~ Revere High School Patriots Sports Roundup ~

Revere volleyball starts strong at 5-2

By Dom Nicastro

The RHS Patriots boys volleyball team fell at home to O’Bryant, 3-1. But the team is still in pretty good position as it soon completes the first half of the season. The Patriots are 5-2.

Against O’Bryant, Juan Perez had 20 kills. Kawan Dias had 10 kills. Larry Claudio had 18 assists, and Christopher Choc Chavez tossed in 17 helpers.

Revere topped Chelsea, 3-1. Perez had 15 kills. Dias added 10 kills, and Claudio chipped in with 12 assists.

  Revere girls tennis picks up win over Winthrop

Revere Patriots girls tennis had a 5-0 win over Winthrop. Erta Ismahili (senior) won at first singles, 6-3, 6-3.  Cesia Loza (senior) won at second singles, 6-0, 6-1.

Genevieve Belmonte (freshman) won at third singles, 6-1, 6-0, and Rachel Sanchez (senior) and Keila Loza (senior) won at first doubles, 6-3, 7-5. Kiara Munguia (senior) and Stephanie Phan (senior) picked up the sweep at second doubles, 6-3, 6-1.

  Revere boys tennis competes in loss to Somerville

Revere lost to Somerville, 4-0, but had strong matches. Dayna Phan (senior) lost at first singles, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Erta Ismahili lost at second singles, 6-3, 6-2. Genevieve Belmonte lost at third singles, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Rachel Sanchez and Cesia Loza lost at first doubles, 6-1, 6-4, and Kiara Munguia and Keila Loza fell at second doubles, 7-6, 6-4.

So sorry for the delay here! We had our first meet Monday and due to the cold, rainy weather we had some scoring mix-ups that needed to be cleared up on Tuesday.

  Revere girls track opens with two victories

The Patriots opened the season 2-0, defeating Somerville (68-66) and Lynn Classical (117-13) on Monday, April 7.

“We knew that we were starting off with our hardest meet of the season, and the weather did not make it any easier,” Revere coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “We also were down a fair bit of girls in this meet. This close win truly shows the drive of this team to step up when they are down physically. Mentally, they never let tough conditions or tough meets get the best of them. We’re pretty early on for some extremely impressive times, jumps and throws, but we know those will be coming soon.”

Gemma Stamatopoulos had a perfect meet versus Lynn Classical, taking home four first-place finishes and putting up 20 points for the team. Her first places came in the high jump, long jump, 400 hurdles and 800 meters.

Versus Somerville, she had two first-place finishes (long jump, 800 meters) and two second-place finishes (400 hurdles, high jump) good for 16 points overall. Despite the weather, Stamatopoulos dug in and gave some amazing early-season performances, even jumping a PR of 14-8 in the long jump.

Senior captain Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez also competed in the max four events for Revere. She took first in the triple jump both vs Lynn Classical and Somerville. She placed first in the 100-meter dash versus Lynn Classical and second vs. Somerville. Cabrera Rodriguez took second place in the 400-meter hurdles vs. Lynn Classical.

Rania Hamdani placed first in the 400-meter both vs. Classical and Somerville. She also was the anchor leg for the winning 4×400-meter relay team, which decided the meet finish versus Somerville. She took first place in the discus vs. Lynn Classical.

Distance standout Olivia Rupp took first in the mile in both meets while jogging a 6:14.

“This is so impressive given the weather, knowing that in ideal conditions and with competition Olivia will be easily able to drop back down to her low 5-minute mile times this outdoor season,” MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “Olivia also had a leg in the winning 4×400-meter relay.”

Newcomer to the team Kesley Morales took first in the 100-meter hurdles versus both Somerville and Lynn Classical, with an impressive time of 19.9. Exceptional, her coach said, given the weather and the fact that this was her first time approaching 10 hurdles.

Other first-place finishes for the team included Francoise Kodjo in the shotput vs Lynn Classical (second vs. Somerville), Nisrin Sekkat in the javelin vs. Lynn Classical (second vs. Somerville) and Jaliyah Manigo in the 200-meter vs. Lynn Classical.

Second-place finishes for the team included:

• Marwa Riad in the long jump both vs. Lynn Classical and Somerville
• Mayahh Ndi in the high jump (third vs. Somerville)
• Aidah Louaddi in the shotput vs. Lynn Classical (third vs. Somerville)
• Jocelyn Lazo in the discus vs. LC
• Jocelyn Lazo in the javelin (third vs. Somerville)
• Salma Zahraoui in the 100-meter hurdles vs. Lynn Classical (third vs. Somerville)
• Victoria Osias in the 100-meter vs. Lynn Classical (third vs. Somerville)
• Isabella Marin in the 200-meter vs. Lynn Classical (third vs. Somerville)
• Marwa Riad in the 400-meter vs. Lynn Classical
• Gianna Chiodi in the 800-meter (third vs. Somerville)
• Manuela Canaveral in the 2-mile in both meets.

Third-place finishes for the team included:

• Izzy Marin in the high jump vs. Lynn Classical
• Fatima El Hariri in the shotput vs. Lynn Classical
• Aidah Louaddi in the discus vs. Lynn Classical
• Haley Peralta in the javelin vs. Lynn Classical
• Dayana Ortega in the 100-meter hurdles vs. Lynn Classical
• Mayahh Ndi in the 200-meter vs. Lynn Classical
• Jade Dang in the 400-meter vs. Lynn Classical

On the relay side, the 4×100-meter team (Lesly Mendoza, Kesley Morales, Amy Astu Rodriguez and Victoria Osias) took first vs. Lynn Classical. The 4×400-meter relay team (Marwa Riad, Jaliyah Manigo, Olivia Rupp and Rania Hamdani) took first in both meets.