Tide bowls over Lynn English for second straight win

After two straight shutout wins, Everett gets ready to face non-league host BC High Friday night

  After opening up the 2022 season with a 49-19 loss to non-league opponent Xaverian out of the Catholic Conference, Coach Rob DiLoreto’s Everett Crimson Tide football team (2-1) bounced back to punish their next two Greater Boston League opponents by decisive margins.

  The Tide hammered Somerville to the tune of 42-0 before taking on visiting Lynn English last Friday night, Sept. 23, at Everett Memorial Stadium, where they spun another shutout, 37-0. The home team scored 31 of those points in the first half and then accounted for the final touchdown on the very last play of the game.

  “The biggest factor for us in [last] Friday night’s win against Lynn English was the play of our offensive and defensive lines,” said DiLoreto. “I felt we controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. It was also very windy, so we needed to run the ball more than we planned to in practice. I’m very proud of our line play.”

  Damien Lackland paced the offensive attack with three touchdowns. But he has Marcos Pereira, SeaJae Gaskill, Carlos Cornejo, Ralph Pierre, Nick Raymond, Kevin Ruiz and Dom Papa to thank for opening up the running holes, according to DiLoreto.

  “Our defensive backfield of Jayden Prophete, Pedro Rodrigues, Jayden Williams, Brian Lamour and David De Souza played very well as a unit to help us secure another shutout,” said DiLoreto.

  It’s now back to the Catholic Conference for the Tide, when they head to Dorchester Friday night, Sept. 30, to take on the Boston College High School Eagles, starting at 7 p.m. It’s another good tune-up for the playoffs in late October.

  “BC High is a very talented team. We will need to prepare hard this week on the practice field to bring out our best performance of the year on Friday night,” said DiLoreto. “They are big, physical, play fast and very aggressive. We will do our best to be up for this challenge.”