Tide girls basketball begins new year with dominating win over Lynn English

After facing host Somerville on Jan. 8, Everett returns home Tuesday night to take on GBL rival Revere

By Joe McConnell

The Everett High School girls basketball team (2-2) started off the new year with a blowout win at home over Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Lynn English on Tuesday night (Jan. 6), 52-22.

Katerin Landaverde had a monster game with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 steals. “(Landaverde) really stepped up for her teammates tonight,” said coach Riley Dunn afterwards, while adding, “but this was still a true team win, and I was proud of our effort.”

Julianna Rivera was next in line on offense with 11 points. Abigail Falkowski was relentless on the boards, pulling down a team high 12 rebounds. “(Falkowski) showed consistent hustle on every play to dominate the boards,” said Dunn.

Casey Martinez chipped in with eight points and eight rebounds, which also helped secure the rather comfortable win.

Coming off the bench, Ashley Heath and Amanda Verteiro came up with key defensive steals to maintain the intensity.

But things did not go as well in the team’s final game of the 2025 portion of its season on Dec. 30, when the Haverhill Hillies came to town to dispatch the Tide, 62-45.

Landaverde (15) and Nicole Damaceno (10) were the Tide’s top two scorers in this non-league game. Senior Ariana Rouse, who continues to get better every day as the team’s point guard, set the tone once again, according to Dunn.

“We fought hard against a tough, quick Haverhill team, and the final score certainly doesn’t reflect our effort,” the coach added. “We will take a lot of lessons from this game.”

It appears that the Everett girls are quick learners after the aforementioned dominating win over the Bulldogs on Tuesday night. They followed up that triumph with a game at Somerville to face the Highlanders on Jan. 8 after press deadline, but will return home right away to get ready for visiting Revere on Tuesday night, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m. They will conclude the week against host Medford on Thursday, Jan. 15, at the same time.