Boys Tennis Season Summaries

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Season summaries include titles won (and the class they were won in), final place in state, final won-lost record, and head coach for all seasons submitted by the school or gathered from IHSA records.

A few titles are missing (complete list of missing titles). Changes and additions to these records may be made by school personnel through the IHSA Schools Center.

Key to titles: D–district, R–regional, S–sectional, U–super-sectional, Q–team qualifier for state finals, P–Chicago Public League champion (only when an automatic qualifier).

LaGrange (Lyons)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1946-47   D          
1948-49   D          
1949-50   D          
1950-51              
1951-52   D          
1952-53   D          
1953-54   D 3        
1954-55   D 3        
1955-56   D          
1958-59              
1961-62              
1962-63   D          
1968-69   D          
1969-70   D          
1970-71   D          
1971-72   D          
1972-73   D          
1974-75   D          
1979-80   D          
1980-81              
1981-82   D          
1982-83   S          
1983-84              
1986-87   S          
1987-88   S          
1988-89   S          
1989-90   S          
1990-91   S          
1996-97   S         Bill Wham
1997-98   S         Bill Wham
1998-99   S         Bill Wham
1999-00   S         Bill Wham
2000-01   S         Bill Wham
2001-02   S         Bill Wham
2002-03   S         Bill Wham
2003-04   S         Bill Wham
2004-05             Bill Wham
2005-06   S 2       Bill Wham
2006-07   S         Bill Wham
2007-08   S         Bill Wham
2011-12             Bill Wham
2014-15   S 2       Bill Wham
2015-16   S         Bill Wham
2017-18 2A S         Bill Wham
2018-19 2A           Bill Wham
2020-21 2A S         David Robare
2022-23 2A S         David Robare

LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2018-19 1A S         Jaydon Barello
2020-21 1A S         Jaydon Barello

Lake Forest (H.S.)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1956-57   D          
1974-75   D          
1975-76   D          
1976-77   D          
1977-78   D          
1978-79   D          
1979-80   D          
1984-85   S 2       Lew Bertsos
1985-86   S 1       Lew Bertsos
1986-87   S 3       Lew Bertsos
1987-88   S 2       Lew Bertsos
1988-89   S   3 3   Lew Bertsos
Coach Total 3 3   1 yr   .500
1989-90       7 2   Bill Fly
Coach Total 7 2   1 yr   .778
1990-91       6 4   Skip Atwell
1991-92       6 4   Skip Atwell
1992-93       10 3   Skip Atwell
1993-94       10 3   Skip Atwell
Coach Total 32 14   4 yr   .696
1994-95       11 1   John Noble
Coach Total 11 1   1 yr   .917
1995-96             Mark Sandager
1996-97       10 0   Robert Wagemann
1997-98   S   8 1   Robert Wagemann
1998-99   S   6 0   Robert Wagemann
1999-00   S 2 15 1   Robert Wagemann
Coach Total 39 2   4 yr   .951
2000-01       10 6   Corky Leighton
2001-02   S 3 16 2 1 Corky Leighton
2002-03   S 1 11 7   Corky Leighton
2003-04   S 1 15 1 1 Corky Leighton
2004-05   S   15 1   Corky Leighton
2005-06   S   11 4   Corky Leighton
2006-07       10 5 1 Corky Leighton
2007-08   S   10 3 1 Corky Leighton
2008-09   S   9 4 1 Corky Leighton
Coach Total 107 33 5 9 yr   .755
2009-10       13 5   Corcky Leighton
Coach Total 13 5   1 yr   .722
2010-11       10 3   Corky Leighton
2011-12   S 3 15 2   Corky Leighton
2012-13   S 2 12 3   Corky Leighton
2013-14   S 2 16 0   Corky Leighton
2014-15   S   13 1   Corky Leighton
2015-16       14 1   Corky Leighton
2016-17 2A S   10 4   Corky Leighton
2017-18 2A     8 4   Corky Leighton
2018-19       9 6   Corky Leighton
2019-20       0 0   Corky Leighton
2020-21       14 5   Corky Leighton
2021-22       9 3 2 Corky Leighton
Coach Total 130 32 2 12 yr   .799
2022-23       8 6   Scott Gilbert
Coach Total 8 6   1 yr   .571
School Total 350 98 7 34 yr   .769

Lake Villa (Lakes)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2005-06             Bryan Plinske
2006-07             Bryan Plinske
2007-08             Bryan Plinske
2008-09             Bryan Plinske
2009-10             Bryan Plinske
2010-11       3 11   Bryan Plinske
2011-12       6 11   Bryan Plinske
2012-13       5 5   Bryan Plinske
2013-14       6 6   Bryan Plinske
2014-15       5 7   Bryan Plinske
2015-16       6 6   Bryan Plinske
2016-17       9 4   Bryan Plinske
2017-18 1A S   6 7   Bryan Plinske
2018-19       7 3   Bryan Plinske
2019-20             Bryan Plinske
2020-21             Bryan Plinske
2021-22       3 7   Bryan Plinske
2022-23       4 11   Bryan Plinske
Coach Total 60 78   11 yr   .435
School Total 60 78   11 yr   .435

Lake Zurich

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1966-67       3 7   Rachow
Coach Total 3 7   1 yr   .300
1967-68       7 4    
1968-69       8 7    
Coach Total 15 11   2 yr   .577
1969-70       9 5   Don Biere
Coach Total 9 5   1 yr   .643
1970-71             Terry Wanless
1972-73             O'Connell
1974-75       3 8   Bertuca
Coach Total 3 8   1 yr   .273
1975-76       2 10   Wayne Kuklinski
1976-77       2 10   Wayne Kuklinski
1978-79       7 8   Wayne Kuklinski
1979-80       12 2   Wayne Kuklinski
1980-81       12 3   Wayne Kuklinski
1985-86       10 3   Wayne Kuklinski
Coach Total 45 36   6 yr   .556
1986-87             Robert Knuth
1987-88             Robert Knuth
1988-89             Robert Knuth
1989-90             Robert Knuth
1990-91             Robert Knuth
1991-92             Robert Knuth
1992-93             Robert Knuth
1993-94             Robert Knuth
1994-95             Robert Knuth
1995-96             Robert Knuth
1996-97             Robert Knuth
1997-98             Robert Knuth
1998-99             Robert Knuth
1999-00             Robert Knuth
2000-01             Robert Knuth
2001-02             Robert Knuth
2002-03             Robert Knuth
2003-04             Robert Knuth
2004-05             Robert Knuth
2005-06             Cheryl Elko
2006-07             Cheryl Elko
2007-08             Kristin Finnigan
2008-09             Kristin Finnigan
2009-10             Kristin Finnigan
2010-11             Kristin Finnigan
2011-12       8 9   Aaron Rogers
2012-13       9 6   Aaron Rogers
2013-14       10 6   Aaron Rogers
2014-15       9 7   Aaron Rogers
2015-16       8 8   Aaron Rogers
Coach Total 44 36   5 yr   .550
2016-17             Andrew McCurley
2017-18             Andrew McCurley
2018-19             Andrew McCurley
2019-20             Andrew McCurley
2020-21             Mike Davis
2021-22             Mike Davis
School Total 119 103   16 yr   .536

Lansing (Illiana Christian)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2016-17 1A S         Nick Blink
2017-18 1A S         Michael Eberly

Lansing (Thornton Fractional South)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1967-68             Charles Dickinson
1968-69             Charles Dickinson
1969-70             Charles Dickinson
1971-72             Robert Beishuizen
1974-75             Dave Wheat
1975-76       4 12   Dave Wheat
1976-77             Dave Wheat
1977-78             Dave Wheat
1978-79             Dave Wheat
1979-80             Dave Wheat
1980-81       15 3   Dave Wheat
1981-82       12 4   Dave Wheat
1982-83       4 8   Dave Wheat
1983-84       8 4   Dave Wheat
1984-85       7 5   Dave Wheat
1985-86       6 5   Dave Wheat
1986-87             Dave Wheat
1987-88       7 4   Dave Wheat
1988-89       10 3   Dave Wheat
1989-90       5 6   Dave Wheat
1990-91       9 4   Dave Wheat
Coach Total 87 58   11 yr   .600
1991-92             Jeff Keller
1992-93             Jeff Keller
1993-94       5 5   Jeff Keller
Coach Total 5 5   1 yr   .500
1994-95       4 8   John Bhatty
1995-96       4 7   John Bhatty
Coach Total 8 15   2 yr   .348
1996-97             Don Young
1997-98             Don Young
1998-99       7 7   Don Young
1999-00             Don Young
2000-01       10 3   Don Young
2001-02       3 12   Don Young
2002-03       4 7   Don Young
2003-04             Don Young
2004-05       13 3   Don Young
2005-06       12 3   Don Young
Coach Total 49 35   6 yr   .583
2006-07             Clinton Scott
2007-08       6 8   Clinton Scott
2008-09       4 14   Clinton Scott
2009-10       4 14   Clinton Scott
2010-11       9 6   Clinton Scott
2011-12             Clinton Scott
2012-13       3 11   Clinton Scott
2013-14       4 17   Clinton Scott
2014-15       7 10   Clinton Scott
2015-16       4 16   Clinton Scott
2016-17       4 12   Clinton Scott
2017-18             Clinton Scott
Coach Total 45 108   9 yr   .294
2018-19             Matt Jancich
2019-20             Matt Jancich
2020-21             Matt Jancich
2021-22       6 10   Matt Jancich
2022-23             Matt Jancich
2023-24             Matt Jancich
Coach Total 6 10   1 yr   .375
School Total 200 231   30 yr   .464

LaSalle (L.-Peru)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1981-82             Gerald "Chips" Giovanine
1982-83             Gerald "Chips" Giovanine
1983-84   S          
1984-85   S          
2005-06   S         Sue McKnight
2010-11   S         Sue McKnight
2011-12   S         Sue McKnight
2012-13             Sue McKnight
2013-14             Sue McKnight
2014-15             Sue McKnight
2015-16   S         Sue McKnight
2016-17             Sue McKnight
2017-18             Aaron Guenther
2018-19             Aaron Guenther
2019-20             Aaron Guenther

Lebanon

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1974-75   D          

Lemont (H.S.)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2012-13   S         Jon DeGuzman
2016-17 1A S         Jon DeGuzman

Libertyville

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1954-55             Bob Tunnicliff
1955-56       2 8   Eugene Ebert
1956-57             Eugene Ebert
1957-58       8 2   Eugene Ebert
Coach Total 10 10   2 yr   .500
1958-59       5 5   Robert Kistner
1959-60       3 5   Robert Kistner
Coach Total 8 10   2 yr   .444
1960-61             Eugene Ebert
1961-62             Eugene Ebert
1962-63             Eugene Ebert
1963-64             Eugene Ebert
1964-65       6 5   Eugene Ebert
Coach Total 6 5   1 yr   .545
1965-66       10 6   Dale Yingst
1966-67       8 6   Dale Yingst
1967-68       7 3   Dale Yingst
1968-69       9 2   Dale Yingst
1969-70   D 2       Dale Yingst
1970-71             Dale Yingst
1971-72   D   10 4   Dale Yingst
1972-73             Dale Yingst
1973-74       7 2   Dale Yingst
1974-75       13 1   Dale Yingst
1975-76   D   10 1   Dale Yingst
1976-77   D   18 2   Dale Yingst
1977-78       7 4   Dale Yingst
1978-79       12 3 1 Dale Yingst
1979-80       6 3   Dale Yingst
1980-81       11 1 1 Dale Yingst
1981-82       9 0   Dale Yingst
1982-83       10 0   Dale Yingst
1983-84       7 1   Dale Yingst
1984-85       6 2   Dale Yingst
1985-86       7 1   Dale Yingst
1986-87       6 2   Dale Yingst
Coach Total 173 44 2 19 yr   .795
1987-88       6 2   Craig Hunter
1988-89       8 1   Craig Hunter
1989-90   S   7 1   Craig Hunter
Coach Total 21 4   3 yr   .840
1990-91   S   8 0   Jim Goodwin
1991-92       6 5   Jim Goodwin
1992-93       7 1   Jim Goodwin
1993-94       6 4   Jim Goodwin
1994-95       6 3 1 Jim Goodwin
Coach Total 33 13 1 5 yr   .713
1995-96       7 4   Dan Kiernan
1996-97       6 5   Dan Kiernan
1997-98   S   8 1   Dan Kiernan
1998-99       4 6   Dan Kiernan
1999-00       7 4   Dan Kiernan
2000-01       10 2   Dan Kiernan
2001-02       8 3   Dan Kiernan
2002-03       7 3   Dan Kiernan
2003-04       6 5 1 Dan Kiernan
2004-05       4 7   Dan Kiernan
2005-06       6 4   Dan Kiernan
2006-07       7 5   Dan Kiernan
2007-08       8 4   Dan Kiernan
2008-09       5 5   Dan Kiernan
2009-10       7 5   Dan Kiernan
2010-11       7 3   Dan Kiernan
2011-12       8 4   Dan Kiernan
2012-13       11 4   Dan Kiernan
2013-14       8 2   Dan Kiernan
2014-15       8 4   Dan Kiernan
2015-16       8 3   Dan Kiernan
2016-17       7 5   Dan Kiernan
2017-18       7 3   Dan Kiernan
2018-19       6 3   Dan Kiernan
2020-21       6 10   Dan Kiernan
2021-22       3 5   Dan Kiernan
Coach Total 179 109 1 26 yr   .621
School Total 430 195 4 58 yr   .684

Lincoln

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1939-40   D          
1943-44   D          
1947-48   D          
1948-49   D          
1950-51   D          
1951-52   D          
1952-53   D          
2006-07       8 5   Ron Boyer
2007-08       8 6   Ron Boyer
2008-09       6 8   Ron Boyer
2009-10       7 7   Ron Boyer
2010-11       7 6   Ron Boyer
2011-12       7 6   Ron Boyer
Coach Total 43 38   6 yr   .531
2012-13             Taylor Richmond
2013-14             Taylor Richmond
2014-15             Taylor Richmond
2015-16             Taylor Richmond
2016-17             Taylor Richmond
2017-18             Penny Haase-Wittler
2018-19       2 8   Jan Dickerson
2019-20             Jan Dickerson
2020-21       6 5   Jan Dickerson
2021-22       5 5   Jan Dickerson
2022-23       6 8   Jan Dickerson
Coach Total 19 26   4 yr   .422
School Total 62 64   10 yr   .492

Lincolnshire (Stevenson)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1973-74       0 9   Howard Carley
1974-75       5 3   Howard Carley
1975-76       10 2   Howard Carley
1976-77       14 3   Howard Carley
1977-78       18 4   Howard Carley
1978-79       16 5   Howard Carley
1979-80       9 5   Howard Carley
1980-81       11 9   Howard Carley
Coach Total 83 40   8 yr   .675
1981-82       13 4   Jerry Franklin
1982-83       9 5   Jerry Franklin
1983-84       6 3   Jerry Franklin
Coach Total 28 12   3 yr   .700
1984-85       6 4   Linda Nelson
Coach Total 6 4   1 yr   .600
1985-86       7 2 1 Al Velasco
1986-87       7 6   Al Velasco
Coach Total 14 8 1 2 yr   .630
1987-88       5 3   Jennifer Thomas
Coach Total 5 3   1 yr   .625
1988-89       4 6   Jerry Franklin
Coach Total 4 6   1 yr   .400
1989-90       3 5   Bryan Wills
1990-91       8 3   Bryan Wills
1991-92       9 2   Bryan Wills
1992-93       8 3   Bryan Wills
1993-94       7 4   Bryan Wills
1994-95       8 2   Bryan Wills
1995-96   S   11 2   Bryan Wills
1996-97   S   7 4   Bryan Wills
1997-98       4 5   Bryan Wills
Coach Total 65 30   9 yr   .684
1998-99       7 6   Dave Wilms
1999-00       5 2   Dave Wilms
Coach Total 12 8   2 yr   .600
2000-01   S   13 3   Mark Linnenburger
2001-02   S   12 4   Mark Linnenburger
2002-03       11 3   Mark Linnenburger
2003-04       9 6   Mark Linnenburger
2004-05       9 7   Mark Linnenburger
2005-06       10 3 1 Mark Linnenburger
2006-07   S 2       Mark Linnenburger
2007-08   S 2 10 1   Mark Linnenburger
2008-09   S 2 10 3   Mark Linnenburger
Coach Total 84 30 1 8 yr   .735
2009-10   S   11 2 1 Tom Stanhope
2010-11   S   11 1   Tom Stanhope
2011-12   S   11 3   Tom Stanhope
2012-13   S 2 11 2   Tom Stanhope
2013-14   S   9 5   Tom Stanhope
2014-15   S   9 4   Tom Stanhope
2015-16   S   9 5   Tom Stanhope
2016-17 2A S   15 0   Tom Stanhope
2016-17       11 2   Tom Stanhope
2017-18       10 1   Tom Stanhope
2017-18 2A S 2       Tom Stanhope
2018-19 2A S 3 14 1   Tom Stanhope
2020-21 2A S 3 15 1   Tom Stanhope
Coach Total 136 27 1 12 yr   .832
2021-22 2A S   15 1   Isriz Balase
2022-23 2A S   15 1   Isriz Balase
Coach Total 30 2   2 yr   .938
School Total 467 170 3 48 yr   .730

Lisle (Benet Academy)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1985-86       14 1   Michael Hand
1986-87       8 3   Michael Hand
1987-88       11 2   Michael Hand
1988-89   S   12 1   Michael Hand
1989-90       9 2   Michael Hand
1990-91       15 3   Michael Hand
1991-92       16 2   Michael Hand
1992-93       11 2   Michael Hand
1993-94       9 4   Michael Hand
1994-95       13 3   Michael Hand
1995-96       10 4   Michael Hand
1996-97       15 1   Michael Hand
1997-98       14 3   Michael Hand
1998-99       13 4   Michael Hand
1999-00       11 5   Michael Hand
2000-01       10 8   Michael Hand
2001-02       13 5   Michael Hand
2002-03       18 3   Michael Hand
2003-04   S   20 3   Michael Hand
2004-05   S   15 2   Michael Hand
2005-06       14 6   Michael Hand
2006-07       15 2   Michael Hand
2007-08       17 3   Michael Hand
2008-09       17 5   Michael Hand
2009-10       21 4   Michael Hand
2010-11       21 8   Michael Hand
2011-12       20 4   Michael Hand
2012-13       22 9   Michael Hand
2013-14   S   21 5   Michael Hand
2014-15       18 5   Michael Hand
2015-16       16 2   Michael Hand
2016-17 1A S 3 20 3   Michael Hand
2017-18       13 5   Michael Hand
2018-19       16 4   Michael Hand
2020-21 1A     10 13   Michael Hand
2021-22 1A S 2 18 4   Michael Hand
2022-23 1A S 2 11 7   Michael Hand
Coach Total 547 150   37 yr   .785
School Total 547 150   37 yr   .785

Lisle (Sr.)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1977-78       3 1   Rick Beato
1978-79       6 8   Rick Beato
1979-80       14 3   Rick Beato
1980-81       15 1   Rick Beato
1981-82       16 2   Rick Beato
1982-83       15 1   Rick Beato
1983-84       9 6   Rick Beato
1984-85       11 2   Rick Beato
1985-86       9 3   Rick Beato
1986-87       10 4   Rick Beato
1987-88       12 2   Rick Beato
Coach Total 120 33   11 yr   .784
School Total 120 33   11 yr   .784

Lockport (Twp.)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1985-86   S          
2002-03   S         Stacy Sparlin
2009-10   S         Robert Champlin
2014-15   S         Bob Champlin
2015-16   S         Bob Champlin
2016-17 2A S         Bob Champlin
2017-18 2A S         Bob Champlin

Lombard (Glenbard East)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1961-62              
1962-63              
1963-64              
1969-70   D          
1971-72   D          
1977-78   D          
2005-06       9 7   Bill Burt
Coach Total 9 7   1 yr   .563
2013-14             Steven Hoogerheide
2014-15             Steven Hoogerheide
2015-16             Steven Hoogerheide
2016-17             Steven Hoogerheide
2017-18             Steven Hoogerheide
2018-19             Steven Hoogerheide
2019-20             Steven Hoogerheide
2020-21             Steven Hoogerheide
2021-22             Steven Hoogerheide
2022-23             Steven Hoogerheide
School Total 9 7   1 yr   .563

Lombard (Montini)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2016-17 1A S         Don Krystof
2017-18 1A            
2018-19 1A           Don Krystof