Gaithersburg

Watkins Mill High School students Jabew Ewane and Nebi Tsarni were both successful in becoming Girls’ Wrestling 2022 State Champions.

Jabea is a freshman who just started wrestling this year. She fought hard all season, wrestling varsity competition at the 182- and 170-pound weight classes. She took second place at the Winter Mill Girls Tournament earlier in the season and has greatly improved throughout the year. She won her State Championship match 6-0.


MoCo

Each year, Variety celebrates the live-action, scripted TV producers whose series made the biggest impact over the course of the year.

This year two Montgomery County natives were featured in the article. Darren Star, for Emily in Paris and Younger, and Chris Van Dusen for Bridgerton.


Education

By Sarah Elbeshbishi

Sara Goodman Confino has heard the expression, “those who can’t do, teach,” but this writing teacher is proving that wrong with her debut novel, For the Love of Friends.Confino teaches English, journalism and creative writing at Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg.