The regular season was slated to come to a close Tuesday for boys and girls tennis players from Houlton as the Shires traveled to Presque Isle for a makeup game.
In the final year under the guidance of longtime coach Jean Maunder, the Houlton girls have had a fair amount of success on the courts, while the boys’ squad failed to win a match, but showed steady improvement on the year.
The Houlton girls (5-6, 51.6667 Heal Points) are seventh in Class C North and have a good chance at hosting a playoff match. The postseason begins Tuesday, May 31, with a preliminary round. If the Shires stay as the No. 7 seed, they would host the No. 10 seed (currently Woodland) in a prelim match.
For the boys, Houlton (0-11, no points) is in 17th and will not be in the playoffs this year.
The following is a recap of girls‘ matches played through Monday.
Houlton 0, Mattanawcook Academy 5 — At Lincoln Monday, the individual results, with Houlton players listed first, were: in singles, Rebecca Mooers lost to Ali Hardy, 2-8; Piper Flewelling was beaten by Ava Broderick, 2-8; and June Choi fell to Natalie Tilton, 3-8.
In doubles, Lauren Hogan and Morgan Nelson lost to Abby Morrison and Paige Hesseltine, 2-8; and Tessa McCormick and Emily Miller fell to Sydney Morrison and Katey Libby, 1-8.
Caribou (10-0) 5, Houlton (5-5) 0 — At Houlton Thursday, the individual results, with Shires listed first, were: in singles, Mooers lost to Gabrielle Marquis, 0-8; Flewelling fell to Conner Spencer, 1-8; and Choi was beaten by Ashley Matlock, 0-8.
In doubles, Hogan and Nelson lost to Ciara Richards and Danielle Hanson, 4-8; and McCormick and Carrie Hannigan were beaten by Hailey Holmquist and Kyra Thibeault.
Houlton 3, Van Buren 2 — At Van Buren (2-2) May 18, the individual results were: in singles, Mooers beat Alexis Ouellette, 8-6; Flewelling defeated Lindsay Gendreau, 9-7; and Choi lost to Danika Deschaine, score not reported.
In doubles, Hogan and Nelson bested Kaila Roy and Emma LaJoie, 9-7, and McCormick and Miller beat MyKayla Bresett and Erica Ouellette, 8-1.
The following is a recap of boys‘ matches played through Monday.
Houlton 0, Mattanawcook Academy 5 — At Lincoln Monday, the individual results, with Houlton players listed first, were: in singles, Isaiha Littleon lost to Tysen Libby, 0-8; Owen Gallop was beaten by Allen Dorn, 5-8; and Timothy Longfellow fell to Jeff Garfield, 1-8.
In doubles, Devin Ivey and Sam Astle lost to Davey Susen and Tyler Tolman, 2-8; and Dominic Miller and Justin Hogan were beaten by John Farrington and Devin Maynard, 1-8.
Caribou (10-0) 5, Houlton 0 — At Houlton Thursday, the individual results, with Shires listed first were: in singles, Littleton lost to Ethan Plourde, 3-8; Gallop fell to Alec Cyr, 0-8; and Ivey was beaten by Emerson Duplisie-Cyr, 0-8.
In doubles, Astle and Miller lost to Austin Scott and Gabriel Rand, 0-8; and Youngfellow and Hogan lost to Austin Cheplic and Bailey Griffith, 0-8.
Van Buren (4-0) 4, Houlton 1 — At Van Buren May 18, the individual results were: in singles, Littleton lost to Travis Lebel, 2-8; Gallop was beaten by Brandon Sytulek, 0-8; and Ivey won by forfeit.
In doubles, Astle and Miller lost to Max Beaulieu and Joey Canwell, 0-8; and Hogan and Brandon Smith were beaten by Brenton Soucy and Luc Perreault, 1-8.
