The Houlton High School tennis teams began their season with four matches. They played a double match with Fort Kent on Monday in Houlton; last Thursday in Presque Isle and opened their season last Wednesday at home to Caribou.
Upcoming matches scheduled are Saturday at home to Madawaska for a double match; Monday at Van Buren and Tuesday at Caribou.
The results of last week’s matches are as follows:
First match: Fort Kent (1-2) 5, Houlton (0-3) 0 — Singles: Ryan Chasse (FK) def. Christian Crane 8-1, Tito Naranja (FK) def. Dakota Gramour 7-6 (8-6), and Rowan Stamp (FK) def. Dustin Hines 8-4; Doubles: Micah Charette/Niko Naranja (FK) def. Isaiha Littleton/Dominic Miller 8-0, Charles Parham/Reece Voisine (FK) def. Devin Ivey/Duncan Bradshaw 8-1.
Second match: Fort Kent 5, Houlton 0 — Singles: Ryan Chasse (FK) def. Christian Crane 8-1, Tito Naranja (FK) def. Dakota Gramour 8-2, and Rowan Stamp (FK) def. Dustin Hines 8-6; Doubles: Micah Charette/Niko Naranja (FK) def. Isaiha Littleton/Dominic Miller 8-3, David Roy/Charles Parham (FK) def. Devin Ivey/Duncan Bradshaw 8-0.
The girls tennis team finally broke a long winless drought by defeating Fort Kent twice.
First match: Houlton (1-2) 4, Fort Kent (0-3) 1 — Singles: Alexa Pelletier (FK) def. Tessa Winship 8-4, Piper Flewelling (H) def. Brooke Jandreau 8-3, Emma Hines (H) def. Caitlin Gray 8-4; Doubles: Becca Mooers/Janelle Levesque (H) def. Kassidy Mcleod/Cassidy Lovely 8-2, June Choi/Lauren Hogan (H) def. Autumn Bouchard/Sarah Pelletier 8-0.
Second match: Houlton 4, Fort Kent 1 — Singles: Alexa Pelletier (FK) def. Tessa Winship 8-4, Piper Flewelling (H) def. Brooke Jandreau 8-3, Emma Hines (H) def. Caitlin Gray 8-4; Doubles: Becca Mooers/Janelle Levesque (H) def. Kassidy Mcleod/Cassidy Lovely 8-2, June Choi/Lauren Hogan (H) def. Autumn Bouchard/Sarah Pelletier 8-0.
Last Thursday in Presque Isle, the results are as follows: Houlton 1, Presque Isle 4 — Singles: Chris Crane (H) def. Chase Norton (PI) 8-6, Byron Winslow (PI) def. Dakota Grammar (H) 8-6, Chris Carroll (PI) def. Dustin Hines (H) 8-0; doubles: Denny Young/Alex Brewer (PI) def. Isaiha Littleton/Sam Astle (H) 8-0, Colin Daigle/Isaac Madore (PI) def. Dominic Miller/Devin Ivey (H) 8-1.
In girls’ action, Houlton 2, Presque Isle 3 — Singles: Hilary Boucher (PI) def. Tessa Winship 8-2; Michelle Cawley (PI) def. Caleigh Sullivan 8-1; Piper Flewelling (H) def. Sarah Morneault 8-4; Doubles: Sedona Lucas/Miranda Bragan (PI) def. Emma Hines/Becca Mooers (H) 8-3, Janelle Levesque/June Choi (H) by forfeit.
Last Wednesday’s opening match, Caribou 5, Houlton 0 — Singles: Michael Marquis def. Chris Crane 8-0, Brendan Cyr def. Dakota Gramour 8-2, Ethan Plourde def. Dustin Hines 8-0; Doubles: Alec Cyr/Austin Scott def. Isaiha Littleton/Sam Astle 8-1, Austin Cheplic/Seth Beidelman def. Dominic Miller/Devin Ivey 8-0.
The girls also lost to Caribou, 5-0, but no scores were reported.
