Page 10 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, December 6, 2019 Patriots gobble up Winthrop Vikings, 46-31 | FROM PAGE 1 us to get the win." The victory also left Revere with a 10-1 record and high ranking among Eastern Massachusetts teams. Two playoff wins in which they produced 42 points in each game and two huge regular-season road triumphs over Lynn English and Marblehead were interrupted by a disappointing 41-7 defeat at Melrose home field in the Div. 4 North tourney final. Against Winthrop, senior running back Joe Llanos put the icing on the cake to an amazing comeback season by rushing for nearly 400 yards (389 to be exact) and six touchdowns–about three games worth of production. He rolled to TD runs of five, one, 29, 73, 34, and 51 yards to lead the way for the offense. Lucas Barbosa's six-yard run accounted for Revere's other score. All told, Llanos, who missed most of his junior season due to a foot injury, had a senior campaign for the ages, He amassed 1,985 yards on the ground and well over 2,000 all-purpose yards, while scoring an incredible 30 touchdowns (an average of nearly three per game). His 80 yard opening kickoff return against Gloucester in the season opener turned out to be a foreboding of what was to come. Cicatelli said part of the plan against Winthrop was to give Llanos the ball as much as possible in his final game as a Patriot. "Joe is our guy and he has been all year. He brought us to this point and we just wanted to keep feeding him. He never let us down." This season will mark one of the best ever in Revere history. Clearly the rest of the departing senior players, a group that includes Jonathan Murphy, Barbosa, Mazer Ali, Jaryd Benson, Jonathan Burrow, Ryan Doucette, Milton Rios, Edwin Hernandez, Elmer Varela, Emmanuel Alvarado, and Zach Furlong, have much to look back on with pride. With this 10-win season to build on and coming within one game of a Super Bowl appearance the future looks promising as well. "We're losing some great guys but we also have a lot of really good players coming back," Cicatelli pointed out. "Will we be as good as we were this year? Who knows? But I do know we're going to work hard every day to get back and compete for another Super Bowl." Joe Llanos follows the block of Ryan Doucette and Joshua Laurina for a TD run. Joe Llanos and Mazer Ali pose with their drumsticks as offensive and defensive players of the game. Patriots players celebrate fourth straight Thanksgiving Day victory over the Vikings. When you put all your energy into a common goal, you get results. CONGRATULATIONS TO REVERE HIGH ON A SUPERB SEASON.
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