THE REVERE ADVOCATE–Friday, October 18 , 2019 Page 13 Football Pats knock off Bulldogs, 32-30 in OT F By Greg Phipps ollowing the previous week’s win over Saugus, Revere head football coach Lou Cicatelli said the personality of his 2019 team would be tested over the next couple of weeks. The Patriots passed the first challenge last Saturday at Manning Field in Lynn by pulling off an exciting 32-30 victory in overtime against the previously unbeaten Lynn English Bulldogs. The contest was a back-andforth affair, with English establishing a 14-6 lead in the first half. The Patriots scored late in the second quarter when quarterback Calvin Boudreau connected with Lucas Barbosa on a nine-yard scoring pass. That made it 14-12 at the half. RB Joe Llanos (150 yards rushing for the game) scored in the third quarter to give Revere an 18-14 lead. English came back to retake the lead at 21-18. But Llanos With teammate Ryan Doucette leading the way, Revere RB Jonathan Murphy gets collared by a Lynn English defender. rose to the occasion again by returning the ensuing kickoff 77 yards for a TD and a 2421 Revere advantage. English would tie it with a fourth-quarter field goal. The contest entered overtime and that’s when it got bizarre. The Patriots won the toss and elected to go on offense. They promptly scored on a two-yard burst and subsequent two-point conversion run by Llanos to go in front, 32-24. It was Revere’s lone successful extra-point attempt of the day. It appeared the Patriots had Revere RB Joe Llanos powers his way through a mass of bodies for a long gainer in last Saturday’s overtime win in Lynn. PATRIOTS | SEE PAGE 17 By Greg Phipps Patriots QB Calvin Boudreau greets receiver Lucas Barbosa after hooking up for a TD pass late in the first half. Playoff-bound Revere defeats Everett Crimson Tide, 4-1 H aving earned a place in the postseason tournament for the first time in more than three decades, the Revere Lady Patriots notched their ninth win of the season by defeating a competitive Everett Crimson Tide team, 4-1, Monday morning in field hockey action at Harry Della Russo Stadium. Katie O’Donnell scored twice and Julianna Raffa added two goals and an assist, as the Lady Patriots improved to 9-2-1. On the other side, Everett has made the win column recently and actually carried the play for portions of Monday’s game, especially in the second half after it had fallen behind, 3-0. O’Donnell’s goal off an assist from Raffa at 19:16 of the first period gave the Lady Patriots a 1-0 edge. Raffa followed that up with her first score when she received a nice cross pass from Eve Lescovitz to make it 2-0 about five minutes later. That’s how it stayed until halftime. (Advocate Photos by Greg Phipps) Revere’s Giulia Cincinnato beats an Everett player to the ball in Monday’s win at Harry Della Russo Stadium. (Advocate Photos by Greg Phipps) Revere would increase the advantage to 3-0 on Raffa’s second tally (Crystal Valente assisting on the play) about five minutes into the second half. But the visiting Tide refused to lie down, as they began to pressure the Revere end and produce several good scoring chances. Everett finally broke through when DJ Schovanec connected on a wrist shot from about 10 feet away to close the deficit to 3-1. Revere proceeded to call a time out. Almost immediately the Lady Patriots went on the offensive, and it paid off Revere forward Crystal Valente tries to turn the corner against an Everett defender on Monday. when O’Donnell wrapped one home from close in to regain the three-goal lead with just under eight minutes left. Having already made the playoffs seemed to relax the Lady Patriots entering Monday’s contest. “We qualified with our last win, so the pressure was off and we had some fun out there today,” said Revere head coach Briana Scata after the game. “It’s been an amazing season for us. The team has been terrific. We’re the first [Revere field hockey] team to qualify for the tournament in 35 years, and we’ve earned the most [season] wins in the program’s history.”
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