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Wednesday’s high school scores and highlights
ROUNDUP
BASEBALL
Aidan Murphy threw a no-hitter, and Ben Meade hit two home runs as Weston topped Bedford 9-0 in Dual County League action. … Matt Mahoney had a monster day for Lincoln-Sudbury, tossing a perfect game with nine strikeouts before hitting a three-run homer to end a 12-0 win over Newton South in five innings.
Sophomore Ronan Sullivan allowed one hit and struck out two over six innings as Dover-Sherborn (7-6) bested Holliston 12-1 in Tri-Valley League play.
Josh Doney struck out nine over a complete-game two-hitter, and Jared Paone hit a two-run double in the fifth inning to lift St. Mary’s (Lynn) (10-0) to a 2-0 Catholic Central League win over Arlington Catholic. … Dillon Darnbrough hit a walkoff single to lift Bishop Feehan to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Cardinal Spellman.
Matthew Cairns surrendered one earned run while striking out eight over six innings, and Andrew Haddigan (3-3, RBI), Nick Studevant (two hits) and Joey Tully (two RBI) paced the Southeastern offense in a 6-4 Mayflower Athletic Conference win over Tri-County.
Junior catcher Brady Hargreaves went 3-for-3 and drove in a run for Xaverian (8-3) in a 6-2 Catholic Conference victory over Catholic Memorial. … Junior designated hitter Gustavo Bosques homered, stole a base, and scored two runs, and senior right fielder Chris Mondesir hit a two-run double, stole three bases and scored a run as BC High (9-2) beat Malden Catholic 14-2 in five innings.
In the Patriot League, D.C. Brown had a 12-strikeout performance as Plymouth North notched its seventh in a row with a 6-0 shutout over Marshfield. … Ryan Baker hit a game-tying, two-run double in the sixth inning, and Dan Joyce walked it off with his own double for Whitman-Hanson (8-4) in a 5-4 win over Silver Lake. … Lucas Bartlett struck out four and surrendered four hits and one earned run on two walks over seven innings pitched as Plymouth South (4-8) topped North Quincy, 4-1.
Cal Youhas hit a bases loaded, two-out walkoff single to give Braintree (11-1) a 3-2 Bay State Conference win over Framingham. … Alex Hee struck out seven and gave up just two hits as Walpole (10-2) won 11-0 over Wellesley in five innings.
Zach Alex got the win with four innings pitched, two earned runs, seven hits allowed, and one strikeout as Swampscott defeated Beverly, 5-4, in a Northeastern Conference contest.
In the Merrimack Valley Conference, Mike Phelps hit his first home run and Luke Yorba got his first win as North Andover defeated Haverhill 4-3. … Sean Napolitano scattered four hits, and Alex Berman and Will Norris finished with three RBI each for Andover in a 10-4 win over Methuen. … Phil Lombardi went 3-for-3 with two doubles and 3 RBI while Cam Kingston collected two hits and 3 RBI to lead Tewksbury to a 12-8 win over Central Catholic.
Gio Martello smashed a home run and Brady Paradis batted 3-for-5 with two RBI for North Attleboro in a 12-0 Hockomock League win over Attleboro.
BOYS LACROSSE
Joey McCarthy scored four goals and dished two assists, pairing with five points from Matt Panttila (three assists) to lead Norwell in a 16-3 South Shore League win over East Bridgewater.
In the Mayflower Athletic Conference, Brendan Cooper, Colton Penticost, and Peyton Volz netted four goals each as Southeastern defeated Westport, 18-2.
Kenny Wisniewski (five goals, five assists), Jake Cusson (three goals, four assists), Kevin O’Connor (three goals, two assists, 14 faceoff wins), Will Levrault (three goals, assist) and Nathan Navaga (three goals) guided Apponequet (7-2) offensively in a 21-8 South Coast Conference win over Dighton-Rehoboth.
Jack Connolly netted a hat trick, and Kurt Moniz and Devon Mahoney scored two goals each as Sandwich bested Whitman-Hanson 8-5 in a nonleague matchup.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Somerset Berkley earned the program’s first win in its inaugural season, beating Seekonk 6-5 in South Coast Conference action behind a hat trick and an assist from Addie Finlaw. … Cece Levrault (five goals), Addie Taylor (four goals), Cynthia Morales (two goals) and Celia Hiller (two goals) bolstered the Apponequet (8-1) offense in a 17-16 win over Dighton-Rehoboth.
Clare Latham (six goals), Allie Buonaccorsi (five goals, three assists), Maddy Fitzgerald (three goals, two assists) Emmette Barry (two goals, two assists) and Delaney Berube (two goals) fueled Bishop Feehan (7-4) offensively in a 21-8 Catholic Central League win over Archbishop Williams. … Elle Murphy struck for five goals, and Erin O’Donnell scored three goals and dished two assists as Cardinal Spellman edged Bishop Stang, 9-8. Ava Smith made 12 saves for the Cardinals.
Avery Cobban notched five goals and two assists and Kyla Darmon scored four goals and one assist as Sandwich remained undefeated in a 18-5 non league win over New Bedford.
In a Cape Ann League matchup, Evie Bernard netted six goals and had 15 draw controls as Pentucket defeated Hamilton Wenham, 13-12, in overtime.
Sofia Grasso scored five goals and had two assists as South Shore Tech topped Old Colony, 13-5, in the Mayflower League Conference.
During a game dedicated to Alyssa Fluet, Brooke Carter (four goals), Kiera Fitzpatrick (four goals), and Kate Fitzpatrick (three goals) all found the net as Methuen bested Dracut, 18-2, in a Merrimack Valley Conference contest.
SOFTBALL
Abby Bettencourt’s 11-strikeout no-hitter not only led Peabody to a 6-0 Northeastern Conference win over Marblehead, but also broke the school’s record for career strikeouts with her 625th.
Julia Cohen was the winning pitcher with two strikeouts as Bishop Feehan shut out Cardinal Spellman, 10-0, in the Catholic Central League. … Michaela Walker and Roma Braid homered, and Gabby Marichal went 2-for-3 with four RBI and three runs scored for St. Mary’s (Lynn) (5-3) during an 18-3 victory over Arlington Catholic.
Taylor Marino went 2-for-5 with three RBI at the plate and got the win in the circle by working around a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the 7th as Oliver Ames edged Foxboro 7-6 in a Hockomock League clash.
Emma Penniman struck out nine and finished with two hits and four RBI at the plate, while Kyla Story (grand slam, five RBI) and Alex McManus (three runs scored) added to the offensive explosion for Triton (6-3) in a 21-0 Cape Ann League win over Georgetown.
Sophomore Gracie Delucia (three-run home run), junior Katie Anderson (solo home run, two-run triple) and junior Olivia Klaus (3-for-3, two RBI) powered Medway (6-3) to a 10-7 Tri-Valley League win over Hopkinton.
Senior Kaelyn Chase (4-for-4, three runs), senior McKenzie Foley (three hits, double, two runs, two RBI), junior Noey Giardina (2-for-3, two walks, two runs, four RBI), senior Erin Condon (two hits, three RBI) and sophomore Abby Minasi (2-for-3, double) cashed in on the fun offensively, and sophomore Paisley Stevens won her first start for Hanover (4-5) in a 17-5 nonleague win over Scituate.
Shakura Lynch drove in two runs and Sadie Steuterman batted 2-for-4 to lead Milton (9-0) in a 7-3 Bay State Conference win over Natick. … Junior Caroline Doran (2-for-4, three RBI) and senior Susie McAdams (2-for-2, two runs) set the tone for Walpole in a 6-1 win over Wellesley.
Cam Cloonan (4-for-5, two RBI, 3 runs, Caleigh Cloonan (2-for-3, RBI, three runs, one walk), Lucy Latour (3-for-4, double, five RBI, 2 runs), and Haleigh Kelley (2-for-4, three-run home run, four RBI, one run) played big roles in Dighton-Rehoboth’s 18-hit attack en route to an 18-4 South Coast Conference win over Somerset Berkley.
Jackie Giordiano fanned 11 and allowed four hits over seven innings, while Ella Puleo went 2-for-3 with an RBI single as Brooks downed St. Paul’s (New Hampshire) 2-0 in NEPSAC action.
Aislin Davis, Juliana Cappiello and Avery Della Piana homered as Tewksbury (8-2) rolled to a 16-5 Merrimack Valley Conference win over Dracut.
Emerson Boyd (triple, two singles), Callie Smith (double, two singles) and Ellie Snyder (two triples, two RBI) delivered multi-hit performances, while Shelby Boyd went the distance with five strikeouts and four hits allowed for Plymouth North in a 10-4 Patriot League victory over Marshfield.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Anthony Rubim (16 service points, two aces, 22 assists,12 digs) and Keegan Doherty (nine kills) set the tone for Greater Lawrence (7-3) in a 3-0 Commonwealth Athletic Conference win over Innovation.
Parth Pawar dished 47 assists and Sai Nallajennugari posted 22 kills as Acton-Boxboro edged Lincoln-Sudbury 3-2.
James Levesque (15 kills) and Drew Eason (14 kills) helped power Methuen (11-1) to a reverse sweep of Chelmsford, 3-2, in Merrimack Valley Conference action.
Owen Fulks and Jaithian Medina notched 13 kills each, and Michael Nguyen provided 25 assists as Central Catholic defeated Greater Lowell 3-2 in a nonleague contest. … Mason Cleary buried 16 kills as BC High topped Latin Academy 3-1. … Chris Milfort posted 23 kills and Josh Sanon added 18, helping Danny Matuszek to a season-best 43 assists and Durfee to a 3-1 win over Taunton. … Henry Bonney erupted again for 23 kills for Cambridge in a 3-1 win over St. John’s Prep.
Larry Claudio supplied 28 assists, and Ruben Rodriguez recorded 10 kills as Revere defeated Medford 3-1 in the Greater Boston League.
SCORES
BASEBALL
Andover 10, Methuen 4
Apponequet 5, Greater New Bedford 0
Barnstable 5, Nauset 0
Billerica 10, Lawrence 8
Bishop Feehan 4, Cardinal Spellman 3
BC High 14, Malden Catholic 2 (5i)
Braintree 3, Framingham 2
Cambridge 10, Wayland 4
Cape Cod Tech 5, Old Colony 1
Clinton 2, Tyngsboro 1
Dartmouth 1, New Bedford 0
Dover-Sherborn 12, Holliston 1
EMK 8, Roxbury Prep 4
Franklin 7, Milford 6
Hanover 8, Scituate 4
Hingham 11, Duxbury 2
Hopkinton 5, Medway 0
King Philip 3, Taunton 1
Leominster 4, Chelmsford 0
Lincoln-Sudbury 12, Newton South 0 (5i)
Lowell 5, Dracut 2
Mansfield 2, Canton 1
Marblehead 7, Saugus 4
Millis 10, Medfield 8
Nantucket 3, Rising Tide 1
North Andover 4, Haverhill 3
North Attleboro 12, Attleboro 0
Pembroke 4, Quincy 0
Pingree 11, Bancroft 0
Plymouth North 6, Marshfield 0
Plymouth South 4, North Quincy 1
Shawsheen 9, Gr. Lawrence 1
St. John’s (S) 8, St. John’s Prep 2
St. Mary’s (L) 2, Arlington Catholic 0
Somerset Berkley 1, Dighton-Rehoboth 0
Southeastern 6, Tri-County 4
Swampscott 5, Beverly 4
Tewksbury 12, Central Catholic 8
Walpole 11, Wellesley 0 (5i)
West Bridgewater 4, Fairhaven 3
Westford 7, Boston Latin 1
Weston 9, Bedford 0
Whitman-Hanson 5, Silver Lake 4
Xaverian 6, Catholic Memorial 2
GIRLS GOLF
Duxbury 6, North Quincy 0
Wellesley 6, Framingham 0
BOYS LACROSSE
Acton-Boxboro 16, Franklin 11
Apponequet 21, Dighton-Rehoboth 8
Cohasset 13, Abington 4
Marblehead 15, Danvers 3
Mashpee 13, Hull 5
Milford 7, Oliver Ames 6 (2ot)
Nantucket 14, Archbishop Williams 3
North Attleboro 17, Attleboro 1
Norwell 16, East Bridgewater 3
Pentucket 17, Hamilton-Wenham 4
Reading 15, Watertown 0
Sandwich 8, Whitman-Hanson 5
Sharon 20, Stoughton 4
Southeastern 18, Westport 2
Winchester 17, Wakefield 5
GIRLS LACROSSE
Apponequet 17, Dighton-Rehoboth 16 (ot)
Attleboro 17, North Attleboro 4
Belmont 13, Burlington 12
Bishop Feehan 21, Archbishop Williams 8
Cardinal Spellman 9, Bishop Stang 8
Dracut 8, North Andover 7
Methuen 18, Dracut 2
Nobles 14, Thayer 8
North Reading 9, Winthrop 2
Oliver Ames 21, Milford 16
Pentucket 13, Hamilton-Wenham 12 (ot)
Rivers 12, St. Mark’s 4
St. Mary’s (L) 11, Tewksbury 8
Sandwich 18, New Bedford 5
Somerset Berkley 6, Seekonk 5
South Shore Voke 13, Old Colony 5
Winchester 11, Wakefield 6
SAILING
Nauset 4, Sandwich 0
SOFTBALL
Apponequet 10, Greater New Bedford 2
Bedford 16, Latin Academy 4
Bishop Feehan 10, Cardinal Spellman 0
Bishop Fenwick 3, Archbishop Williams 2 (10i)
Boston International 12, Charlestown 4
Braintree 21, Framingham 5
Brooks 2, St. Paul’s (NH) 0
Central Catholic 31, Lowell 3
Danvers 16, Swampscott 8
Dartmouth 4, New Bedford 3
Dighton-Rehoboth 18, Somerset Berkley 4 (5i)
Essex Tech 13, Hamilton-Wenham 3
Excel 15, Madison Park 12
Fenway 6, TechBoston 6
Hanover 17, Scituate 5
Hingham 5, Duxbury 4
Lynnfield 15, Ipswich 3
Medfield 10, Millis 9
Medway 10, Hopkinton 7
Methuen 10, Andover 2
Milford 11, Franklin 6
Milton 7, Natick 3
Nauset 23, Barnstable 8
Needham 10, Newton North 4
Newburyport 1, Manchester Essex 0
Norton 11, Norwood 3
Oliver Ames 7, Foxboro 6
Peabody 6, Marblehead 0
Plymouth North 10, Marshfield 4
Plymouth South 17, Quincy/North Quincy 1
Rising Tide 19, Nantucket 17
St. Mary’s (L) 18, Arlington Catholic 3
Sturgis 19, St. John Paul II 7
Tahanto 7, Ayer Shirley 5
Taunton 5, King Philip 1
Tewksbury 16, Dracut 5
Triton 21, Georgetown 0 (5i)
Tyngsboro 14, Clinton 2 (5i)
Ursuline 3, O’Bryant 2
Walpole 6, Wellesley 1
BOYS TENNIS
Andover 5, Billerica 0
Arlington 5, Reading 0
Attleboro 4, North Attleboro 1
Beaver Country Day 5, Berwick 0
BC High 5, Catholic Memorial 0
Central Catholic 3, Haverhill 2
Durfee 5, Middleboro 0
Hopkinton 5, Medway 0
Melrose 3, Wilmington 2
Marblehead 3, Gloucester 2
Milton 4, Natick 1
Nauset 4, Dennis-Yarmouth 1
Newton South 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2
North Andover 4, Lowell 1
North Quincy 3, Plymouth South 2
Oliver Ames 3, Foxboro 2
Plymouth North 5, Marshfield 0
Quincy 5, Pembroke 0
St. John’s Prep 5, Xaverian 0
Wellesley 5, Walpole 0
Westford 3, Boston Latin 2
Weston 3, Bedford 2
Whitman-Hanson 3, Silver Lake 2
GIRLS TENNIS
Belmont 4, Wilmington 1
Beverly 3, Swampscott 2
Braintree 5, Framingham 0
BB&N 6, Thayer Academy 3
Central Catholic 5, Chelmsford 0
Clinton 4, Littleton 1
Danvers 5, Winthrop 0
Diman 3, Wareham 2
Duxbury 3, Hingham 2
Lexington 5, Winchester 0
Lynnfield 5, Triton 0
Malden 5, Medford 0
Marblehead 5, Gloucester 0
Milton 3, Natick 2
Monomoy 5, Barnstable 0
Nauset 5, Dennis-Yarmouth 0
Newton North 3, Braintree 2
Newton South 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2
North Quincy 5, Plymouth South 0
North Reading 3, Malden Catholic 2
Norwell 5, Sandwich 0
Oliver Ames 5, Foxboro 0
Pembroke 4, Quincy 1
Tewksbury 5, Lowell 0
Wellesley 5, Walpole 0
Weston 5, Bedford 0
BOYS TRACK
Central Catholic 94, Haverhill 51
Ipswich 73, Hamilton-Wenham 70
Lawrence 83, Billerica 62
Natick 74, Wellesley 62
Pentucket 104, Essex Tech 32
Weston 97, Boston Latin 45
Xaverian 90, St. John’s (S) 46
GIRLS TRACK
Essex Tech 79.5, Pentucket 56.5
Ipswich 77, Hamilton-Wenham 66
Lowell 88, Andover 57
Plymouth North 76, Whitman-Hanson 60
Walpole 69, Brookline 67
Weymouth 81.33, Braintree 54.66
Wellesley 92, Natick 44
Weston 110, Boston Latin 29
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Acton-Boxboro 3, Lincoln-Sudbury 2
BC High 3, Latin Academy 1
Cambridge 3, St. John’s Prep 1
Central Catholic 3, Greater Lowell 2
Durfee 3, Taunton 1
Greater Lawrence 3, Innovation 0
Lowell 3, Westford Academy 0
Lynn Classical 3, Everett 1
Malden 3, Chelsea 0
Medfield 3, Norwood 0
Methuen 3, Chelmsford 2
North Quincy 3, Brockton 1
Randolph 3, Madison Park 2
Revere 3, Medford 1
Wellesley 3, O’Bryant 0
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The Bruins may not liked how they got to the end result on Tuesday night at the Garden, but results are all that matter right now.
For the second night in a row, the B’s could not protect a lead that they held after 40 minutes. But unlike the verdict in Manhattan, the B’s were able to get the full two points on the table in overtime.
It took just 15 seconds into OT.
Mark Kastelic won the opening faceoff and Charlie McAvoy skated with it into the offensive zone. Marat Khusnutdinov jumped on for Kastelic and, after some razzle-dazzle, McAvoy sent a backhand pass toward the top of the crease to David Pastrnak for the redirection goal for the 3-2 win. It was an all’s-well-that-ends-well kind of night for Pastrnak, who took a costly penalty late in the second period that helped Nashville get back in the game.
The day was an interesting one for the B’s.
The schedule gives and it takes away, and Tuesday was a night when the B’s were at a distinct disadvantage. Because of flight issues related to the winter storm, the B’s could not fly out of New York on Monday after their overtime loss to the Rangers and were forced to bus back up to Boston, arriving back home around 1:30 pm on Tuesday.
The Preds on the other hand, last played on Saturday afternoon and chartered into Boston on Saturday night to beat the blizzard.
The team chefs arrived with meals at Hanscom Airport to help the players fuel up. Skills coach John McLean, who doesn’t travel with the team, also went the airport and shoveled out the entire traveling party’s cars, no small task with the amount of snow dumped on the region.
“We owe him a couple of beers,” said Morgan Geekie. “It takes a village and everybody stepped up today no matter how it was. Happy we could get the win.”
With all the help they did get, coach Marco Sturm wasn’t going to allow his players an out if they did lose in OT.
“It doesn’t matter if we lost the game or whatever. That shouldn’t be an excuse,” said Sturm. “Guys were ready to go today. You’re not always perfect Our third was definitely better than (Monday). Couldn’t close it but guys came back and showed character and at the end of the day, we need to take all the points we can get….I’m just happy the way the last couple of weeks went.”
Dating back to their New Year’s Eve win in Edmonton, the B’s are 11-2-1 in their last 14.
Despite the travel complications, the B’s were the ones to score the lone goal in the first period, which came off the stick of Sweden’s newest Olympian, Hampus Lindholm. The defenseman took the puck down from the left point to the circle and sent what looked like a harmless shot toward the net. But working the net front after winning the faceoff back to Mason Lohrei, Fraser Minten went for the tip and missed, but that seemed to distract Juuse Saros enough to allow the puck to get behind him for the 1-0 B’s lead at 13:16.
They made it 2-0 early in the second period, thanks to the simmering stick of Geekie. Pastrnak first danced around Roman Josi just inside the Nashville blue line and then shoveled the puck along the left boards to Geekie. Geekie took a few strides toward the net and, from the bottom of the circle, snapped a shot that beat Saros off the far post and in. It was Geekie’s 30th goal of the season and fourth in three games while Pastrnak extended his point streak to eight games.
Though the game was a snoozer, the B’s appeared to be in full control. That is until their season-long problem raised its ugly head again – penalties.
Late in the period, Pastrnak took a bad slashing on Josi in the neutral zone. It was the B’s fourth penalty to that point and, this time, the Predators made them pay. From above the right dot, Josi’s low shot got under Jeremy Swayman’s glove with 35 seconds left in the period, changing the complexion of the game just like that.
“Obviously I know it’s a bad penalty and I apologized to the group and moved forward,” said Pastrnak.
To make matters worse, the B’s lost Elias Lindholm to an upper body injury off a faceoff late in the period and he did not return. Sturm did not have an update after the game but said the centerman would be getting some tests on Wednesday.
In the third, the B’s had a great chance to regain the two-goal lead when Casey Mittelstadt, from behind the net, found a wide-open Viktor Arvidsson a the top of the crease, but Saros stoned him.
And with 6:43 left in regulation, the Preds tied it. After matching roughing minors, Nashville scored on the ensuing 4-on-4 when Nick Blankenburg used the extra room to roam free out high and he beat Swayman with a long shot under the blocker.
It stay deadlocked after 60 minutes. It got unlocked 15 seconds later. On the winner, another non-uniformed member of the B’s had another big assist. The plan, as usual, was for Kastelic to take the opening draw and jump off the ice. This time Khusnutdinov was set to jump on. Only problem was, he was missing a skate blade.
Equipment manager Keith Robinson heard assistant Matt Falconer yell out “Khusy needs steel!” As soon as Robinson snapped the blade in, Khusnutdinov jumped onto the ice and joined the weave in the offensive zone, dropping the puck for the circling Pastrnak, who then executed the pretty give-and-go with McAvoy for the winner.
As Geekie said, it takes a village.
Loose pucks
Hampus Lindholm will be going to the Olympics after all. Due to the injury to Jonas Brodin, Lindholm was named to Team Sweden on Tuesday, where he’ll join Bruin teammate Elias Lindholm. Other Bruins going to the Games in Milan, Italy will be Swayman and McAvoy (USA), Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha (Czechia), Henri Jokiharju (Finland) and Providence Bruin Dans Locmelis (Latvia).
“Any time you put (the Sweden jersey), it’s such a cool jersey, it has so much history tied to it. I haven’t had any opportunity for the Olympis for me in my career, so it’s going to be a great honor to go there,” said Lindholm… Alex Steeves was scratched in favor of Mikey Eyssimont, who played his first game since Jan. 11…Nikita Zadorov, who missed Monday’s game with a lower body injury, returned to the lineup and saw 21:53, second most on the B’s to McAvoy’s 27:14.
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Families of two killed in US boat strikes near Venezuela file wrongful-death suit in Boston – The Boston Globe
The lawsuit against the federal government was filed Tuesday morning by lawyers from the political advocacy group American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Samaroo’s sister, Sallycar Korasingh, and Joseph’s mother, Lenore Burnley.
Maritime lawsuits can be filed in any federal court in the US, the ACLU noted, and they said they chose Boston because of the long history of such suits here.
The complaint alleges the deaths amount to extrajudicial slayings, or the unlawful killing of an individual by a government.
“I miss him terribly. We all do,” Burnley said of her son, in a statement announcing the lawsuit. “We know this lawsuit won’t bring Chad back to us, but we’re trusting God to carry us through this, and we hope that speaking out will help get us some truth and closure.”
The strike that allegedly took both men’s lives came on Oct. 14, as they made the short journey to the island that’s only a handful of miles off Venezuela’s coast.
For Joseph, according to the lawsuit, it was to be a long-delayed homecoming. The farmer and fisherman had been in Venezuela since April for work, as sometimes happened with him. On top of that, the suit said, he had a hard time finding a boat back to the small fishing village on Trinidad’s north coast where he lived with his common-law wife and three children.
On Oct. 12, he called his wife to tell her the 20-mile boat trip was finally happening: He’d be back in two days, according to the lawsuit.
He’d be with Samaroo, a coworker and fishing buddy who had moved to Las Cuevas a year earlier after his release from prison. He was imprisoned for 15 years for his role in a killing, according to the lawsuit. Media reports say it was the homicide of a street vendor, but don’t provide further detail about what happened.
Samaroo told his sister he was returning on the Oct. 14 boat because he wanted to see their mother, who had fallen ill.
Neither man, their families and the Trinidadian government claim, was involved in the drug trade.
Korasingh, Samaroo’s sister, said he had “paid his debt to society and was just trying to get back on his feet again” when the strike killed him.
“If the U.S. government believed Rishi had done anything wrong, it should have arrested, charged, and detained him, not murdered him,” she said in a statement. “They must be held accountable.”
On Oct. 14, the news came in the form of a social-media post from the president of the United States.
Trump posted that he’d authorized a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking” in international waters near Venezuela. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route.” Six “male narcoterrorists,” Trump said, died in the strike.
If was the latest of what would ultimately be more than 30 such strikes on boats near Venezuela, whose leadership Trump has blamed for the influx of drugs coming into the United States. Ultimately, tensions escalated to the point that US military forces entered Venezuela and arrested its president, the dictator Nicolas Maduro, in a raid earlier this month.
In the Oct. 14 post announcing the strike, the president attached a video of the men’s last moments. A small boat appears to sit in the middle of the frame. Suddenly, a dart of light comes from off the screen above, striking the boat, which explodes into a fireball.
Joseph’s mother, Burnley, saw the reports of the strike on the news and called her son’s wife.
“They immediately feared that Mr. Joseph was aboard this boat, as the timing of the strike directly coincided with Mr. Joseph’s journey by boat from Venezuela to Las Cuevas,” lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.
They called his phone, but it was dead. And, the complaint said, “The line remains dead to this day.”
Their remains were not found. Both families have filed missing-persons reports and sought more information, but non has been available. Both families, according to the lawsuit, have held funerals.
As justification, Trump has said that the US is essentially in conflict with the large drug-trafficking organizations that smuggle drugs into the United States.
In the lawsuit, the families allege the strike was illegal because drug traffickers — even violent ones — do not qualify under international law as an entity that a country can claim it’s in armed conflict against. But even if that were the case, the suit claims, the government should not target civilians.
“As a result, even in the context of an armed conflict, the killings of Mr. Joseph and Mr. Samaroo would constitute a grave breach of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and thus a war crime, making its perpetrators punishable under federal and international law,” the complaint states.
The lawyers are suing under the century-old Death on the High Seas Act, which allows family members of people killed in international waters to sue for wrongful death.
Ultimately, this suit is seeking unnamed monetary damages for the families. The complaint is not seeking an injunction ordering the government to change its behavior.
Sean Cotter can be reached at sean.cotter@globe.com. Follow him @cotterreporter.
The Portland Trail Blazers lost an ugly game to the Boston Celtics on Monday night, with a final score of 102-94. The game seemed over before it began as Boston took a massive lead early. Portland was able to make a couple pushes to make the game closer, but were never able to take the lead or seriously threaten to steal it.
The Blazers were led in scoring by Jerami Grant’s 19 points, 10 of which came from the free throw line. Toumani Camara added 18 points and Jrue Holiday had 14. Only two Blazers shot 50% or better from the field: Robert Williams (3-3) and Sidy Cissoko (1-2).
The Celtics were led by 23 points from Payton Pritchard, including buzzer-beaters to end both the first and second quarters. They also got 20 points from Jaylen Brown and 18 points from Derrick White.
Donovan Clingan finished the game with 9 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks. He made three of his four shots from inside the arc, but attempted five threes and made just one. His rebounding and shot-blocking abilities were on full display and he was very important for Portland’s pushes throughout the game.
Clingan’s effectiveness inside the paint takes a hit in Deni Avdija’s absence, as he doesn’t get quality shots. However, he was still efficient with the attempts he did get.
It’s hard to win games when you lose the first quarter 32-11. A 4-21 shooting performance from the field and 1-12 from deep in the quarter put the Blazers in a massive hole from the get-go. Boston didn’t do anything incredible, 54% from the field and 29% from three, but it was enough to go up huge on Portland.
It marked the second straight game that the Blazers set a season low in first quarter points after logging just 12 points in the first frame against the Toronto Raptors. They also set a new season low for points in a first half with just 37.
Portland just could not get the lid off the basket in this game. They shot just 42% from the field, 26% from deep and 67% from the free throw line. Without any consistency scoring the ball, every run quickly ended as the misses began to pile up.
While the Blazers played good defense throughout the game, Boston was able to win by just making a couple more shots and ride their huge first quarter to survive every push Portland made.
Portland stays on the road to face the Washington Wizards tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. PST.
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