THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2024 Page 7 ~ RHS PATRIOTS SPORTS ROUNDUP ~ Revere swimming starts strong The Revere High School swimming team has split its fi rst two meets. The team beat Lynn English at home, 77-65. The Patriots won all three of the relay events. In the 200-medley relay, seniors Vilson Lipa, Alem Cesic, Juan Cano and Nate Hill got the win. In the 200-free relay, Hill was joined by fellow seniors Matt Terrell, Harrison Rua and freshman Wilson Feng in the victory. In the 400free relay, Cesic, Lipa, Cano and Terrell combined for the win. Cesic had individual wins in the 200 IM and the 500-free. Terrell won both the 200-free and the 100-fly. Hill won the 100-free and took second in the 100-breast. Cano won the 50-free and the 100-back. Lipa took second in the 100-back and 100-free. Sophomore Leah Zuniga took third in the 200-free and 500free. Senior Jannet Sehli captured fourth in the 50- and 100free and led a 200-medley relay team to a third-place fi nish with Rua, Feng and sophomore Nico Pedrazza. Rua also had a second-place fi nish in the 50-free and third in 100-breast. Somerville nipped Revere, 8381, in the other meet. “It was a very tight meet,” Revere coach Christopher Hill said. “They got off to a good start winning the 200-medley, but we won the next three events.” Terrell took the 200-free with Sehli taking fourth. Cesic and Hill went 1-2 in the 200-IM, then Cano won in the 50-free and qualifi ed for states with a time of 22.85. Rua took fourth. Terrell won the 100-fl y, and Hill won a very tight 500-free that came down to the last few strokes. Cesic, Rua, Lipa and Terrell won the 200-free relay. Cano won the 100-back, and Cesic and Rua went 1-2 in the breast. Somerville got lots of second- and third-place fi nishes, and they went 1-2-3 in the 100 free. In the fi nal race, the 400free team of Hill, Cano, Lipa and Terrell took first, but Somerville getting second and third was just enough to give them the win. Revere this Thursday takes on Shawsheen Tech in a nonleague meet. Revere splits in its hoops tourney Revere in its own holiday tourney made it to the fi nals before losing to Milton, 40-25. Revere opened up the tourney with a 69-12 win over Boston United. Belma Velic led the Patriots with 18 points, and Ikram Bichou led the team with nine rebounds. “It was a very high-scoring game for us,” Revere coach Ariana Rivera said, “and a strong defensive game holding Boston United to under 15 points. Our bench contributed with 27 points to add to the victory.” Against Milton, Haley Belloise had 13 points, and Shayna smith led the Patriots with seven rebounds. “We had 28 turnovers as a team and managed to stay in the game but couldn’t chip away in time,” Rivera said. “We struggled with man-to-man pressure.” Belloise and Alisha Jean, on most nights, are the team’s strongest players offensively. “Our best off ensive game is getting post touches and the ball in the paint,” Rivera said. “We struggle with outside shooting as a team only having six made 3-pointers. We struggle with full-court ball pressure and ball pressure in the half. That’s where a huge chunk of our turnovers come from. Rushing our off ense and sloppy passes when faced with full-court pressure.” Defense is a strength for Revere, the coach said. “We have a lot of size under the basket which helps a lot with rebounds and getting our transition offense going,” Rivera said. “We are working on implementing a full-court press that works with the size we have in hopes to apply a little more defensive pressure on teams.” Revere earned a 25-22 victory on Jan. 2 over Malden. The Patriots had a big night on the boards from Velic, who grabbed 15 rebounds and chipped in with seven points. Rocio Gonzalez had some clutch buckets among her seven points. Revere girls track team finishes 2023, starts 2024 strong The Revere girls track team got a stellar performance from junior Liv Yuong, who placed eighth overall in the high jump at the MSTCA Holiday Challenge at the Track at New Balance with a jump of 5-0. Yuong also competed in her fi rst pentathlon at the MSTCA Distance Classic and Pentathlon at Reggie Lewis. She finished 11th overall with 2,209 points, only about 100 points off the school record. Her individual results were as follows: • 55-meter hurdles (10.21) • Shotput (21-11) • Long jump (15-5) • High jump (4-11.5) • 800-meter (3:14.92) Sophomore Gemma Stamatopoulos ran the 800-meter and placed seventh overall with a time of 2:38.40. Junior Hiba El Bzyouy ran a PR in the 1,000-meter in 3:53.33. Sophomore Olivia Rupp ran a 6:13.01 in the 1-mile. Revere started off the New Year with a Greater Boston League meet vs. Lynn English and Chelsea. The girls got the win on both sides, defeating Chelsea, 58-41, and defeating Lynn English, 61-33. Against Chelsea, Jaliyah Manigo (300, 49.42), Stamatopoulos (600, 1:52.63), Rupp (mile, 6:34.74), Yuong (high jump, 4-6; long jump, 14-6.5; 55-meter hurdles, 9.84), Rupp-Stamatopoulos-Rania Hamdani-Genevieve Zierten (1,600-meter relay, 4:50.65) and Giselle Salvador-Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez-Manigo-Randall (800-meter relay, 2:01.53) had fi rst places for Revere. Hiba El Bzyouy got a first against Lynn English in the 1,000 in 3:48.26, and Daniel Santana Baez won the 2-mile in 16:26.37.
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