EHS, St. Anthony Tennis Players Advance To State

Winning the team championship was Olney with 25 points followed by St. Anthony 20, Mattoon 18, Casey-Westfield 8, Effingham 8, Newton 8, Flora 7, Robinson 4 and Teutopolis 4.

Singles players advancing are Effingham's Thad Dillow, a sophomore, and St. Anthony's Noah Tegeler, a senior. The doubles team is Henry Kemme, a junior, and Aiden Tegeler, a sophomore, from St. Anthony.

In singles play, Dillow finished second. He opened with a 6-0, 6-0 win over T-town's Paul Niemerg then downed Dawson Dallape of Casey-Westfield, 7-6(4), 6-1. Dillow fell to Olney's Evan Uhl, 6-0, 6-1.

N. Tegeler finished in fourth place. Tegeler won over Luke Hatfield of Robinson, 6-0, 6-0 then downed Newton's Ben Street, 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-1. Tegeler fell to Dillow, 6-2, 6-3 and lost to Bobby Powless (Flora), 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

In doubles, Kemme and A. Tegeler won over Robinson's Gower/Waggoner, 6-0, 6-0. then defeated Oakley-Orrell of Casey-Westfield, 6-2, 6-1. The pair fell to Taylor/Harris of Olney, 6-4, 6-1 to drop into the third place match. The duo then lost to Walker/Doll of Olney, 6-4, 6-2 to finish fourth.

Singles and doubles will take place at the State Tournament this Thursday through Saturday, hosted by Hersey High School. Class 1A/2A Thursday preliminary rounds will be conducted at Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove, Fremd, Hersey, Hoffman Estates, Palatine, Stevenson, Rolling Meadows, Vernon Hills, and Wheeling high schools.

Results were as follows:

Singles

First Round

Eli Rosborough (Robinson) defeated Gordy Patrick (Casey-Westfield), 6-1, 6-1

Luke Hatfield (Robinson) defeated Dane Steber (Olney), 6-3, 6-4

Second Round

Evan Uni (Olney) defeated Kayden Schackmann (Newton), 6-0, 6-0

Evan Mossman (St. Anthony) defeated Blayne Pals (Effingham), 6-4, 6-1

Tejas Zala (Mattoon) defeated Hayden Jansen (Teutopolis), 6-0, 6-1

Bobby Powless (Flora) defeated Rosborough (Robinson), 6-1, 6-1

Noah Tegeler (St. Anthony) defeated Luke Hatfield (Robinson), 6-0, 6-0

Ben Street (Newton) defeated Brody Sharp (Flora), 6-7(3), 6-1 6-1

Dawson Dallape (Casey-Westfield) defeated Ethan Bahney (Mattoon), 6-2, 6-0

Thad Dillow (Effingham) defeated Paul Niemerg (Teutopolis), 6-0, 6-0

Third Round

Uni (Olney) defeated E. Mossman (St. Anthony), 6-0, 6-0

Powless (Flora) defeated Zala (Mattoon), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

N. Tegeler (St. Anthony) defeated Street (Newton), 1-6, 6-1, 6-4

Dillow (Effingham) defeated Dallape (Casey-Westfield), 7-6(4), 6-1

Championship -- Uni (Olney) defeated Dillow (Effingham), 6-0, 6-1

Third Place -- Powless (Flora) defeated N. Tegeler (St. Anthony), 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

First Round

Hartke/Zumbahlen (Newton) defeated Pipher/Spicer (Flora), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

Kocher/Weber (Newton) defeated Pinston-Elder (Robinson), 7-6(1), 6-0

Second Round

Kemme/Tegeler (SA) defeated Gower-Waggoner (Robinson), 6-0, 6-0

Oakley-Orrell (Casey-Westfield) defeated Nohren-Siner (E), 6-2, 6-2

Taylor-Harris (Robinson) defeated Siemer-Davidson (Teutopolis), 6-0, 6-2

James-Donaldson (Mattoon) defeated Hartke-Zumbahlen (Newton), 6-3, 6-0

Habing-Tabbert (Teutopolis) defeated Kocher-Weber (Newton), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Ramage-Farmer (Mattoon) defeated Pietz/Collins (Flora), 6-1, 6-0

Herzing-McDonald (St. Anthony) defeated Rubin/Seiler (Effingham), 6-1, 6-2

Walker-Doll (Robinson)d efeated Cochonur/Wright (Casey-Westfield), 6-0, 6-1

Third Round

Kemme/Tegeler (SA) defeated Oakley-Orrell (Casey-Westfield), 6-2, 6-1

Taylor-Harris (Robinson) defeated James-Donaldson (Mattoon), 6-2, 6-0

Ramage-Farmer (Mattoon) defeated Habing-Tabbert (Teutopolis), 6-3, 6-4

Walker-Doll (Robinson) defeated Herzing-McDonald (St. Anthony), 6-2, 6-0

Championship -- Ramage-Farmer (Mattoon) defeated Taylor-Harris (Robinson), 6-4, 6-3

Third Place -- Walker-Doll (Robinson) defeated Kemme/Tegeler (St. Anthony), 6-4, 6-2