Page 18 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, ApRil 25, 2025 Tide softball suffers first loss this season to non-league Whittier Tech after seven straight wins Everett takes on longtime league rivals Malden, Chelsea next week on the road By Joe McConnell W ell, the Everett High School softball team (8-1) is human after all. These Crimson Tide girls had won seven straight games, including two against Chelsea (152) and Somerville (20-3) to begin last week. They then went on the road to Haverhill to face nonleague Whittier Tech last Thursday afternoon, their third game in as many days, and as a result, it might have contributed to the 13-1 loss to the Wildcats. But, like all good teams, they quickly put that loss behind them, and went on to beat host Revere on Patriots Day, 10-4. The home game against Chelsea on April 15 quickly turned into a five-inning mercy rule rout. Pitcher Peyton Warren went the first three, and gave up just one walk, while striking out five. Her backup Graziella Foster pitched the final two innings, and allowed two hits, one walk and two earned runs, while also fanning five. The Tide offense quickly got going with four runs in the home half of the first. Arianna Osorio-Bonilla started it off with a double, before stealing third. Olivia Dresser then doubled her home, before Ashley Seward belted a two-run blast. Alexa Uga followed with a triple, and subsequently came home with the fourth run of the frame on a throwing error that tried to nab her at third. Kassidy Rivera and Juliette Romboli were credited with singles to prolong the inning, but were stranded on base to end the uprising. The Everett girls tacked on another run in the second on a Dresser triple and throwing error from the outfield in an attempt to get her at third. The home team then broke it open with six runs in the third to extend its lead to 11-0. With one out, Romboli and Jayla Davila singled, before Foster walked to load the bases. Warren then helped her own cause with a two-run double. Osorio-Bonilla followed with a two-run double of her own, and then waltzed home on a two-run round tripper by Dresser to close out the inning in style. The Red Devils got two back in the fourth, but still trailed, 11-2. In the fifth, the Tide put them out of their misery with four runs, just enough to invoke the mercy rule. Dresser doubled home Osorio-Bonilla with the first run of the inning. Seward then drew a walk, followed by a single from Uga, which knocked in Dresser. Romboli’s hit to the outfield scored the final two runs of the game. It was another five-inning mercy rule win for Everett at Somerville’s Trum Field the next day. They ended up beating up the Highlanders with a 20-run outburst. Warren once again only had to pitch three innings. This time, she walked one, and also gave up a hit and an earned run, while whiffing five. The offense got it going quickly once again with four runs in the top of the first. Osorio-Bonilla drew a walk, before Dresser doubled her home. Uga then drew a walk with one out, before Romboli knocked in Dresser and Davila doubled home Uga with the third and fourth runs of the inning. In the second, Everett put up 12 more runs. Warren started the inning off with a walk. Osorio-Bonilla followed with a double, before Dresser doubled both of them home. Seward then singled ahead of a double by Uga that accounted for two more runs. After a strikeout, Romboli drew a walk, before Davila doubled in Uga. Foster then singled in Romboli. Warren kept the inning going with another single. Osorio-Bonilla then walked to load the bases. Dresser was also issued a walk that scored Foster. Warren then came home on a free pass to Seward. Uga knocked in Osorio-Bonilla and Dresser with a single, before Seward completed the scoring in the inning on a fielder’s choice. The Highlanders got two back, when they came to the plate, but still trailed big after two, 162. Davila started the third with a double, and Foster knocked her in with an apparent homerun, but she missed touching third base, and was called out. She was still credited with a double SOFTBALL | SEE PAGE 22 Tide baseball beats Somerville, Revere to secure sixth win in nine games Malden, Chelsea come to Glendale next week as the schedule flips to begin Round 2 By Joe McConnell The Tide offense managed T he Everett High School baseball team (6-3) sandwiched two more wins around a non-league home loss to Belmont last Friday afternoon, 111. Before that loss, they edged Somerville, 3-2, also at home on April 16. Revere then came to Glendale on Patriots Day, and the home team was able to win another squeaker, 5-4. Derek Soper (6.2-innings, 2 hits, 4 walks, 2 earned runs, 12 strikeouts) and M.J. Guida (0.1-inning, 1 walk, 1 strikeout), two of Everett’s talented youthful brigade, combined to shut down the visiting Highlanders on the mound. just four singles in the game, but they made them all count. They scored the first run of the game in the opening stanza. The Highlanders tied it up in the third, before the home team notched two in the sixth to win the game, despite Somerville trimming the deficit in the seventh to one run. Captain Jevaun Berberena, Chris O’Neil (1 RBI), Guida and Soper (1 RBI) supplied the hits for Everett. Captain Albert Santana was credited with a walk and one RBI. Last Friday’s home game against non-league Belmont did not go that well for the local nine. The Marauders had a 7-0 lead, before the Tide scored one in the third. They then scored a run in the fourth and fifth innings, and sealed the deal with four in the sixth to invoke the mercy rule. The Everett boys was credited with only six hits, led by Armani Negron with a single and a double. Captain Nordeivy Santana chipped in with two singles. Tyler Freni and Berberena each singled once. Albert Santana did the same thing against Belmont as he did against Somerville. He once again walked, while knocking in the team’s lone run against its formidable Middlesex League opponent. The results were much better on Patriots Day for coach Malik Love’s squad. They led, 3-0 after three. The Patriots got one back in the fourth, and actually tied up the game at four with three in the seventh after the locals scored their fourth run in the sixth. But the Everett boys won the game in the home half of the seventh. Guida (4.1-innings, 3 hits, 4 walks, 1 unearned run, 5 strikeouts) teamed up with Freni (2.2-innings, 1 hit, 3 walks, 3 unearned runs, 5 strikeouts) to get their teammates back on the winning track. The Tide once again had trouble mustering up any offense. They only had three hits, but Isaiah Goffigan supplied some power with a run-producing double. Freni singled in another run. O’Neil ended up with a base hit. Nordeivy Santana chipped in with a walk and one RBI, along with Negron. Guida also knocked in one of his team’s five runs. The Everett boys have since closed out this week on Wednesday against host Medford after press deadline. They will play three next week to begin the second half of the season, starting with Malden coming to town Monday afternoon (April 28), followed by another home game two days later against Chelsea. They will wrap up the week next Friday (May 2) against non-league Charlestown at Bunker Hill Community College. All three games will begin at 4 p.m.
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