The Mustangs, behind a complete-game three-hitter by Kevin Murillo, defeated the PALS, 5-0, to advance to the Revere Babe Ruth League playoff finals. Centerfielder Mike Morgan and shortstop Chris Cassidy played excellent defense in support of Murillo’s splendid seven-strikeout effort…
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East Coast Junior Patriots Begin Youth Hockey Practices
The Revere Youth Hockey organization, now playing in its second season under the banner of the East Coast Junior Patriots that also includes players from East Boston, Everett, and Malden, has begun practices for the 2020-21 season at the Cronin…
Revere Youth Baseball and Softball League Proceeds Toward Playoffs
The Revere Youth Baseball and Softball League is being so well-received by players and their parents that the leaders are extending the 2020 season until the end of September. The start of the season was delayed due to the coronavirus…
Hinojosa Will Modify Parks and Recreation Activities Schedule for Fall
Mike Hinojosa said the Parks and Recreation Department will hold a modified schedule of activities for the fall season due to public safety concerns associated with the coronavirus in Revere. “We’re in the planning process, figuring out what we can…
Revere AD Shea Will Meet With GBL Officials on Fate of Fall Season
Revere High School Director of Athletics Frank Shea will be meeting with Greater Boston League officials to determine the fate of the 2020 fall sports season for Revere High teams. Because the city of Revere is being heavily impacted by…
Yawkey League Champs: Eastie Expos Edge Charlestown to Become the 2020 Yawkey League Champions
By Robert Marra In a summer where live sporting events are a rarity and the Red Sox have provided all the reason in the world to ignore baseball, the East Boston Expos and the Charlestown Townies wrestled through a five-game…
Star and Sun: Catherine Elam Completes Successful Cheering Career at Coastal Carolina
Sport fans know that Division 1 is the highest level in NCAA competition. Revere can lay claim to one of those exceptional athletes who reached the top echelon in her sport. Catherine Elam, who began cheerleading in the Revere Pop…
A Historic Season: Revere High Girls Soccer Team Receives Its GBL Title Banner
Special to the Journal Revere High School Director of Athletics Frank Shea officially presented head coach Megan O’Donnell and the RHS girls soccer team their Greater Boston League championship banner for the 2019 season. The Patriots’ 2019 season was one…
Revere Pop Warner Season is Cancelled
Patrick Keefe, board member of Eastern Massachusetts Pop Warner, said the board voted Monday to cancel all Pop Warner seasons in the area, which includes the Revere Junior Patriots organization’s football and cheerleading teams. Keefe, past president of Revere Pop…
Garfield’s Curtis Park Undergoing Renovations
Curtis Park is undergoing renovations and the new baseball field and basketball court should be ready for use next spring. Mike Hinojosa, director of Revere Parks and Recreation, said as a teenager he played in the Babe Ruth League on…
Eagle Eye: Brito Produces a Soccer Documentary While Honing His Filmmaking Skills at Boston College
Brandon Brito has never backed down from a challenge or a goal. For example, during his junior year at Boston College, Brito tried out for the Eagles’ top-shelf, Division 1, Power Five, ACC football team. “It was my dream since…
Hard Work Pays Off: St. Mary’s Basketball Star D’Itria Receives Team’s Unsung Hero Award
St. Mary’s High School basketball coach Jeff Newhall told the guests at the team’s awards banquet that “This player did a little bit of everything for us” this season. The little things added up in a big way for Nicolette…
A Night of Champions: Revere High Awards Program Scheduled for July 15
Revere High School’s student-athletes will be recognized on July 15 at a virtual Awards Night broadcast live on the Revere Youtube Channel. Director of Athletics Frank Shea will preside over the end-of-the year event that has traditionally been held at…
Hinojosa Makes the Call: Umpire, Field Director Steps Up for Yawkey League
Mike Hinojosa was truly in charge over the weekend at the Revere High School baseball field. Hinojosa not only assisted the Yawkey Baseball League by allowing it to use the Revere field for the games, but he served as the…
St. Mary’s Hoop Star Nicolette D’Itria Receives State Championship Award
Basketball standout Nicolette D’Itria and the Division 3 state championship St. Mary’s High School (Lynn) team were honored by the MIAA during a ceremony Friday at the Tony Conigliaro Gymnasium. D’Itria was a starting player for the Spartans, who compiled…
Time to Be a Fan: Mike Cella Retiring, Will Enjoy Grandchildren’s High School Careers
From a being a football player to being a high school and college coach, Mike Cella been on the field and walking the sidelines in stadiums on fall weekends for six different decades. Mike is the son of the legendary…
Floor to Ceiling: Sao-Pedro-Welch, Endicott Claim National Dance Crown
Nikki Sao Pedro-Welch is familiar with winning major championships as an athlete. At Revere High School she was a state gymnastics balance beam champion before becoming a captain of the RHS cheerleading squad that built the foundation for a program…
A New Set of Downs: Sobolewski Will Take Winning Tradition to Lowell Catholic
Which high school football coach has received “Coach of the Year” Awards in successive seasons at two different schools? That would be Revere’s own Paul Sobolewski who accomplished that rare (if not unprecedented) feat at Cathedral High School (Boston) and…
RHS Football Ironman Competition on Hold
Revere High head football coach Lou Cicatelli said the team’s annual Ironman Competition will be pushed back this year to a date still to be determined. The competition includes strength and agility events and is usually held the last week…
The Art of Discipline: Revere Karate Awaits Reopening, Anniversary Celebration
For 40 years, the Revere Karate Academy has trained tens of thousands of local youths who developed a lifelong appreciation for the martial arts. In addition to a love of the sport and a mastery of self-defense techniques that are…
