At this point, it's almost an embarrassment of riches for the Wiscasset High School boys varsity tennis team.

Whether in singles or doubles it makes no matter: The Wolverines are expected to be tough, Coach Brad Richardson said.

“We have a really good groups of guys this year,” he said. “A lot of really good players came back from last year.”

That includes Logan Grover, Nate Peaslee, Tom Anderson, Andrew Walton and Ridge Barnes, which gives Richardson and coach Ben Clark more than enough fire power to compete with the best in the Mountain Valley Conference.

But, that's not all.

“We have (freshmen) Ethan James and Kevin Lynch on the team,” Richardson said. “We should be strong and we're going to be developing some guys, too.”

It won't be just the boys’ side that Richardson expects to come along.

The girls’ squad has been improving consistently since last year, he said.

“They got better and better all last year,” Richardson said. “I think this year I'll see even more improvement. It should be fun.”

The team will battle with other tough squads, such as Dirigo, Mountain Valley and Boothbay Region High School, with returning players Hannah Welborn, Hanna Foye, Kennedy Orr, Alisyn Richardson and Sarah Hanley, who was slowed by injuries a year earlier, Richardson said.

Richardson added that the girls team will continue to work on skills to improve upon last year's handful of team and individual wins while the boys will strive to take top honors in their class.

“With the girls, because so many were new to it last year, we had to work on their skills and footwork,” he said. “With the boys team, it will be more about going over what to do in each situation.”