Deer Path Middle School will send 13 athletes to the Illinois Elementary School Association state track meet today and Saturday (May 20-21) at the Eastside Centre in Peoria. The girls dominate the entrants with 13, while Parker Marsh is the lone boy to qualify. He will compete in the 110-meter high hurdles. On the girls' side, Meg Linnane will run in the 100 high hurdles, the 400 and as part of the 1,600 meter relay team. Alex Manley will compete in the 800 while Gigi Lee runs in the 1,600 along with teammate Elise Wong. Wong will also race in the 400 and as part of the 1,600 relay. Sara …

Deer Path Middle School wrestlers Peter Glyman and Keegan Kullby found the best way to return to this weekend's Illinois Elementary Schools Association State Meet was to lighten up.  Glyman and Kullby were two of five Braves to advance to State by taking one of the top three places at last Saturday's Deerfield Sectional. George Karkazis, Andrew Tuttle and Bronko Tupanjac were the other three. Deer Path finished sixth as a team.  Glyman, an eighth grader, spent the season wrestling in the 100-pound weight class while Kullby, a seventh grader, weighed in at 95. Both dropped a weight class at …

Date: March 4 What: Illinois Elementary School Association Sectional Wrestling Meet.  The Final Score: 1. Marlowe (Lake Hills) 117; 2. Prairie (Barrington) 114.5; 3. Lake Zurich North 97; 4. Sandburg (Mundelein) 90; 5. Lake Zurich South 87; 6. Deer Path 86; 7. Shepard (Deerfield) 82; 8. Station (Barrington) 80; 9. Caruso (Deerfield) 63; 10. Jack London (Wheeling) 58; 11. Mathews (Island Lake) 53; 12. Holmes (Wheeling); 13. Oak Grove (Green Oaks) 44; 14. Wauconda 36; 15. Northwood (Highland Park) 32; 16. Heineman (Algonquin) 27; 17. Daniel Wright (Lincolnshire) 20.  Braves’ Star Performers: …

George Karkazis and Vince Agins of Lake Forest charted very different courses for their wrestling careers, but both stood atop the victory platform as champions at the 38th Annual Deer Path Middle School Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday.  Karkazis, an eighth grader who won the gold medal in the 112-pound weight class, began wrestling as a second grader in Highland Park’s Little Giant program. He immediately sought out Braves Coach Jim Troemel as soon as he entered Deer Path as a fifth grader.  Agins, also an eighth grader and the 119-pound champion, came to Deer Path thinking about …

Date: Jan. 29  The Final Score: 1. Kingsley (Normal) 269; 2. Parkland (McHenry) 236.5; 3. Johnsburg 234; 4. Bradley Central 219; 5. Lake Zurich North 192.5; 6. Deer Path 191; 7. Highland (Libertyville) 188.5; 8. Barrington Station 126; 9. Cooper (Buffalo Grove) 114; 10. Oak Grove (Libertyville) 85; 11. Gemini (Niles) 62; 12. Wilmette 32.5.  Braves’ Star Performers: George Karkazis took the gold medal at 112 by pinning his opponent at 2:21. Vince Agins won the 119-pound class by outpointing his foe, 14-7. Other Notable Brave Performances: Peter Glyman finished second at 100 while third place …