Page 16 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE–Friday, October 18, 2019 Tide rolls over Malden for fifth straight win, 36-6 Defense holds Tornadoes to 50 yards total offense, Somerville up next By Greg Phipps A s the old adage goes, nothing is a guarantee when it comes to high school football. That proved to be the case, at least through one half, last Friday night in Malden. The winless Golden Tornadoes reached halftime in a 6-6 deadlock with the highly favored Everett Crimson Tide. But the visiting Tide awoke and reeled off 30 unanswered points in the second half to walk away with a 36-6 win. The victory upped Everett’s mark to 5-1, having clinched a spot in the postseason tourney. Samy Lamothe turned out to be the biggest offensive weapon for the Tide, scoring two Rugged outside linebacker senior Junior Pamphile along with outstanding senior linebacker Jason Portillo team up to drop a Malden runner. (Advocate Photos by Mike Kearney) Defensive lineman senior Brutchel Hyppolite, senior linebacker Kamari Jones and junior defensive end Josaiah Stewart surround a Golden Tornadoes running back. touchdowns in the win. Everett has now outscored opponents, 94-6, since the second half of the Sept. 27 win over Brockton. In last Friday’s win, quarterback Duke Doherty ran 15 yards for a TD when he scrambled away from pressure, and Eli Auguste had a big game with a 67-yard run, a TD run and a returned interception for a score. All told, Everett outgained the Golden Tornadoes, 286-74. It turned to be a surprisingTide sophomore star running back Jayden Clerveaux finds a huge hole in Malden’s defensive line behind some nifty blocking. ly competitive contest, given that Malden had to forfeit last year’s game due to lack of players. The recent history between the two teams; however, isn’t all that one-sided. Malden scored a big upset win over the Tide back in 2015 As of this week, the Boston Globe still had the Tide ranked fifth overall in Eastern Mass. Everett head coach Theluxon Pierre and company now move on to face Somerville this Friday (scheduled 5 p.m. kickoff) at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Pierre has remarked that his team just wants “to keep improving and take it one game at a time” as the playoffs draw near. Entering last week’s game at Malden, Doherty had thrown for 800 yards so far this fall and almost 2,500 for his career. The kicking game also looks pretty efficient as placekicker Abraham Betancourth connected on all six of his PAT kicks in the 42-0 victory over Medford back on Oct. 4. Nifty junior wide receiver Tyrese Baptiste shakes off a Malden defensive back. Tide sophomore wide receiver Ismael Zamor returns an interception for a 14-yard touchdown.
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