The Lincoln-Way West Warriors defeated the Oak Forest Bengals 3–2 in a varsity boys tennis match.
The matchup was closely contested and came down to the final matches. Lincoln-Way West secured a narrow team victory in a competitive matchup that came down to the final matches. The Warriors found success across key singles and doubles flights to earn the deciding points. Oak Forest’s L. Hamrin earned a love win at No. 1 singles, while the Bengals’ No. 1 doubles team of Divya and Het Patel pushed through with a third-set tiebreak victory. Despite those efforts, Lincoln-Way West maintained enough depth across the lineup to claim the 3-2 win, according to schools.snap.app.
The match took place on April 8 at Oak Forest High School, as reported by schools.snap.app.
Lincoln Way West serves grades 9 to 12 and had an enrollment of 1,941 students during the 2019-2020 school year. It is located in New Lenox and Will County, according to Illinois Report Card.
Out of these students, grade distribution for the same school year showed that 36.3 percent were in grade 9, 39.4 percent in grade 10—the highest concentration—36.1 percent in grade 11, and 37 percent in grade 12, according to Illinois Report Card.
Demographically, Lincoln Way West was made up of 81.8 percent white students, 1.8 percent black students, 12.7 percent Hispanic students, and 1 percent Asian students during the same period, according to Illinois Report Card.
