Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, FEbRuARy 9, 2024 Tide boys’ basketball clinches state tournament berth against Revere Red-hot Everett looks to end the regular season with four more wins to extend streak to seven TOURNEY-BOUND: The 2024 EHS Crimson Tide Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team, shown back row, from left to right: Head Coach Gerard Boyce, Assistant Coach Gerell Boyce, Aidan Volquez, Vessenchy Jean, Allisin Desruisseaux, Jaysaun Coggins, John Luna, Leison Ruiz, Amine Hamoudi, Lian Dorosario Santos, Jomanuel Desruisseaux, Henrique Pinto, Team Manager Joey Lemay, Statistician Carol Manuel, Assistant Coach Lawan Swain, and Team Manager Marvens Seide. Kneeling, shown from left to right: Steve Nunes, Cleevence Erilus, Cristian Vasquez, Tyson Chhun, and Jevaun Berberena. By Joe McConnell T he Everett High School boys’ basketball team (11-4 overall, 10-2 in the Greater Boston League) officially clinched a Division 1 state tournament berth against visiting Revere last Thursday night (Feb. 1), 6661. They then went on to smoke host Somerville, 7435 on Tuesday night, Feb. 6. They are ranked 37th in the Division 1 power rankings as of Feb. 6. “We were 10-11 last year with more talent,” said firstyear head coach Gerard Boyce. “I’m extremely proud of the boys this season, and their progression overall since the first day of practice.” Jaysaun Coggins paced the offensive attack against Revere with 24 points. Allsin Desruisseaux also ended the game in double digits with 16 points. Jevaun Berberena accounted for eight points. Tyson Chhun and Cristian Vasquez netted six apiece. After the Somerville game, Boyce singled out “the great team ball” that was exhibited by his squad throughout this dominating triumph. Coggins was the Tide’s leading scorer against the Highlanders with 18 points. Leison Ruiz collected 14 points. Berberena also ended up in double digits with 10. Lian Santos Dorosario was credited with nine. Desruisseaux contributed eight points to the winning cause. Boyce’s squad, now authors of a three-game winning streak, has four regular season games left. They still have a chance to move further up in the power rankings if they continue to dominate opponents like they have been doing recently. The Tide first took on host Medford last night (Feb. 8) after press deadline. Two nights later, they will have a Saturday night home game against Chelsea, starting at 5:30 p.m., before going up against Boyce’s alma master – East Boston – at home Tuesday night (Feb. 13) at 7 p.m. Sharon will officially end the regular season for the Tide on Feb. 18 in a non-league road game at 2 p.m. Tide boys complete annual GBL Indoor Track Meet fourth overall; girls ended up sixth By Joe McConnell O n Feb. 2 at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Roxbury, the Everett High School boys and girls indoor track teams participated in the annual Greater Boston League (GBL) Meet. The Everett boys (46 points) as a team finished fourth. Revere (124), Somerville (111) and Medford (57) topped the locals on the leaderboard, while Chelsea (35), Malden (27) and Lynn English (3) followed them. In the 55-meter dash, sophomore Kayshaun Eveillard (6.82) came in third, right behind Allen Hou (6.65) of Revere and William Parkes of Somerville (6.71). Senior Jeremiah Jeanlouis (6.99) was sixth. In the 300, Eveillard (36.82) ran second only to Medford’s J.T. Mastrocola (35.21). Junior J.N. Baptiste Orleus (42.28) and senior Sterley Hall (42.47) completed the sprint in 13th place. and 14th In the 600, senior Dawens Germain (1:33.26) accounted for a seventh-place finish. Sophomore Adrien Reyes (1:39.32) was 16th . In the 1,000, senior Nischal Tamang (2:59.27) wrapped up a fourth-place finish. Sophomore Lucas Nunez (3:02.33) enjoyed a Top 10 finish in eighth place. His classmate Jeremy Whitlow (3:22.89) was 17th Coming through in the mile . for Everett was junior John Cardoso (5:43.73), who recorded a 10th place finish. Sophomore Miguel Ventura (6:13.22) came in 12th . Sophomore Anthony Whitlow (11:58.75) was eighth overall in the two-mile. Freshman Domenico Delle Rosa (14:33.44) accounted for a 16th place finish. In the 55-meter hurdles, senior Donald Michel (8.63) was credited with a sixth-place finish. The Tide foursome of Jalen Jones, Matthew LaMonica, Khang Nguyen and Eveillard (1:36.85) was third in the 4x200 relays. Reyes, Baptiste, Tamang and Germain (3:59.72) finished fifth in the mile relays. Sophomores Jeremy Whitlow, Dante Gell, Tyre Lule and Nunez were (10:34.86) sixth in the 4x800 relays. Michel and Germain (5-8) tied for third with their Somerville counterpart in the high jump. Nguyen (18-6) finished second overall in the long jump. Jones (17-8) ended up sixth. Junior Fabrice Michaud (39-7.5) was eighth in the shotput. Senior Jason Stark (37-1.5) came in 11th overall. Girls finish sixth As a team, the Crimson Tide TIDE TRACK | SEE PAGE 13
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