Revere High student-athletes ride out tornado inside school facilities

Football players are by nature ready for just about anything that gets in their way, but the group attending a camp at Revere High School Monday morning got a little more than they bargained for when a tornado swept through the city.Revere High football coach Lou Cicatelli was running a football camp geared toward seventh and eighth graders in the high school field house when it hit.?Thank goodness we made the decision to stay in,” Cicatelli said. “That thing came out of nowhere. It was pretty crazy.”There were several other programs going on at the school at the time of the tornado, including a girls basketball camp, an English Language Learner class and a credit recovery class, according to athletic director Shaun Hart.?Overall, the ceiling was shaking pretty good,” Hart said, adding that some of the white material sprayed on the ceiling to keep the noise down came down, making it look like it was snowing.Cicatelli, who had kids in the weight room at the time, said an announcement was made for everyone to head to the Learning Commons, considered the safest area in the school, and that?s where they waited it out.Cicatelli said when he was able to look out into the back parking lot, he saw a bunch of cars with broken windows. A pole had fallen near his car, but it fortunately didn?t land on it.There was a report of damage to the roof at the Cronin Rink, Hart said. The athletic fields outside the high school, including the turf field, weren?t damaged. He also wasn?t aware of any significant damage at Harry Della Russo Stadium off Broadway, which is undergoing reconstruction (including the addition of a new turf field, stands and locker rooms). The Revere High football team is on the road all fall because of the construction, so the tornado didn?t affect its field situation.