Revere High School Patriots Spring Sports Roundup

Girls track wins GBL title, softball explodes for 21 runs, tennis, volleyball notch wins

By Dom Nicastro

Revere High School Spring sports saw the undefeated girls track and field team clinch the Greater Boston League regular-season title with two more wins. Meanwhile, varsity softball delivered a 21-run mercy-rule win, baseball battled Lynn English and boys volleyball and tennis earned key victories.

Girls track wins GBL championship, finishes regular season 7-0

The Revere High School girls track and field team wrapped up its regular season as undefeated GBL champions for the second straight season (fourth overall if you count indoor track), improving to 7-0 after wins over Medford (94-37) and Lynn English (98.5-37.5).

“Happy to report the girls took home two more wins on Monday to finish the regular season 7-0,” said head coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli. “Weather-wise, it was a tough meet in 50-degree temps and rain. The girls pulled through though and dug for that title.”

Junior Gemma Stamatopoulos led the team again, scoring 13 points versus Medford with first-place finishes in the long jump (15 feet, 3.5 inches) and 1-mile run (5:47.3), and second in the high jump (4-8). She added 11 points versus Lynn English, placing third in high jump.

Senior Liv Yuong contributed 13 points in both meets, taking first in the high jump (4-10) and 100-meter hurdles (18.2), while also placing second in the long jump (13-9) against English.

Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez earned 10 points in both meets, winning the triple jump (30-1) and 400-meter hurdles (1:21.9). Olivia Rupp debuted in the 2-mile with back-to-back wins (12:37.1) and added second-place finishes in the 800 meters (2:39.6).

Other first-place finishes included:

• Francoise Kodjo – Shotput (27-1)
• Amina Larhzal – Discus (67-7)
• Haley Peralta – Javelin (75-0)
• Victoria Osias – 200 meters (29.3)
• Rania Hamdani – 400 meters (1:06.2)

Second-place finishers:

• Marwa Riad – Triple jump (28-11.75), 400 vs. English (1:11.7)
• Aidah Louaddi – Shot put (23-5)
• Jocelyn Lazo – Discus vs. Medford (54-6), javelin (72-6)
• Dayana Ortega – 100-meter hurdles (18.8)
• Mayaah Ndi – 100 meters vs. English (14.4)
• Isabella Marin Isaza – 200 meters vs. English (30.0)
• Gigi Zierten – mile vs. English (6:24.1)
• Daniela Santana Baez – 2-mile (15:50.8)

Third-place contributors:

• Ndi – High jump vs. Medford (4-6)
• Amy Astu Rodriguez – Triple jump vs. English (26-2.5)
• Nour Maihouane – Shot put vs. Medford (17-9.5)
• Hamdani – Discus vs. Medford (51-8)
• Larhzal – Javelin vs. Medford (57-8)
• Kesley Morales – 100-meter hurdles (19.6)
• Emma DaCrosta – 800 meters vs. English (3:08.9)

Softball crushes Malden behind Smith’s four-hit, four-RBI Day

Revere softball rolled to a 21-0 win over Malden, backed by a dominant outing from Shayna Smith and a no-hit performance by Danni Randall.

Smith went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, including a home run and three run-scoring singles. Randall struck out 10 and allowed no hits over five innings.

Lea Doucette also homered and drove in three runs, while Jordan Martelli and Anna Doucette added key RBIs. Caleigh Joyce had two RBIs, and Brianna Miranda doubled and walked twice.

Revere tallied 17 hits and 13 walks. Smith led the team with 11 chances in the field, and the defense played error-free ball.

Baseball drops tight one to Lynn English

Revere baseball fell 6-3 to Lynn English at Fraser Field in Lynn.

Domenic Bellia took the loss, allowing one earned run on eight hits over four innings, with five strikeouts. Revere’s defense allowed five unearned runs.

Christian Flores, Brendan Sack and Bellia each collected a hit. Sack and George Papalambros drove in one run apiece. Ismael El Gharbi drew two walks as Revere totaled six on the day.

Volleyball wins three straight, led by Claudio, Chavez and Dias

Revere boys volleyball continued a strong stretch with wins over Malden (3-1) and Chelsea (3-0).

Against Malden, key stats included:

• Chris “Choc” Chavez – 22 assists, four aces
• Larry Claudio – 16 assists, 14 kills
• Kawan Dias – 15 kills

Against Chelsea, key stats included:

• Chavez – 19 assists
• Claudio – 10 assists, 10 kills
• Juan Perez – 10 kills
• Dias – 10 kills

Girls tennis picks up back-to-back wins

The Revere High School girls tennis team earned a pair of wins over Lynn Classical and Winthrop.

On May 7, Revere edged Lynn Classical 3-2:

• Genevieve Belmonte won at third singles (6-3, 6-2)
• Rachel Sanchez and Cesia Loza won first doubles (5-7, 6-2, 6-1)
• Kiara Munguia and Keila Loza won second doubles (6-2, 6-1)

On May 8, Revere swept Winthrop 5-0:

• Dayna Phan (6-0, 6-2), Erta Ismahili (6-3, 6-1) and Belmonte (6-1, 6-0) won in singles
• Sanchez/Loza (6-1, 6-4) and Munguia/Loza (6-0, 6-0) completed the sweep