Page 14 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, January 3, 2020 Tide girls’ basketball off to 5-0 start C By Greg Phipps oming off early-season wins over Revere, Medford and Mystic Valley, the Everett High School girls’ basketball team made it four in a row by topping Peabody, 41-36, in a close, low-scoring tussle last Friday at the Peabody High School Gym. Neither squad shot well from the field and both teams struggled from the foul line. In the end, it was the Lady Tide who were able to muster up enough offense to come away with the victory. Everett would move on to improve its record to 5-0 with a 5036 win at Saugus on Monday. After the Peabody game, EvSophomore Arielle Charles goes up for a close-range shot over the block attempt of a Peabody defender. erett head coach Tammy Turner said her team had an unusually difficult day on the offensive end. It was the defense that paved the way. “Today was actually not very successful for us on offense. Our top two scorSophomore guard Sara Thompson takes it to the hole last Friday at Peabody. Everett sophomore Andrea Manley powers her way to the basket in last Friday’s win at Peabody. (Advocate Photos by Greg Phipps) ers struggled,” she said. “We had been scoring in the sixties, but it was slow-going offensively today. We picked it up defensively and that made up for [the offensive troubles].” It looked like the perfect record might disappear when Everett trailed by seven points, 22-15, early in the third quarter, but the Tide managed to take its first lead later in the period. Eight points from Maya Kirnon and four from Carolann Cardinale helped lead the third-quarter rally. Everett’s top offensive players – sophomore Andrea Manley (12 points) and senior Maddy Duraes (one field goal on a second-quarter three-pointer) – were held pretty much in check by the scrappy Peabody defense. Manley did heat up a little more in the final period by netting six of her 12 points. Kirnon led all BASKETBALL | SEE PAGE 18
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