THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 27, 2023 Page 13 Meet the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Eagles Girls’ Varsity Basketball team Players, who hail from Saugus, are: Bailey DeLeire and Olivia Neal, respectively. Led by Head Coach Rick Pulsifer, the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Eagles Girls’ Basketball team — Back row, pictured from left to right: Bailey DeLeire, Breana Nansamba, Eduore Desire, Abigail Ssewankambo, Sylvie Laferber, Rim Badaoui, Aya Abassi and Head Coach Rick Pulsifer. Front row, pictured from left to right: Sofia Blandino, Venicia Montina, Vanydia Montina, Anna Luiza Batista, Mary Tayag, Oiki Guo, Josephine Tu and Olivia Neal. Not present: Rachael Norteus and Assistant Coach Jack Haverty. The lone Revere player is: Aya Abassi. Players, who hail from Everett are, pictured from left to right: Eudore Desire, Mary Tayag and Sofia Blandino. Players, who live in Malden, pictured from left to right: Breana Nansamba, Vanydia Montina, Venicia Montina and Rim Badaoui. Seniors, pictured from left to right: Jojo Tu, Sofia Blandino and Eudora Desir during Wednesday’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School girls’ varsity basketball game against KIPP Academy. MVRCS Swim teams excel over Blue Hills M Story & Photo by Emily Brennan ystic Valley Regional Charter School (MVRCS) girls Jason Yan, a Saugus resident shown swimming the 200 IM. and boys swim hosted Blue Hills Regional Technical School on Friday afternoon (Jan. 13). After competing just two days prior against Innovation/Nashoba/ Lowell Catholic, the Eagles were able to get team wins on both the boys’ and girls’ sides, with a final score of 86-71. “The swimmers…baffle me each meet with their improvements and time drops,” said Head Coach Andrew DiGiacomo. “We have a huge meet this Monday against Wayland, Triton, and Nantucket which we hope will catapult us into the championship season. It is exciting to see the contributions from the younger swimmers on both the boys’ and girls’ sides.” For the boy’s team, Aiden Acuna Rosa continued to lead the team, as he took first place in both the 100 Free and 500 Free, clocking in times of 49.02 and 5:16.30, respectively. Jaden Anthony had a historic victory in the 500 Free, as he would finish on Rosa’s heels with a state cut time of 5:18.82. The effort by Anthony earned him a top fifth swim in MV history. Other event winners included Jeremy Cheng, Dylan Phan, Lucas Freitas and Kevin Sodeyama Cardoso in the 200 Free Relay (1:37.96), Anthony in the 50 Free (24.49), Sodeyama Cardoso in the 100 Fly (58.85) and Jason Yan in the 100 Back (58.82.). For the girls, Isabella Cirame continues to shine, as she swam a lifetime best of 1:07.02 in the 100 Back. Khloe Co was also able to secure a lifetime best, as she clocked in at 1:08.09 in the 100 Fly. Britney Nayiga placed fifth in the 100 Free, but her time of 58.76 was another sectional cut for the girls’ team. To this point, the girls have more sectional and state cuts than any girls’ team in history. Other event highlights for the girls included the 400 Free Relay team of Lana Albuquerque, Nayiga, Lucia Antonucci and Cirame taking second place with a time of 4:09.84.
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