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But both made history at the State Golf Championships in Waldorf.

Damascus' Yakubik finished Wednesday with a two-round total of 150, good for second place behind Middletown's (Frederick County) Alex Hoffman and the best individual finish in school history. Meanwhile, Churchill's Brown shot rounds of 78 and 76 to win the girl's title by a whopping five strokes over North Point's (Charles) McKenzie Cutter. Her 154 total strokes gave her the best winning score ever by a Bulldogs girl.

"I was six-over on the front nine," said Brown — who finished fifth overall — after Wednesday's round. "I had kind of this negative attitude for some reason. Maybe it was just the pressure knowing ‘Okay, come on, this is the last time you'll ever play golf in high school.' I had to tell myself, ‘Stop being so scared when you swing.' Then the back nine was a lot better; I shot 3-under.

Brown is only the second girl in Churchill history to win a state crown, along with three-time champion Kim Cayce, who twice shot rounds of 161.

And though his team disappointingly missed the second round of team competition, Yakubik more than salvaged the tournament for the Hornets. Yakubik hit six birdies in Wednesday's round to eke out the runner-up trophy by one stroke over Broadneck's (Anne Arundel) Bart George.

"I had four bogeys and a double, so I could have done a little bit better," said Yakubic. "But it's a good finish."

Churchill grabbed its own second-place trophy, totaling 660 strokes in two days to close eight strokes behind Frederick's Urbana. Last year's state champs, the Bulldogs actually shot two strokes better this week.

"We all could have shaved some strokes off our scores," said junior Alex Lu, who shot 178. "We want to win of course, but second's alright with me."

Whitman snuck into the finals with an opening-round 342, ending the tournament fifth, with North Point and Broadneck also ahead. Senior Alex Rhea had the third-best county total, finishing 13th with his two-day 158.

"We kind of realized after the first day that we weren't going to win," said Whitman junior Eric Miller, who shot 180. "We just wanted to have fun."

Richard Montgomery's Karishma Thiagarag shot 163 to finish fourth in the girls group.