Houlton tennis teams on the court

The Houlton High School tennis teams played doubleheaders  against Madawaska, and Fort Kent in Presque Isle.
Last Thursday in Madawaska,  the Houlton boys were defeated 4-1 and 3-2.
In singles, Houlton player Craig Thomas was the only winner of the day, overtaking Matt Deschenes, 8-3. Houlton players Tyler Delano and Lucas Anderson were defeated, 8-3 and 8-5 by Nathan Beaulieu and Chris Lizotte, respectively.
In doubles, Houlton players D.J. McGary and Cody Woods fell to Jacques Daigle/Jamie Cyr, 8-1,  while Aaron Anderson and Zach Ritchie lost to Gregoire Faucher/Aaron Thibeault, 8-5.
In their next match, Thomas again defeated Deschenes, 8-1, while Delano and Anderson lost 8-0 and 8-5 to their respective opponents.
In doubles, Anderson and Ritchie defeated Faucher/Thibeault, 8-4, while McGary and Woods fell 8-4.
In girl’s action, the Lady Shires lost 4-1 in each match.
Houlton’s Kelsey Fitzpatrick picked up the only win in singles action, 8-4 over Emily Collins. Hiba Bilal and Holly Bouvier of Houlton each were defeated in their matches, 8-1 and 8-4 by Audrey Bergeron and Jenna Parent, respectively.
In doubles, Houlton players Megan Gerath and Ashley Hannigan fell to Ashley Pelletier/Megan Ouellette, 8-5 and Daisy Torres and Courtney Bragan of Houlton lost 8-1 to Sarah Ringutte/Alyssa Deschaine.
In their next match, the only Houlton win was in doubles action when Torres and Bragan overtook their opponents, 9-8.
Other Houlton players, Bilal, Bouvier and Fitzpatrick all were defeated by scores of 8-2, 8-3 and 8-5, respectively. Gerath and Hannigan fell 8-1.
At Presque Isle, the Houlton girls lost 5-0, 5-0, while the boys finished with a 5-0 and 4-1 win against the Warriors.
Houlton’s Zach Harvey picked up an 8-5 win over Isaac Mitchell, while teammate Delano overtook Alex Charette, 8-6 and Anderson topped Logan Doak, 8-2.
In double, Woods and McGary won 8-2 over Lucas Woodward/Alex Chasse and Ritchie and Thomas of Houlton won by forfeit.
Playing the same opponents, Delano won 8-3, while Anderson fell 9-7. In doubles, Houlton won by double forfeit.
For the girls, Houlton’s Bilal lost to Becca Martin, 8-3; Bouvier to Carissa Pelletier, 8-1 and Fitzpatrick to Sam Landry, 8-5. In doubles, Gerath and Hannigan were defeated 8-2 by Roxy Pelletier/Kiera Caron and Torres and Bragan were bested 9-8 (7-3) by Abby Stevens/Victoria Bernard.
In the second match, first singles was a double forfeit. Bouvier lost 8-1 and Fitzpatrick, 8-2.  In doubles, Gerath and Hannigan lost to Pelletier/Caron, 8-2 and there was another doubles forfeit.