athletes on a daily basis and our athletes are consistently rising to the occasion.  Much like our incredible faculty, our basketball coaches are teaching on a daily basis and stressing improvement at this point of the season.  Our JV Teams improve quarter to quarter -- possession to possession and that's a testament to how hard Henry, Serge and Dez are working.  The combination of passionate coaches and intelligent, hard working student athletes is a magical one and I encourage all of you to come out to Kezar to watch the Blues battle this winter.  I'm certain you will walk out of the gym impressed with the effort and attitude of the Blues.

Go BLUES!

Greg Angilly
The Urban School of San Francisco
Director of Athletics

As the fall season comes to a close, I want to pause for a moment and say "THANKS" to the many members of the class of 2013 that are playing their final games for the Blues.  I arrived at Urban with the Class of 2013 and we've had a wonderful 4 years of athletic highs and lows and have created some memories none of us will soon forget.  Thanks are in order to the following people, who leave our Fall Sports program better than they found it 4 years ago:

• Boys Soccer - Harry K, Gabe K, Zach T, Phong T
• Girls Volleyball - Abbe L, Haley W
• Girls Tennis - Rowan P, Anna S, Danielle P, Corinna A, Lucia L
• Cross Country - McCall C, Walker W, John W, Max G

Your collective passion for the BLUES has been unwavering and your desire to push yourself and your teammates to succeed is greatly appreciated. 

Much love Class of 2013 Blues - WE ARE URBAN!

Go BLUES!

Greg Angilly
The Urban School of San Francisco
Director of Athletics

If you arrive on campus at 2:55pm, it is more than likely you won't find many students in the halls of Urban.  You will however find a majority of our Winter and Spring Athletes congregating in lower St Agnes waiting for Riley to open the weight room.  A few years ago the weight room was a space where you would typically find very few students and those that were in there did as much socializing as they did weight lifting.  My how the times have changed!  Thanks in large part to the energy and passion of Riley M, our superstar math teacher and strength and conditioning coach, we now have kids lining up to work out on a daily basis.

In addition to working with students in our formal Strength and Conditioning physical activity classes, Riley is working with winter and spring athletes helping them focus on sport specific workouts which will help them in their respective sports later this year. We have both young men and women working hard 3 to 4 times a week from our basketball, baseball, lacrosse and softball programs. The only problem to date.....we only have one Riley! 

It is nothing short of fantastic to see Urban student athletes working hard in their off season with the goal of improving their strength and conditioning.  I have no doubt in my mind we will have more success on the court and on the field due to this increased passion and for that, we all owe a big THANKS to Riley.

Go BLUES!

Greg Angilly
The Urban School of San Francisco
Director of Athletics

Last Friday, our students participated in our annual Fall Service Day.  We had members of the student body throughout the Bay Area working for Habitat for Humanity, the Heart Walk and in Pt Reyes doing trail work.  Our freshman class, along with Freshman Class Advisors, spent the day in Marin County working on trail restoration projects.  Our Boys JV Soccer coach Danny C loaded an Urban Suburban at 8:00am and headed out to begin a day of hard work in the bright sun of Marin County.  At 2:15pm, Danny loaded 8 JV soccer players into his van and began the trek back to San Francisco.  He arrived at Urban just after 3pm where he quickly had his freshman players change and board a bus with the sophomores who had just returned from the Heart Walk in San Francisco.  At 3:20 the bus pulled out of The Urban School en route for Crocker Amazon and a JV league soccer game vs The Bay School.  The coaches and players arrived 10 minutes prior to the start of the game where they QUICKLY warmed up and took the field.  In the end, The Blues came out on top with a 1-0 win.  The victory itself is secondary to the effort these boys and Danny C exhibited on Friday.  It would have been easy to use their full day of trail work as an excuse for not playing their best, but the boys showed a ton of heart and pride and found a way to end the week with a victory.  A most satisfying and tiring Friday afternoon -- a day in the life of an Urban student!

Go BLUES!

Greg Angilly
The Urban School of San Francisco
Director of Athletics