Page 10 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, FEbRuARy 13, 2026 After losing to Somerville, Everett boys basketball bounces back to beat Worcester North, Medford to clinch postseason berth Tide boys will now take on non-league host Newton South Friday night, while the girls are in Lynn to face the Rams CITY OF EVERETT ~ Legal Notice ~ ~ Legal Notice ~ The 2025-26 EHS Crimson Tide Boys’ Basketball Team, front row, shown from left to right, are: Saul Flores, Adam Aitmessaaoud, Jassiah Pisapia, Nathanael Nelson, Jayden Sanchez, and Jayden Alsaindor. Back row, shown from left to right, are: Head Coach Gerard Boyce, Benji Joseph, Emmanuel Nelson, Deyvid Xavier, Kim-Adams Dormevil, Tyrese Joseph, Samir King-Dacosta, Cristian Vasquez, Jachaziel Lubrena, and Assistant Coach Salif Boudie. (Advocate fi le photo) PUBLIC HEARING FOR PETITION FROM MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY D/B/A NATIONAL GRID OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS To all parties interested in the public hearing. Be it hereby ordered: Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid of North Andover, Massachusetts requests permission to construct a line of underground electric conduits, including the necessary sustaining and protecting fixtures, under and across the public way or ways hereinafter named. The following are the streets and highways referred to: WR# 31207493 – Revere Street - National Grid to install underground facilities on Revere Street beginning at a point approximately 260 feet Southwest of the centerline of the intersection of Second Street and Revere Street and continuing approximately 80 feet in a South direction. National Grid is petitioning to install 3PH underground primary in concrete encased duct from pole#3438 to a new pad mounted transformer located on the property of 530 Second Street. Everett, MA. Wherefore it prays that after due notice and hearing as provided by law, it be granted permission to excavate the public highways and to run and maintain underground electric conduits, together with such sustaining and protecting fixtures as it may find necessary for the transmission of electricity, said underground conduits to be located substantially in accordance with the plan filed herewith marked – Revere Street - Everett, Massachusetts. Hearing to be held with the Everett City Council, held on Monday at 7:00PM, on the 23rd of February, 2026 at the Everett City Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, Everett City Hall. February 13, 2026 By Joe McConnell T he Everett High School boys basketball team (11-7) has clinched a Division 1 state tournament berth after beating host Medford Tuesday night with still four games left on the regular season schedule. The Crimson Tide boys have been on a roll, winning their last three out of four games. Host Somerville was the only team to spoil the fun in this most recent stretch of games. The Feb. 3 5445 loss to the Highlanders only served as a wakeup call for coach Gerard Boyce’s squad that went on to beat non-league Worcester North at home on Feb. 9, 47-40, and Medford the very next night on the road, 57-50, which secured that aforementioned spot in the postseason. The latest MIAA power rankings came out prior to the Medford contest, and the Tide was seeded 33rd in a division that contains 66 teams. BASKETBALL | SEE PAGE 12 The third year Everett coach said that his team showed “incredible stamina and mental toughness” to beat the Mustangs on the second night of back-to-back games. It was also their 10th win in the last 12 games. The coach said that the win over the Mustangs was fueled by the off ensive dominance of Cristian Vasquez (26 points) and Samir King-Dacosta (14). After last week’s loss to Somerville, Boyce said that it was “a wakeup call,” while adding, “give Somerville credit, they came out hungry and played with a level of intensity that we couldn’t match early on in the game.” The veteran Everett coach then admitted that his club might have been guilty of looking past Somerville, and as a result wasn’t properly focused on the game. “In this league, if you aren’t mentally locked-in from the jump,
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