Everett Crimson Tide Sports Weekly Notebook

By Joe McConnell

Tide field hockey remains resilient to the end

The Everett High School field hockey team (5-12-1), coached by Nicola Jones, completed its season last week at home against Revere on Senior Night, Oct. 23. It wasn’t a win, but it wasn’t a loss either. The Crimson Tide was able to walk off the 7-Acres turf one last time with another point in the overall Greater Boston League standings after they played the Patriots to a hard-fought 2-2 stalemate.

The team’s last win was a decisive 9-0 conquest over the Golden Tornadoes under the Macdonald Stadium lights in Malden on Oct. 15.

“This game was a masterclass in teamwork and offense,” said Jones. “We dominated Malden on their home turf, moving the ball seamlessly as a unit, while showcasing excellent passing that created numerous scoring opportunities. It was definitely an electrifying win.”

Highlighting this win was the fact that several Everett players had the opportunity to celebrate their first goals of the season. Ivey Walker led the way with a hat trick and an assist.

Stéphano Orleus was next in line with two goals. Lindsey Sylva and Spencer Racine each chipped in with a goal and an assist.

Anahya Sunsin and Paula Castillo netted their first goals of the season. Sunsin was also credited with “a fantastic assist,” said Jones. “That assist highlighted the team’s strong collective effort against Malden,” she added.

The Tide then came home to 7-Acres two days later to face non-league Haverhill, where they ended up losing, 3-0. But the effort was still there, according to the Everett coach.

“Despite the setback, their effort and determination remained unwavering,” she said.

Orleus stood out once again for the home team, while showing fierce competitiveness. “(Orleus) left everything out on the field, and also demonstrated the team’s heart,” Jones said. “Our (continued) resilience was on display against a tough opponent.”

The Tide began the final week of the regular season at home against non-league Saugus on Oct. 20, and by game’s end it was the team’s second straight 3-0 loss.

“This was a frustrating game,” said Jones. “Despite more incredible efforts from Orleus at midfield and remarkable saves by goalies Wilins Julen and Isadora Da Silveira, who split the chores in net, we still came up short.”

Volleyball seniors honored before GBL finale

The volleyball team (3-17) honored its seven seniors on this year’s team, before last Wednesday night’s (Oct. 22) game against Malden at the EHS gym.

“The stands were packed, and we fed off that energy quite well, but still lost a competitive match, 3-1,” said coach Mike Fineran. “All seven seniors were in the starting lineup, led by assistant captain Amanda Verteiro, who was our libero in this match. She had an ace, while serving 12 times. In her three-year varsity career, she was credited with 264 serves and 56 aces.”

Captain Nicole Damaceno was perfect from the service line against the Golden Tornadoes, hitting on all 16 attempts. She finished her varsity career with 500 serves in three years.

“Nicole is such a good role model on and off the court for her younger teammates,” said Fineran. “We will definitely miss her steady leadership.”

Assistant captain Juliette Romboli had three aces and five kills in the team’s final GBL home match of the year. She finished the season with a team-high 47 aces and 124 kills, and wrapped up her scholastic career with 200 kills.

“That kind of firepower will be hard to replace,” said Fineran on Romboli’s offensive dominance throughout her varsity career.

Lindsey Cherichel-Paul was 10-for-10 in serves against Malden, while also chipping in with a kill and a block. She led the team this year in blocks with 18. Teammate Aya Selimovic was second with 12.

Leliani Ros Morales collected two blocks against Malden, while serving nine times that included two aces. Shaeendra Hall helped out with two aces and six kills.

“These (seniors) have a lot to be proud of, because of the way they kept everyone focused and loose this season,” said Fineran. “We did not get the results we wanted this year, but we kept fighting to the end. We played some of our most competitive volleyball in the last two weeks of the season.”

The Everett girls hosted non-league Lowell last Thursday (Oct. 23) to officially complete the regular season, but the Red Raiders unfortunately spoiled the finale with a 3-0 victory.

Girls’ soccer playing better, having fun as the season winds down

Despite getting shutout by visiting Medford last Thursday (Oct. 23) on the Rivergreen pitch, 5-0, the girls’ soccer team (5-9-2) still turned in “a strong showing,” according to coach Dom Persuitte.

“The girls played well, and they had fun doing so,” the veteran coach added. “Knowing that we weren’t going to make the (state) tournament, they realized they just wanted to play for fun. We did have a couple of good (scoring) opportunities, especially in the second half, but just couldn’t finish them off.”

Rosa Romero, Casey Martinez, Kathleen DeSouza, Jasmine Morias, Kayla Andrade, Melanie Ribeiro, Odalis Sandoval and Sofia Arana-Quintanilla were singled out by the coach for solid efforts in this game. Arana-Quintanilla, in fact, had a chance to play her natural position on defense, and as a result was thriving throughout.

Tiffany Aguilar started in goal, and “played well making saves, despite the final score,” the coach said. “This is a new position for her, but she will be the goalie for us next year. She has the (talent) to adjust in order to play (net on a regular basis).”

The Everett girls have since taken on non-league Lowell at home earlier this week on Tuesday (Oct. 28) to wrap up the 2025 schedule after press deadline.

Boys’ soccer misses playoffs by one slim win

The boys’ soccer team (6-8-4) ended the season last week with mixed results, sort of a microcosm of the past two months.

The Tide began the week with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Somerville at Somerville’s Dilboy Stadium on Oct. 21.

“We got off to a rough start,” said coach Rodney Landaverde after the Somerville game. “We just couldn’t generate much offense, but we also gave up two very early goals, which set us back for the whole game.”

The Tide, however, still couldn’t get it going until late in the game, when sophomore Daniel Henriquez sent a cross to freshman Miguel Santos, who headed home the team’s only goal of the game.

But two days later in Medford, the Everett boys reversed the Somerville final to beat the Mustangs to end the year on a triumphant note.

Medford scored the first goal of the game, but a few minutes later, the visitors tied it up on a rebound in the box. Santos netted the goal, his fourth of the season.

It was a fairly even game throughout the first half, with both teams battling mostly at midfield. Two JV players – sophomores Luis Sorto-Rosales and Eric Melara – were able to get quality minutes after being brought up this past week.

Late in the second half, senior Lucas Rabelo scored the game-winner on a set piece header from sophomore Samuel Silva off a corner kick. It was Silva’s first varsity assist.

“We missed the postseason by just one win,” said Landaverde. “It was an unfortunate way to end the season, but I’m confident going into the next couple of years, because we have a lot of returning players.

“I’m grateful to have coached this year’s seniors. They made many contributions to the program,” added the second-year Everett coach, “while also (specifically) setting a (high) standard of core principles and expectations on and off the field (for their successors to follow). I’m truly honored to see them move on to the next level, both academically and athletically.”

Final Tide stat line for 2025

The team’s offensive contributors this year were as follows: Gabriel Garcia (10 goals, 1 assist), Miguel Santos (3 goals, 3 assists), Saymon Coelho (2 goals, 2 assists), Whitney Pereira (2 goals, 2 assists), Rene Lainez (3 assists), Kevin Renderos (1 goal, 3 assists), Lucas Rabelo (2 goals), Daniel Henriquez (1 goal, 2 assists), Jonathan Hernandez (1 goal), Jason Santos (1 assist), Samuel Silva (1 assist) and Kerim Memic (2 goals). Goalie Edwin Menjivar Carbajal had four clean sheets this year of solid shutout performances.