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Creative Director 

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Art Director 

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Chief of Staff 

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Writers 

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Kelan Flynn 

Richelle Melad 

Sidnee Short 

Ryan Vermette 

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04 What's up 

05 Diving duo 

12 Flying high 

21 Sailing stories 

24 House Money 

26 Doing it for Norman 

28 Racing dream 

32 Tate Walker 

34 Heads up 

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In honor of coaches 

I’ve always believed that high school coaches have an outsized influence – perhaps more so than even parents and 

teachers – over the young people in their charge. I’ve long maintained that I can draw a straight line from my playing 

baseball at St. Mary’s in Lynn for coach Bob Guidi to owning the company that publishes the magazine you’re currently 

reading. 

(It goes something like this: After graduating BC, I went back to St. Mary’s to assist Coach Guidi. Part of my role 

was to provide game reports to The Daily Item. I misunderstood that all the Item guys wanted were summaries; I instead 

submitted full game stories. After a state tournament (we lost in the final to Matignon) I met Sports Editor Red 

Hoffman, who asked where I went to college. When told BC, he said he didn’t know BC had a journalism program. 

Because I didn’t know, either, I shut up. He offered me a job as a part-time sports reporter. The managing editor, John 

Moran, took me under his wing and I eventually ended up in John’s chair after his stunning death of a heart attack at 

age 52. In that role, I met the guys who would ultimately direct my bid to buy the Item. That was nearly 10 years ago. We 

formed Essex Media Group, which now owns The Item, three weeklies [Lynnfield, Marblehead, and Peabody Weekly News], 

the Spanish-language LaVoz, and four lifestyle magazines: 01907, 01940, 01945, and North Shore Golf Magazine.) 

And it started with Coach Guidi, from whom I learned more about management than from any professor. 

For the Marblehead High softball team, one of its coaches' impacts will now live on with its members forever. 

Assistant coach Todd Norman died suddenly at his home on April 8 at the age of 61. That same day, the softball team 

was scheduled to play a game against Reading. 

Head Coach Johnny Gold gave his team the decision to play or not. And play they did. 

They won that day, then won again a day later, and continued to do so for the rest of the season, finishing with an 18-4 

record and a top-10 team heading into the MIAA Division 2 state tournament. All for Norman. 

A graduate of Marblehead High, Norman was a beloved and familiar face in town. EMG sportswriter Mark Aboyoun 

details Norman’s life and influence on a softball team that, through tragedy, was able to put together an incredible season. 

Staying in the realm of sports, Aboyoun also describes the unlikely road the varsity boys hockey team took to winning 

a state title. After starting 0-6, the Headers flipped the switch under Coach Mark Marfione and ultimately iced Nauset 

1-0 at TD Garden, winning their first championship in 13 years. (Not that anyone asked, but one of my favorite coaches 

to cover in my early days at The Item was another legendary Marblehead High hockey coach, the late Bob Roland.) 

From an ice sport to motorsports, a family in Marblehead has started their own rally car racing team. Rally racing 

involves specialized cars that compete in trail races in various terrains, weather conditions, and time of day. The team is 

led by driver Phillip Giliver, along with his brother, David, and their dad, Lenny, who has his own legacy in rally racing as 

a co-driver in the Soviet Union. Reporter Ryan Vermette navigates the Giliver’s passion for cars and racing, and how it 

resulted in the creation of a racing team in a niche motorsport. 

Speaking of niche, college student Tate Walker has found one of his own. An economics student at Providence 

College, Walker is in his third summer with his “odd jobs” business, traveling across the North Shore to perform jobs 

such as weed-whacking, powerwashing, and marathon lawn-mowing. 

Seriously, he once mowed eight lawns in a day – 12 hours straight. It has become a passion of his. Our reporter Richelle 

Melad talks with Walker about his hard work and dedication to his unique business that is continuing to expand. 

From the land to the water, there is another unique business in town. If you are walking near Marblehead Harbor, you 

might by chance run into diver Doug Cassidy popping up from a diving trip, assisting people in a number of ways. 

Cassidy now has a website, Doug the Diver, a nickname he earned in college, helping people with multiple tasks, from 

diving for lost items, to clearing hazards for fishermen, and even diving for urchins and scallops for local restaurants. 

(Please note: In case you didn’t know, you need a license for urchin diving.) 

Cassidy now dives regularly with his 12-year-old son, Tyler. Sidnee Short dives into how Cassidy became Doug the 

Diver. 

Now we already have land and water in this edition of 01945, so why not include the air? 

Adventure columnist Lane Wallace was introduced to flying in her early 20s, and took a very unlikely journey 

throughout her career that took her everywhere from flying a blimp through the Alps, to landing a plane on an iceberg. 

Her astounding trips, and dedication to her writing landed her a gig at Flying magazine, where she became the 

publications first female columnist. 

Ryan Vermette is back with a flyover of Wallace’s career and many adventures, which she now shares through diversity 

and inclusion work, as well as a regular column for women working in male-dominated careers. 

And how could we come out with a summer edition of this magazine without mentioning the boats of Marblehead? 

That’s exactly what author Susan Cairns Fischer has done in her book collection: “Marblehead Boat Names.” The 

collection, which focuses on the names of boats in town and the stories and history behind them, will soon be publishing 

its third edition. With more than 800 boat names to be featured in the third edition, coming out this summer, reporter 

Kelan Flynn caught up with Fischer to learn more about her passion for finding unique boat names, and how the books 

came together. 

All in all, I think we’ve supplied you with a solid summer reading list. Enjoy. And remember: Don’t dive for urchins 

without a license. 

COVER Highlights among Lane Wallace's many accolades include flying a U-2 spy plane, being part of the first crew to ferry 

a blimp successfully through the Alps, and being the first woman columnist of Flying magazine. STAFF PHOTO Spenser Hasak 

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The Abbot Public Library 

Foundation’s Reopening Gala 

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When: The concert will be held on June 20. 

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. 

Bags, Beer, and BBQ 

Tournament 

What: Teams of two will compete in a 

bags tournament. Tickets for competitors 

cost $85 for each player, and all players 

will receive three tickets for food and beer 

and a free towel. Tickets for spectators are 

$25, and they will receive two tickets for 

food and beer. The event will feature beer 

from the Bent Water Brewing Company. All 

proceeds from the event will support the 

Marblehead Museum. Registration for the 

event will end on June 17. 

Where: The tournament will take place at 

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When: The tournament will be held from 2 

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The father and son 

diving duo 

Doug Cassidy and his son, Tyler, are ready to 

dive off the coast of Marblehead for urchin and 

whatever else they might come across. 

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goggles before diving. 

By Sidnee Short 

Magazine Staff 

After randomly receiving a pair of dive mitts 

for his 18th birthday from his uncle, Doug 

Cassidy has spent most of his time diving deep 

into the ocean, swimming with the fish. 

“(I thought), ‘Hey, I’m almost there with all 

my equipment, I got mitts! I’m going to take dive 

classes.’ And, that’s how it all started,” Cassidy 

said. 

While going to classes at Salem State 

University for social work, Cassidy would spend 

his free time scuba diving. Due to this, he earned 

the nickname Dr. Dougie the Diver. Cassidy said 

he liked the ring it had, and in business, goes by 

the name Doug the Diver. 

His hobby quickly turned into a job when he 

realized just how useful the skill was to fellow 

fishermen. 

“A lobster boat came by, ‘Hey Doug, can you 

clear my propeller?’ I’m like ‘What?’ I had no idea. 

‘What are you talking about?’” Cassidy said. “So, I 

would cut the rope out of his propeller.” 

Cassidy started making some money helping 

out fishermen get rid of hazards underneath the 

water. Shortly after that, someone told him about 

diving for urchins and scallops. 

Currently, Cassidy and his son, Tyler, are the 

DIVER, continued on page 8 

Doug Cassidy leaps 

from the boat and 

begins his dive. 



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Doug Cassidy pulls on his 

dry suit as the boat pulls 

out of Marblehead Harbor. 

Doug Cassidy 

shows off his new 

prized possession, 

a rubber boot that 

he found on the 

ocean floor while 

diving. 

DIVER, continued from page 6 

only people in the area who dive 

commercially and have urchin licenses. 

Tyler is 12 years old, and received his 

diving license at 10. Cassidy said at 2 

years old, Tyler would lay on the living 

room floor with a mask on, pretending 

to dive like his dad. 

“(At) 5 years old, he was in my 

in-laws' pool. He wanted the tank, 

he wanted the mask, and he was 

swimming underwater,” Cassidy said. 

“I’m holding him and he’s underwater, 

breathing, at age 5.” 

Due to Tyler’s eagerness to do the 

real thing, Cassidy let him take classes 

and become certified. Now, Tyler dives 

with his dad almost every day he’s not 

in school. 

“It’s not anything that you could 

force on a kid. It’s just way too 

expensive,” Cassidy said. 

Tyler said he wanted to dive 

because of watching his dad. 

“(It’s) just him being the 

only one doing it,” Tyler said. 

“He knows all about it and 

nobody else does.” 

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DIVER, continued from page 8 

“I used to go by myself all the time, 

I didn’t want anyone to go with me. 

Because, if I find a treasure, I’m not 

going to share it… And then all of a 

sudden he starts diving with me… and 

there he is, bubbles and all,” Cassidy 

said. 

Tyler said the coolest thing he’s seen 

underwater, so far, is his dad. 

Cassidy and Tyler went out on the 

water one beautiful afternoon on friend 

David Smith’s lobster boat, Blue Magic. 

Cassidy’s was hauled in at the moment. 

Cassidy always has a tender with him 

who drives the boat while he and Tyler 

go underwater together. 

The guys suited up, putting on about 

120 pounds worth of gear. Tyler jumped 

off the boat towards his buoy and dive 

bag, and Cassidy followed suit toward 

his own. Around 15 to 20 minutes later, 

the guys popped back up. 

Tyler’s bag was filled with urchins, 

while Cassidy had a few crabs, urchins, 

scallops, and even a boot that looked 

like it was in the process of becoming 

one with the ocean floor. 

On a typical diving day, Cassidy said 

they go through four tanks and usually 

go out on his 13-foot whaler, the Stuff It. 

“(My father) would be out in the 

water, and he’d wave to people and they 

wouldn’t wave back. So, he’d give ‘em a 

bouquet of (middle fingers), (and say) 

‘stuff it!’” Cassidy said. “So when he 

passed, my mom goes, ‘I want to get a 

boat, I want to name it Stuff It.’” 

Cassidy sells most of his urchins and 

scallops to Patriot Seafoods in Salem. 

He said he considers diving 

underwater therapeutic and can’t 

imagine doing anything else. 

“You can look out at the water 

like this, oh it’s beautiful. You go 

underneath it, it’s a totally different 

world,” Cassidy said. “There’s crabs, 

there’s lobsters, there’s fish, there’s 

seals; they come around and play with 

you in the winter.” 

“My boat is our world,” he continued. 

Tyler said that when he grows up, 

he’d like to be a commercial diver, just 

like his dad. 

“I never, ever imagined having my 

son with me at 50 feet, diving right 

alongside of me, at 12 years old,” 

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Cassidy said. 

Doug Cassidy and 

his son, Tyler, 

show off their sea 

urchin T-shirts. 

Tyler Cassidy lugs 

his oxygen tank 

onto the boat 

before heading 

out to dive with 

his dad, Doug. 



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Lane Wallace's unforgettable 

journey into aviation 

By Ryan Vermette 


Lane Wallace doesn’t necessarily believe in 

destiny. But, she doesn’t necessarily believe 

it isn’t real either. She’s just not sure how it 

works. 

But on a hot summer day in 1981 at the 

age of 24, something guided her to the start 

of a career as a pilot and aviation journalist. 

Her career has been filled with adventure and 

exhilaration, both disappointment and the 

highest levels of satisfaction, unmatched levels 

of calmness, and moments of the highest 

intensity. 

“If there were a guiding hand, then this was 

certainly telling me to pursue it,” Wallace said. 

“It was a door that opened that I wasn’t going 

to necessarily get open for me again.” 

From traveling through the Alps in a blimp, 

to becoming the first female editor in the 

history of Flying magazine, to landing a plane 

on an iceberg, learning to fly a plane brought 

Wallace to places she couldn’t imagine. 

PILOT, continued on page 14 



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Beverly Regional Airport. 

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PILOT, continued from page 12 

As the daughter of a 

Marblehead-born mother, moving 

down to Louisville, Ky. for a corporate 

gig was certainly a different experience 

for the New Englander. Wallace 

quickly realized that she didn’t belong 

in the South and began thinking about 

changing careers. 

One day out of the blue, a friend 

of hers gave her a copy of a book that 

contained numerous short stories 

related to flying and aviation. 

Before then, pretty much anything 

related to flying had never crossed 

Wallace’s mind. No one in her family 

was a pilot, or anything close to it 

for that matter, but nonetheless, she 

flipped through the pages and took an 

interest in a story involving a biplane 

ride. The author explained that riding 

in the plane allowed him to “hear the 

wind for the first time.” 

The idea of being able to listen to 

the whistle of the wind from thousands 

of feet in the air caught on with 

Wallace. The next day, the idea was 

rattling around in her head while out 

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It was low. Really low. And loud, like 

something was about to land right next 

to her. Seconds later, Wallace emerged 

from a section of trees to see an 

airfield, with a yellow biplane directly 

over it. 

Whether coincidence or the work 

of a larger force, she took it as a sign 

to pursue her intrigue. An attempt 

to locate the pilot and ask him for a 

ride did not pan out until years later. 

However, she did not let that end her 

pursuit in the moment, remembering 

words that her mother had told her 

over and over again. 

“When opportunity knocks, open the 

door.” 

Wallace later located a group in the 

area that specialized in working on 

vintage planes, specifically from the 

World War ll era. She approached the 

group and asked them for a ride in 

one of the planes, but was told they 

couldn’t offer her a ride unless she was 

willing to work on some of the planes 

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“It was one of those perfect summer 

evenings, and it was just before sunset, 

with mist over the valleys and the sky 

turned a kaleidoscope of oranges and 

pinks,” Wallace said. “It was magical.” 

From that point on, Wallace realized 

that she belonged in the sky. 

“I looked at him (the pilot) and said 

‘I need to come back here. I need to 

learn how to come back here,’” Wallace 

said. 

So in exchange for continuing to 

work on the planes, she was offered 

free flying lessons, an opportunity that 

does not come by often. As she learned, 

it became more and more apparent 

that for her, flying a plane was, quite 

literally, just a vehicle to get her to 

places she has never been. 

“It was never about the flying for me. 

It was where it took me,” Wallace said. 

That mindset got her involved 

in aviation journalism just a few 

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newspaper. 

Though passionate and excited about 

her work, the industry was heavily 

male-driven, and over the course of the 

next eight years Wallace slowly realized 

that her passion was slipping away after 

her attempts to fit in. 

“There were no women doing what 

I did,” Wallace said. “I had been 

working so hard to fit in and be what 

was acceptable to these people that I 

had lost myself. It’s very common for 

women in male fields.” 

Wallace then packed her bags, sold 

her plane, and headed west to Los 

Angeles, where she spent the next four 

years deciding if aviation was the right 

path for her. To test that, she ended 

up writing a book manuscript, titled 

“Flying Lessons.” 

It was never published and still sits 

in Wallace’s desk drawer today, but it 

made her rediscover her passion for 

aviation and exploring the world. 

The manuscript reignited her passion 

and career. She bought another plane, 

and then found her way to Flying 

magazine. 

During her time with the 

publication, she wrote numerous 

adventure columns from around the 

world, even delivering relief supplies 

into Sudan in 2001. At the time, a civil 

war was taking place in the country, 

and she flew into a conflict zone in 

order to get supplies to those in need. 

At one point, they had to fly into the 

clouds to avoid SAM turrets, and was 

even held at gunpoint by a child soldier 

on one of the missions. 

In 2004, she was offered the chance 

to fly a blimp from Switzerland to 

Greece, and became part of the first 

team to fly a blimp across the Alps, 

though it was anything but smooth. 

“It took us six weeks. Everything that 

could go wrong did go wrong,” Wallace 

said. “We were detained at gunpoint, an 

engine blew up, we had to bail out of 

the blimp at one point.” 

On another expedition, she had 

landed and gotten her plane stuck on 

an iceberg where the ice was so sharp, 

it could have severely ripped her skin if 

she took a wrong step. 

But no matter how terrifying some 

parts of her adventures were, Wallace 

got to see parts of the world that she 

only could have gotten to by learning 

how to fly. Her time as a woman in 

aviation journalism has also led to 

the work she does now, focusing on 

diversity and inclusion. 

Since 2015, Wallace has conducted 

research and interviewed educators, 

therapists, and other professional 

women across the U.S., discussing 

challenges women have faced in their 

careers, how they succeeded, and how 

they were held back. 

She now does coaching for women, 

writing a regular magazine column 

titled “Core Strength” with advice 

for women in aviation. Wallace is 

also currently writing a book, “Core 

Strength: Being Happy and Having an 

Impact In a World Run by Men.” 

After years full of adventure 

and travel, Wallace has now taken 

satisfaction in helping other women 

pursue and succeed in their careers, 

whether it's aviation or another 

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Sailing stories 

Susan Cairns Fischer's chronicle 

of Marblehead boat names 

Author Susan Cairns Fischer has 

created the third edition of her book, 

"Marblehead Boat Names." 


By Kelan Flynn 


Susan Cairns Fischer, overlooking 

the water while standing outside of 

the Landing Restaurant, said that she 

recently retired from her career as a 

special educator. She thought that 

her newly found free time presented a 

perfect opportunity to author the third 

edition of “Marblehead Boat Names,” 

which catalogs and presents the names 

of boats from within the town. 

“I grew up in Marblehead, and I 

grew up on boats,” Fischer said. “My 

grandfather was a big sailor, my parents 

were sailors. And so, I just grew up on 

boats my whole life.” 

The idea for the books came to 

Fischer at the suggestion of her 

husband, Jack, when 30 years ago, they 

were out with friends and family at 

Brown’s Island, where Fischer wondered 

aloud about the name of a boat. Fischer 

discovered then that others were 

curious about the names of boats, and 

so her work on her first book, published 

in 1994, began. 

Fischer said that one of her favorite 

boat names that she found while 

putting together the new book was that 

of a friend, called Carried Away. 

“They got carried away at how much 

they spent on the boat,” Fischer said. 

She added that the boat can also 

be seen as “carrying them away” into 

retirement. 

“Some boats are named for family 

members, some for songs, stories, or 

jokes — it’s a little bit of everything,” 

Fischer said. “It’s whatever is 

meaningful to the boat owner, is what 

I’m finding.” 

Determining a boat name is no easy 

feat, Fischer said. 

“You’re gonna have it for 10, 15 

STORIES, continued on page 22 



STORIES, continued from page 21 

years… I’m finding a lot of people are collaborating 

with colleagues to come up with that name, and that’s 

your name,” Fischer said. “That’s your rep, the name is 

representing you.” 

Fischer said the Marblehead community is interested 

in the boat names, and that that interest is partially 

why she felt inspired to write the third edition of the 

book. 

“Because of so many requests I’ve been receiving 

from boaters to do a new edition, because they have 

a new boat, or they kept the boat name the same, but 

want to update the story, or they have additional boats 

— they want to add to their fleet, if you will,” she said. 

“I’m having so much fun. I’m meeting so many people, 

and people are thrilled to share their stories, and they’re 

looking forward to learning about other stories.” 

Fischer worked with her two daughters, Sarah and 

Kylie, on the new edition of the book. 

“Sarah designed the book cover, and she’s the editor; 

it’s just been such a great experience to work together 

like that,” Fischer said. “If Sarah and I are kind of 

muddling through something, and we want an objective 

opinion, we can go to either Kylie, or my husband.” 

Fischer added that she has been having so much fun 

with the project that she doesn’t consider it to be work. 

She said that it’s just nice “to make people happy. It’s 

nice to be nice.” 

Whether on a powerboat, a kayak, or a raft, the 

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important part for Fischer is being out on the water. 

“I don’t really care what I’m in… It’s my happy place. 

Whenever I’m on the water, it’s a feeling of calmness. 

And I find from so many other people’s stories, that it’s 

their place of happiness and calmness and relaxation,” 

Fischer said. “It’s just time to spend with the family, 

away from TV, away from phones, away from the hustle 

of the city or the town, wherever you’re from.” 

Fischer said that there is a real sense of camaraderie 

within the boating community. She said that if you’re 

on a boat in the water, and you pass someone else in 

a boat who you don’t know, they’ll often wave to say 

hello. 

“If you wave to them, they’ll wave right back. It’s just 

so common. Everyone’s just happy on the water,” she 

said. 

“I take pride in Marblehead. And I know how proud 

everyone is, being in this community and being on the 

water,” Fischer said. “So, it’s nice that I can be a vessel 

for people to be able to share that with others.” 

While the first edition got its stories mostly from 

Fischer and her father dropping fliers into boats, the 

newest editions had entries collated with the help of 

Fischer’s website, MarbleheadBoatNames.com 

The newest edition of Fischer’s book is expected 

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Softball team 

doing it for Norman 

Showing Norman's impact beyond 

just Marblehead, the softball team 

received a player-signed team 

ball from Saugus High. The teams 

faced each other the day after 

Norman's death. 

STAFF PHOTO: EMMA FRINGUELLI 

By Mark Aboyoun 

and Joey Barrett 


Sometimes, it takes a tragedy for 

people to come together in ways no one 

thought possible. 

Todd Norman, town native and 

owner of Norman Landscaping, 

was beginning another season as an 

assistant coach on Marblehead’s varsity 

softball team when he suddenly died in 

his home on April 8. 

He was 61 years old. 

“I received texts and calls from 

past players asking what they can do 

because coach Norman meant so much 

to them,” head coach Johnny Gold said. 

“He meant everything to us. We’ve 

lost a great coach, great father, great 

husband, and a great friend.” 

Missing a beloved voice in the 

dugout, Marblehead played a game 

the day he died. Gold made sure his 

players made the decision whether to 

Todd Norman 

play or not. 

“We gave them the option and I told 

them I’ll stand behind you whether you 

want to play or not,” Gold said. “Our 

captain, Ruby (Calienes), called me and 

said, ‘We’re playing.’ 

Marblehead went on to beat Reading 

9-3 that day, before defeating Saugus 

6-1 the following day – all for Norman. 

“Now, we’re playing the rest of the 

year for coach Norman,” Gold said. 

Norman’s impact went beyond just 

Marblehead. Saugus’ softball team 

presented a signed ball to Marblehead 

before the two teams faced each other 

that week. 

“We wanted to do something,” 

Saugus coach Steve Almquist said. “I’ve 

known Todd since I came into this 

league. Johnny and Todd are such great 

people and I was so sad yesterday when 

Johnny told me he passed away… As 

a team, we wanted to give something 

to the family, just to let them know 

that Todd wasn’t just respected in 

Marblehead and that we appreciated 

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our interactions with him.” 

Gold and his players couldn’t have 

appreciated the gesture any more. 

“They’re such a class act over 

there,” he said. “They gave us a 

signed ball to present to Todd’s 

family. That stems from their 

coach.” 

Playing for Norman didn’t stop 

that week. Marblehead wrapped 

up the regular season with an 18-4 

record and finished as a top-10 

team in Division 2 (as of press time 

and before the state tournament). 

“He meant everything to this 

team. He and I coached for 18 years 

here, but he meant way more than 

just a coach,” Gold said. 

Norman graduated from 

Marblehead High in 1980 and 

remained in town throughout his 

entire life. 

He was a familiar – and 

beloved – face. 

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business, so he made sure our fields 

were always right. He fixed any 

equipment issues we ever had,” 

Gold said. “If anyone ever needed 

anything in town, he got it done.” 45 

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with 18 wins - all for Norman. 

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From auto shop 

to Auto racing 

Giliver family's rally racing 

dream comes true 

Sunrise RallySport driver 

Phillip Giliver and co-driver 

Steven Blomquist pilot the 

team's Toyota Yaris through 

the narrow roads of Team 

O'Neil Rally School. 


By Ryan Vermette 


Phillip Giliver and his brother, 

David, have been around cars their 

entire lives. After moving to the 

United States from Russia in the 

‘90s, their father, Lenny, opened up 

an auto shop on the Lynnway, mostly 

specializing in Japanese vehicles. 

Prior to that, Lenny had been a 

co-driver in the Soviet Union when 

he was younger. So it’s only natural 

that Phillip wanted to become a racecar 

driver himself from a young age. 

That dream has now become a reality 

as Phillip and his team, consisting 

of his father and brother, completed 

their first rally race two weeks ago. 

After starting his own team, 

Sunrise RallySport, Phillip drove to 

a fourth-place finish at an event in 

Michigan. 

Rally racing is a motorsport that 

takes place on a specified public or 

private course, with a driver and 

navigator. Rather than physically 

competing against other racers for 

placement, the goal of rallying is to 

get from one stage of the course to 

another in the fastest time possible, 

pitting the driver and navigator 

against time and nature. 

While the motorsport has a large 

following in Europe, rally racing 

hasn’t quite caught on in the United 

States yet. However, those who dare 

to sign up for it have an intense 

passion that is much needed for 

success. 

Before the day of the race, Phillip 

and his navigator will do a slow drive 

through the course, typically in a 



rental car. The navigator will jot down 

notes for nearly every twist, turn, bump, 

and hole in the road. 

During the race, the navigator will 

communicate those notes in real time 

to the driver through microphones 

installed in their helmets. 

“While it’s a fast sport, it’s a very 

precise sport,” Phillip said. “You need 

to know down to the hundredth of a 

mile where you are.” 

“It’s a brains and muscles sort of 

situation,” David added. 

While it’s a costly hobby in terms 

of time and effort, that works out just 

fine for Phillip, who is an aerospace 

engineer by day. 

“I’m an engineer, he’s (David) an 

engineer by training. This is kind of a 

showcase of what we can build. We’re 

building it and competing in it, so it’s a 

point of pride,” Phillip said. 

With the sport already in the family, 

it wasn’t a question of if Phillip would 

start rally racing, but just a matter of 

when. 

In 2020, he found the right fit, a 

2006 Toyota Yaris. Though the car 

was in need of pretty heavy repair due 

RACE, continued on page 30 

Driver Phillip Giliver zips up his race 

suit before the start of the rally. 

The Sunrise RallySport team, 

from left, Lenny Giliver and 

his sons Phillip and David, 

have started competing in the 

American Rally Association. 



RACE, continued from page 29 

to how its last owner had driven it, it 

had been previously owned by five rally 

racers, which made Phillip feel that he 

had made the right choice for his first 

car. 

“This has actually been a starter car for 

a few people. It’s a fun lineage,” Phillip 

said. 

The first official race with the car was 

in 2022, however it was called off after 

an accident involving another car. 

But this time around, they were able to 

not only finish the race, but earn a 

top-five finish. With one full race now 

under their belts, Phillip said the next 

steps for the team are to get to more 

events and continue dropping their times. 

Even though Phillip is the one with 

two hands on the wheel, he says none of 

it is possible without his team. 

“The only way this works is because 

he’s completely on board,” Phillip said, 

pointing to his father. “I’m putting in 

effort, I have help from my family. If it 

was without any of that, this would be 

impossible.” 

“People just want to help out and it’s 

definitely a team sport,” he added. 

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Lenny Giliver changes a tire on 

the Sunrise RallySport Toyota 

Yaris in between stages of the 

Cinco De Gravel Trial. 

Sunrise RallySport co-driver Steven 

Blomquist, left, and driver Phillip Giliver 

go over notes for the final stage of the 

Cinco De Gravel Trial. 



Sunrise RallySport driver Phillip Giliver 

and co-driver Steven Blomquist take on 

the first stage of the Cinco De Gravel Trial. 

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Tate Walker never 

says no to a job 

By Richelle Melad 


Marblehead resident Tate Walker 

was working as a cashier at a local shop 

in 2021, but realized that it wasn’t for 

him. Walker just loves being outdoors, 

helping people, making his own 

schedule, and working for himself too 

much. 

Since then, he began his own 

successful business doing odd jobs, 

which include lawn-mowing, 

weed-whacking, and power-washing 

all over the North Shore, which is in 

its third summer now. 

Walker is currently a student 

at Providence College studying 

economics, and knew he had to 

continue expanding the business 

when a family friend hired him to 

power-wash their deck and he loved 

the experience. He started using his 

family’s tools, like their lawn mower 

and weed whacker, but had to buy his 

own gear due to wear and tear. 

“Right now I mow 17 lawns a week,” 

Walker said. 

He talked about a recent day when 

he had to mow eight lawns in one day, 

from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

“It (his family’s lawn mower) doesn't 

really cut out for the job, so I had to 

make an investment in a bunch of gear, 

but it has all paid off,” he said. 

Walker describes himself as someone 

who is passionate about what he does, 

a hard worker, and a perfectionist, a 

trait he said he gets from his dad. He 

also prefers when there’s a lot going on. 

He said that he “never says no to a job,” 

but will be honest with people if he’s 

never done a certain task before. 

“I don't doubt that I can do it,” 

Walker said. “And I'll make sure I do it 

correctly.” 

Walker recalled how at one point, 

however, he had to tell a client he was 

helping move that he wouldn’t kill a 

mouse. 

“I was like, ‘No, I'm not going to 

do that with all due respect, I'm not 

Marblehead's Tate 

Walker has been 

spending his summers 

doing odd jobs and 

lawn care for the past 

three years. 

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Walker mows the lawn of 

a client in Beverly. 

going to kill a mouse,’” Walker 

said, adding that it was for moral 

reasons. “So for the next 20 

minutes, I was running around 

the basement doing my absolute 

best to catch this mouse. I finally 

caught it, and so I just picked it 

up in a container and I brought it 

out to the woods and just dropped 

it off.” 

According to Walker, the 

business has successfully expanded 

through word of mouth and 

referrals. 

“The progression of the 

business has been insane,” Walker 

said. “I have been getting nonstop 

clients, which I am forever 

grateful for.” 

Walker recognizes that summers 

near the end of one’s college 

career are typically reserved for 

internships or anything that 

will get their “foot in the door.” 

But with the business’ success, 

continuing next summer and 

beyond is not out of the question. 

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Walker to do odd jobs can call 

781-771-7054 or email 

tatewalkerr@gmail.com. 

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HEADS UP 

Marblehead hoists first 

championship trophy since 2011 

The Marblehead hockey 

team celebrates its state 

championship win at TD 

Garden in Boston. 




By Mark Aboyoun 


BOSTON — To be the best, you 

have to beat the best. With the top 

three seeds standing in its way this 

postseason, the No. 6 Marblehead 

hockey team said, “Bring it on.” 

The Headers – who began the winter 

0-6, then 2-8 – defied all odds, leaving 

TD Garden with the Division 3 state 

championship after a 1-0 win against 

top-seeded Nauset on May 17. 

For a rowdy Marblehead fan section, 

the Headers couldn’t have gotten off to 

a better start. Kyle Hart showed off his 

speed, getting past a Nauset defender 

before wrapping around the net and 

finding teammate Avin Rodovsky for 

an easy finish with 4:41 remaining in 

the first period. 

It served as the game-winning goal. 

“It was a nice goal. Even when we’re 

not in sync, a kid like Kyle Hart doesn’t 

need momentum. He just needs a little 

bit of space and he created the chance,” 

second-year Marblehead coach Mark 

Marfione said. 

Nauset steamrolled its way to the 

championship game with an 18-2 

aggregate score against its opponents. 

The Headers, and Marfione, knew what 

was in store. 

“We knew they had a lot of structure 

and, even on film, we felt like no team 

really challenged their structure,” 

he said. “We felt we were on a level 

they haven’t seen all year, but I’ll give 

them credit. They were better than we 

CHAMPS, continued on page 36 

Senior captain Hogan Sedky 

lets out some emotion as he 

lifts the championship trophy. 

Headers' fans nearly bring 

down the boards at TD Garden. 



Marblehead's hockey players and 

fans celebrate at TD Garden. 

CHAMPS, continued from page 35 

thought. They pressured us all night 

and hit a couple of posts – it was just 

a crazy game. With a little bit of luck 

and a little bit of Leo (Burdge), we got 

it done.” 

They say the post is a goalie’s best 

friend. In the second period, the 

Warriors hit the iron three times 

against Marblehead netminder Burdge. 

“When you play long enough, watch 

it long enough, there’s many different 

ways to win and different ways to lose,” 

Nauset coach Connor Brickley said. 

“It’s a game of margins. The puck didn’t 

bounce our way tonight. It is what it is.” 

Burdge made save after save to 

preserve a 37-save shutout. 

“When the pressure is the highest, he 

saves everything,” Marfione said. 

Across the past three state 

tournament games, Burdge had made 

21, 23, and, in the title game, 37 saves. 

“My main focus today was to track 

the puck and command the defensive 

side of things,” he said. “There’s only 

one shot I didn’t see today and I was 

lucky it hit me.” 

But to win, it takes more than a hot 

netminder. In the third period, it also 

took defensive captain Hogan Sedky, 

who put his body on the line to block a 

handful of shots. 

Leading by example, his pregame 

message to his teammates was to “play 

hard.” 

“It’s hard to say there was just one 

message, but we wanted to get out, play 

hard, and play Marblehead hockey,” 

Sedky said. “If we let them set the 

tempo, we were going to go behind.” 

Even in Nauset defeat, Brickley said 

the Headers “played exactly to who they 

were.” 

“We had a good idea that they like 

to go north and south, and we had a 

good idea that they wanted to play with 

speed and put pucks north,” he said. 

Marblehead got to the power play 

late in the third, but the Warriors 

controlled the action. Then, a double 

save from a scrambling Burdge kept the 

Warriors off the scoreboard. 

“It was a 2-on-1 and I got over to 

cover as much of the net as possible, 

which was blocked. Then, I just tried to 

cover it as soon as I could,” Burdge said. 

With more shots and more 

possession, Nauset just couldn’t find a 

way through the Headers. Time 

expired on the No. 1 seed, and 

Marblehead brought home a state 

championship – its first since 2011. 

When asked what it meant for him 

to be the senior captain on a state 

championship-winning program, Sedky 

expressed his love for the town. 

“I love each and every one of these 

guys. There was never a moment we 

didn’t think we couldn’t go all the way 

to the state championship – even when 

we were 0-6,” he said. “We’re the most 

bought-in team out there. From the 

first liners to the healthy scratches, I 

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