Coach: Anita Murphy (38th year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s record: 15-2. Returning athletes: Seniors — Maddi Roy, Alanna Taylor; Juniors — Maddie LeBlond, Lizzy Michaud, Chloe Morin. Key losses: Claudia Dionne, Kyleigh Letourneau. Promising newcomers: Seniors — Sierra Melanson, Corinne Laberge; Junior — Zahara Shidad; Freshman — Jillian Pelletier. Season outlook: Lewiston consists […]
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Lisbon girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Georgia Ahlers Conference: MVC; Class: B Last year’s record: 1-11 Returning athletes: Jordan Fredrick, Alyssa Finlay, Brianna Livingston. Key losses: Cheyenne Pesce, Adrienne Bolton. Promising newcomers: Juniors — Paige D’Amboise, Kali Gould, Bailey Eveson. Season outlook: The team is split between veterans and beginners. The Greyhounds’ goal is to do the best they can […]
2016 Mountain Valley girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Elaine Michaud (27th year) Conference: MVC; Class: B South Last year’s record: 3-9 Returning athletes: Juniors — Emma Somers, Jillian Provencher, Natalie Richard, Abby LaBrash, Megan Philbrick, Natalie Inglis, Desiree Burris; Sophomores — Brooke Carver, Julia Sirois. Promising newcomers: Stephanie Bartles, Makayla Burgess. Season outlook: The Falcons look to improve as a team this season after […]
2016 Mt. Blue girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Judy Upham (17th year) Conference: KVAC Class: A Last year’s record: 11-3 Returning athletes: Seniors — Eryn Doiron, Sophie Swain, Jennie Chen, Sierra Hoes, Lilly Kendall, Britlin Karkos; Juniors — Addie Schanz, Hannah LeClair; Sophomores — Grace McIntosh, Brianna Jackson, Sierra Keim, Jordan Smith. Promising newcomers: Freshmen — Maeve Hickey, Mariel Damon. Season outlook: […]
2016 Oak Hill girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Liz Tibbetts (fourth year) Conference: MVC; Class: B Last year’s record: 6-6-0 Returning athletes: Juniors —Cassidy Tibbetts, Kierra Rolston, Samatha Weeks, Dayna Conant, Alicen Gilbert. Key losses: Siera Tibbetts, Emma Weissenfels. Promising newcomers: Junior —Savannah Poulin; Freshmen — Katie Shedd, Rachel Gilbert, McKenzie Thibeault. Season outlook: The Raiders feature many outstanding returning players and promising […]
2016 Oxford Hills girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Walter Perry (ninth year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s record: 0-12 Returning athletes: Juniors — Abbie Earle , Kaylee Dow, Krista Roast, Cassia Docos Key losses: Kelsey MacMillan, Tiffany Herrick. Promising newcomers: Sophomores — Gabrielle Bergeron, Morgan MacNeil; Freshmen — Victoria Eichorn, Katerina Crowell. Season outlook: The Vikings are looking to improve on […]
2016 Spruce Mountain girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Mark Stofan (second year) Conference: Mountain Valley; Class: B South Last year’s record: 2-10 Returning athletes: Senior — Deliliah Jordan; Juniors — Evelyn Castonguay; Sophomores — Skyler Lewis, Tanna Herlihy, Rylee Delaney, Raenna Sawyer. Key losses: Alexa Perkins, Gabey Richards Promising newcomer: Freshman — Natalie Luce. Season outlook: The Phoenix lost two key players […]
2016 St. Dom’s girls’ tennis preview
Coaches: Andrew Girouard (second year); Assistant coach: Derrick Lacasse (second year) Conference: MVC; Class: C South Last year’s record: 10-2 Returning athletes: Juniors — Laurel Christopher, Chloe Dwinell, Bethany Hammond, Clare Kramer, Rachel Kurtz, Hannah Phelan, Kassaundra Stacy. Key losses: Zoë Caron. Season outlook: After posting a 10-2 record last season and finishing third in […]
2016 Winthrop girls’ tennis preview
Coach: Jessica Merrill (third year) Conference: MVC Class: C Last year’s record: 11-2 Returning athletes: Seniors — Celeste Hannum, Olivia Audet, Kennedy Connor; Juniors — Megan Chamblerand, Corinna Coulton, Sarah Spahr, Katriona Hajduk. Key losses: Hayley Choate Promising newcomers: Freshmen — Nora Conrad, Tia Hafford. Season outlook: The Ramblers expect to be competitive again this […]
High school girls’ tennis: Ramblers rebound and prosper
Merrill is a modest person who doesn’t strut and prefers to remain in the shadows. She will, however, gladly give most of the credit to her players for the Ramblers’ prosperity in the Mountain Valley Conference. “I like to think I do (have something to do with the turnaround), but I think I really would […]