One may forgive Xaverian coach Al Fornaro if he requested an Everett scorecard to see who’s teaching the Crimson Tide.
For the third time in his seven years on the helm, Fornaro will lead the Hawks into the season opener Friday night time (7:30 on the Hawk Bowl) towards an Everett group with a brand new coach in Justin Flores.
“Certainly it is easier when you go up against a team whose coach has been there for a while because you do know a lot of their tendencies,” Fornaro mentioned. “We know (Flores) comes in having coached in college and he has a new staff. We did exchange tapes so we’ll see what we can pick up from there.”
While Flores’ teaching resume is primarily on the school ranks, he is aware of how massive the annual Everett-Xaverian sport is. What he’s attempting to do is ensure that the sport doesn’t get too massive for his youthful gamers.
“We’ve been telling the kids to treat this like it’s just another game,” mentioned Flores, who spent six years teaching on the University of Maine. “We don’t want the highs to be too high and the lows too low.”
In final yr’s assembly, Xaverian was capable of so what it needed on offense en path to a 49-19 victory. Henry Hasselbeck made probably the most of his first begin at Xaverian, throwing for 226 yards and three touchdowns, together with a 44-yarder to Jonathan Monteiro to get the ball rolling.
“We just can’t let Xaverian get the big plays like they did last year,” Flores mentioned. “They’ve got a good offensive line and good skill players, so we have to be able to come up with big stops on defense.”
One of the large questions for Everett was who can be changing All-Scholastic Karmarri Ellerbe at quarterback and the reply is Carlos Rodriquez. He will benefit from throwing to a receiving corps led by BC-bound standout Christian Zamor.
In different high matchups this weekend, Brockton and Barnstable will probably be competing for the inaugural Copeland Cup Friday night time at Marciano Stadium. The cup is known as for Copeland Automotive proprietor Todd Copeland, who refers to each locations as his hometowns. In addition to the Cup, every college’s athletic division will obtain $5,000.
Central Catholic travels to Springfield Central in one of many higher nonleague Div. 1 matchups lately. Methuen is at Lincoln-Sudbury in an early showdown of high 10 packages, whereas defending Div. 1 state champion St. John’s Prep visits Marshfield.
Jim Kelliher begins his fiftieth and closing season as head coach at Abington with a troublesome early check towards visiting Cohasset. Milton is at Scituate, whereas King Philip hosts Walpole.
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