~ Revere High School Patriots Sports Roundup ~

By Dom Nicastro

Tennis takes three wins, softball battles, track stays unbeaten

Revere High School’s spring sports teams are racking up experience and momentum across multiple sports. The girls tennis team closed a busy week with three wins; softball showed flashes despite two losses; and girls track remained perfect heading into a key stretch.

Girls tennis wins three of four behind strong doubles play

Revere girls tennis secured three wins in four matches during a packed week. The team began with a 3-2 win over Lynn Classical on Monday, April 14. Freshman Genevieve Belmonte delivered a 6-2, 6-3 win at third singles, while both doubles teams brought home victories. Senior duo Rachel Sanchez and Cesia Loza battled back for a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win at first doubles. Seniors Kiara Munguia and Keila Loza followed with a 6-3, 6-4 win at second doubles.

Revere followed up with a 4-1 win over Lynn English on Wednesday, April 16. Senior Dayna Phan won 7-5, 7-5 at first singles. Erta Ismahili won her second singles match with a 6-7, 7-6 win followed by a tiebreaker. Sanchez and Loza cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 first doubles win, and the second doubles team of Munguia and Loza won after an injury forfeit. Revere was leading 5-2 at the time of the stoppage.

Revere edged Everett 3-2 on Thursday, April 17. Phan came from behind to win a tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets. Sanchez and Loza again won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0, while Munguia and Loza completed the sweep at doubles with a 6-1, 7-5 win.

The team wrapped up the week with a 5-0 loss to Malden on Monday, April 21.

Boys volleyball tops Everett, 3-1

Revere boys volleyball earned a 3-1 win over Everett last week, with strong performances across the board. Chris “Choc” Chavez tallied 15 assists, Larry Claudio added 13 assists and Juan Perez dominated at the net with 16 kills.

Softball falls to Everett and Whittier but shows resilience

Revere varsity softball dropped two games last week but had bright spots in both efforts.

Against Everett on Monday, Revere fell 10-4 after giving up six runs in the first inning. Revere clawed back in the third inning when Caleigh Joyce hit a solo home run and Danni Hope Randall singled in a run to cut the deficit to 6-4. Randall pitched a complete game, allowing 10 runs (eight earned) on 14 hits while striking out 12. Joyce went one-for-three with two RBIs. Jordan Martelli and Frankie Reed each collected two hits in the loss.

Earlier in the week, Revere lost to Whittier RVT 12-0. The game was broken open by a seven-run second inning. Randall again took the loss, striking out seven over four and two-thirds innings.

Girls track remains undefeated after Chelsea win

Revere girls track moved to 3-0 after an 84-61 win over Chelsea on Monday. Weather finally cooperated, and the team turned in several early-season personal records.

“Happy to report we defeated Chelsea 84-61 on Monday and moved to 3-0 for the outdoor season,” Revere Head Coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “We finally had the weather on our side, and the team put out some huge early season PRs.”

Gemma Stamatopoulos delivered a near perfect meet with three first-place finishes and one third-place, totaling 16 points. She won the 400-meter hurdles (1:14.3), 800-meter (2:31) and high jump (4-8) and placed third in the long jump (14-4.5).

“I’m really excited to see Gemma perform at invitationals this upcoming weekend where she will see some tough competition and hopefully smash that 800-meter school record,” her coach said.

Senior Liv Yuong scored eight points with a win in the 100-meter hurdles (18.2) and a second in the long jump (15-2). Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez added seven points with two second-place finishes (400-meter hurdles and triple jump) and a third in the 100-meter dash.

Additional Revere first-place finishes:

• Olivia Rupp in the 1-mile (5:56)
• Haley Peralta in the javelin (76-11)
• Emma DaCrosta in the 2-mile (15:49)
• 4×100-meter relay: Lesly Mendoza, Kesley Morales, Izzy Marin, Victoria Osias (56.0)
• 4×400-meter relay: Marwa Riad, Dayana Ortega, Jaliyah Manigo, Rania Hamdani (4:52.9)

Revere heads to its first invitational on Friday, April 25, and returns home for Senior Night on April 28 against Everett and Malden.