Page 18 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, OCTObER 6, 2023 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE ROUNDUP: Everett is now the lone Division 1 GBL Football Team after realignment New this year, Malden drops from D-1 fi rst time ever, now in Division 3 with Revere, Lynn Classical, Lynn English By Steve Freker E verett has stood alone quite a bit in the Greater Boston League for most of the past three decades — and the modern era in general – when it comes to success on the gridiron. The Crimson Tide won a whopping 13 Division 1 Super Bowl State Championships under former Head Coach John DiBiaso Jr. from 1993-2017. The only other GBL teams to win a Super Bowl title in the past 50 years were Head Coach Silvio Cella and the Revere High Patriots in 1973 and Head Coach Armand Caraviello and the Medford High Mustangs in 1978. Everett has also had a monopoly on the GBL Football Championship for the past three decades, winning every one except two from 1993-2023. Cambridge upset Everett on Thanksgiving Day in 2002, clinching that year’s GBL title. Malden, under then Head Coach Joe Pappagallo, upset Everett on October 24, 2015, and won the GBL crown after clinching it with a win over Medford. All in all, alone at the top has been a frequent perch for the Everett High football team. Well, now they are definitely alone at the top in the Greater Boston League for another reason. The Tide is now the only Division 1 team left in the league ~ GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE STANDINGS ~ FOOTBALL Team GBL ALL PF PA 2-0 3-1 150 67 Everett Lynn Classical 2-0 3-1 124 71 Malden Medford Revere Lynn English 1-1 1-3 40 70 Chelsea 0-0 1-3 34 86 0-2 0-4 18 96 Somerville 0-3 0-4 20 178 BOYS SOCCER Team GBL ALL Somerville 5-1-1 7-2-1 Revere Medford Everett 5-2-1 5-2-1 4-1-1 4-3-1 4-3-1 5-3-1 REVERE IN THE MIX: The Revere High School Boys Soccer Team tied GBL leader Somerville on Tuesday, 1-1, and are just one game out of fi rst place in the GBL. From left: Revere High’s Luis Silva (6), Kenan Batic (4), captain JP Chavarria (18), Eric DeCarvalho (8), Kaue Alves (7) and, in front, junior captain Bryan Medina (8). after the newest Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) realignments for postseason football tournament play were announced. Last year, two of the eight GBL teams competed in the Eastern Mass. highest division, Everett and Malden. Not coincidentally, Everett and Malden are two of the winningest teams in the history of MIAA football, going back to the early 1900s. In fact, Everett is number 10 in THE NATION at 844-378 overall (since 1893). Malden dropped down two divisions to Division 3 for the fi rst time in its history for some basic reasons, according to Director of Athletics Charlie Conefrey. “One of the main reasons is that we are now aligned with schools in our own league of similar size and similar participation numbers in the sport,” said Conefrey, who also sits on the Board of Directors for the MIAA. With the shift to Division 3, Mike Sanristil is serving as captain for the Michigan Wolverines in his fi fth year of football in Ann Arbor. He is considered the best player to ever wear a Malden Pop Warner Football uniform who played high school football at Everett High. (Courtesy/Michigan Football) Malden is now in the same spot as Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Somerville and Revere. Medford dropped down to Division 4 this year and Chelsea moved up one division to Division 7. Size-wise, Everett has the largest enrollment in the GBL, followed by Revere, Lynn English, Malden, Somerville, Medford, Chelsea and Lynn Classical. Conefrey stressed the alignments were for playoff games and postseason considerations only, and would aff ect nothing as to GBL league play. The only GBL team that does not play a full league slate is Chelsea, which is allowed to pick the teams it wishes to play from the GBL – this year selecting Medford and Somerville only. “We are hoping to qualify for the postseason for the fi rst time since 2015 this year and then compete for the title in our new division,” Conefrey said. Revere High Boys Soccer Team just one game out of first-place in GBL standings; Everett boys close to top as well Revere High Boys Soccer is just one game and three goals out of fi rst place in the Greater Boston League race. Somerville sits atop the list at 5-11 in league play, while Revere is right behind at 5-2-1 in the league. Everett is the only team to have beaten Somerville this season – 2-1 in the season opener. Revere, which tied Somerville, 1-1, in their only meeting on Tuesday this week, put the Patriots right in the mix for the GBL crown. Everett, at 4-3-1 GBL, is right there for the league top spot as well. Everett has a split with Somerville, and a big one on its list is a home game with Revere on Thursday, October 12 at 4:15 p.m. Revere has a game to make up with Somerville before the season ends, a game which very well could decide this year’s GBL Boys Soccer Championship. All four top GBLers – Somerville, Revere, Medford (4-3-1 GBL also) and Everett – appear to be headed to postseason play at this point. Stay tuned. Former Malden Pop Warner star Mike Sanristil returns for 5th year of collegiate career at University of Michigan He’s probably the best player to ever don a uniform in the Malden Pop Warner Football program. Mike Sanristil, who played for five years in the Malden Pop Warner program and attended Malden Public Schools for eight years, before changing course and heading to Everett High for his high school career, is a fifthyear Wolverine and team captain for the University of Michigan. Already named a Big 10 “Defensive Player of the Week” for returning a Pick-6 interception in a Michigan win over Rutgers, Sanristil is projected to be at least a 6th round pick in the Lynn English 2-4-2 2-5-2 Chelsea Malden Team 2-2-1 2-3-1 2-6-0 2-6-0 Lynn Classical 0-5-1 0-7-1 GIRLS SOCCER GBL ALL Somerville 7-0-0 7-1-0 Lynn Classical 5-1-1 5-2-1 Revere Everett Medford Malden 4-0-0 5-0-0 3-4-0 3-4-0 1-2-1 1-4-1 0-4-0 2-5-0 Lynn English 0-4-0 0-5-0 Chelsea 0-5-0 0-6-0 FIELD HOCKEY Team Malden Everett Revere Team Everett Malden Medford Lynn English GBL ALL 2-0-0 4-3-1 1-0-0 2-8-0 0-3-0 1-8-0 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL GBL ALL Lynn Classical 8-0 8-1 Chelsea 3-1 3-1 6-3 6-3 5-3 6-5 2-5 3-5 1-3 1-3 Somerville 1-6 1-7 Revere 0-5 0-6 2024 NFL draft. If so, he would be the second Malden Pop Warner star and Malden resident to become an NFL pick in the past three years, joining present Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely in that elite group. Likely played for six years in Malden Pop Warner and three years at Malden High School before transferring GBL | SEE PAGE 20 1-0 1-3 60 106 1-1 2-2 54 74
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