Page 14 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, DECEmbER 30, 2022 Tide boys’ basketball goes back to the drawing board after two losses in BABC Tournament After this week’s learning experience, Everett gets ready for the home opener against Chelsea Tuesday night Tide junior Cleevance Erilus moves the ball up court during the Crimson’s Tide’s tournament game with BC High Tuesday. Everett High Head Coach Stanley Chamblain looks on during Everett’s tough loss to BC High during the winter tournament on Tuesday at Boston’s Cathedral High School. Everett’s Head basketball coach Stanley Chamblain looks on as Senior Kevin Ruiz is at the line for two. Everett’s Cleevance Erilus goes up for a basket. Everett’s Steven Cordero works to keep control of the ball as BC defenders close in. Everett’s Head basketball coach Stanley Chamblain signals his players from courtside on Tuesday. Everett Kevin Ruiz goes up for a basket as a guard from BC High School moves in from behind. By Joe McConnell A fter this week’s results in the annual BABC (Boston Amateur Basketball Club) Winter Tournament at Cathedral High School, Everett High School boys’ basketball coach Stanley Chamblain has a lot of teaching points for his young team to learn in practice, before the Greater Boston League (GBL) schedule resumes next week against Chelsea in the home opener Tuesday night (Jan. 3), starting at 7 p.m. The Crimson Tide (2-3) first lost to Boston College High Everett’s Kevin Ruiz does up for the basket for the Crimson Tide during their tournament game with BC High School. Everett’s David De Souza drives the ball past an Eagle defender. School in a blowout that began the two-day tournament on Dec. 27, and then Jeremiah Burke pinned an 82-53 loss on them the next day. The Burke encounter was a much more competitive battle well into the third quarter until Everett’s Boston counterpart started to pull away later in the game. “We have grown a lot in the early going, but there’s still more growth that needs to be made,” Chamblain said. “We have hit a wall, but now we have to find a way to break through it. We’re still a young team with only three players on the roster that have any Lian Santos Do Rosario of Everett moves the ball up court while looking for an open teammate. type of varsity experience before this year. “We have to learn to be more consistent, and also learn to take a punch, while learning how to punch right back, when the going gets tough in games,” the coach added. Kevin Ruiz paced the offensive attack against Burke with 17 points. He was Everett’s only double-digit scorer in this game. David De Souza led the team in scoring against the Eagles in the tourney opener with 10 points. But a couple of young stars, junior Cleevance Erilus and sophomore Jaden Hill, stepped Everett’s David De Souza moves the ball up court. (Advocate photos by Emily Harney) up this week with promising performances. Erilus had nine points against Burke, while playing at a high level on defense, and Hill, one of Chamblain’s developing young players, also enjoyed a good game with five rebounds, three steals and nine points. Chamblain remarked that his team has to get back to playing Everett basketball that emphasizes intense defense, which dictates the team’s running offense. “Right now, we have become a stagnant offense that stands around waiting to take a good shot,” he said. “We can’t look back at these two games. We have to look ahead to the new year, and our upcoming league games. We don’t want that sour feeling and that feeling of emptiness to linger, so we can get back to our brand of basketball, when the calendar flips to 2023.” After the aforementioned home opener against Chelsea on Tuesday night, the Tide will hit the road to take on Lynn Classical on Thursday night, before returning to the friendly confines of Everett High School to play host to Lynn English, one of the state’s top teams, on Tuesday, Jan. 10. All three games will begin at 7 p.m.
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