EVERETT — Henry Gabalis still remembers the disrespect.

After watching his older brother, Victor, play on dominant Archbishop Murphy football teams before graduating in 2020, Gabalis entered the program as a freshman in the 2022 season with high expectations.

The 2022 team finished winless at 0-8. What seemed like an unfathomable season for the program just a few years prior had become a reality. It didn’t sit right with Gabalis and the rest of his class.

“I knew Murphy as a powerhouse,” Gabalis said. “And I came here, and then I had high expectations, then we’d play and just get absolutely disrespected. That just put a chip on my shoulder. I wanted to work in the offseason.”

Joe Cronin took over as the program’s head coach the following season, turning things around to finish 6-4, but

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