Drushell Scores Twice as Revere Beats Maumee 4-1 for 10th State Semifinal Berth

Revere High School is headed back to the state final four. The Minutemen beat Maumee 4-1 on Sunday at Clyde to win the Division III, Region 12 championship, reaching the Ohio High School Athletic Association state semifinals for the 10th time in school history and the first time since 2023, according to the Akron Beacon Journal’s results roundup.

Senior Gabe Drushell powered the win, scoring two goals and adding an assist, the Beacon Journal reported. Braeden Johnston and Krisztian Jakab added the other Revere goals, and Carson Worley recorded an assist as the Minutemen finished the afternoon 17-3-2. Maumee, which came in 17-2-2, saw its season end one win short of the state semifinals.

Drushell’s postseason has become the story of Revere’s run. He now has nine goals and three assists in this tournament alone, and 38 goals and 10 assists on the season, according to the Beacon Journal. The regional final followed the same script as the semifinal, when Drushell starred in a 5-0 rout of Celina that put Revere into Sunday’s game.

“He is such a clinical finisher and he does it against all competition even while double and triple teamed,” Revere coach Nick DePompei told the Akron Beacon Journal. DePompei told the Beacon Journal that Drushell’s finishing gives his teammates confidence both in front of goal and in creating chances for one another.

The road to Clyde ran through a demanding district bracket. Revere won the Northeast 3 district with victories over Cuyahoga Falls (5-1), Howland (3-2) and Rocky River (3-2) before the 5-0 semifinal win over Celina, per the Beacon Journal’s tournament coverage. Sunday’s final was the last of the boys regional finals played across Ohio this weekend — the girls finals were decided Saturday — and Revere’s win completed the Division III final four.

A 10th state semifinal berth underlines what Revere has been for years: one of Summit County’s most consistent boys soccer programs. The Minutemen had not been back to the final four since 2023, a gap that felt longer inside a program that measures its seasons by how deep into November they last. This group, DePompei told the Beacon Journal, set the final four as its goal from the start of the year.

“It means everything to this group because this is the goal every single year — to play on the final day,” DePompei told the Akron Beacon Journal. He added, in the Beacon Journal’s account, that his players are excited but remain their own biggest critics, and that the team must be locked in physically and mentally and take the few big moments that decide playoff games.

Revere is not the only area team still playing. Unbeaten Hudson blanked Highland 4-0 to reach a state semifinal of its own, and Ottawa Hills’ girls edged Oak Harbor 1-0 for their first regional title — part of a busy championship weekend across Ohio high school soccer.

What we know — and what we’re still waiting on. We know Revere’s semifinal opponent: Dayton Carroll, the Region 9 champion, which beat Hamilton Badin 2-1 to reach its first state semifinal since 2015 with a 22-0-1 record, according to the Beacon Journal. We know the date and time — 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 11. What we are still waiting on is the site, which the OHSAA had not announced as of Sunday evening.

Carroll is the sternest test Revere has faced. The Patriots are unbeaten in 23 matches, while Revere has lost three times — but the Minutemen have Drushell, the most productive scorer left in the Division III field, and a defense that has conceded once in its last two tournament games.

The semifinal stage is rarified air even for a program with Revere’s history. Ten final-four trips put the Minutemen in a small group of Ohio programs that expect November soccer, and this year’s group got there with balance behind its star: Johnston and Jakab have scored in the biggest games, Worley has created from midfield, and the back line has tightened as the tournament has deepened, allowing a single goal across the regional semifinal and final.

What happens next: Revere meets Dayton Carroll at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, at a site to be announced, with the winner advancing to the Division III state championship game. NewsForce247 will have the result Tuesday night.

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