Page 14 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2021 Everett Kiwanis Club 2nd annual Frank Mastrocola Memorial Bocce Tournament Held at the Sons of Italy Bocce Courts in Methuen Saturday, November 6 Everett Kiwanian Frank Mastrocola is shown presenting the second prize check to the Bocce Boys team, from left; Bocce Boys team: Carmine Matarazzo, left, Giuseppe Matarazzo far right, and their teammates. Everett Kiwanians Anthony Cataldo, Frank Mastrocola, Rocco Longo and Pio Frittitta of the Sons of Italy in Methuen. A participant of the tourney with his raffle prize. WINNERS: Team Lenny and the Jets are presented with their First Prize check by Everett Kiwanian Frank Mastrocola, from left, Lenny Christopher, James Famolare, Ron Demers and George Ploueff. FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 13 senior delivered... again. Just three plays into the second half, the second-leading scorer in the state blasted over left end, escaped several Ranger would-be tacklers and sprinted 82 yards to give Everett a 14-9 lead, after the PAT kick. Less than a minute had ticked off the second-half game clock. If that was Everett’s proverbial shot at “punching Methuen in the mouth” – the Rangers took the blow and answered back with one of their own. Methuen gave Everett, which has had a “run first, possess the ball” offense all year under DiLoreto, a taste of its own game plan. Ranger Head Coach Tim Ryan went “beach attack” himself – 13-of16 running plays, 8:15 of game time and a Methuen touchdown opened a 2-yard gain by, who else, Muniz, with 3:12 left in the third quarter. Methuen took back the lead in third quarter Methuen opted for the twopoint conversion and got it, on a Kevin Silverio run, to take back the lead at 17-14. Another season first for Everett was allowing a 2-point conversion score. Of course, what had been a perceived mismatch turned heavyweight contender bout continued. Everett pounded away itself, using Clerveaux’s and Cam Mohammed’s legs to carry an 11-play drive of its own into the fourth quarter and retake the lead when Mohammed bulled into the end zone from 10 yards out with 10:55 left to play in the game to bounce back ahead, 20-17. Clerveaux banged in for the 2-point conversion – 22-17 Everett. Everett’s starters were out on the field for the first time since the opening day win over Xaverian, nearly two months since they’d seen action this late in a game. Everett’s considerable size advantage and depth seemed like it would be the deciding factor as the Tide kept bashing away offensively, but Methuen’s “D” would not give in. “There were a few times when I thought we were ready to pack it in, but the kids showed so much resiliency,” Methuen coach Tom Ryan said in an online report. “It was a miraculous performance. We were undersized and undermanned, and our kids didn’t care.” Sophomore QB Eason delivered for the Rangers late Trailing 22-17 with under seven minutes to play, the 10th grader Eason went right back to work. Against the vaunted Everett secondary, his hit on passes of 14 and then 36 yards to Silverio. On the next play, Eason was hit hard and quieted the Ranger crowd when he had to leave the game for a couple of plays. Methuen was deep in Everett territory and backup QB Silverio handed off twice for no gain at the Tide 12-yard line. Eason then returned behind center and on the next play, faked a run play handoff to Silverio and then threw an absoFOOTBALL | SEE PAGE 15
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