O'Fallon Progress

O’Fallon boys tennis team wraps up season with strong showing at state tournament

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Pictured are the IHSA state qualifiers from O’Fallon High School, including Kaden Vollmer, Nic Strobel and Gavin Sohn. Vollmer and Strobel advanced as a doubles team, while Sohn advanced in singles after capturing the sectional championship. At state, Sohn and Vollmer/Strobel each went 2-2 to help O’Fallon finish 22nd overall.
Pictured are the IHSA state qualifiers from O’Fallon High School, including Kaden Vollmer, Nic Strobel and Gavin Sohn. Vollmer and Strobel advanced as a doubles team, while Sohn advanced in singles after capturing the sectional championship. At state, Sohn and Vollmer/Strobel each went 2-2 to help O’Fallon finish 22nd overall. Provided

The O’Fallon High School boys tennis team enjoyed a productive visit to the northwest suburbs of Chicago on Thursday, May 26, and Friday, May 27, for the IHSA Class 2A state tournament.

In singles competition, Gavin Sohn won 6-0, 6-3 and 8-4 to finish 2-2 at state. Meanwhile, the doubles team of Kaden Vollmer and Nic Strobel posted wins of 6-3, 6-3 and 8-5 while also finishing 2-2 overall.

Needless to say, those performances pleased Panthers coach Erin Thoman.

“Gavin & Kaden/Nic won their first rounds, which was great so that was four team points right there. To get two wins in 2A at the state tournament is really good — especially with first round wins in there,” she said.

Overall, the Panthers finished 22nd at state with six points, five slots behind Edwardsville (17th, eight points) and six slots ahead of Belleville East (28th, four points) to round out the Southwestern Conference’s showing. Overall, OTHS finished 20-4 this spring.

“Congrats on a great season boys!” Thoman said.

This story was originally published June 6, 2022 at 4:03 PM.

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