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Newton's Gevvie Stone Guest Speaker at Girls and Women in Sport Day
Plus, a look at the Newton athletes honored.
NEWTON, MA – Newton native and Olympic medalist Gevvie Stone will be the keynote speaker at Friday's Massachusetts Celebration of Girls and Women in Sport Day in Boston.
The event, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and New Agenda: Northeast, celebrates high school female athletes and the adults who support and inspire them. This year's theme is "Expanding Opportunity."
Mount Alvernia student-athletes Gloria Deraney and Abigail Duggan will be recognized at the 10 a.m. event at Faneuil Hall. Both Deraney and Duggan are three-sport athletes – Deraney plays volleyball, basketball and softball, while Duggan plays soccer, basketball and softball.
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Newton North's Sayawni Lassiter and Liana Reilly will also be honored Friday. Lassiter plays basketball for the Tigers and Reilly is on the volleyball and outdoor and indoor track teams.
In addition to the athletes recognized, others will be honored.
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The four 2017 recipients of the Massachusetts Women in Athletics Distinguished Service Award are Pamela Alvares, teacher, coach and advisor at Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton; Bobbie Finn, Athletics Administrative Assistant at Notre Dame of Hingham; Eleanor E. Petrovick, a wellness teacher at Foxboro High School, and Linda Zacchilli, head girls volleyball coach and assistant boys volleyball coach at Milford High School.
The three Girls and Women in Sports Essay Award winners are first place Emily O'Neil of Cardinal Spellman in Brockton; second-place Katherine Arsenault of Oakmont Regional High School in Ashburnham; and third place Mia McDonald of Westfield High School.
Lexington High School's Maddie Lane will sing the national anthem, and Vicki Caburian, a teacher and coach at Lincoln-Sudbury High School, will read the gubernatorial proclamation announcing that Friday is recognized as Girls and Women in Sport Day in Massachusetts.
Bob Holmes (Patch Staff) contributed to this report.
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