Today's ode to high school spring sports in the are takes us to @athleticsurbana, beginning with a glance at the more than 30 seniors in Tigers baseball, softball, girls' soccer, track and field and boys' tennis https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/an-ode-to-urbana-they-re-the-old-guard/article_3daf3700-2af5-5926-8347-215198e531ee.html #NGMedia

Turning to the coach's side of things in @athleticsurbana spring sports, we have girls' soccer boss David Dunlap discussing how the 2020 senior class was going to be his first with which he had a full four seasons https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/an-ode-to-urbana-coach-speak-with-david-dunlap/article_3bc78e13-d610-54d3-a3f7-9c3e57346807.html #NGMedia

Our senior Q&As for @athleticsurbana spring athletics have us hearing from softball player Raevyn Russell — a three-sport Tigers athlete — and baseball player Braden Rudicil — one of the team's captains this season https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/an-ode-to-urbana-they-said-raevyn-russell-and-braden-rudicil/article_aa142390-6a90-50e8-8049-c0e41d038ea4.html #NGMedia

Centering our @athleticsurbana spring sports coverage is a story on star pole vaulter Tyler Carrel, who finally received a concrete diagnosis for a longstanding health issue, but then wasn't allowed to have a senior season because of a pandemic https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/an-ode-to-urbana-carrel-has-bittersweet-finish-with-tigers/article_1154854e-7434-568d-92ba-e33bb200ab0d.html #NGMedia

The podcast for @athleticsurbana spring sports will be live on Monday, including thoughts from some of the people mentioned in this thread as well as senior boys' tennis player Sam Ross #NGMedia