THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024 Page 9 Meet the 2024 Revere High School Girls’ Varsity Track & Field Lady Patriots Team SENIORS — Back row, shown from left to right, are: Ambra DeCicco-Clyne, Anabella Sandy-Roche, Captain Camila Echeverri, Captain Yara Belguendouz, and Coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli. Front row: Bell Stamatopoulos, Captain Giselle Salvador, Captain Angelina Montoya, and Captain Rocio Gonzalez. Missing: Captain Ashley Chandler. Team Leaders — Captains, shown from left to right, are: Giselle Salvador, Angelina Montoya, Yara Belguendouz, Camila Echeverri, Rocio Gonzalez, and Head Coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli. Missing: Captain Ashley Chandler during Tuesday’s Revere High School Track & Field meet at Harry Della Russo Stadium. PATRIOTS GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM: Back row, shown from left to right, are: Nour Maihouane, Nisrin Sekkat, Rania Hamdani, Camila Echeverri, Kathy Granados, Junaida Sosa, Afnane Amine, Valeria Sepulveda, Bella Stamatopoulos, Mayahh Ndi, Jaliyah Manigo, Greise Sinoballa, Genevieve Zierten, Neyla Vranic, Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez, Olivia Rupp, Luv Yuong, Rocio Gonzalez, Gemma Stamatopoulos, Dayana Ortega, Marwa Riad, and Head Coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli; Middle row: Reem Alhiari, Sara Granados, Wessal Farris, Emma DaCrosta, Jade Dang, Valery Echavarria, Samantha Indorato, Anabella Sandy-Roche, Ambra DeCiccoClyne, Kaitlynn Purcifull, Daniela Santana Baez, Jocelyn Lazo, Ava Cassinello, Manal Hazimeh, and Salma Zahraoui. Shown front row, from left: Giselle Salvador, Angelina Montoya, Basma Sahibi, Jaleeyah Figueroa, Lesly Mendoza, Anahis Vazquez, Hiba El Bzyouy, Ina Tamizi, Alexandra Lee, Raquel Class, and Yara Belguendouz. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Revere girls’ lacrosse: new faces, steep learning curve and community goals By Dom Nicastro I n a recent catch-up with Amy Rotger, third-year head coach of the Revere High School girls’ lacrosse team, the coach discussed current challenges the team faces due to inexperience and recruitment diffi culties and the strategies being implemented to enhance team performance and grow the sport’s presence in the community. Revere is looking for constant improvement game to game. It began the season 0-5 but has seen some small team wins within those losses. This season, the Patriots are grappling with a signifi - cant challenge: a mostly novice team, with only one player having prior lacrosse experience: Jayla Foster, a junior captain midfielder who has scored six of the team’s 10 goals. She is part of a 15-girl roster, a 50% departure from Rotger’s fi rst season in which the program had a little more than 30 girls try out. “We defi nitely have a very new team this year,” said Rotger, whose program only has enough for a varsity team and no junior varsity. “We only have one girl who actually has lacrosse experience, so for a lot of the girls, this is their fi rst time learning and playing the sport.” This scenario underscores the steep learning curve the team faces. The decline is partially attributed to lacrosse’s low exposure before high school, compelling many stuLACROSSE | SEE Page 16
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