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Fri, Nov 02, 2007 07:00 PM @ Revere

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Peabody	0	6	0	0	6
Revere	6	6	0	6	18

Revere, Peabody

Friday, November, 02 By By Nick Turczak
Staff writer

REVERE | The Peabody High football team's 16 years of dominance over Revere ended emphatically last night.

The Tanners, who had not lost to the Patriots since 1991, were handed a 18-6 loss at Della Russo Stadium, falling to 1-8 on the season.

Peabody and Revere were former Greater Boston League rivals, where Peabody had beaten Revere 13 straight times from 1992-2004. Revere joined the Northeastern Conference in 2005, and the Tanners joined this fall.

"We didn't block and we didn't tackle well enough | and that was the game," first-year Peabody head coach Dick Woodbury said.

Revere set the tone for the night on the game's opening possession as they ran 10 plays and burned almost six minutes off the clock before Anthony DeFeo pounded his first of three touchdown's in from one yard out.

Peabody tied the game up in the second quarter as they converted a 4th-and-5 as quarterback Tommy Ciulla found Kevin Skop five yards downfield with a pass. Skop then lateraled to junior Nick Hiou, who ran it the rest of the way in.

"We put that hook-and-ladder play in this week just for this game and it worked well," said Woodbury.

Revere responded on the next possession by going on a 15-play drive, which included a successful 4th-and-12 run by quarterback Steve Ennamorati after he looked to be trapped five yards in the backfield. DeFeo finished the drive scoring from two yards out.

"We had them 4th-and-12 and the kid runs for 13 yards | that's outrageous," said Woodbury.

Revere (4-5) head coach Lou Ciccatelli said the play was "huge" for his team.

"Steve's more of a running back than a quarterback, so we tried to get him outside and let him work his magic," said Ciccatelli.

Peabody came out with more fire in the second half, but missed opportunities left them out of the end zone the rest of the night. The Tanners turned the ball over on downs inside the Patriots' 20-yard line once, fumbled on a handoff at midfield and threw two interceptions over the final two quarters of play.

Peabody also decided to go for it facing 4th-and-2 on their own 35-yard line with eight minutes to play. The ensuing run up the middle was stuffed, and Revere took over.

"At first we said kick, but then right before the snap we decided we were going to go for it. We had to take the chance," said Woodbury.

"That stop on 4th down was huge. It turned the game for us," said Cicatelli.

Revere proceeded to put the game out of reach as DeFeo ran for his third touchdown from five yards out with 1:53 remaining.