Tennis teams compete

The Houlton High School tennis teams played two road matches against Madawaska last Friday and had another match last Wednesday to host Presque Isle.
The Houlton boys tennis team was defeated twice by Madawaska, while they rallied past Presque Isle, 3-2.
In their second match of the day, Madawaska won 3-2.
In singles, Ian Lee (M) def. Lucas Grant 8-6; Jake Gendreau (M) def. Ethan Nickerson 8-3; and Josh Sullivan (H) def. Michael Wong 8-5. In doubles: Sam Dechaine/Tim Deschenes (M) def. Robby Woods/Steven Phillips 8-5; and Chris Crane/Dakota Gramour (H) def. Sam Cyr-Lucas Gendreau 8-2.
In their first match, Madawaska won 4-1.
In singles play, Lee (M) def. Grant 9-7; Gendreau (M) def. Nickerson 8-6; and Sullivan (H) def. Wong 8-1. In doubles: Dechaine/Deschenes (M) def. Woods/Phillips 8-4; and Cyr/Gendreau (M) def. Crane/Gramour 8-2.
At Presque Isle, Liam Hughes (PI) def. Grant 8-1; Nickerson (H) def. Chris Carroll 9-8 (7-4); and Mike Michaud (PI) def. Sullivan 8-2. In doubles: Woods/Phillips (H) def. Andrew Dyer/Denny Young 8-5; and  Crane/Gramour (H) def. Byron Winslow/Tyler Ayotte 8-2.
In girls’ play, Madawaska won both matches 3-2.
In the first match, Allison Cyr (M) def. Tessa Winship 8-0; Mariah Hebert (M) def. Caleigh Sullivan 8-2; and Piper Flewelling (H) def. Leah Gonneville 8-6. In doubles: Lory Guerrette/Alexis Levesque (M) def. Sarah Delano/Emily Mooers 8-1, while Janelle Levesque-June Choi (H) def. Alexis Cote/Kathryn Bosse 8-3.
In the second match, Cyr (M) def. Winship 8-3; Hebert (M) def. Sullivan 8-2; and Gonneville (M) def. Flewelling 8-6. In doubles: Delano/Mooers (H) def. Guerrette/Cote 8-3 and Levesque/ Choi (H) def. Jillian Vanier/Levesque 8-2.
The Presque Isle Wildcats defeated visiting Houlton 5-0 last Wednesday.
In singles: Sara Gilson (PI) def. Winship 8-0; Hilary Boucher (PI) def. Sullivan 8-3; and Blair Bailey (PI) def. Flewelling 8-0. In doubles: Michelle Cawley/Lora Ireland (PI) def. Delano/Mooers 8-0 and Sarah Morneault/Sedona Lucas (PI) def. Levesque/Choi 8-1.