EHS girls track defeats Malden
The Everett High girls indoor track and field team rolled to their first victory of the season with a runaway 57-24 victory over Greater Boston League rival Malden last Wednesday.
The Lady Crimson Tide captured six of the nine individual events and won the 4 x 400 relay. Coach Jehu Ciema’s squad swept three events, the 55 dash, the 300 dash, and the shot-put en route to the big win.
Senior captain Ida Bittaye grabbed first place in the hurdles with a time of 10.4 and fellow senior captain Nyla Crowder sprinted to victory in the 55 meter dash in a time of 8.4.
Junior captain Layla Betancur Cardona also was a first-place finisher, taking the shot-put with a personal record (PR) throw of 29’-4.5”. A trio of sophomores posted the other first-place finishes for Everett: Yelsa Garcia in the 300 meter dash (51.2); Angelina Papa in the 600 (2:19.2); and Milena Antoine in the 1000 (4:22).
Second-place finishers for Everett were: senior Sophia Sousa in the hurdles in 11.6; sophomore Nyelle Cannon in the 55 dash in 8.5; senior captain Luca Jean Noel in the mile in 7:00.6; junior Victoria Macao in the 300 dash in 53.8; junior captain Suzanne Maharjan in the two-mile in 19:08; and junior Darryn Desrameaux in the shot-put with a PR throw of 28’-11”.
Adding single points to the Everett side of the scoresheet with third-place finishes were: freshman Emelly DeJesus in the 55 dash; senior Selma Moutaouakkil in the 300 (54.0); freshman Akanksha Neupane in the 600 (2:29.1); and senior Julianna Edwards in the shot-put (26’-4.5”).
The 4 x 400 relay quartet, whose winning time of 5:15 outpaced their Malden rivals by 22.3 seconds, consisted of sophomore Alisha Lafointant, senior captain Luca Jean Noel, senior Selma Moutaouakkil, and sophomore Yelsa Garcia.
The Lady Crimson Tide will meet Chelsea next Wednesday.
EHS girls basketball splits with Medford, Malden
The Everett High girls basketball team split its two contests this past week with Greater Boston League (GBL) rivals Medford and Malden.
The Lady Crimson Tide edged Medford, 45-41, in what EHS head coach Riley Dunn termed “a tough and physical game.”
Kayley Rossi led the way over the Lady Mustangs with 13 points and six assists. Teammate Nehemie Lucien reached double figures with 12 points.
Last Tuesday, Everett came up short to Malden, 53-39, in a contest that was closer than the final score would indicate.
Kaesta Sandy turned in a nice double-double for Everett with 10 points and 10 rebounds, Japhnie Pierre hit for 11 points and pulled down six boards.
“It was a tough game,” noted Dunn. “The score doesn’t do it justice, but we fought hard. A lot of players had to step up and fill new roles, so I am proud of them for accepting the challenge and trying their best.”
Dunn and her crew are scheduled to make the long trek to non-league foe Lawrence tomorrow (Thursday). They will make the much-shorter journey across the Parkway to GBL opponent Chelsea next Tuesday when they return from the holiday break.
Boys overwhelm Golden Tornadoes
The Everett High boys indoor track and field team claimed their first victory of the season, easily handling the Malden Golden Tornadoes, 62-24.
Coach Jehu Cimea’s Crimson Tide took first place in seven of the nine individual events as well as the 4 x 400 relay.
Everett also swept three events, the 300 dash, the 55 dash, and the high jump.
Senjor captain Omar Marshall led the Everett sweep in the 300 with a winning time of 41.6 seconds.Omar also ran the anchor leg of the victorious 4 x 400 quartet to compile a team-high 6.25 points for the meet.
Junior Jayden Prohete paced the Crimson Tide sweep in the 55 dash with a sprint of 6.7 and junior Donald Michel led the EHS sweep in the high jump with a leap of 5’-4”.
The other first-place finishers for the Tide were: junior Jason Stark in the shot-put with a toss of 35’-10.75”; senior Anthony Cooper in the two-mile with a personal record (PR) clocking of 12:28.8; senior Matth Telson in the 1000 in 3:13.9; and senior Owen Beauvil in the 55 hurdles in 9.9.
Five Crimson Tide scored three points with second-place performances: junior Jalen Jones in the 55 dash in 6.9; senior captain Samuel Desir-Mafouanan in the mile in 5:44; senior Patrick Bien-Aime in the 300 in 43.9; senior Adal Costa Fernandes with a high jump of 5’-2”; and junior Adoni Santos in the shot-put with a throw of 33-3.75”.
Adding single points with third-place efforts were: junior Dawnes Germain in the hurdles (10.5); senior Yan Caros Perez in the dash (7.1); senior Reklov Lageroy in the 300; senior Aadit Manandhar in the 600 (1:47.4); junior Nischal Tamang in the 1000 (3:21.2); sophomore David Huezo-Erazo in the two-mile (13:23); and Jalen Jones in the high jump (5’-2”).
Jones also ran a leg of the 4 x 400 team to compile 5.25 points on the day. Freshman Keyshaun Eveillard and Patrick Bien-Aime ran the other two legs of the relay.
“It was a great team win,” said EHS head coach Jehu Cimea of the winning efforts of both his boys’ and girls’ squads. “We had an amazing performance from everyone,”
Cimea and his crew are off until their next meet vs. Chelsea on January 4.
EHS boys hoop to play in holiday tourney at Cathedral
The Everett High boys basketball team will seek to rebound from their first loss in the Greater Boston League (GBL) in two seasons when coach Stanley Chamblain and his crew compete in the Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC) Classic holiday tourney at Cathedral High in the South End.
The Crimson Tide were scheduled to take on B.C. High, the defending Division 1 state champ, yesterday (Tuesday) and the Jeremiah Burke School today (Wednesday). Both of those contests were set to tip off at noon-time.
Everett came up on the short end of a 59-46 decision at GBL foe Malden last Tuesday, their first loss to a GBL rival since 2021. The Crimson Tide, who now stand at 2-1 in the GBL, will entertain GBL opponent Chelsea next Tuesday. That opening tip is set for 7:00.