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By Joe McConnell
Tide freshman hurlers Young, Foley shut down Chelsea
The youthful Crimson Tide baseball team (3-13) is coming of age as of late, and they were able to put it altogether on Monday, May 11, to beat the Red Devils at Chelsea’s Carter Park in a mercy rule-shortened game, 12-0.
Second year coach Malik Love was thrilled to witness the progress of his freshman hurlers Nick Young (2 walks, 3 strikeouts) and Caden Foley (5 strikeouts), who combined to pitch two innings apiece to help secure the team’s third win of the year.
“(Young and Foley) continue to gain confidence, while getting more comfortable playing on the varsity level,” said Love.
The Everett offense banged out eight hits. Senior Charlie Govostes and junior Tyler Freni helped power the attack with one double apiece. Luke Wood, another freshman, chipped in with two singles. Juniors Anderson Santiago and Derek Soper, sophomore M.J. Guida and Young each singled once.
“It was finally good to get back into the win column,” said Love. “We were able to capitalize on offense by playing situational baseball with players that have been making tremendous strides lately.”
Love went on to say that he wants to see them put together positive results in the last four games of this season to go into next year feeling pretty good about themselves.
The Tide was scheduled to face host Medford on May 13 after press deadline to close out this week. They will then begin the final week of the season on Monday, May 18, against Lynn Classical at Lynn’s Fraser Field, starting at 4 p.m., and will return home right away after the game to get ready to face visiting Somerville two days later at the same time. Non-league Lynn Tech will follow the Highlanders to Glendale for a Friday night game on May 22 at 6:30 p.m., which will complete the 2026 campaign.
Tide softball beats up Chelsea to remain in the postseason hunt
With two wins in its last five games, the Everett High school softball team (8-8) still controls its own destiny in terms of playing once again in the Division 1 state tournament. The Crimson Tide girls defeated Lynn English (27-12, May 6) and Chelsea (13-1, May 11). Both games were played at Glendale, and were halted in the fifth inning, because of the mercy rule.
For the record, they lost to Revere (14-7, May 4) and Watertown (20-8, May 9) on the road, while Medford (16-1, May 12) defeated them at home. They have four regular season games left on the schedule against host Winthrop (May 14), Lynn Classical (May 18, 4 p.m., at Glendale), Somerville (May 20, 4 p.m. at Somerville’s Trum Field) and Cambridge (May 22, 4 p.m., at Glendale).
Against Chelsea on Senior Day, Coach Stacy Schiavo’s team tore into the Red Devils early on to win this mercy rule game.
“The girls came out with energy right away, and stayed aggressive at the plate all game long,” said Schiavo. “Juliette (Romboli) and McKenzie (Rivera) both belted huge home runs. We also had contributions up and down the lineup. Defensively, we made a lot of solid plays behind Victoria (Cutler), while also staying focused even with runners on base. Olivia (Dresser) made some big plays at shortstop, (Romboli) tracked down key fly balls in center and Kyleigh (Ridlon) made plays at first to help us get out of innings. Overall, it was a great win on a very special day for our seniors.”
Cutler went all five innings in the circle, allowing five hits, seven walks and one earned run. She fanned one.
The Red Devils scored their lone run of the game in the top half of the first inning. But Everett bounced right back to tie up the proceedings. when they came to the plate. Ridlon knocked in the run with a single.
The Everett girls tacked on two more in the second. Bianca Moran-Leal led off with a walk. Rivera followed with a single. They moved up into scoring position on a passed ball, and scored on a double by Arianna Osorio-Bonilla.
The Tide broke the game open with five in the third. Dresser was hit by a pitch to start the threat. Ridlon followed with a walk, before Romboli blasted a three-run shot. Moran-Leal kept the inning going with a single up the middle, paving the way for Rivera’s round tripper.
In the fourth, Ridlon drew a one-out walk, and advanced to second on a passed ball. With two outs, Moran-Leal doubled home Ridlon. Rivera then drove her home with a double, as well. A short time later, Cutler singled in Rivera with the team’s 11th run.
The home team closed things out in the fifth. Lindsey Sylva drew a walk to begin the final uprising. Dresser then reached on an error to second, before Ridlon walked to load the bases for Romboli, who produced the hit that drove home the final two runs of the game.
Girls tennis dominates English, Classical in Lynn
On May 4, the girls tennis team (4-11) took on Somerville in a doubleheader at Tufts University, only to come up short in both matches.
A scheduled matchup against host Lynn Classical two days later was postponed, because of rain. It was made up on May 12, with the Everett girls winning it, 4-1.
Prior to that encounter, the Tide girls returned to Lynn to face the Lynn English Bulldogs on May 8, where they walked away with an impressive 5-0 win.
“We played outstanding tennis against a solid English squad,” said coach Courtney Meninger.
Sophomore Abby Falkowski and senior Luna Sepulveda led the way, blanking their English foes, 6-0, 6-0 in second doubles. Junior Trina Le, playing second singles, also secured a win, 6-3, 6-1. Junior Brigitte Parada set the tone with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph in first singles.
Third singles player Thy Phanhang was credited with the Tide’s fourth win of the day, 6-2, 3-6, 7-4 in a tiebreaker. Juniors Sophia Hernandez and Lizzy Castro did likewise in a thrilling second doubles match, 6-3, 5-7, 15-13 to complete the sweep.
Everett closed out this week against Revere (May 13) and Peabody (May 14) after press deadline. The regular season will then come to an end on Monday, May 18, against non-league Mystic Valley at Malden Catholic, starting at 4:30 p.m.
Girls lacrosse heads down the home stretch
The girls lacrosse team (3-10) dropped its last four games to Revere (5-4, April 29), Saugus (18-1, May 4), Medford (17-2, May 5) and non-league Lowell (14-6, May 6). They have three games left on the regular season schedule against the likes of Malden (May 14), Revere (May 15, 4 p.m., at 7-Acres) and non-league Mystic Valley (May 20, 4:30 p.m., at Malden Catholic).
“It was a tough matchup against Revere,” said coach Nicola Jones. “We came out strong to take a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, but Revere rallied to secure the close win.”
Amanda Verteiro, Nicole Damaceno, Isabela Bicalho and senior Saline Duck netted the Everett goals. Duck’s goal was her first career varsity marker.
The Tide fell behind early against Saugus, and struggled to recover, according to Jones. “Despite the final score, there were several highlights, including solid efforts from Nicole Damaceno, Amanda Verteiro, Isabela Bicalho, MariaJose Cardenas and Melissa Meireles,” added the veteran coach. “But the highlight of the day was Isabella Aguirre Jimenez scoring her first varsity goal. It was certainly an exciting milestone achievement for the entire team.”
The game against Medford was hard-fought. Damaceno and Verteiro accounted for the goals. Jones singled out the contributions of Lindsey Cherichel-Paul, Samantha Lemus and Allia Polynice. “All three players displayed much effort and determination (against the rival Mustangs),” the coach added.
