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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 2, 2021 ~ GBL Sports Notebook ~ Page 13 Former Everett record-setting QB Jonathan DiBiaso joins Coaching Staff at Vanderbilt Legendary Lynn English basketball coach Antonio Anderson stepping down after 4 years, 2 State Titles Revere’s Calvin Boudreau a throwback ‘athlete for all seasons’ Malden’s Alayans are a brother-sister duo on the basketball court this season By Steve Freker I t looks like that “it’s in the genes” adage is right on the money when it comes to the post-high school football rise of Everett’s Jonathan DiBiaso. After a three-year stint as a graduate assistant on the staffs of two big-time college football head coaches, the former record-setting Everett High quarterback is in the midst of a new adventure. DiBiaso was named as assistant coach for Vanderbilt University football in Nashville, Tenn., in February, where he is serving on the staff of first-year head coach Clark Lea, who was appointed in December. DiBiaso has spent the past three years working on the offensive side of the ball and handling some recruiting chores for the Boston College Eagles: two years under former BC head man Frank Spaziani and then retained this past season by first-year Eagle head coach Jeff Hafley. At Vanderbilt, DiBiaso is working as an offensive analyst under offensive coordinator David Raih, who came to Vandy after seven seasons in the pro ranks with the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals. DiBiaso is the son of legendary former Crimson Tide Head Coach John DiBiaso, who is regarded by more than a few high school football watchers as one of the best coaches in Massachusetts history, with over 300 victories and 10 MIAA Super Bowl Championships, nine of them at Everett High. At Everett, the younger DiBiaso smashed every single-season and career passing record in existence for the storied Crimson Tide program, leading Everett to a pair of Super Bowl wins in his junior and senior years in 2010 and 2011. DiBiaso, who threw a school and state record 103 TD passes in his career, helped lead the Crimson Tide to a 25-0 record and back-to-back Super Bowl titles in his junior and senior years. He was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Football Player following his senior year. He played a year of college football at Dartmouth College in the Ivy League and then two years at Tufts University in Medter taking the reins of the Lynn English boys’ basketball program, Head Coach Antonio Anderson announced Wednesday he is stepping down and moving on. He will depart at the end of this season and move on to become the head coach at Springfield Commonwealth Academy (SCA) in Springfield, Mass. SCA plays a regional and at Jonathan DiBiaso threw a school and state record 103 TD passes in his high school football career at Everett. (Courtesy Photo) times, national schedule. The team did not play this past season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in the 2019-2020 season, the squad went 30-7 overall. In four seasons, Anderson led the Lynn English Bulldogs to consecutive State Championships in 2018-19 and 2019-20, four Northeastern Conference (NEC) titles, a 69-9 overall record and an .880 winning percentage, one of the best all-time for a Mass. coach in state history. “This was obviously a very Jonathan DiBiaso in February was named as assistant coach on the staff at Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference. (Courtesy/Vanderbilt Football) tough decision for me because I’ve loved my time here at English, and helping people from Lynn means more to me than anything,” said Anderson, a Lynn Tech Hall of Famer, a former UMemphis and NBA player, in a Daily Item report. “I just want to thank everyone in the English community, from the administration to my fellow coaches to all the players who have been here, for making my time here so incredible. Without all of them, none of this would have been possible.” Anderson was hired prior Calvin Boudreau is a threesport student-athlete and three-sport captain for Revere High. He starts his senior year in football immediately, after concluding his basketball career this week. (Courtesy Photo) ford. DiBiaso earned a bachelor of arts in Italian at Tufts and a master’s degree in Athletic Administration at Boston College. Good luck, Jonathan! Coach Anderson departing Lynn English after 4 years at helm, 2 State Crowns Four years and two MIAA Division 1 State Championships afto the 2017-2018 season and tasked with rebuilding the program following the death of former coach Mike Carr midway through the 2016-2017 season. Anderson’s impact was felt immediately, as he helped lead the Bulldogs to a 16-4 record and a berth in the Div. 1 North tournament. After one tournament win that first year, the Bulldogs came back in 2018-2019 and went 18-2 before winning their first state championship since 1939. They came right back in 2019-2020, going 18-2 again before making it all the way back to the state title game. The game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Bulldogs were named co-state champions. As for this season, English Ali Alayan (with ball) is part of a brother-sister Malden High basketball duo this season. (Courtesy Photo) went a perfect 5-0 in the season then was top seed (and a “bye”) in the Greater Boston League playoffs. They await an opponent for today in the GBL semifinals. ‘Throwback’ three-sport athlete Calvin Boudreau is also a three-sport captain for Revere High Call him a “throwback” to other days when it was more common for student-athletes at Revere High and other schools throughout the Greater Boston League to play a different sport in all three of the seasons: fall, winter and spring. Patriots senior Calvin Boudreau, a talented 6-1, 185 athlete, is not only playing all three seasons – he is playing all three seasons in a row! This week Boudreau is finishing up his “winter” season on the RHS varsity boys’ basketball team as a swing man. On Saturday, Boudreau puts away his sneakers and puts on football cleats as the two-year starting quarterback joins his teammates who have been practicing for the past week at Dello Russo Stadium. After the football season ends in mid-May, Boudreau will finish his Revere athletic career as a first baseman for the Patriots’ baseball squad. To top it all off, Boudreau is serving as a senior captain in all three seasons! Way to go, Calvin! Good luck as you finish your “throwback” senior year. Ali and Yasmine Alayan are brother-sister tandem this season for Malden High Boys and Girls Basketball While no spectators have Yasmine Alayan is her third season as a varsity player as a junior for Malden High. (Courtesy/MHS Blue and Gold) Lynn English boys’ basketball Head Coach Antonio Anderson is heading out to a new adventure at the end of his first (and only) season in the Greater Boston League. (Courtesy Photo) been allowed this season for Greater Boston League sporting events, one exception has been in Malden. There is a brother-sister duo performing for the Golden Tornados girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball teams. Senior captain Ali Alayan is in his first year as a regular starter for head coach Don Nally’s Malden High boys’ team. His younger sister, Yasmine Alayan, is a junior starter RECORD-SETTING | SEE PAGE 14

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