CARIBOU, Maine — The Houlton varsity tennis teams played their first matches of the season last Tuesday, with both being stopped by host Caribou.
Against Houlton, who was playing its first countable match of the spring, the Caribou girls prevailed, 4-1, as all three singles players came out on top. Erin Patton defeated Tessa Winship, 8-0, Clara Collins downed Caleigh Sullivan, 8-1, and Makayla Bouchard bested Janelle Levesque, 8-1.
The teams split the doubles matches, with the Viking No. 1 duo of Bria Judd and Conner Spencer recording an 8-2 win over Emily Mooers and Piper Flewelling, while the Shires’ June Choi and Lexi Bartlett were too much for Brittany Dickinson and Taylor Belanger, winning 8-2.
The Viking boys spoiled Houlton’s regular-season opener by a 3-2 final. Caribou dominated singles play, with Michael Marquis topping Ethan Nickerson, 8-1, Ethan Plourde rolling past Josh Sullivan, 8-2; and Brendan Cyr picking up a convincing 8-1 win over Lucas Grant.
In doubles, Houlton won both matches as Robby Woods and Steven Phillips doubled up Austin Scott and Justin Cheplic, 8-4, while Chris Crane and Dakota Gramour garnered an 8-2 victory over Dustin Cote and Dylan Cote.
