THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 Page 11 Singling out the stars after another competitive hoop season Everett, Malden, Revere boys basketball players make their mark in the GBL By Joe McConnell A s the high school state tournament boys basketball brackets shrink to a precious few teams, who are now getting ready for their Elite 8 games, or the Round of 8, as the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) calls them, respective leagues have been announcing their all-star teams, as well as individual awards to their most outstanding individual players and coaches. The Greater Boston League (GBL) is no exception. Crimson Tide trio earns star status Senior guards Steven Cordero, Kevin Ruiz and David DeSouza completed their scholastic hoop careers on this always prestigious squad. Coach Stanley Chamblain could always count on Cordero to consistently be one of the team’s leading scorers, while Ruiz and DeSouza also did their part to spark the off ense at crucial times during the season. As a team, they were 9-5 in the GBL, and 10-10 overall to qualify for the Division 1 state tournament, where they lost to Attleboro in a preliminary round game, 67-55. Patriots fi nish season strong with two all-stars in the lead Revere coach Dave Leary’s team also ended up 10-10 overall after a late regular-season surge. They carried that momentum over to the Division 2 state tournament, where they upset Plymouth South, the 27th seed, 55-50, before bowing out to Nashoba Regional, the sixth seed, in a Round of 32 game, 71-40. Off the court, the Basketball Patriots were honored with two league all-stars: senior forward Domenic Boudreau and senior guard Alejandro Hincapie. Golden Tornadoes complete winning season with two allstars Malden veteran boys basketball BASKETBALL | SEE Page 19 Season ends for Revere boys in Round of 32 By Greg Phipps F inishing with a.500 overall record may not seem like much of an accomplishment. But considering where the Revere High School boys’ basketball team stood about a month ago, the 2022-23 season will be looked upon as a resurgent one for the Patriots. With six games to go in the season, Revere was 5-9 and any chance for a playoff berth appeared unlikely and remote at best. But the Patriots regrouped to win fi ve of their last six regular-season games. As a result, they fi nished with 10 wins, enough to earn them a low seed (the 38th spot) in the Div. 2 state tournament. Revere added to the late-season momentum by scoring a come-from-behind 55-50 preliminary-round victory on the road over No. 27 Plymouth South early last week. The resurgence came to a halt last Thursday night when the Patriots ran up against a powerful sixth-seeded Nashoba Regional squad in the Round of 32 and were defeated by a 71-40 score. Senior co-captain Domenic Boudreau continued his fi ne play by providing another double-double performance. He poured in 21 points (more than half the team’s total for the game) and grabbed 10 rebounds, as well as blocking two shots. Afterwards, Head Coach David Leary said he was “very proud” of his team and added that the Patriots showed no quit all season despite having to cope with midseason injuries to key players. He also thanked the parents, families and fans for their support during the year. The Nashoba loss left Revere with an 11-11 overall mark for the season. Revere will lose several key seniors, including Boudreau and fellow captain Alejandro Hincapie, Sal DeAngelis, Vinny Vu and Vincent Nichols. Both Boudreau and Hincapie were also named to this year’s Greater Boston League all-star team. Looking forward to next year, junior Luke Ellis and sophomore Ethan Day are two of the players Revere will be counting on in 2023-24. Point of Pines fire station back on track with $6.4M loan order By Barbara Taormina C ity CFO Richard Viscay was at the City Council meeting this week with a loan order for $6.4 for the Point of Pines fi re station. “This is the fi nal amount we will need to begin construction of the new Point of Pines fi re station,” Viscay told the council. “It includes everything, the entire project as bid out by the project manager.” Back in the summer of 2019, a feasibility study was completed, and a $9.2 million bond was issued. A year later the existing fi re station was demolished. But along the way the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency stepped in with an appeal and notifi cation that the agency was assuming jurisdiction over project due to fl ooding concerns. But last summer, after a site visit with local offi - cials, DEP withdrew their appeal and left the conditions of the Revere Conservation Commission in place. Winter Street architects updated the plan to refl ect the resiliency of the building regarding any fl ooding concerns. Now, the plan and the $6.4 million loan order will head to a public hearing. Council approves special permit to raze Shirley Ave. building City councillors approved a special permit for Shirley Avenue, LLC to raze the existing non-conforming building at 163 Shirley Ave. and replace it with a new four-story mixed-use non-conforming building. Attorney Lawrence Simeone presented an update on the project to the council. Simeone said a lot of time and planning had gone into the project. “I think we’ve got it right. We listened to issued raised by the neighbors.” Ward 2 City Councillor Ira Novoselsky, who lives in and represents the neighborhood, helped develop a list of 26 conditions that refl ected concerns of abutters and neighbors concerned about privacy and space. Simeone explained that the plan had been scaled back from a five-story building to four stories. The ground fl oor with have two commercial units and the remaining fl oors will be residential with 14 studio units and 10 one-bedroom apartments. There were conditions about the removal of large trees, the placement of windows and fencing around the new building. “It was great to see comprotinues the transformation of Shirley Ave.” Fellow city councillors were pleased to hear that the developer had worked so closely with neighbors and the ward councillor. “Thank you for listening to the neighborhood and doing the right thing,” said Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna. Other councillors said they would vote in favor of the special permit because it had Novoselsky’s support. “Architect David Barsky has designed most of the new buildings on Shirley Ave. It’s completely revitalized the area,” said Novoselsky. ~ HELP WANTED ~ FULL TIME DRIVER WANTED MONDAY – FRIDAY; 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM SCRUBBING BOARD 104 HANCOCK ST EVERETT * 617-387-4838 Need a hall for your special event? The Schiavo Club, located at 71 Tileston Street, Everett is available for your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Sweet 16 parties and more? Call Dennis at (857) 249-7882 for details. mise with this project,” said Novoselsky. “It was great work on both ends to reach common ground. This project conLike us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma
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