Deerfield’s Alex Gold edged Warren’s Martin Martinez to win the 3,200 (9:36.0.) at the Deerfield Invite Saturday. Then Martinez outkicked Gold (4:34.0) for first place in the 1,600. Grant won the team title (145.5).
Behind sophomore singles standout Martin Joyce and defending doubles state champs Alex Hagermoser and Peter Heneghan, top-ranked Hinsdale Central is primed for a run at state. Find Rob Valentin's lists of top boys tennis teams and players here.
Deerfield went 10-16 in 2012-13 during a rebuilding season under first-year coach Dan McKendrick, but it expecst to return four starters from a team that played its best basketball down the stretch.
Senior Lauren Feely completed one of the greatest careers in state history with two first-place finishes in Saturday’s final round. The state meet capped her three-year state medal count at 12.
Harlem led the Barrington Sectional Saturday with seven state qualifiers while Libertyville (six wrestlers) and Barrington, New Trier (five each) also placed several state qualifiers.
Niles North (355 points) won its third consecutive Central Suburban League North boys swimming title on Saturday. Deerfield was second (249) followed by Glenbrook North (202), Highland Park (169), Maine West (163) and Maine East (119).
With a 3-2 win over the Leyden Eagles on Sunday, Glenbrook raised its second-half record to 3-4-1 and has recorded victories in three of its last four games.