~ Revere High School Patriots Sports Round-Up ~

Revere girls tennis team splits

  The Revere girls tennis team beat Lynn English, 4-1. Here are the results: first singles: Dayna Phan lost 6-1, 6-3; second singles: Jaimy Gomez won 6-1, 6-1; third singles: Lesly Calderon Lopez won 6-0 ,6-0; first doubles: Cesia Loza and Rachel Sanchez won 6-4, 7-5; second doubles: Keila Loza and Ivana Nguyen won 6-0, 6-1.

No one had wins for Revere against Malden.

Revere boys volleyball team blanks Somerville, edges Boston Latin

  Revere dropped Somerville, 3-0, with Larry Claudio contributing 28 assists and Ruben Rodriguez adding 13 kills.

Revere edged Boston Latin Academy, 3-2. Claudio had 48 assists. Rodriguez had 19 kills. Lucas Jiminez added 14 kills, and Kawan Dias picked up 13 kills.

Revere boys tennis team falls to Lynn teams

  A shorthanded Revere boys tennis team missing four returning varsity players dropped a pair to the Lynns.

Lynn Classical defeated Revere, 5-0. “Classical is a very solid and deep team, who should compete for the GBL title this year,” Revere coach Michael Flynn said.

At first singles, Revere’s Nick Aguilar played a very good match and lost to a very good player, 6-1, 6-2. At second singles, Nick Barry played well and lost to a solid player, 6-2, 6-0. New players Steven Espinal and Rayan Elmzabi played well for their first match and lost 6-0, 6-1 in first doubles. New players Vic Cisneros and John Barry played very well in their first match and lost, 6-1, 6-2.

Aguilar at No. 1 singles picked up the team’s lone win and played a very strong match, winning 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).

Revere girls track team unbeaten after three

  The Revere girls moved to 3-0 on the season with a huge win over Lynn Classical defeating them, 121-11.

Gemma Stamatopoulos was the top scorer with three first-place finishes (400-meter hurdles, 800, high jump) and one third-place finish in the long lump totaling 16 points. “Gemma continues to have a stellar year and her ability to adjust to multiple races is incredible,” Revere coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “She is always comfortable adjusting her workouts to match her races for the week ahead and is well on pace for an 800-meter school record this year.”

Senior captains Giselle Salvador and Yara Belguendouz both had two first-place finishes (10 points each). “Giselle finished first in the 100 and 200, and Yara finished first in the 100 hurdles and the javelin with a new PR,” MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “The team really looks to these two sprint leaders, and they have helped lead multiple workouts already this year. Their talent and leadership skills are both shining.”

The coach issued a huge shout-out to throwing captains Angelina Montoya, Camila Echeverri and Ashley Chander, as the Patriots swept in two out of three throwing events for the first time this season. Other first-place finishes included Marwa Riad in the long jump with a new PR (14-4), Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez in the triple jump, Francoise Kodjo in the shotput, senior captain Angelina Montoya in the discus, Jaliyah Manigo in the 400, Olivia Rupp in the mile and Afnane Amine in the 2-mile. The 4×100 team of Marwa Riad, Jade Dang, Nisrin Sekkat and Ashley Chandler took first with a new season PR of 60.7.

Sophomores Olivia Rupp and Gemma Stamatopoulos participated in the first invitational of the outdoor season at the BSR Mid-Distance Classic at St. John’s Prep. Both had PR races. Stamatopoulos ran a 67.33 in the 400 (a top team time), and Rupp ran a 6:13.75 in the 1 mile (another top team time).

Revere softball team red-hot with three out of four wins

  Revere softball had a big week, taking three out of four contests. Revere fell to Everett, 16-7, topped Malden, 18-7, edged Northeast Metro Tech, 11-10, and handled Somerville. Revere had 23 hits against Malden. Lea Doucette drove in five runs on five hits in that win.

In the Somerville win, Danni Randall fired a one-hitter and Shayna Smith and Lea Doucette each belted two home runs apiece.

“The girls have been playing well and not getting down when innings aren’t going their way in the games,” Revere coach Megan O’Donnell said. “The girls battled back with Everett but started a little too late.”

Revere lost senior center fielder Isabella Qualtieri to an injury in the Everett game, but her leadership on the bench and positive attitude has been keeping her teammates’ spirits alive, according to the coach. Senior Ally Straccia has stepped into the role and is holding down center field. Senior Luiza Santos keeps the girls and coaches in check with her upbeat and positive attitude. Riley Straccia has been strong in the field and has gotten a hot bat. Junior first baseman Doucette has been a hitting machine at the plate and “has done it with ease in every game,” O’Donnell said.

Revere had many players get their first varsity hits last week: Olivia Morris, Lindsey Pineda and Dakota Lanes. Gianna Chiodi took the mound last week and earned her first career save. Freshman Caleigh Joyce had a few hits over the week, and freshman Anna Doucette has played many positions for the Patriots this season and has never complained. And her bat’s starting to come alive, the coach said.

Juniors Brianna Miranda and Jordan Martelli have been consistent at bat and in the field. Frankie Reed has been playing the hot corner and seeing some solid hits from other teams. Smith and Randall have been a great duo in the field; Danni (10 strikeouts against Northeast) had gotten into her groove on the mound and had two great games vs. Malden and Northeast Voke, a game in which Revere had 14 hits total. Smith has been hot at the plate and behind the plate.

“Shayna’s positive energy with Danni has provided the team with the will to win,” O’Donnell said. “We have a long season ahead still, and we have played some great games, but we need to a little better in the field.”

Revere baseball team tops Everett, falls to Somerville

  Dom Bellia struck out 12 batters, letting up just three hits while walking three in a complete-game effort in Revere’s 9-1 win over Somerville. Revere scored eight runs in the first and never looked back. Brendan Sack had two hits, as did Seth Sullivan. Each also had two RBI. Ollie Svendsen added three runs.

The team was blanked by Somerville, 17-0. “More than half of Somerville’s runs were unearned,” Revere coach Mike Manning said. “It was just Murphy’s Law out there. We should have had a clean inning in the second to keep the game 0-0, but made a couple mistakes and went on to give up seven runs in that frame, and we just lost all focus and continued to kick balls around the diamond for the rest of the game.”