THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2026 Page 13 Bellia (9 Ks) leads Revere to Middlesex Seniors Championship, 4-1 over Malden By Nick Toscani T hey had a full bullpen ready to go if needed, but in the end, all they needed was one guy to get the job done. Dom Bellia has had a long history of leading Revere teams to success ever since he was a young kid in the local youth leagues. On Sunday night it was more of the same, as the recent Revere High Class of 2026 graduate was “lights out” under the lights at Malden’s Howard Park in a premier pitching performance. Bellia went the distance, delivering a complete-game eff ort on the mound to lead the Revere Legacy team to a 4-1 win over Malden in the 2026 Playoff Championship Game in the Middlesex Seniors League. Revere won the championship in just their second year in the league. Malden had won the last two Middlesex titles, including a 9-4 win over Revere in the 2025 Championship Game. The Revere righthander was dominant from start-to-fi nish, keeping a big-hitting Malden team to just four hits on the night and striking out nine. He walked just two on the game and hit a batter. Bellia worked out of several jams and escaped unscathed with zeroes, backed by some strong defensive play, led by secRevere Legacy Seniors Head Coach Joe Ewing congratulates the team. (Advocate Photo) ond baseman Ollie Svendsen, who made probably the biggest play of the night when he robbed a Malden player of a hit on a missile line drive right at him for an inning-ending out with two men in scoring position in the fi fth inning with Revere clinging to a slim, 2-1 lead. Svendsen also delivered at the plate with a clutch, twoout bases-loaded single to the opposite fi eld in the top of the seventh, basically putting the game away, as the Revere lead stretched to 4-1 from 2-1. Svendsen again was at work in the bottom of the seventh, when Malden was mounting a rally, when he worked the infamous “hidden ball trick” to erase a Malden runner at second base for a second out. Bellia registered his 9th strikeout to end the game and start the Revere celebration. The Revere team head coach was Joe Ewing and his assistants included Mark Maisano. Other key players for Revere during the season were Kyle Cummings, Seth Sullivan, Brandon Sack and John McDonald. Sack was injured in the fi rst inning on a hit by Righthander Dom Bellia went the distance with a four-hitter and nine strikeouts to lead Revere to the victory. (Advocate Photo) pitch and had to leave the game, but was excited about the team as they Facetimed him afterward. The Revere Legacy Seniors Team takes a bow after winning the Middlesex Seniors Championship in Malden on Sunday night. (Advocate Photo)
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