Schools

Warriors Top Giants in Gym, on Field

One gymnastics team for years, Deerfield High School defeats Highland Park in first meeting between the two. Warrior Lacrosse squad downs Giants as well.

For years, Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools joined forces in boys’ gymnastics to field a coop team and it regularly placed well in the State Meet. 

This season, the program grew strong enough for each school to have its own squad which meant the District 113 rival would be opponents rather than teammates for the first time. 

In the first competition between the two, the Warriors outpointed the Giants, 122.75 to 101.5, in a quadrangular meet at Maine East. Both teams finished ahead of the Blue Demons and Maine South. 

Find out what's happening in Deerfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Though they compete as separate teams, the Warriors have one thing in common, Head Coach Doug Foerch. The arrangement is unique. He was the long time mentor of the joint program. There was still plenty of support among former teammates Thursday. 

“We just competed as usual,” Foerch said. The kids rooted for each other like always. It does kind of feel different when I go to the results that I'm plugging in on our website and it lists the two schools against each other.” 

Find out what's happening in Deerfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Gymnastics was not the only event between the two District 113 rivals. The Deerfield boys’ lacrosse team defeated Highland Park, 15-5, Thursday at Adams Field. 

                                              SUMMARY 

April 11 

Gymnastics 

The Final Score:        1. Deerfield  122.75, 2. Highland Park 101.5, 3. Maine East 85.5, 4. Maine South 77.5. 

Warriors Star Performers:              Brian Spinello won floor exercise, still rings and high bar while placing second on the parallel bars and third in vault. Alex Cimaglia added a victory in the parallel bars and grabbed third on the rings.

Giants Star Performer:         Greg Biagi was victorious on the pommel horse.

Other Notable Warrior Performance:        Jeff Spinello added a second on vault, floor and high bar as well as third on the horse. 

Other Notable Giant Performances:            Dylan Abbot took second on the horse. Third place honors went to Mitch Berkowitz on the parallel bars and David Robbins on the high bar. 

Who’s Next:   Both teams compete at noon Saturday at York. 

Boys’ Lacrosse 

The Final Score:        Deerfield 15, Highland Park 5 

Warriors Star Performers:   Evan Kedjidjian had 13 saves in goal while Andrew Small added four goals and Andrew Daley added three. 

Other Notable Warrior Performances:       Jack Purdy, Henri Beaudoin, and Jimmy Weisbond all scored a pair of goals while Mike Puccio and Ben Singer chipped in one each. 

Who’s Next:   The Warriors travel to Warren at 7 p.m. Monday while the Giants entertain New Trier at 7 p.m. Thursday. 

For news about Deerfield and Highland Park in your mailbox every day, subscribe to the Patch newsletter. For more news and updates, like Highland Park and Deerfield Patch on Facebook.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here