THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, NOVEmbER 21, 2025 Page 11 Everett Crimson Tide volleyball captain Nicole Damaceno named GBL All-Star ac By Joe McConnell T he Everett High School volleyball team defeated Chelsea, Lynn English and Medford this fall to account for its three victories. They had other matches that were close calls like the 3-2 loss to non-league Saugus on Oct. 17. Coach Mike Fineran sees his program once again getting better and expects much more improved results come next year. But before putting a wrap on this season, Fineran announced that Nicole Damaceno was named a GBL all-star after leading this young team as its captain on and off the court this fall. Fineran says of Nicole: “It is a well-deserved honor for our captain, who appeared in every set for us this season. Over the last three years, she played in 57 varsity matches, including one state tournament appearance.” The Everett coach then went Nicole Damaceno GBL All-Star on to say that Damaceno led the team in total serves and in serve percentage this year with a 97% success rate that included 251 out of 260 serve attempts, and more than 77 of those serves were better than the second highest total on the team. She also had 31 aces, 34 kills – even though she was the team’s primary setter – and 5 blocks this year. In summation, it was truly a dominating performance that earned her this prestigious annual league honor. Overall, Damaceno fi nished her four-year scholastic volleyball career with 500 varsity serves. Tide football snaps losing streak with home win over Lawrence to end the season on an upbeat note With no Thanksgiving Day game again this year, DiLoreto hopes to end that drought starting in 2026 By Joe McConnell R ob DiLoreto’s return as the Everett High School football coach didn’t go as well as he would have liked it to go, but there were some positives to take from the team’s 3-7 2025 campaign. First of all, the Everett boys were able to break their seven-game losing streak last Friday night (Nov. 14) at Everett Memorial Stadium with a non-playoff home win against Lawrence, 19-14 to end the season on a successful note. Unfortunately, it’s over, because once again there is no Thanksgiving Day game for the Crimson Tide, but more on Lynn English on Oct. 25 to go along with the recent games against Revere (21-14, Oct. 31) and Cambridge (47-46, Nov. 7). Ending the season with that win over Lawrence could have a residual eff ect on next year’s team in terms of a confi dence that later on in this recap. It couldn’t have started off any better this year for the Crimson Tide. They had two great wins over Medford (34-7, Sept. 5) and Lynn Classical (42-6, Sept. 12). But of the seven losses that followed, four of them were competitive that could have gone either way. There was the 28-7 loss to BC High on Sept. 25, not to mention the 50-35 defeat to booster. “Our players were certainly proud to end the year with a win, especially at home,” said DiLoreto, “and were noticeably energetic throughout and after the Lawrence game (as a result of it).” DiLoreto also mentioned that he and his coaching staff were excited to see the seniors win SPORTS | SEE PAGE 14 C New Faces Across the Top of Lists for Greater Boston League Champions Revere unseats malden as GbL Field Hockey Champ; Lynn English wins fi rst GbL Football Crown By Steve Freker all it a true “changing of the guard” in the Greater Boston League this past fall. In every sport across the board, there is a new Greater Boston League (GBL) Champion this year from last year, something that does not occur as often as one might think. In Football, Lynn English rolled over all four opponents for a 4-0 GBL mark to claim its first League Championship since the “Lynns” and Revere came over to the GBL fi ve years ago. In Boys Soccer, Chelsea has been knocking on the door for the past three years… this year it got answered with a GBL title! For the past fi ve years, it has been either Revere or Somerville on top of the Boys Soccer roll call. Revere was the league champion in two of the last three years. The years that Revere or Somerville did NOT rule the GBL roost, they fi nished in second place to one another. Revere Boys Soccer DID fi nish tied for second place in the Greater Boston League with Lynn English at 7-3-4 in GBL play, and the Team LeagueOverall Lynn English 4-0 2-3 Revere 6-2 Somerville 3-2 6-2 Lynn Classical 3-5 2-3 2-5 Medford 1-3 3-5 Malden 1-3 2-6 BOYS SOCCER Team LeagueOverall Chelsea Lynn English Revere Somerville Everett Malden 10-2-1 12-4-2 7-3-4 7-3-4 6-5-3 6-6-2 5-5-4 7-5-5 9-4-5 8-7-4 6-8-4 6-7-5 Somerville Malden Lynn Classical Everett Revere Chelsea Everett Malden Patriots did qualify for the postseason at 7-5-5 overall In Boys Soccer, Everett and Malden had similar fates, both missing qualification for the MIAA State Tournament by just one game. Everett fi nished 2 points (2 pts./win, 1 pt./tie) out of the running, while it was even more agoni z ing for Malden: at 6-75 overall, only ONE standings point from state tourney status. For Malden, it was especially stinging since last season the Golden Tornados managed only one win all year and this season showed marked, dramatic improvement with the 6 wins and 5 ties. In Girls Soccer, Medford battled it out all season with Somerville, but won the two matches that counted the most, against the Highlanders, to finish unbeaten in league play at 13-0-1. Revere Field Hockey broke a title drought stretching back to 2019 and won the crown this year, unseating Malden, which won a GBL Championship in 2024 and was Greater Boston League co-Champ with Everett in 2023 and 2022. 2025 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE FALL SEASON STANDINGS FOOTBALL Lynn Classical Medford 2-10-3 2-10-3 1-11-2 3-12-2 GIRLS SOCCER Team LeagueOverall Medford 13-0-1 13-5-1 10-2-0 11-6-0 8-4-2 12-5-2 5-7-3 5-10-3 4-8-2 4-9-1 3-6-3 6-10-2 4-11-1 7-7-3 FIELD HOCKEY Team LeagueOverall Revere 2-0-1 2-1-1 0-3-0 5-7-1 5-11-1 1-11-1
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