THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, January 3, 2020 Page 9 Basketball: Patriot boys notch first two victories By Greg Phipps T he Revere High School boys’ basketball team reversed the direction of their early season by grabbing their first two victories of the winter. The Patriots edged Wakefield last Friday and followed that up with a 12-point home win over Chelsea on Monday night. The Wakefield win was the consolation game of the Greater Boston/Middlesex League Holiday Tournament. Crisrael Lithgow exploded for 31 points, including 11 field goals and six three-pointers, while no other Patriot player reached double figures in a 53-49 triumph. Amara Bockarie and Calvin Boudreau each chipped in six, and Dillan Day added five for Revere, which took just seven free throws and hit five of them. The Patriots totaled 29 rebounds and shot 59 percent from beyond the threepoint stripe. The scoring output was more balanced in Monday’s 69-57 victory over Chelsea. Nine players made the scoring column. Day led the way with 12 points, followed by 11 from Lithgow. Two others – Derek Avery and John Capozzi – finished with nine, and Boudreau and Scott Toglan each contributed seven. The team was once again Hockey Pats goal ties at Cambridge tournament By Greg Phipps R evere hockey head coach Joe Ciccarello liked what he saw at last week’s First Responders Cup tournament in Cambridge. His team was not able to come away with a win but did earn two ties (one of them ended in a first-round shootout loss). The Revere team, which includes players from Malden and Matignon, fell behind 2-0 to Methuen in the first period of the opening round contest. The Patriots clawed back to even it at two before losing in a shootout to decide which squad advances to the cup final. “We were down 2-0 in the first period. We lost in a shootout but I’m real happy to see us fight back,” said Ciccarello. Revere’s goals were scored by Gerry Visconti and James Marini, and Cam Wickens played well in goal. In a 1-1 tie in the consolation matchup against Somerville, Matt D’Annolfo ended up with Revere’s lone tally. Wickens once again manned the net for the Patriots, who stood at 1-3-2 entering this week. Revere lost both games at the Canalmen’s Tournament in Bourne two weeks ago. The Patriots were shutout, 3-0, by the hosts in the first round and lost to Westfield, 5-1, in the second contest. They resume action at Northeast Metro Tech on Saturday. pretty efficient from three-point land, shooting a respectable 36 percent. Despite producing 22 shots from the foul line, Revere made good on just 13 of them (a 59 percent average). The Patriots were solid on the boards, hauling down 37 rebounds. Capozzi led that effort with 11. The Patriots were defeated by Woburn, 59-44, in the opening round of last week’s holiday tournament. Day was the lone Revere player in double figures with 10 points. Once again, nine players made the score sheet, but the offense had its difficulties, shooting just 29 percent from the field and 3-for-12 from three-point territory. The Patriots, who sat at 2-2 after Monday’s victory, are off until Monday when they travel to take on Somerville at Bunker Hill Community College. They then host Peabody on Wednesday.
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