EHS Crimson Tide Spring Sports Roundup

Tide softball ready for the postseason after closing out the regular season with two wins; Tide baseball completes schedule with solid shutout win

By Joe McConnell

Softball begins States as the 34^th Seed

The Everett High School softball team (15-5) wrapped up the regular season last week by winning their last two games on the schedule against non-league opponents Swampscott (12-7, May 21) and Lowell (10-9, May 24). However, they started the week with a loss to host Medford, 11-0 on May 19.

Since last Saturday’s home finale against the Red Raiders, the Crimson Tide has been getting ready for the Division 1 state tournament, while waiting for the brackets to be announced to see who they will be playing in the first round. Everett ended up as the 34^th seed, according to the final Division 1 power rankings. There are 55 teams in this division, and 35 of them made the postseason.

Coach Stacy Schiavo’s team is scheduled to go up against longtime Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Medford (18-2), the 31^st seed, in the Division 1 preliminary round. Date and time TBA.

In that Lowell game, Peyton Warren went all seven innings in the circle, giving up five hits, four walks and seven earned runs, while striking out four.

Lowell scored the first run of the game in the opening stanza, and got two more in the second to take a 3-0 lead. They tacked on another two runs in the top of the third, before the home team was able to get them all back, while adding a sixth run to go ahead by one, 6-5.

Arianna Osorio-Bonilla started the rally off with a walk. Olivia Dresser followed with a single, and Ashley Seward then loaded the bases with another base hit for Alexa Uga, who singled in Osorio-Bonilla. Mia Allen brought home another run with a sacrifice fly. Graziella Foster kept the rally going with a run-producing single to account for the third tally. Warren doubled in the fourth run, before Kassidy Rivera was responsible for the final two in the inning with her own double.

Lowell regained the lead with three more runs in the fourth. But the Tide took them right back with three of their own in the home half of the frame. Allen tripled in two of the runs, and then scored the team’s ninth run on a sacrifice fly. The Tide scored the eventual game-winning run in the fifth, when Uga singled in Osorio-Bonilla.

The Red Raiders attempted a comeback in the seventh, only to come up one run short.

“We had lost to (Lowell) earlier in the season, but knew we could beat them,” said Schiavo. “I’m so proud of the entire team. Peyton showed heart pitching all seven innings to keep us in it, even when things were tough early. Defensively, we had huge plays from Alexa Uga at third, Olivia Dresser at short and finally a game-saving relay from Jayla Davila to Dresser to Uga to close it out. Offensively, everyone contributed from Arianna’s key at-bats to Mia’s triple and clutch sacrifice fly to Kassidy’s two-run double that gave us momentum.”

Three days earlier in Swampscott, the Tide topped this non-league opponent with late runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

Allen yielded eight hits, five walks and six earned runs over seven innings to account for another win. She also fanned six Big Blue batters.

The Big Blue took a 3-0 lead after one, but the visitors came right back with four in the second. Emma Salvi doubled in both Juliette Romboli and Foster, who got the threat going with singles. Dresser produced the third run with a hit, and Uga did the same to give her teammates the lead for the first time in the game.

But the Big Blue regained the advantage with two in the home half of the second, only to see it disappear rather quickly, when the Tide scored two more runs in the third. Foster (single) and Romboli (walk) got on base again for Salvi, whose hit this time loaded the bases. Osorio-Bonilla then drew a walk to knock in Foster to account for one of the runs in this inning.

The Everett girls produced another run in the fourth. Seward led off with a single, and eventually scored on a fielder’s choice by Allen. But the Big Blue scored twice in the home half to tie up the proceedings at seven apiece.

But not to be outdone, the Everett girls came right back with three in the fifth to once again take the lead, 10-7.

But this time Salvi initiated the offensive surge with a single up the middle, and a short time later scored on a double by Osorio-Bonilla. Dresser followed with a single to keep the inning going for Seward, who singled home Osorio-Bonilla. Dresser eventually came home on a sacrifice fly.

The Tide added additional insurance with two in the sixth. Salvi and Osorio-Bonilla singled, and Seward walked to load the bases for Uga, who singled home those two runs.

“This was a great team win.” said Schiavo. “The girls stayed composed after a rough first inning, and came back swinging. We had clutch hits throughout the lineup, aggressive baserunning and key defensive plays that really turned the momentum around for us.

“Mia Allen pitched a complete game and battled through every inning. I’m proud of how the team responded, with everyone contributing,” added the veteran Everett coach. “Emma Salvi was outstanding at the plate, delivering in big moments with key hits and one RBI. The team’s energy and execution, especially in those middle innings, was the difference to secure this road win.”

The Tide started the week at Medford, and as it turned out, it was all Mustangs. Warren went six innings, allowing 11 hits, three walks and eight earned runs. She whiffed five.

The Mustangs scored three quick runs in the first, and never looked back. They put four more runs on the scoreboard in the third to take a commanding 7-0 lead. With another four runs in the fourth, the home team was in double digits, and cruising to the shutout victory.

“Our team showed heart, even when the scoreboard didn’t reflect our efforts,” said Schiavo. “We had runners on in multiple innings, and kept battling at the plate. Defensively, there were moments of solid execution that included key throws, strikeouts and solid plays in the field. This game was a tough one, but the girls never stopped competing.”

Tide baseball shuts down Greater Lawrence to end season

The Everett High School baseball team (8-12) had visions of a much better ending to the season. Going into the regular season finale against host Greater Lawrence Regional Technical on Memorial Day, they had lost seven straight games, two of them by just one run. If they had only won two of those games, they would have been looking ahead to the postseason. But instead, second-year coach Malik Love is already looking forward to a promising 2026 campaign with seven talented returnees coming back, and several more ready for a promotion from this year’s JV squad.

The Tide did, however, shutdown the aforementioned Reggies on their Andover campus, 4-0 earlier this week to go into next year with positive momentum. The game was originally scheduled for Glendale last Friday, but because of rain and the wet field, it was moved to Andover, but the Tide was still the home team.

“It was a good way to finish the season,” said Love. “The kids came ready to play in order to send our nine seniors off the right way. We were able to come through with late hits, while also making the routine plays on defense to win this game. Hopefully, we will roll this win into next year with so many promising players returning.”

The Everett boys collected eight hits in the final game of the regular season against Greater Lawrence. Of the eight hits, four of them went for extra bases. Senior Chris O’Neil (1 RBI), freshman M.J. Guida (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Albert Santana were each credited with a double, while sophomore Tyler Freni (1 RBI) accounted for a triple. Senior Reinaldo Santiago knocked in a run with a single. Isaiah Goffigan and Derek Soper chipped in with one single apiece.

Speaking of Soper, one of Love’s talented returning underclassmen, he was once again masterful on the mound. In this game, the young sophomore pitched all seven innings, limiting the Reggies to just one hit and two walks, while striking out five.