The Houlton High School tennis teams were in action last week, with only one home match.
On Monday in Fort Kent, the girls’ tennis team was defeated 5-0.
In singles play: Lauren Doak (FK) def. Tessa Winship, 8-0; Kelsey Pelletier (FK) def. Calleigh Sullivan, 8-1; and Alexa Pelletier (FK) def. Piper Flewelling, 8-2. Doubles: Amelia Guimond and Sam Dubay (FK) def. Sarah Delano and Emily Mooers, 8-5; and Brooke Jandreau and Rudy Martin (FK) def. Janelle Levesque and June Choi, 8-4.
In their second match, Fort Kent won 4-1, as Houlton’s doubles team of Lauren Hogan and Lexi Bartlett topped Fort Kent’s Caitlyn Gray/Cassie McLeod, 8-6.
Singles: Doak (FK) def. Winship, 8-0; Pelletier (FK) def. Sullivan, 8-0; and Alexa Pelletier (FK) def. Flewelling, 8-2. Doubles: Guimond and Dubay (FK) def. Delano and Mooers, 8-1.
Last Tuesday, the visiting Van Buren girls shut out Houlton, 5-0.
Singles: Parise Rossignol (VB) def. Winship, 8-0; Courtney Parent (VB) def. Sullivan, 8-0; and Chantel Deveau (VB) def. Flewelling, 8-5. Doubles: Felicia Bouchard and Jacinta Deschaines (VB) def. Levesque and Delano, 8-2; and Alexis Ouellette and Isabel Parent (VB) def. Mooers and Hogan, 8-6.
At Lincoln last Wednesday, the Mattanawcook Academy girls topped Houlton, 3-2.
Singles: Meridith Blessard (MA) def. Winship, 8-0; Leah Susen (MA) def. Sullivan, 8-1; and Emily Robinson (MA) def. Levesque, 8-3. Doubles: Mooers and Delano (H) def. Ava Broderick-Harley Rogers, 8-4; and Flewelling and Choi (H) def. Paige Hesseltine-Ali Hardy, 8-2.
In their second match, Mattanawcook Academy defeated Houlton, 3-2.
Singles: Blessard (MA) def. Winship, 8-0; Susen (MA) def. Sullivan, 8-1; and Robinson (MA) def. Levesque, 8-3. Doubles: Mooers and Delano (H) def. Broderick and Rogers, 8-4; and Flewelling and Choi (H) def. Hesseltine and Hardy, 8-2.
In boys’ action, the Shiretowners defeated Fort Kent, 3-2, on Monday.
Singles: Ryan Chasse (FK) def Hunter McLaughlin (H), 8-4; Lance Jandreau (FK) def Lucas Grant (H), 8-6; and Ethan Nickerson (H) def Eric Deschene (FK), 8-3. Doubles: Josh Sullivan and Steven Philips (H) def. Tito Naranja and Kamran Husain (FK), 9-8 (7-3); and Chris Crane and Dakota Gramour (H) def David Roy and Rowan Stamp (FK), 8-3.
In their second match, Houlton picked up another 3-2 victory.
Singles: Chasse (FK) def. McLaughlin, 8-0; Jandreau (FK) def. Grant, 8-3; and Nickerson (H) def. Deschene, 8-1. Doubles: Sullivan and Robby Woods (H) def. Naranja and Husain, 8-5; and Phillips and Crane (H) def. Stamp and Roy, 8-4.
Last Tuesday in Houlton, the Shires blanked the Crusaders, 5-0.
Singles: Nickerson (H) def. Peter Rioux, 8-0; Grant def. Bradlee Roy, 8-1; McLaughlin (H) def. Thomas Lajoie, 8-2; doubles: Woods and Phillips (H) def. Travis Labelle and Max Boulier 8-1; and Crane and Gramour def. Noah Lajoie and Paul Rioux, 8-2.
