THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 Page 3 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE NOTEBOOK: First year of new MIAA State Championship format is now underway Everett Football on road in D1 fi rst-round at Methuen tonight; Revere Football left off playoff list despite 6-2 record By Steve Freker L ike all of the previous iterations of the Massachusetts high school football playoff format, the one that kicked off this week had plenty of fans and also a good amount of na sayers. The new stat wide playoff format is hooked up directly with the also-new Power Rankings system. The statewide football fi eld across eight divisions includes 128 teams (down from 168 in the previous system), and the seedings for all eight divisions (which underwent some major changes during the recent realignment process) were determined by a Power Rankings system. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Power Rankings combine strength of schedule with margin of victory to provide a more accurate refl ection of how competitive a team will be in a statewide format. Two Greater Boston League (GBL) teams would appear at fi rst glance to have a gripe about the results of this year’s playoff alignments. Perennial postseason participant Everett is once again playoff -bound, but even though the Crimson Tide has beaten Catholic Conference second-place team Xaverian and then ripped through its GBL opposition undefeated, second-year head coach Rob DiLoreto’s Tide team fi nds itself on the road tonight at Methuen High, seeded #9 in a fi eld of 16 playoff teams. Basically, Everett is only one of three undefeated teams of the 28 teams in Division 1... but has to get on a bus and play on the road, while four teams with two losses and St. John’s Shrewsbury – with four losses – all are at home hosting fi rst-round games. Go fi gure. How about the second-place GBL team, Revere? The Patriots’ only loss in the GBL has been to unbeaten Everett, and the Patriots are 6-2 overall... and not in the Division 3 playoff s, ranked #18 in the Power Ratings, two spots out of the playoff Top 16. There appear to be some even more glaring “WHAT!” moments in this list, as fi ve teams with 5-3 records and one team that has fi ve losses (3-5 Stoughton, seeded #12) are in the playoff s. One of the highest rated teams, #3 seed North Attleborough, is 4-3! Still, Revere is out of the picture for the playoff s and not having a game at all this week, taking a “bye” from the consolation round, getting back to action with a divisional team t week and then finishing its season with a Thanksgiving game against Winthrop. Overall, it will most likely turn out to be a rewarding system for all, as it has long been wished that state tournament play was indeed statewide from the start. But at its outset, the Power Rankings system does not appear be very rewarding at all to the teams from Everett and Revere. **** Greater Boston League expanding its ‘co-op’ look this winter sports season The GBL has had some successful partnerships in the past with co-operative, or, coop teams involving multiple schools. This winter that will continue, along with a notable expansion in hockey and an addition in wrestling. According to reports, the previously successful Malden-Revere boys’ ice hockey co-op team will expand and become Malden-Revere-Everett co-op this winter and use the Everett DCR Rink (beside Glendale Park/Everett PD Station) as its home base. For the last two seasons, it has been a three-team Malden-Revere-Matignon coop, but Matignon has ended the relationship, leaving the door open for Everett. Everett had previously been in a co-op situation itself with Mystic Valley Charter School, but ceased that arrangement after last winter. According to reports, coaches from the Everett boys’ hockey staff will take lead roles in the new co-op team, and an assistant from Malden High will be added. There is a major move coming in coed wrestling. According to the latest word, the GBL this winter will fi eld one Wrestling Team, with any and all representatives from any of the GBL teams. The head coach will be Malden’s Rin Van, and the team will be based at Malden High. More to come as this story develops! Det. Sgt. Romboli receives Victim Service Award Revere Police Detective Sergeant Lynn Romboli (second from left) received the Victim Service Award on October 28 from the Acting U.S. Attorney Nathaniel Mendell for her “extraordinary eff orts in child exploitation and human traffi cking investigations.” Also pictured with Romboli are Revere Police Executive Offi cer Sean Randall, Detective Lieutenant Maria Lavita and Police Chief David Callahan. 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