Page 12 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2023 Meet the 2024 RHS Patriots Boys’ Basketball Teams W By Tara Vocino ith basketball starting this week, the Revere High School Boys’ Patriots Basketball freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams introduced themselves on Sunday morning at Revere High School. Boys Varsity, shown from left to right: Standing: Sami Mghizou, Erick Mayorga, Domenic Belmonte, Ryan El Babor, Co-Captain Andrew Leone, Amir Yamani, Co-Captain Luke Ellis, Sean Burnett, Avi Lung, Ethan Day and Joshua Mercado; seated: Team Manager Brady Keer, Assistant Coach John Leone, Head Coach David Leary, Assistant Coach Robert Sullivan, Assistant Coach Dennis Leary and Assistant Coach Hamza Ghoul. Seniors, shown from left to right: At bottom are Co-Captains Luke Ellis and Andrew Leone; standing: Ryan El Babor, Amir Yamani, Domenic Belmonte and Coaches Robert Sullivan, John Leone and David Leary. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) Junior Varsity, shown from left to right: Head Coach John Leone, Adam Benhamou, Domenic Bellia, Seth Sullivan, Nicholas Rupp, Noah Ramos, Devin Berry, Zaney Kayembe, Yousef Ismail, Jadrian Sanchez, Omar Attabou, Joseph Carlo, Joseph Pinto, Isaiah Llanos, Jayden Balogun and Assistant Coaches Dennis Leary and David Leary. Freshmen, shown from left to right: Assistant Coach Hamza Ghoul, Adnane Amime, Jeremy Pryor, Camaree James, Ryan Raduazzo, Luca Albano, Nico Cespedes, Nathan Brown, Zayd Hamron, Matt Leone, Oliver Hernandez, Chris Recinos, Bryan Galeano and Head Coach Robert Sullivan. Revere girls’ basketball team drops opener, bounces back with buzzer-beater I t was a sluggish start to the season for both the Marblehead and Revere girls’ basketball teams, who combined for fi ve points in the opening quarter. Marblehead would end up scratching out a 34-25 win over the Lady Patriots at home. Revere had trouble on off ense with only nine points in the fi rst half but battled and trailed, 15-13, early in the third quarter. Haley Belloise led Revere with eight points. Alisha Jean led the team with nine rebounds. “We competed hard with Marblehead,” Revere coach Ariana Rivera said. “It was clearly a defensive game on both ends. We struggled to take care of the basketball having 18 turnovers as a team.” Revere bounced back this week to get its fi rst win. Jean drained a buzzer-beating shot, leading Revere to a 35-34 victory over Lynn Classical to start the season. Jean led the Patriots with 13 points in the team’s home-opener. Revere cheerleaders gear up for winter season R evere cheerleading coaches Kayle Pezzuto and Sabrina Sloan take their team into this season excited for the opportunity and upcoming competitions. Pezzuto cheered for three years at Endicott College and helped coach Danvers varsity cheerleading in the 2019 fall season. She’s also in her third year as assistant cheerleading coach at Endicott College. “I grew up in Revere and am now teaching in Revere so it’s great being able to give back to a community that helped shaped me into the person I am today,” Pezzuto said. “Also as a teacher, it’s great being able to continue some relationships with past students outside of a classroom setting.” Sloan cheered at Lynn English High School and has some coaching experience. After becoming a teacher, Sloan said, she knew she wanted to teach in Revere and give back to the community that helped shape who she is as a person. Revere has nearly 30 on the winter cheerleading squad. In the fall season, the program won regionals and placed in the Co-Captain Luke Ellis (at left), Head Coach David Leary and Co-Captain Andrew Leone on Sunday morning at Revere High School. top fi ve at states. Asked what the team’s strengths are, Pezzuto said its ability to adjust and want to improve. What are the big team goals this winter? “To just keep improving and getting better with each performance,” Pezzuto said. Revere girls track team kicks off season in style T he Revere girls track team had 11 girls compete at the MSTCA Winter Festival as well. “Overall, we saw some great times, jumps and throws for the fi rst invitational,” Revere coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “It really shows how hard the girls were working in the off season to come back just as strong as they ended last year.” Junior Liv Yuong had an outstanding meet and placed highest amongst all Revere athletes. She took home fi fth overall in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 10.07 and placed second overall in the high jump with a leap of 5-5, which qualifi es her for the D1 state meet in February. Senior captain Giselle Salvador opened up her season in the 55-meter dash with a PR-tying time of 8.29. Sophomore Olivia Rupp ran the mile in 6:09.19, which is only seven seconds off her PR last year. Danni Hope Randall also landed close to her last year PR in the 300-meter with a time of 48.31. Newcomer to indoor track Gemma Stamatopolous had a great fi rst meet with a 1:53 in the 600-meter and a 4-6 jump in high jump.
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