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Softball drops opener in thrilling last at bat

By LORENZO RECUPERO

Crimson Tide softball opened the season Monday, coming up just short as rival Revere High School pulled off the come-from-behind victory on their home field.

Tied, 4-4, in the seventh inning, with two strikes and two outs and a man on second base, Revere hit a timely double to drive in the winning run.

Revere opened the game with a first inning home run off of Celeste Fuccillo to take the lead before the Lady Tide (0-1) stormed back with a 4-run third inning, powered by senior Macayla Bessler’s 2-run double that scored runners Haley Oteri and Kayley Rossi. Bessler also scored a run of her own on a passed ball in the inning.

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Heading to new challenges, seniors looking forward

Senior Sami Lamothe takes off for a long touchdown run against Revere. May 7, 2021. (Photo by Jim Mahoney)

The Crimson Tide, led by a capable group of senior leaders, honored first-year head coach Robert DiLoreto with a relentless work ethic amid an undefeated season. A part of this year’s crop of football seniors has already decided where they will continue their education at the next level and it’s a point of joy for DiLoreto.

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Memorial Day

On Memorial Day, we, as a nation of free people, pay homage to those who have died fighting for the United States of America.

We have said this many times before on our editorial pages over the years, but it takes something special to sign one’s life away to the armed forces of the United States and to spill one’s blood and to make the ultimate sacrifice in faraway places.

Many of us cannot imagine the terror and the pain of such a loss thousands of families have faced with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We salute the bravery of those who served and who have died. We regret the loss of American lives in foreign lands.

We often ask ourselves, why do we put our soldiers, sailors, and flyers in harm’s way for others?

What does it get us?

In the Civil War, the Union was saved, and slavery wiped out. In World War 1, our intervention helped to conquer the Germans.

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Integrity on file

Integrity matters in Everett.

Integrity is on display during this election season. Who, running for mayor, has integrity and who doesn’t is going to be a critical issue for Everett voters.

It will be up to Everett voters to decide whether or not Gerly Adrien, Fred Capone, and the mayor have the integrity and honesty to serve the people of this city.

To this end, the Leader Herald will be exploring all three candidate’s pasts.
Each of them owns an individual narrative, a unique story to tell about their lives, their ups and downs, their inadequacies, their triumphs, and their failures.

If there is a dark side to them, we will explore it.

We will reveal what the public record has to show about Adrien, Capone, and the mayor.

Everett is in a tough political environment.

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Et Fini

This weekend marks the end of the state’s emergency measures connected with the pandemic for the past year of our lives.

We have followed the science here at the Leader Herald since the first reports of the outbreak. We have never regretted following the science and abiding by the restrictions that were heaped upon us.

We didn’t believe wearing a facemask was an intrusion on our rights as Americans.

We wore facemasks to stop the spread of the virus. We washed our hands. We socially distanced. We sacrificed vacations and holidays, personal moments with our families and friends.

Again, we followed the science.

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