Page 14 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025 Patriots’ playoff hopes hang in the balance after recent skid By Dom Nicastro The Patriots showcased their T he Revere High School Boys Basketball Team dropped two out of three and fell to 6-9 on the season, still clinging to hopes of making the postseason as it heads down the fi nal stretch of the season. In its latest game, a 73-64 loss to Greater Boston League rival Somerville, Revere was led by senior tri-captains Ethan Day (27 points, seven rebounds), Avi Lung (14 points, four assists) and Erick Mayorga (13 points, seven rebounds). prowess in a commanding performance against their crosstown rivals, the Chelsea Red Devils. From the opening tip, Revere took control, racing to a 26-4 lead by the end of the first quarter. The team’s halfcourt trap disrupted Chelsea’s offense, while Lung, Mercado and Day propelled the offensive onslaught. The Patriots continued their aggressive play throughout the game, extending their lead to 38-10 at halftime and closing out with a 74Pats’ Avi Lung goes up against a wall of Somerville defenders as he attempts a shot to the hoop. (Advocate photos by Emily Harney) 38 victory. In the game against Chelsea, Day led the scoring for Revere with 23 points, followed by Josh Mercado who contributed 14 points, and Avi Lung and Gio Alexandre added seven points each. Revere coach David Leary was thrilled with the performance. “It could not have gone any better for us, a big diff erence from how things went last Saturday [a 5752 loss at Malden],” Leary said. Co-Capt. Ethan Day avoids the block to score for the Patriots. RevereTV | FROM Page 7 The Revere High School Boys Basketball Team defeated Chelsea last week, and it was all streaming live on RevereTV. Only the week before, the Girls’ team did the same. Watch replays of these games on television almost daily. Although game coverage airs live on YouTube, the on-demand recordings are taken down until the end of the basketball season. RevereTV stays committed to covering at least one home basketball game per week as they are scheduled. In the spirit of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, the Community Channel schedule includes two old episodes of “Cooking with the Keefes.” These episodes were not recorded recently but are all about making “We were intense, focused and our seniors really carried us early on to take control. Everyone gets up for the Chelsea game year in and year out; throw out the records. It’s our biggest rival.” Just two nights later, the Patriots faced a formidable opponent in the MIAA Division 2 No. meals to celebrate with your friends on Galentine’s Day, February 13, and celebrating all the love in your life on Valentine’s Day, February 14. These episodes will soon be followed by programs currently being produced, such as “Fabulous Foods with Victoria Fabbo” and “What’s Cooking, Revere?” with a few special guest host chefs. Stay tuned to the RevereTV Com8-seeded Redmen of Tewksbury. The game started unfavorably for Revere, with Tewksbury quickly taking a 17-4 lead. Despite a strategic timeout by Coach Leary to switch to manto-man defense, which initially helped close the gap, Revere struggled to maintain momentum. Tewksbury found its rhythm again toward the end of the fi rst half, taking a 35-20 lead into the break. Revere showed signs of a comeback in the second half, with key contributions from Lung, Mayorga and Gio Alexandre, but the Redmen’s consistent scoring kept them ahead, and the Patriots eventually fell, 72-52. Against Tewksbury, Day was again the top scorer with 17 points, while Lung added munity Channel for all of these cooking shows and more. This channel is 8 and 1072 on Comcast and 3 and 614 on RCN. RTV GOV is scheduled with the latest meeting from the City Council Chambers at City Hall. This includes the most recent Committee of the Whole Meeting, which focused on the updated parking program mentioned above. The channel is 12 points and Mayorga scored nine points. Refl ecting on the game, Coach Leary acknowledged the challenge. “That’s a very good team we just battled with,” Leary said. “There was defi nitely some positives to know you can play with a team that talented and polished, but we just need to improve on doing it for 32 minutes and cannot fall behind the way we did. We bounced back after the slow start which is a good sign fi ghting through adversity, but on the other hand, we need to be ready at the jump every night. Just need to keep grinding.” Revere hosts Chelmsford Thursday night, Feb. 6 (after press deadline). also scheduled with replays of the most recent meetings of the Revere City Council, Zoning SubCommittee, Planning Board, Public Arts Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and Revere Board of Health. Meetings are added to the replay rotation after streaming live on RTV GOV and YouTube. This channel is 9 on Comcast and 13 and 613 on RCN.
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