THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, AugusT 25, 2023 Page 11 With school starting next week, football is in full swing Guard/Defensive Tackle Aidan Duclos (at left) and Defensive End/Tight End Shane MacKenzie. Everett High School Freshman Quarterback Francisco Fernandez (at left) and Starting Varsity Quarterback Carlos Silva Rodrigues threw a pass to the receiver during football camp at Everett Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Everett Women’s Volleyball Starts 51st Season Linebacker Omarian Ayala and Running Back Kevin Diaz. Equipment co-managers Doug Soule and CarolLyn Manuel (at right) said camp is the official start of the football season. Offensive running backs Ron Pierre (at left) and Andrew Linhares practiced hand-offs. Defensive End/Tight End Shane MacKenzie with Equipment Co-Manager Doug Soule. Offensive Lineman Seajae Gaskill with Equipment Co-Manager Doug Soule. Defensive Back Armani Negron (in center) practiced defensive back drills. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Offensive Linemen Marvin Desruisseaux, Chris Ruiz, Carlos Cornejo, Fabrice Michaud and Seajae Gaskill passed the ball to Carlos Silva Rodrigues. By Tara Vocino T Offensive linemen, shown from left to right: Marvin Desruisseaux, Chris Ruiz, Carlos Cornejo, Fabrice Michaud, Seajae Gaskill and Carlos Silva Rodrigues (in center). NEW ERA | FROM PAGE 1 since to get to know his players, so everybody would be on the same page once camp opened up last Friday, Aug. 18. “With the limited amount of time we have had together, we were just focused on getting a lifting and running program established to set the culture,” said Flores. “We didn’t participate in any 7-on7 leagues this summer, because we didn’t have an offense or defense established or taught at the time.” But there is no shortage of players for the new coach to work with this year. “We have 80-plus players in the program,” he said. “But we have been limited in what we can do during the first couple of days, because of statewide rules. We have, however, still maximized everything we can do at this stage from individual to full-team [workouts].” Breaking the players down by classes, Flores has 28 seniors, 16 juniors and 21 sophomores currently on the varsity squad. “All positions are currently wide open,” he said, “and I have already been impressed by a number of players, including Pedro Rodrigues, Domenic Papa and Jayden Prophete.” Prophete, Papa and Rodrigues are three of the team’s captains, along with Christian Zamor and Aidan Duclos. They are all seniors. Flores likes what he sees from his skilled position playhe Everett High School Crimson Tide Football Team officially kicked off their season with football camp at Everett Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Tide coaches, players and staff hit the field to ready for the fall football season. ers, and he considers them to be the team’s strength, not to mention his linebackers and running backs. The lone weakness might be depth along both the offensive and defensive lines. The first-year Everett coach has scheduled two scrimmages: against Mansfield on Aug. 29 and host Peabody on Sept 1. The Crimson Tide will then definitely hit the ground running when they face perennial Division 1 Super Bowl contender Xaverian to open up the regular season on its Westwood campus on Friday, Sept. 8, starting at 7:30 p.m. Something about Flores The new Everett High football coach started playing the sport at the age of eight in the Woburn Pop Warner League. He then continued on to Woburn High School before spending a postgraduate year at Tilton Academy in New Hampshire. He then played for four years at the University of Maine – from 2011-15. During those four falls, the Black Bears qualified for the playoffs twice, while also winning the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2013. Flores got into coaching because he wanted to help young men develop on and off the field, plus he never really wanted to leave the game when his playing career was over. Before Everett, he was at Bentley in 2016 as its running he Everett Women’s Volleyball League, one of the longest running sports leagues in the history of Everett, will have registration for the upcoming 2023-2024 season, on Wednesday evening, September 6, 2023 from 6:30PM to 8:00PM at the Meeting room in the basement of the Parlin Library at 410 Broadway. Team players must be at least 18 years old. There will be a non-refundable $40.00 registration fee and $9.00 weekly dues. Sign-ups will not be accepted without the non-refundable fee. Players can also register at www.everettwomensvolleyball.org. The league plays regT ulation games with a referee on Wednesday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM at the Lafayette School. The season runs from late September to late April. Due to the limited number of openings, Everett residents and previous members are given preference. • League Officers: • Mary Mangraviti (617) 840-1064 • Keri Lemasters (978) 979-7867 • Jennifer Otterson (781) 307-0153 back coach. He then coached at his college alma mater from 2017-22, first teaching the running backs the finer points of the game. The Black Bears won the conference in 2017 before advancing to the national semifinals. He was then promoted to wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator. He came to Everett because it’s a historical job that gets the support of the city in general after decades of winning. He definitely considers this job to be a new challenge at a different level, and that was also a big part in his decision-making process. During the day away from the gridiron, he will be a member of the Everett Public School staff.
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