THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, AugusT 26, 2022 Page 15 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE NOTEBOOK: Can you believe it? High School Fall Sports are here with Football heading up the list Long, hot summer will blend into a busy new school sports year for Everett Hs, Malden Hs and Revere Hs By Steve Freker T he time-honored phrase “Long, hot summer” comes to mind this week as we come to realize that the high school Fall Season is upon us. We know it has definitely been hot out there most of the past 10 weeks of summer, but we might have to scratch the word “long.” It seems like yesterday that the teams were finishing double-plays on the baseball and softball fields, scoring goals in lacrosse or spiking volleyballs. How did the calendar flip so quickly? But they are tossing footballs and running sprints starting today as the fall sports season officially gets underway. Football kicked it off with two days of extra conditioning under MIAA guidelines. Golf was also allowed to begin its preseason today under newly adopted MIAA guidelines. All fall sports followed with their official starts on Monday, August 22, as boys’ and girls’ soccer, cross-country, field hockey, golf and girls’ volleyball all got underway. That means that the whistles will be blowing, the cones will be positioned and the drills will be percolating at Everett Memorial Stadium for the EverEverett Crimson Tide Football ett High Crimson Tide, Malden High’s Macdonald Stadium and Revere High’s Della Russo Stadium today. The full pads went on Wednesday for the first time, and the first regular season game is just three short weeks away. Football Opening Day just three short weeks away Everett High Head Coach Rob DiLoreto will be embarking on his third year at the helm for the Crimson Tide. DiLoreto came aboard for the COVID-shortened season of spring 2021, then guided Everett to its 25th Greater Boston League (GBL) Championship in the past 27 seasons and a 10-1 overall record last fall 2021 season, its only blemish a firstround, 25-22 loss to Methuen MASSterlist will be e-mailed Beacon Hill Roll Call By Bob Katzen GET A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO MASSTERLIST – Join more than 22,000 people, from movers and shakers to political junkies and interested citizens, who start their weekday morning with MASSterList— the popular newsletter that chronicles news and informed analysis about what’s going on up on Beacon Hill, in Massachusetts politics, policy, media and influence. The stories are drawn from major news organizations as well as specialized publications selected by widely acclaimed and highly experienced writers Keith Regan and Matt Murphy who introduce each article in their own clever and inimitable way. to you FREE every Monday through Friday morning and will give you a leg up on what’s happening in the blood sport of Bay State politics. For more information and to get your free subscription, go to: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/aPTLucK THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2022 session. The Senate has held 146 roll calls so far in the 2022 session. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates the number of roll calls on which each senator voted and then calculates that number as a percentage of the total roll call votes held. That percentage is the number referred to as the roll call attendance record. Greater Boston League in the opening round of the Division 1 North playoffs. Everett High football opens its 10-game, 2022 regular season with a highly anticipated game with Xaverian Bros. from the Catholic Conference on Friday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. at Everett Stadium. In addition to Xaverian, Everett has also added BC High to its non-league slate and will take on the Eagles on the road on Friday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m. After just a one-year series, Everett will not be playing St. John’s Shrewsbury again this season on Thanksgiving Day. It was anticipated that the series would be lasting, but St. John’s officials announced in June it would now play a different opponent on Thanksgiving, and Everett, at this time, once again, is sitting out Turkey Day. Thirty of the 40 senators did not miss any roll calls and have 100 percent roll call attendance records. This high level of participation can likely be attributed to the fact that under emergency rules adopted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vast majority of the 40 senators are not in the Senate chamber during a session. Most are watching and listening to the session from their home, business or Senate office and casting their votes remotely. Senators’ remote votes are communicated to Senate officials during the session or prior to the session if senators are informed in advance that there will be a roll call vote. If a member wants to speak on an issue under consideration, they do so on a separate “debate phone line” and their voice is then heard in the Senate chamber and by anyone Malden Golden Tornados Football Coach Exilhomme’s second season at Malden helm Malden High Head Coach Witche Exilhomme will be guiding his second full season for the Golden Tornados football squad. Malden will open the season with a pair of nonleague home games. On Thursday, September 8, Malden will host Whittier Tech at 6:00 p.m. On Friday, September 16, Malden will host Melrose at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be at Macdonald Stadium in Malden. The Golden Tornados squad and second-year Head Coach Exilhomme will then take on Chelsea High in a regular season game for the first time since the 1980s, as Malden opens its Greater Boston League slate against the Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. at Chelsea Stadium on Friday, September 23. watching the broadcast online. The number of senators who had 100 percent roll call attendance records in the four years prior to the pandemic was lower than 2022 as follows: 28 in 2019; 20 in 2018; 25 in 2017; and 17 in 2016. It is a Senate tradition that the Senate president only votes occasionally. Current Senate President Karen Spilka follows that tradition and only voted on 39 (26.7 percent) of the 146 roll calls while not voting on 107 (73.3 percent) of them. Nine (23 percent) of the 39 senators, other than Spilka, missed one or more roll calls. Sens. Cindy Friedman (D-Arlington), Diana DiZoglio (D-Methuen) and Sen. Joan Lovely (D-Salem) each missed three roll calls for a roll call attendance record of 97.9 percent. Sens. Sonia Chang Diaz (D-Boston), Harriette Chandler Revere High Patriots Malden plays Medford for the 138th time for its Thanksgiving matchup. Cicatelli’s 21st season leading Revere HS Football The longest-standing head coach in the GBL, entering his 21st season, is Revere High’s Lou Cicatelli. He and the Revere Patriots will embark on the 2022 campaign with two consecutive non-league games: Opening the season will be two straight road games, at Peabody on Friday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. and then hosting Plymouth North on September 16 at 6:00 p.m. Revere opens its GBL schedule on Thursday, September 22 versus Medford at 6:00 p.m. Read the Advocate each week for game results, schedules and updates of ALL the GBL teams! (D-Worcester) and Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton) each missed two rolls and scored a roll call attendance record of 98.6 percent. Finally, Sens. Mike Rush (D-West Roxbury), Adam Gomez (D-Springfield) and Nick Collins (D-Boston) each missed only one roll call for a roll call attendance record of 99.3 percent. Beacon Hill Roll Call contacted the nine senators asking why they missed some roll calls. Only two of the nine responded. “I was prevented from engaging in three roll call votes while working remotely because my internet connection was interrupted,” said Sen. Lovely. “I have participated in all other roll call votes this session and submitted a letter on how I would have voted to the Senate Clerk.” “A vote of mine was not reBEACON | SEE PAGE 17
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