THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, SEpTEmbER 29, 2023 Page 15 Dominating Tide football shuts down another GBL opponent After hammering Lynn English to record second straight win, Everett preps for bC High tonight at home By Joe McConnell I n the last two weeks, the Everett High School football team (2-1) has totally dominated two of its Greater Boston League (GBL) rivals by a combined score of 94-0. The Tide first walloped Somerville, 590. They then pinned a 35-0 loss on host Lynn English at Lynn’s Manning Field last Friday night. First-year coach Justin Flores is naturally quite impressed, specifically signaling out the team’s defensive effort. “The defense has been stout, not giving up very much in yards throughout the last two games,” Flores said. Flores also praised the efforts of Christian Zamor on the offensive side of the ball. “His ability to come in and start at quarterback to lead us to victory the way he did against Lynn English was also outstanding,” the coach added. The Tide led, 21-0 at halftime, and then scored two more touchdowns in the second half, one each in the third and fourth quarters to account for the final score. Senior Damien Lackland (9 carries for 47 yards, caught one pass for two yards, two touchDE-FENSE: Crimson Tide defenders, from left, Christian Zamor, Pedro Rodrigues and Jason Stark join in on the tackle of a Bulldog ball carrier during last Friday’s action at the Manning Bowl in Lynn.(Advocate photo by Emily Harney) downs) got his teammates on the scoreboard with a 10-yard run to paydirt. Zamor (10 carries for 196 yards, two receptions for 20 yards, three touchdowns) scored both touchdowns in the second quarter on runs of 71 and five yards. He kept up his penchant for scoring touchdowns with a 28yard run to the endzone in the third quarter. Lackland closed out the scoring in this game after negotiating the final four yards for six points. Adoni Santos made all four of his extra point attempts. He missed one field goal try. Junior Carlos Rodrigues threw seven passes for 40 yards. He had one interception on defense. Yariel Ortiz caught one pass for four yards. Jayden Prophete was on the receiving end of two passes for eight yards. He ran the ball once for five yards. Jaysaun Coggins hauled in one pass for 13 yards. Flores thinks his team is building up a consistent approach since the first game of the season against Xaverian. “Not much has changed since the first game,” he said. “I think we are the team that came out strong in the second half against Xaverian, and we have continued to get better. We haven’t had a great amount of time together as a team and coaching staff, but everything is starting to blend together.” Zamor is this week’s offensive standout, according to Flores, after rushing for almost 200-yards and three touchdowns. Shane MacKenzie and Dom Papa were the coach’s defensive standouts against the Bulldogs. It’s back to the Catholic Conference for the Tide tonight (Sept. 29), when non-league BC High comes to Everett Stadium for a 7 p.m. game. “(The Eagles) run a spread offense with a very decisive and effective quarterback, when he throws the ball,” said Flores. “They have a lot of talent at the skill positions, and are large up front. On defense, they will employ three linemen up front with four linebackers in the middle. They like to blitz heavily to create havoc on every play.” THE SPORTS WIRE: Taking a Look Around Our Region in Sports; Closeups and Views from the Spyglass When you have been around long enough, sometimes you feel like you’re in a “Forrest Gump” movie How’s this? malden’s longest-playing professional baseball player Carmine Cappuccio’s first manager was Terry Francona... i met him! By Steve Freker W Carmine Cappuccio, a 1988 Malden High School grad and a three-time NCAA Division 2 First Team All-American, was drafted in the 9th Round of the 1992 Major League Baseball amateur draft by the Chicago White Sox, the highest draftee in Malden history to that point. He was assigned to the South Bend (Ind.) White Sox in Low Single A. (Courtesy Photo) hen you have been around long enough, you have gone to some places, seen some things and met a whole bunch of people. With all the places I have been – especially chasing games all over the country, at all different levels of baseball – I have had so many experiences that sometimes I feel like I was in the “Forrest Gump” movie. I got another taste of that the other day when I started reading the stories about former Red Sox and present Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona and this being his last go-round season. Francona, of course, is expected to be a sure shot Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame inductee as soon as he is eligible, after leading the Red Sox to a pair of World Series Championships (2004, 2007 and almost a third!) and then 10 winning record seasons with the Cleveland Guardians. Through it all, Francona has battled personal problems (some of which unfairly were made public), lots of health issues and a shocking dismissal by the Sox after a 90-win 2011 season, when it was floated that he had supposedly “lost the clubhouse” due to some tough to deal with, high-paid louts who were masquerading as hardworking major leaguers. FRANCONA TODAY: Terry Francona is expected to announce his retirement after 10 seasons with the Cleveland Guardians. (Courtesy Photo) As Cleveland’s manager from 2012 to this season, Francona led the Guardians to division titles in 2016, 2017, 2018 and EHS SPORTS | SEE PAGE 17 Terry “Tito” Francona’s firstever professional baseball manager’s post was skippering the South Bend White Sox in South Bend, Indiana. One of his first players was Malden High School legend Carmine Cappuccio. (Courtesy Photo)
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