Last Tuesday, the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department hosted the County Doubles Tennis Tournament at the Teague Park tennis courts for area youths between the ages of 8-18. More than 50 players representing Caribou, Presque Isle and Van Buren participated.
In the 10-12 girls’ division, six teams had entered the competition. Van Buren’s Parise Rossignol and Alexis Ouellette came out on top in the final by posting a well-played 9-8 (7-5) tie-breaker victory over Hillary Boucher and Jordi Legassie of Presque Isle.
The 10-12 boys’ age bracket had nine teams looking to take home the championship. In the end, it was a Caribou vs. Presque Isle final. Top-seeded Michael Marquis and Ethan Plourde applied superior skill and strategy to upend Presque Isle’s Chris Carroll and Austin Albert in a well-played 8-5 final.
Caribou’s top-seeded duo of Carlee Pinette and Katie Keaton won the girls’ 13-15 division.
The 13-15 boys’ age bracket had seven teams competing for the championship. Mike Picard and Conner Shaw of Presque Isle defeated Van Buren’s Brandon Ouellette and Connor Lapierre, 8-5, to earn the championship.
Only three teams competed in the 16-18 girls’ division. However, the finals pitted familiar high school tennis rivals from Caribou and Presque Isle against each other and offered one of the most intriguing final matches of the entire tournament.
The Caribou pair of Jenna Selander and Laura Collins came back to defeat PI’s Brittany Bearden and Allison Dean, 8-6, to earn the win in older division finale.
The boys’ 16-18 age bracket had only four entries but had several talented players competing for the title. Top-seeded Ben Picard and Caleb Mathers of Presque Isle scored an 8-3 win over Matt Vick and David Levasseur of Van Buren to gain County bragging rights.
Contributed photo/Brent Jepson
JENNA HALLETT of Presque Isle serves as doubles partner Lydia Short watches during last Wednesday’s doubles tennis tournament in Caribou.
