Two three-year lettermen will give the Oak Harbor High School boys tennis team a veteran presence and help the Wildcats fill-out their singles lineup this fall.

Seniors Carter Saar and Tom Dale, regulars throughout their high school careers, will man the second and third singles positions, according to head coach Horace Mells.

Sophomore Jackson Wezeman, who played varsity singles last season as a freshman, will handle the No. 1 slot, and senior letterman Kyle Martin is set for fourth singles.

Five other lettermen — juniors Raymond Paraiso, Calib Byers, Jared Hunt, Jared Alano-Gray and Max Van Dam –- also return and should help fill out the doubles spots.

Mells said key newcomers  sophomore Adam Nelson and juniors Alexander Smith, Matthew Hallahan and Nathan Magdalera are in line to battle for doubles positions.

Mells said the talent on his team and in the league is “pretty balanced.”

“There is not a big difference in the ability level between players,” he said in regard to his club.

“Based on last season, all of the schools in our league, with the exception of Stanwood, are pretty evenly matched.”

The goal for the year, Mells said, is to win a majority of the matches and finish among the top three in the division.

That will happen, he said, if “we are able to peak and maintain our performance for the majority of the season.”

The matches begin when Mount Vernon visits for a nonleague game at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11.