EBHS Archived Winter Sports Media Guide

TO THE JETS 2017-18 WINTER SPORTS SEASON

Our teams are ready for another exciting winter sports season! Our EAST BOSTON
student-athletes have invested time, energy and effort so they could
achieve their goal of representing our school. 2017-18 MEDIA GUIDE

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2017-18 INTRO & COACHING STAFF 2017-18 VARSITY SCHEDULE

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

LAST SEASON WAS THE FIRST STAGE 12/8 Fri Excel East Boston HS 5:30pm
OF RIGOROUS REBUILDING FOR THE
12/12 Tue Snowden McCormick HS 5:30pm
JETS BASKETBALL TEAM. The team
12/14 Thu Madison Park Madison Park HS 6:00pm
that lacked such experience comes back
this season returning 6 seniors including 2016 Team 12/18 Mon Malden Catholic East Boston HS 5:30pm
MVP Anthony Louis, rebounding machine Richard
Bynum and Sharp Shooters Jose Bey and Justin Alvelo. 12/20 Wed New Mission New Mission HS 5:00pm
Sophomore Mike Celestin and Junior Mike Pujols had
productive years last season and will look to control 12/30 Sat Malden Catholic Malden Catholic HS 1:30pm
the ball handling duties. Newcomers Jairo Romero and
Rashaun Brown will add more depth and size to the 1/4 Wed CASH East Boston HS 4:30pm
team as well.
1/9 Tue Fenway Hennigan HS 5:00pm
I am excited to see what new beginnings this year will
bring. Our guys been working hard on their game to get 1/11 Thu Brighton Brighton HS 5:00pm
better and we have new guys looking forward to playing
some big roles for us. Last year we didn’t really have 1/18 Thu West Roxbury East Boston HS 5:00pm
anyone with varsity experience but this year we bring
back many returners. This year we will thrive by the 1/21 Sat Hope (RI) Hope HS TBA
motto “10 toes in, not 5,” meaning everyone is all in
100% committed and willing to do whatever it takes for 1/24 Wed O’Bryant O’Bryant HS 5:30pm
us to be learn and grow as a unit and ultimately have a
successful year. 1/26 Fri Charlestown East Boston HS 5:00pm

2017-18 COACHING STAFF 1/31 Wed Latin Academy Latin Academy 5:00pm

Mike Rubin // VARSITY HEAD COACHH 2/2 Fri Brighton East Boston HS 5:00pm

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Tournament appearance in school history. He was named MASCAC Tournament MVP in his 2/13 Tue Tech Boston East Boston HS 5:00pm
junior season and fi nished his career with over 1000 points and one of the nation’s top scorers.
He is the son of former legendary coach and Head Master Mike Rubin. 2/19 Mon Waltham HS Tournament Waltham HS TBA

Coach Rubin is currently in his third year at East Boston High School as a cluster substitute and 2/20 Tue Waltham HS Tournament Waltham HS T
second year as Head Coach of the Boy’s Basketball Team. Before coming to East Boston he 2/21-22 BA
spent a year coaching Junior Varsity Basketball at Quabbin Regional High School. He is looking Wed-Thu City Championships TBA
forward to gearing the basketball program in a successful direction for years to come. T
In his spare time Coach Rubin is still actively involved in playing the game as he is a member BA
of various men’s leagues and tournaments across the state. He also instructs youth basketball
camps for ASA Hoops. HOME GAME AWAY GAME TOURNAMENT

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JV HEAD COACH

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2017-18 VARSITY ROSTER & SENIORS 2017-18 VARSITY CAPTAINS & COACHES

VARSITY ROSTER # NAME CAPTAINS (L-R): Patrick Aiken Jr., Richard Bynum

# NAME 15 Rahsaun Brown

2 Maikel Pujols 20 Josue Diaz

4 Michael Celest 21 Patrick Aiken
in Jr
.
5 Anthony Louis
23 Jayden Shepherd
10 Richard Bynum
30 Jose Bey
12 Maicor Brito
32 Miguel Restrepo
13 Richard Sanchez

14 Jairo Romero

VARSITY SENIORS

5 Anthony Louis 1 0 Richard Bynum 1 2 Maicor Brito 2 1 Patrick Aiken Jr. COACHES (L-R): Patrick Aiken Sr., Mike Rubin

SR SR SR SR “Great players are willing to give
up their own personal achievement
2 3 Jayden Shepherd 3 0 Jose Bey for the achievement of the group.
It ENHANCES everybody.”
S R. SR
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO 2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO

COACHES (L-R): Coach Mike Rubin, Coach Patrick Aiken Sr FRONT ROW (L-R): Jose Bey 30, Patrick Aiken Jr. 21, Anthony Louis 5, Richard Bynum
10, Jayden Shepherd 23, Maicor Brito 12
SECOND ROW DOWN (L-R): Richard Sanchez 13, Rahsaun Brown 15

BACK ROW (L-R): Josue Diaz 20, Miguel Restrepo 32, Michael Celestin 4, Maikel Pujols
2, Jairo Romero 14

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2017-18 JUNIOR VARSITY

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH

AS THE HEAD JV COACH MY GOAL IS TO MOTIVATE THE YOUNGER
PLAYERS to succeed both on the court and in the classroom. We plan to
raise them to be leaders in order to adequately prepare them for the real
world after high school. Many of our players from the previous year will
no doubt be moved to Varsity and although we lost some of our seniors
I am very excited to see how the returners will handle this new responsibility given this
opportunity they’ve been handed.

The Returners will set the tone for the new arrivals that will need to prove themselves
when the stage is set.

I am looking forward to a great Season and reuniting with all the returning players this
fall. I am anxious to see how they all have improved and how they’ve expanded their
playing ability.

# NAME # NAME COACHES:
2 Joshua McDonough 12 Adonis Nunez Obi Dimunah, Mike Rubin,
2 John Festa 13 Xavier Canates
4 Ovalid Bentoumi Patrick Aiken Sr.
5 Nick Festa 14 Dario Russo
10 Willie Jones 15 Antonio Ross BACK ROW (L-R): Ovalid
11 Joshua Crawford 20 Jose Rueben Bentoumi 4, Antonio Ross
23 Jean Bermudez 15, Jose Rueben 20

MIDDLE ROW (L-R): JUNIOR VARSITY
Dario Russo 14, John
Festa 2, Willie Jones 10,
Xavier Canates 13

FRONT ROW (L-R):
Jean Bermudez 23, Joshua
Crawford 11, Joshua
McDonough 2, Nick Festa
5, Adonis Nunez 12

DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

12/8 Fri Excel East Boston HS 4:00pm 1/21 Sat Hope (RI) Hope HS TBA
12/12 Tue Snowden McCormick HS 4:00pm 1/24 Wed O’Bryant O’Bryant HS 4:00pm
12/14 Thu Madison Park Madison Park HS 4:00pm 1/26 Fri Charlestown East Boston HS 3:30pm
12/18 Mon Malden Catholic East Boston HS 4:00pm 1/31 Wed Latin Academy Latin Academy 3:30pm
12/20 Wed New Mission New Mission HS 3:30pm 2/2 Fri Brighton East Boston HS 3:30pm
12/30 Sat Malden Catholic Malden Catholic HS 12:00pm 2/7 Wed O’Bryant East Boston HS 3:00pm
1/11 Thu Brighton Brighton HS 3:30pm 2/9 Fri Charlestown Charlestown HS 5:30pm
1/18 Thu West Roxbury East Boston HS 3:30pm 2/13 Tue Tech Boston East Boston HS 3:30pm

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BaskeA G UI DE T O tball Positions

DEFENSIVE POSITIONS Shooting Guard (SG): The shooting guard in basketball
has the main responsibility of making long outside shots
There are two main types of including the three-point shot. The shooting guard also
defensive basketball strategies: should be a good passer and able to help the point
zone and man-to-man. guard with the ball handling. Shooting guards are often
the top scorer on a team. Perhaps the best shooting guard in
MAN-TO-MAN: In man-to-man the history of basketball was Michael Jordan. Jordan could do it
all, from scoring to defense to rebounding. It’s this versatility that
defense each player is responsible makes a great shooting guard, but all shooting guards should be
able to extend the defense with their outside shot.
to cover one player on the other
team. They follow this player Center (C): The center is usually the biggest or tallest
member of the basketball team. In the NBA, many
wherever they go on the court. centers are 7 feet tall or taller. The center can be a

ZONE: In zone defense, players have big scorer, but also needs to be a strong rebounder and
shot blocker. On many teams the center is the fi nal line of
certain positions or areas of the defense. Many of basketball’s greatest players (Wilt Chamberlain,
Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal) have been
court they cover. The guards usually centers. A strong center presence was long considered the only
play at the top of the key with the way to win an NBA championship. In modern times, many teams
forwards playing closer to the basket have won with other great players (Michael Jordan), but a strong
and on opposite sides. The center center is still a prized basketball position on any basketball team.
usually plays in the middle of the key.
However, there are a wide variety of Point Guard (PG): The point guard is the team leader
zone defenses and combinations of and play caller on the basketball court. A point guard
zone and man-to-man that basketball needs good ball handling skills, passing skills as well as
teams play. Teams will often switch strong leadership and decision making skills. Traditionally
defenses around during a basketball basketball point guards were small, fast players and this
is still often the case. However, Magic Johnson changed the way
game to see which works best point guards were used. He was a big 6-8 player that used his
height and size to get great passing angles. Magic’s success has
against a particular opponent. opened the door for all sorts of point guards. The key to a strong
point guard today is leadership, passing, and running the team.

Power Forward (PF): The power forward on a basketball
team is usually responsible for rebounding and some
scoring in the paint. A power forward should be big and

strong and able to clear out some space under the
basket. Many great power forwards in the game today
do not score a lot of points, but lead their team in rebounds.
Power forwards are often good shot blockers as well.

Small Forward (SF): Along with the shooting guard, the
small forward is often the most versatile player on the
basketball team. They should be able to help with ball

handling, make an outside shot, and get rebounds. The
small forward is often a great defensive player as well. The
combination of height and quickness can allow them to defend a
number of positions and take on the best scorer on the opposing
team. On many teams today the small forward and the shooting

guard are almost the same position and are called “wing” players.

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2017-18 INTRO & COACHING STAFF 2017-18 VARSITY SCHEDULE

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

LAST SEASON, THE LADY JETS 12/13 Wed West Roxbury West Roxbury HS 4:00pm
BASKETBALL TEAM FINISHED WITH 12/15 Fri Boston United East Boston HS 5:30pm
A RECORD OF 7-11, and graduated 12/20 Wed New Mission East Boston HS 5:00pm
the team’s leading scorer and senior 12/28 Thu Madison Park Madison Park HS 1:30pm
leaders. This year, it remains to be seen who will step 1/10 Wed West Roxbury East Boston HS 4:00pm
and lead the charge for the team. The ladies will be 1/12 Fri Brighton East Boston HS 5:00pm
relying on the experience of seniors Deandra Russo, 1/13 Sat Carver East Boston HS 1:30pm
Luisa Uribe-Marín, Yuliet Uribe-Marín & Juliane Jorge. 1/16 Tue Madison Park East Boston HS 5:00pm
These young ladies have made huge contributions in 1/18 Thu Boston United Jackson Mann HS 5:30pm
the past, and they will be leading the way again this year. 1/19 Fri CASH CASH 3:30pm
1/24 Wed JD O’Bryant East Boston HS 5:00pm
We are hoping to continue with the success we have 1/26 Fri Fenway Hennigan 5:00pm
been trying to build over the past few years. With the 1/29 Mon Snowden East Boston HS 4:30pm
hard work these young ladies have been giving to 1/31 Wed Latin Academy East Boston HS 5:00pm
their team, we should be able to make more progress 2/2 Fri Brighton Brighton HS 5:00pm
this season, hopefully making our return to the state 2/7 Wed JD O’Bryant JD O’Bryant HS 5:00pm
tournament. The Lady Jets basketball team will face 2/9 Fri Fenway East Boston HS 5:00pm
some challenges, but we have a group who is willing 2/13 Tue Tech Boston Tech Boston HS 5:30pm
to get the job done.
HOME GAME AWAY GAME TOURNAMENT
2017-18 COACHING STAFF
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Jason Harris // VARSITY HEAD COACH

Coach Harris was born and raised in Boston, specifi cally in Roxbury and Grove Hall. He is
also a graduate of East Boston High School, where he was a member of the 1999 Division II
State Championship basketball team, and member of the track team, where he qualifi ed for
the Massachusetts State Meet in the high jump. Coach Harris received his BA in Spanish from
Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Georgia, and his MA in Spanish from Middlebury College, in
Middlebury, Vermont.

Coach Harris is going into his 13th season coaching basketball here at East Boston High School.
He spent 3 years as an assistant for the Boys’ basketball team, and has spent the last 10 years
working with the Girls’ basketball team. For 5 years, he was Mr. Brangiforte’s assistant on the
girls team, and then became the head coach, when Mr. Brangiforte became head master. Coach
Harris was awarded 2013-2014 North Division Coach of the Year in the city of Boston, nearly
leading the team to the state tournament for the fi rst time in a number of years. The girls made
the state tournament for the fi rst time in more than ten years during the 2015-2016, and are
continuing to look to build towards having a strong and successful program.

In Coach Harris’ free time, he enjoys playing basketball, watching and supporting the Boston
sports teams, traveling, and spending time with his loved ones, especially his family - son Jason,
Jr. (3) and girlfriend, Channa.

Tyrone Figueroa

JV HEAD COACH

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2017-18 VARSITY ROSTER & SENIORS 2017-18 VARSITY CAPTAINS & COACHES

VARSITY ROSTER # NAME CAPTAINS (L-R): Luisa Uribe, Juliane Jorge

# NAME 11 Yuliet Uribe
15 Nicolette Brangiforte
1 Jennifer Pimentel 20 Luisa Uribe
2 Rajai Ferguson 21 Gabriella Almeida
3 Alexandria Day 23 Yesly Elias
4 Juliane Jorge 25 Liandra Torres
5 Szarita Comer
10 Rina Martelli

SENIORS

4 Juliane Jorge 1 0 Rina Martelli 1 1 Yuliet Uribe 2 0 Luisa Uribe COACHES (L-R): Myles Layne, Jason Harris, Tyrone Figueroa

SR SR SR SR “You can’t always be the strongest
or most talented or most gifted
2 1 Gabriella Almeida 2 3 Yesly Elias 2 4 Angie Ramirez 2 5 Liandra Torres person in the room, but you can be
the MOST COMPETITIVE.”
SR SR
-Pat Summit

SR SR

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2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO 2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO

COACHES (L-R): Myles Layne, Jason Harris, Tyrone Figueroa FRONT ROW (L-R): Yesly Elias 23, Gabriella Almeida 21, Juliane Jorge 4, Luisa Uribe
20, Yuliet Uribe 11, Liandra Torres 25, Rina Martelli 10
BACK ROW (L-R): Nicolette Brangiforte 15, Jennifer Pimentel 1, Szarita Comer 5, Rajai
Ferguson 2, Alexandria Day 3

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2017-18 JUNIOR VARSITY 2017-18 JUNIOR VARSITY

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH

AS A JUNIOR VARSITY COACH, I FEEL
THAT MY JOB IS VERY IMPORTANT
and plays a key role in the success of
our Varsity team. It is my job to teach our
young athletes the basic fundamentals of basketball
as well as characteristics of being team players, and
leaders. Last year, our Varsity team lost key players all
over the fl oor ranging from the point guard position to
our defensive presence at center. We will be looking
for players to step up and lead the Lady Jets to the City
championship tournament and playoffs.

# NAME # NAME JUNIOR VARSITY
1 Jessica Hem 15 Naylene Rivera
2 Jasmine Rigueur 23 Shyann Gore
3 Karen Bonilla 24 Angie Ramirez
4 Kimmy Vo 25 Yaritza Zelaya
5 Kiana Pol 30 Adela Elias
10 Meghan Kinney
11 Briana Brancato 31 Kaelyn Gilbert
42 Delila Rodrigues
13 Fabianna Di Censo
FRONT ROW (L-R): Naylene Rivera 15, Briana MIDDLE ROW (L-R):Jason Harris, Myles Layne, BACK ROW (L-R): Fabianna Di Censo 13, Delila
Brancato 11, Angie Ramirez 24, Meghan Kimmy Vo 4, Jasmine Rigueur 2, Jessica Hem Rodrigues 42, Shyann Gore 23, Kaelyn Gilbert
Kinney 10, Kiana Pol 5 1, Karen Bonilla 3 31, Adela Elias 30, Yaritza Zelaya 25

DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

12/15 Fri Boston United East Boston HS 4:00pm 1/18 Thu Boston United Jackson Mann HS 4:00pm
12/20 Wed New Mission East Boston HS 3:30pm 1/24 Wed JD O’Bryant East Boston HS 3:30pm
12/28 Thu Madison Park Madison Park HS 12:00pm 1/31 Wed Latin Academy East Boston HS 3:30pm
1/12 Fri Brighton East Boston HS 3:30pm 2/2 Fri Brighton Brighton HS 3:30pm
1/13 Sat Carver East Boston HS 12:00pm 2/7 Wed JD O’Bryant JD O’Bryant HS 3:30pm
1/16 Tue Madison Park East Boston HS 3:30pm 2/13 Tue Tech Boston Tech Boston HS 4:00pm

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SWIM 12/13 Wed Revere HS Paris St EB SWIM
Paris St EB
2017-18 INTRO & COACHING STAFF 12/15 Fri Archbishop Williams Paris St EB 2017-18 SCHEDULE
Paris St EB
A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH 12/19 Tue Minuteman Reg Mystic Valley TIME
O’Bryant HS
THE 2016-2017 SWIM SEASON 1/3 Wed Northeast Reg Tech Randolph HS 4:00pm
WAS AN OUTSTANDING ONE Medford HS 3:30pm
FOR THE AQUAJETS. Our overall 1/8 Mon Malden Catholic Medford HS 4:00pm
record was 5-6. One might look Paris St Pool 4:00pm
at that record and ask what was 1/12 Fri O’Bryant O’Bryant HS 3:15pm
outstanding about that. The 3:15pm
AquaJets compete in Division I swimming and the 1/17 Wed Randolph 4:00pm
competition is formidable each and every meet. The 7:00pm*
2016-2017 team broke records in 6 different events 1/19 Fri Arlington Catholic 4:00pm
and 8 records overall. Fourteen of these talented 3:00pm
swimmers graduated, more than any team at Eastie 1/23 Tue Medford 3:30pm
and the team’s forecast for the 2017-2018 season
is stormy. It will be very diffi cult to match last year’s 1/26 Fri Latin Academy *4pm start is an option
accomplishments. No matter what the AquaJets record
is this season you will see them give all they have in 2/1 Thu City Championship
the pool and you will see their “humility” shine through.

2017-18 COACHING STAFF

Dave Arinella // HEAD COACH

Coach Dave Arinella is a 1970 East Boston HS graduate where he was a student athlete and
the Valedictorian of the class. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1974 where he was
also a student athlete.

Coach Dave’s coaching career with Eastie swimming began in 1976 as an assistant head coach.
In 1980 he became the head coach and this season he enters his 38th consecutive season as
coach of the AquaJets. Since he is the longest serving coach at Eastie he has been given the
title of “The Dean of Coaches”.He is also the longest serving head coach in BPS for consecutive
seasons. He currently has 287 career victories. He is intensely and completely loyal to Eastie
and has been an Italian teacher as well. He has been active at East Boston HS since he entered
the 9th grade in 1966. Coach Dave has 3 children: Jeff, a BLS grad and a math teacher and
head baseball coach at Eastie. Dante a 2005 Eastie grad and a member of the Superbowl
Championship football team in 2004 and a hockey team captain. Victoria is an 8th grader who
loves dance and piano. Coach Dave’s talented girlfriend, Cynthia Rozzi is also a member of the
EBHS Class of 1970. He is an avid swimmer and is proud of his former AquaJets who work at
Paris St Pool and all over the City and State.

John Hall (CLASS OF ‘79) Daniel Marifiote (CLASS OF ‘14)

ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH

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2017-18 ROSTER, CAPTAINS & COACHES

ROSTER SENIORS

NAME NAME NAME

Alejandro Gomez Catano Katherine Herrera Salim Medjahed
Andy Mejia Kayla Miranda Serena Rizzo
Arnold Guzman Ramos Michael Forbes Theresa Forbes
Aya Merzouk Michael D'Avella Yancy Portillo
Christina Solorzano Miguel Elias
Emelie Gonzalez Nathaniel Rodriguez Alejandro Gomez Catano Andy Mejia Emelie Gonzalez Katherine Herrera
Evelyn Ocegueda Ramy Laribi
Hayden Trezise Robert Catrone SR SR SR SR

Kayla Miranda Michael D’Avella Nina Leffel Robert Catrone

SR SR SR SR

CAPTAINS (L-R): Theresa Forbes, Emelie Gonzalez, Nina Leffel, Katherine Herrera Salim Medjahed Serena Rizzo
COACHES (L-R): David Arinella, John Hall, Daniel Marifiote
SR SR

“You can’t put a limit on anything.
The more you DREAM, the
FURTHER you get.”

-Michael Phelps

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2017-18 TEAM PHOTO 2017-18 TEAM PHOTO

FRONT ROW (L-R): Kayla Miranda, Evelyn Ocegueda, Theresa Forbes, Serena Rizzo, BACK ROW (L-R): Coach David Arinella, Michael Forbes, Hayden Trezise, Andy Mejia,
Katherine Herrera, Salim Medjahed, Christina Solorzano Ramy Laribi, Michael D’Avella, Arnold Guzman Ramos, Coach Danny Marifiote, Coach
John Hall
MIDDLE ROW (L-R): Nathaniel Rodriguez, Yancy Portillo, Miguel Elias, Aya Merzouk,
Emelie Gonzalez, Robert Catrone, Alejandro Gomez Catano



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2017-18 INTRO & COACHING STAFF 2017-18 VARSITY SCHEDULE

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

SINCE THIS IS COACH GUITTARR’S 12/9 Sat Dracut Porrazzo 4:40pm
FIRST YEAR AS HEAD COACH, he Chelmsford Forum 7:00pm
is looking forward to creating a culture 12/13 Wed Nashoba Matthews Arena 7:00pm
of sportsmanship, camaraderie, and Porrazzo 4:40pm
fi ne young men who, when they graduate, can look 12/16 Sat Latin Academy Porrazzo 4:00pm
forward to continuing their education or going into the Porrazzo 4/6:00pm
workforce prepared for life. He says: “There is more 12/23 Sat Cambridge Porrazzo 3:00pm
to sports than just winning; it’s learning about life, Cronin Rink 6:30pm
what is thrown at you and how you deal with it.” 12/26 Tue O’Bryant Porrazzo 4:40pm
TBA 1:50pm
This year will be a challenging one. With the loss 12/27 Wed TBA Driscoll Rink 3:00pm
of six seniors, he will have to develop another Porrazzo 4:40pm
group of players to be able to compete with our 1/3 Wed St John Paul II Matthews Arena 8:00pm
competitors. Coach Guittarr has a tough act to Matthews Arena 6:00pm
follow. The last two seasons, the “Jets”, coached 1/10 Wed Revere Porrazzo 4:40pm
by longtime Coach Bob Anthony, a Massachusetts Malden Forum 6:00pm
High School Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame member, 1/13 Sat Northeast Reg Allied Veterans Rink 7:00pm
have made it to the state tournament and played Salem Ice Center 4:10pm
very well. They’ve had a strong team for the past 1/15 Mon St John Paul II Matthews Arena 8:00pm
few years and Coach Guittarr would like to keep that players already here that can step up into the lead Porrazzo 4:40pm
tradition going. He has a returning goaltender that he roles. They will decide themselves, based on their 1/17 Wed Durfee Matthews Arena TBA
will rely on. Coach Guittarr says: “There are capable play, who that will be.”
1/20 Sat Nashoba
2017-18 COACHING STAFF
1/22 Mon Latin Academy
Ken Guittarr // VARSITY HEAD COACH
1/24 Wed O’Bryant
Coach Guittarr grew up in Charlestown, MA. He grew up playing most sports. He went to school
in Boston and after graduating high school proceeded to Westfi eld State College where he 1/27 Sat Durfee
played hockey for the “Owls”.
2/1 Thu Northeast Reg
Coach Guittarr is a “second career” person. He started working at East Boston High School in
2003 as a substitute teacher and went back to school to attain a Master’s Degree in Special 2/7 Wed Everett
Education. He currently teaches Special Needs students at East Boston High School. He says
he: “loves his job and would not trade it for the world. This is what I am supposed to be
doing!” He also loves hockey and hopes he can keep up with the “Class, Pride and Tradition”
that East Boston High School tries to instill in its students.

When not teaching our “future” and coaching, he enjoys his two sons, Derek and Brian. Although
they are older, he still has that special father/son bond with them that he treasures. He also
enjoys photography, history, and going to Bruins games.

2/10 Sat Dracut

2/12 Mon O’Bryant

2/17 Sat Everett

2/20-21 Tue-Wed City Championship

Jeff Arinella Ryan McGoff HOME GAME AWAY GAME TOURNAMENT

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2017-18 VARSITY ROSTER 2017-18 VARSITY SENIORS, CAPTAINS & COACHES

VARSITY ROSTER # NAME 1 Tom Guarino 5 Marty Taylor 1 7 Anthony Nastari 1 9 Anthony Bolger

# NAME 13 Anthony Bolger SR SR SR SR
17 Anthony Nastari
1 Tom Guarino 22 Antonio Gerardi
23 Vanessa Rico
4 Jacob Leavitt 24 Andy Qiu
29 Raquel Rosa
5 Marty Taylor

6 Jarod Burhoe

10 Dom Russo

11 Ryan Gray

12 Bryan Gonzalez

COACHES (L-R): Ken Guittarr, Ryan McGoff, Pat McGoff, Jeff Arinella

CAPTAIN: Tom Guarino

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2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO 2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO

BACK ROW (L-R): Coach Jeff Arinella, Vanessa Rico #23, Coach Ken Guittarr, Andy Qiu FRONT ROW (L-R): Dom Russo #10, Anthony Nastari #17, Tom Guarino #1, Marty Taylor
#24, Anthony Bolger #13, Ryan Gray #11, Jarod Burhoe #6, Bryan Gonzalez #12, Jacob #5, Antonio Gerardi #22
Leavitt #4, Raquel Rosa #29, Coach Ryan McGoff, Coach Pat McGoff



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2017-18 INTRO, SCHEDULE & COACHING STAFF

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD COACH

THE JETS LOOK TO IMPROVE FROM A BANNER 2016-17 SEASON in which the boy’s
team captured the city championship and the girl’s team made signifi cant strides. The boy’s
team lost a number of seniors who contributed to the success of the program the past
couple of seasons. However, a strong returning group headlined by Adly Francois, Gelson
Barros, Andres Gonzalez, Brandon Ortega, Jordan Mejia, Roberto Dubon and Marcus Heard
look to lead the Jets to a 3rd city championship. On the girl’s side, there is a strong group
of seniors looking to lead the Lady Jets on their quest for a city championship. Heidy Delcid, Yoanelle Koutelle,
Alicia Alejandro, Jennifer Argueta and Stephanie Faiella will be major contributors to the team this season.
Coach Dalzon is looking to build on the success that the team has accomplished during his fi rst two seasons
and is humbled and honored to lead the Jets for a 3rd season.

DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME

12/13 Wed Charlestown 3:30pm
12/20 Wed Latin Academy 3:30pm
1/8 Mon O’Bryant 3:30pm
1/17 Wed West Roxbury 3:30pm
1/24 Wed New Mission 3:30pm
1/31 Wed Make Up Meet 3:30pm
2/6 Tue City Championship 3:30pm
2/7 Wed City Championship 3:30pm

All Track meets are held at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center - 1350 Tremont St., Roxbury, MA 02120

2017-18 COACHING STAFF

Garcia Dalzon // VARSITY HEAD COACH

Coach Garcia Dalzon was born in Boston Massachusetts and raised in the Greater Boston area.
After graduating from Malden Catholic High School in 1999, coach Dalzon received a Finance
degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2004. Following 7 years of working
for various fi nancial fi rms, coach Dalzon realized that his passion lied in educating youth. This
led him to return to school and he received his Master’s in Education from the University of
Massachusetts Boston.

Coach Dalzon has been a History teacher at East Boston High School since 2012. He accepted
the Head Coach position in 2015 and has led the boy’s team to back-to-back city championships.
The boy’s team has been undefeated since he took over, and the girl’s team has improved their
win total from the previous season. Coach Dalzon was named the Boston Globe Division 2 coach
of the year and the city of Boston coach of the year in respective seasons.

When Coach Dalzon is away from the track, he enjoys spending time with his two young sons
(Julian 3 and Josiah 1) and his Fiancée Raquel. Coach Dalzon is a sports fanatic and enjoys
reading and watching movies in his spare time.

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2017-18 ROSTER & SENIORS 2017-18 SENIORS, CAPTAINS & COACH

ROSTER NAME NAME CAPTAINS (L-R): Adly Francois, Jordan Mejia, Yonaela Koutelle, Alicia Alejandro, Andres Gonzalez

NAME David Capone Kevin Martinez Adly Francois Alexis Amparo COACH: Garcia Dalzon
Deja Townshed Luis Santos
Aamir Johnson Elizabeth Obregon Luis Aponte SR SR
Abel Fuentes Ezequiel Rivera Luis Molina
Adly Francois James Williams Jr. Marcus Heard
Alan Gaviria Janeiry Guzman Mohammed Koubidy
Alexis Amparo Javier Arruda Pierre Koutelle
Alicia Alejandro Jennifer Argueta Sabrina Ruiz
Andres Gonzalez Johan Sepulveda Samantha Wilcox
Angel Nabas Johan Sifontes Stephanie Faiella
Angelica Acosta Jordan Mejia Stephanie Martinez
Angelo Blake Joseph Gallegos Tania Campos
Brandon Ortega Juliana Vazquez Tyler Clark
Bridget LePage Juliana Bonilla Wendy Bonilla
Carolyne Lisboa Kasey Vasquez Yonaele Koutelle
Cecilia Melgar Kendy Rodriguez Yosmarkis Lopez
Clarydeliz Soto
Daniel Diaz

Alicia Alejandro Andres Gonzalez Brandon Ortega Daniel Diaz Janeiry Guzman Javier Arruda Jennifer Argueta Jordan Mejia

SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR

Joseph Gallegos Juliana Vazquez Kevin Martinez Luis Santos Tania Campos Tyler Clark Yonaele Koutelle

SR SR SR SR SR SR SR

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2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO 2017-18 VARSITY TEAM PHOTO

FRONT ROW (L-R): Joseph Gallegos, Janeiry Guzman, Jordan Mejia, Tania Campos, FOURTH ROW (L-R): Luis Aponte, James Williams Jr., Johan Sepulveda, Yosmarkis
Jennifer Argueta, Yonaele Koutelle, Luis Santos, Daniel Diaz, Javier Arruda, Adly Lopez, Marcus Heard, Angelo Blake, Cecilia Melgar, Samantha Wilcox, Elizabeth
Francois Obregon, Stephanie Martinez

SECOND ROW (L-R):David Capone, Alexis Amparo, Tyler Clark, Brandon Ortega, Andres FIFTH ROW (L-R): Coach Garcia Dalzon, Angel Nabas, Luis Molina, Pierre Koutelle,
Gonzalez, Alicia Alejandro, Kevin Martinez, Juliana Vazquez, Deja Townshed Aamir Johnson, Alan Gaviria, Johan Sifontes, Clarydeliz Soto, Bridget LePage, Carolyne
Lisboa
THIRD ROW (L-R): Wendy Bonilla, Kendy Rodriguez, Angelica Acosta, Stephanie Faiella,
Kasey Vasquez, Abel Fuentes, Mohammed Koubidy, Sabrina Ruiz, Ezequiel Rivera,
Juliana Bonilla

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DISTRICT CALENDAR BOSTON SCHOLAR ATHLETES

2017-18 EAST BOSTON WINTER SPORTS 2017-18 EAST BOSTON WINTER SPORTS