THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 Page 15 ~ Greater Boston League Notebook ~ EHS Football opens season tonight on road vs. #3 Xaverian; RHS Patriots Football opens regular season at home tonight hosting Peabody; MHS Football builds up numbers, eyes season/home opener on Sept. 16 vs. Whittier By Steve Freker I t’s a tall order and a top-shelf test, but second-year head coach Rob DiLoreto would not have it any other way. The long-awaited 2021 season opener for the Everett High School football team is tonight on the road at #3-ranked Xaverian High School in Westwood. It’s a 7:00 p.m. kickoff for the Crimson Tide. Tonight’s game will be the marquee game of the weekend as Everett is also highly ranked, at #4 in the Globe Top 20 Poll. Xaverian won the Catholic Conference title in undefeated fashion in the shortened Fall 2 season this past spring and returns many of the players from that team. Four of Xaverian’s top players – Joe Kelcourse and Michael Oates, both running backs, and split end Carlo Crocetti as well as safety Anthony Busa – were included on the Herald’s “players to watch list.” Everett is led by seniors Ishmael Zamor (split end) and Jaylen Murphy (offensive line) along with senior lineman Jaylen Biggi and running back J.C. Clerveaux. Interestingly, this will be Everett’s lone 7 p.m. kickoff of the regular season. It appears that the Greater Boston League (GBL) has moved its Friday night starting times back to 6 p.m. for all league games. **** Everett’s football schedule a lot different than in past, due to enlarged GBL For the first time in many years, Everett’s schedule, aside from tonight’s season opener, looks a lot different. Gone are the multiple marquee matchups with some of the top schools around the region. There’s a very good reason for that: There’s just no room! Due to the increase in size in the GBL, which now features eight teams, the space for non-league games has shrunk considerably. Starting next week with a home game versus GBLer Somerville on Friday, Sept. 17 at 6:00 p.m., it will be all-GBL games for Everett until Thanksgiving, when it begins a brand-new holiday rivalry, hosting Catholic Conference team St. John’s Shrewsbury at 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning. **** Revere opens tonight at home versus nonleaguer Peabody Head Coach Lou Cicatelli and the Revere High Patriots open the 2021 season tonight versus a longtime rival – which is now situated in a different league. The Patriots will take on Northeastern Conference member Peabody tonight at Harry Della Russo Stadium with a 7:00 p.m. kickoff. This will be the first game of the first official “full” GBL schedule for Revere, which joined the GBL officially in 2020. Revere Football’s four captains EHS Crimson Tide Offensive linemen, kneeling from left to right: Syeed Gibbs, Sebastian Bryan and Moses Seide; standing from left to right: Fabieri Fabert, Darryl Monvil, Ismael Zamor, “Cam” Mohamed, Matheus Merino and Brian Gibbs. are Augusto Goncalves, Elmahdi Elkeaouakibi and Wilmer Rodriguez, who are all seniors, and Max Doucette, a junior. Revere is coming off a torrid stretch where the Patriots have won 10 of their last 13 games over the 2019 full season and the Fall 2 season, which was played this past spring. **** Coach Exilhomme welcomes growing numbers as MHS football eyes Sept. 16 season opener First-year Malden High School head football coach Witche Exilhomme knew he would have to spend time “marketing” his Golden Tornado program within the walls of the school, and so far it is paying dividends. Coach Exilhomme said he is pleased with the growing numbers of MHS football players who have signed on since the start of preseason camp. “We need numbers to provide depth, and we need depth to create competition among ourselves for the top positions,” Coach Exilhomme said. “When you have a lot of competition, it makes for a more productive practice, and that is how we improve as a team.” Malden has a scheduled “bye” along with a number of other Eastern Mass. schools. The Tornado boys are eyeing a season opener set for next Thursday, Sept. 16 at Macdonald Stadium in Malden. The Golden Tornado squad will host Whittier Tech at 6:00 p.m. that night. “We have been working hard and doing a lot of teaching as coaches,” Coach Exilhomme said. “We will be ready for our opponent on Opening Night.” Talking to loved ones about life insurance September is Life Insurance Awareness Month T he COVID-19 pandemic changed consumer perceptions about life insurance. And with September being Life Insurance Awareness Month, it serves as a time to help consumers understand the importance of life insurance and how it can help protect a family’s financial future. According to the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, seven in 10 Americans agree that the pandemic has been a wakeup call to reevaluate their long-term financial goals, which may include life insurance. “The pandemic jolted consumers awake to the crucial importance of life insurance,” said AIG Life & Retirement’s President of US Life Insurance, Timothy Heslin. “By including life insurance as part of a holistic financial plan, individuals and families can begin to prepare for the unexpected, today and in the future.” How do you start the conversation? Having a conversation about life insurance with a loved one can seem unsettling or morbid, but it does not need to be. AIG Life & Retirement offers tips to help get the conversation started: • Find the right opportunity: Major life events, such as marriage, having a child or buying a home, present an appropriate opportunity to start a conversation. • Set aside dedicated time: The topic of life insurance isn’t something to bring up lightly, like in the car on the way to the grocery store. Set aside dedicated time when both you and your loved one are at home and relaxed. • Do your homework: Do some online research or speak with a licensed life insurance representative who can provide information on the different types of life insurance. • Approach it as a financial plan: Rather than making it about death, frame the conversation around protecting the family financially if one of your paychecks was to suddenly stop. If you already have life insurance, Heslin says, “Life Insurance Awareness Month is a reminder to reevaluate your policy, because changing circumstances may lead to different insurance needs.” EHS Crimson Tide Defensive Linemen, kneeling from left to right: Jareid Celestin, Karily Petion, Brian Gibbs, Richard Diaz and Johey Jacques; standing from left to right: Richard Malloy, JJ Costa, Darrion Green and Jayden Clerveaux.
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