Page 14 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 ~ GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE NOTEBOOK ~ EHS Football opens season tonight on road vs. #3 Xaverian; RHS Patriots Football opens regular season at home tonight hosting Peabody; MHS Football builds up numbers, eyes season/home opener on Sept. 16 vs. Whittier By Steve Freker I t’s a tall order and a top-shelf test, but second-year head coach Rob DiLoreto would not have it any other way. The longawaited 2021 season opener for the Everett High School football team is tonight on the road at #3-ranked Xaverian High School in Westwood. It’s a 7:00 p.m. kickoff for the Crimson Tide. Tonight’s game will be the marquee game of the weekend as Everett is also highly ranked, at #4 in the Globe Top 20 Poll. Xaverian won the Catholic Conference title in undefeated fashion in the shortened Fall 2 season this past spring and returns many of the players from that team. Four of Xaverian’s top players – Joe Kelcourse and Michael Oates, both running backs, and split end Carlo Crocetti as well as safety Anthony Busa – were included on the Herald’s “players to watch list.” Everett is led by seniors Ishmael Zamor (split end) and Jaylen Murphy (off ensive line) along with senior lineman Jaylen Biggi and running back J.C. Clerveaux. Interestingly, this will be Everett’s lone 7 p.m. kickoff of the regular season. It appears that the Greater Boston League (GBL) has moved its Friday night starting times back to 6 p.m. for all league games. **** Everett’s football schedule a lot diff erent than in past, due to enlarged GBL For the first time in many years, Everett’s schedule, aside from tonight’s season opener, looks a lot diff erent. Gone are the multiple marquee matchups with some of the top schools around the region. There’s a very good reason for that: There’s just no room! Due to the increase in size in the GBL, which now features eight teams, the space for non-league games has shrunk considerably. Starting next week with a home game versus GBLer Somerville on Friday, Sept. 17 at 6:00 p.m., it will be all-GBL games for Everett until Thanksgiving, when it begins a brand-new holiday rivalry, hosting Catholic Conference team St. John’s Shrewsbury at 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning. **** Photo by Matteo Catanese Revere opens tonight at home versus non-leaguer Peabody Head Coach Lou Cicatelli and the Revere High Patriots open the 2021 season tonight versus a longtime rival – which is now situated in a diff erent league. The Patriots will take on Northeastern Conference member Peabody tonight at Harry Della Russo Stadium with a 7:00 p.m. kickoff . This will be the fi rst game of the first official “full” GBL schedule for Revere, which joined the GBL offi cially in 2020. Revere Football’s four captains are Augusto Goncalves, Elmahdi Elkeaouakibi and Wilmer Rodriguez, who are all seniors, and Max Doucette, a junior. Revere is coming off a torrid We will never forget Today we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001. We also want to stretch where the Patriots have won 10 of their last 13 games over the 2019 full season and the Fall 2 season, which was played this past spring. **** Coach Exilhomme welcomes growing numbers as MHS football eyes Sept. 16 season opener First-year Malden High School head football coach Witche Exilhomme knew he would have to spend time “marketing” his Golden Tornado program within the walls of the school, and so far it is paying dividends. Coach Exilhomme said he is pleased with the growing numbers of MHS football players who have signed on since the start of preseason camp. “We need numbers to provide depth, and we need depth to create competition among ourselves for the top positions,” Coach Exilhomme said. “When you have a lot of competition, it makes for a more productive practice, and that is how we improve as a team.” Malden has a scheduled “bye” along with a number of other Eastern Mass. schools. The Tornado boys are eyeing a season opener set for next Thursday, Sept. 16 at Macdonald Stadium in Malden. The Golden Tornado squad will host Whittier Tech at 6:00 p.m. that night. “We have been working hard and doing a lot of teaching as coaches,” Coach Exilhomme said. “We will be ready for our opponent on Opening Night.” * Crack Repairing * Pot Hole Filling * Striping Handicapped Spaces * Free Estimates Tom’s Seal Coating Call Gary: 978-210-4012 WWW.EVERETTBANK .COM Member FDIC | Member DIF
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