Page 16 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, DECEmbER 8, 2023 Crimson Tide girls’ basketball team suits up again to get ready for another postseason run Everett begins brand-new season next week against host malden, visiting Chelsea By Joe McConnell E verett High School (EHS) girls’ basketball coach Riley Dunn is excited to be back for another season along the Crimson Tide sidelines. Last year, her team finished up with a 10-10 regular season record, before losing to Weymouth, 57-33, in the first round of the Division 1 state tournament. Sophomores Casey Martinez and Katerin Landaverde; juniors Emilia Maria-Babcock, Clarice Alexis, Sonia Flores, Gerniah Boyce and Manal Bouhou; and seniors Gleidy Tejada Sanchez, MaliFOOTBALL| FROM PAGE 15 hard work and commitment to something bigger than you was great. I will also miss the games, and being able to have fun with the team in front of our friends and family.” It all started out for Zamor in the Everett Pop Warner League as an eight-yearold player on the E-team. “Throughout my Pop Warner FUTURE UNCLEAR | FROM PAGE 1 appeared the zoning language would be included in the budget agreement reached Thursday by top Democrats in the House and Senate, but the spending bill was delivered without the stadium language. In an online report this week, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz of Boston—the House’s lead person on the spending bill—said he opposed moving ahead with the zoning change at this time due to unanswered questions about the proposed soccer stadium’s impact overall. In the past several weeks, leading to the legislation’s finalization of negotiations on the spending bill, the stadium proposal has gotten pushback, from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, TD Garden and various land conservation advocates and groups. Mayor Wu expressed dismay that the city of Boston had not been included in any conversations leading up to promoca Guillaume, Malaica Guillaume, Kaesta Sandy and Taisha Alexandre make up this year’s varsity roster. Coach Riley is pleased with what she has on the varsity roster this season, particularly among the upperclassmen. “We have solid leadership in the senior and junior classes,” she said. Courtney Meninger is back as Dunn’s assistant varsity coach. Hailey Powers is also returning to her staff as the freshman coach. Alex Strempel (assistant varsity coach) and Ashley Fitzgerald (JV coach) have come onboard to fill out her staff this season. years, we made it to the playoffs a few times, but fell short of the championship. Back then, I played running back, quarterback, defensive end, wide receiver and outside linebacker,” he said. Zamor started playing football because of his older brother, Ish (Ismael). He was watching his big brother play, and he wanted to do it, as well. “I enjoy competing, and playtion of the stadium proposal, with the land parcel being just a few hundred yards of the city of Boston line. TD Garden representatives have consistently opposed the project on grounds it would potentially diminish its entertainment revenues, being located about a mile between sites. The primary opposition from the land conservation parties has been a position that the proposal and zoning should be taken up as a separate issue, a standalone with its own hearing— not as part of the supplemental budget bill. Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria and State Sen. Sal DIDomenico both expressed disappointment with the standstill regarding the stadium proposal, particularly due to the pledges from the Kraft Group to the city of Everett which would come with a new soccer stadium: — $5 million for a new Everett community center —$10 million earmarked for The Everett girls are scheduled to play two scrimmages this week. They went up against Central Catholic on Dec. 6 (after press deadline) before squaring off against Stoneham later today (Dec. 8) at home, starting at 5:30 p.m. The Tide will open up the regular season at Malden against the Golden Tornadoes next week – Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. They will return home to host Chelsea two days later, also at 6 p.m. “I’m just really excited to work with this group of coaches and players,” said Dunn. “They are hungry and are ready to go to work.” ing football is fun,” he said. “I also enjoy the mental aspect of the game. I appreciate all the different coaches I’ve had over the years. I’ve won two GBL [Greater Boston League] titles. Being dominant in the GBL has been great, and I’m thankful to have played on such dominant teams here in Everett.” Besides older brother Ish, Marie and Pierre are his parEverett’s Taisha Alexandre looked for a teammate during last year’s game against Revere. (Advocate file photo) ents, and Jerol, 13, is his younger brother, and they have lived on Russell Street for the past nine years after being moved around in the shelter system before finding their permanent home. “My older brother influenced my athletic career,” said Christian. “I started playing football because of him. I grew up working out with him.” Christian considers playing sports in Everett a privilege, and he loved contributing to the city’s successful history in the athletic arena, while adding, “It felt great to play in a city where people are so supportive of sports.” But now, he’s ready to move on, while also preferring to play his college football close to home somewhere in New England. Everett city and state officials were disappointed this week that language that would have removed a zoning designation from a 43-acre Everett land parcel, paving the way for a 25,000-seat soccer stadium for the New England Revolution MLS professional team, was left out of a $3.1 billion supplemental budget bill signed Monday by Gov. Healey after months of legislative turmoil. (Courtesy Photo) new affordable housing —The creation of a new, 4-acre public park on the site of the new stadium facility “I’m disappointed this language wasn’t included in the final bill,” Sen. DiDomenico said in a statement cited in an online report. “We have worked hard on this issue because as an environmental justice community we deserve something better than a polluted power plant on our waterfront. This is a transformational project and an economic catalyst for our area.” Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria, in an online report, said he will continue his advocacy for the project — and the zoning designation change—to state officials. “I continue to maintain the position that a privately-funded professional soccer stadium—which will invest millions into an historic remediation effort of a defunct power plant, provide economic mobility opportunities for our Everett residents, advance the region’s multi-modal transit network, and create much-needed access to the Mystic River—would be the best use of that portion of Everett’s waterfront,” Mayor DeMaria said in a statement. Sen. DiDomenico said in a report that he was still hopeful the legislature could still back the provision in the near future.
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