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MALDEN-MEDFORD GAME #137 ON THANKSGIVING DAY:
Malden football puts it all on the line in Holiday Classic this week
Biggest Golden Tornado Senior Class in many years will
seek to go out the right way in rivalry game with Medford
By Steve Freker
I
t’s the largest Senior Class in
many years and there’s only
one way they intend on going
out: with a victory on Thanksgiving
Day. Most of them have been
together since freshman year
and have stuck it out – on good
days and bad ones – for four seasons,
together. On Thanksgiving
morning, they will walk onto
the fi eld as one for the fi nal time
in Game #137 of the ancient rivalry
with Medford High, their
archrival.
Malden senior captain Kervenson
“Kevin” Exilhomme had been
there every step of the way, from
that fi rst day of preseason camp
in August 2021 right up until today,
looking at his fi nal game
as a Tornado. “We have been
through so much together,” Exilhomme
said of himself and his
nine senior teammates. “We just
want to fi nish our season with a
win on Thanksgiving. It would
mean so much to all of us.”
Malden has been ultra-comMALDEN
2024 FOOTBALL LEADERS: Pictured from left to right: Malden High football captains
for the 2024 season are all seniors: James Hyppolite, Kervenson “Kevin” Exilhomme, Earl Fevrier,
Matheus Brito and Aidan Brett. (Courtesy/The Maldonian/MHS Yearbook/Henry Huang photo)
petitive this season, despite the
2-7 record it takes into Thanksgiving
Day. Many of the games
were decided by just one score.
A win in Game #137 of the
longest continuous high school
matchup in national history
would not seem to make a major
diff erence on paper, but the aura
of the Holiday Classic is deep
and wide. “It means everything
to the seniors and coaches,” said
4th year Head Coach Witche Exilhomme,
himself a former Malden
High three-sport standout,
who helped get Malden a 36-0
shutout win in his senior year,
2011. “I have been with these [seFOOTBALL
| SEE PAGE 14
City to Host Annual Tree
Lighting at Fellsmere Pond
on Sat., November 30
C
ity Councillors Craig Spadafora
and Amanda Linehan
invite members of the public
to attend Malden’s annual
Tree Lighting ceremony at
Fellsmere Pond on Saturday,
Nov. 30 starting at dusk (4
p.m.). Hot chocolate and special
cookies to commemorate
Malden’s 375th Anniversary
will be served, with holiday
songs performed by the Malden
High School Choral Arts
Society. New this year, pets
are invited to come dressed in
festive attire and enjoy a “pup
cup” of whipped cream, and,
of course, the event wouldn’t
be complete without a visit
from Santa!
Free on-street parking is
available on the Savin Street
side of the park. For more information,
visit CityofMalden.org.
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alden High School became
the first school in Massachusetts
to raise the Flag of Brazil
last Tuesday, commemorating
Brazilian Flag Day. While some
communities have held a Brazilian
Flag Raising Day, no other
school in the state has done
so until Malden took that step
on Tuesday.
Over 600 students participated
in the end-of-school celebration,
including the close to 400
students of Brazilian descent
who are attending Malden High
School. On hand for the ceremony
and celebration were Malden
Mayor and School Committee
Chairperson Gary Christenson,
Malden Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Coordinator Kashawna
Harling and staff members,
and Malden High School Principal
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“It was the first time we’ve
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largest events of this kind we
have held,” Mastrangelo said.
“We have a large and vibrant
group of students of the Brazilian
culture and they were so happy
and excited, as were all of our
students. A great day for all!”
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Malden Reads selects “The Boy Who Harnessed
the Wind” for 15th year community read
M
alden Reads is excited to announce
“The Boy Who Harnessed
the Wind” by William Kamkwamba
and Bryan Mealer as the
2025 community read selection.
Hailed as “a moving and exciting
story” by former Vice President Al
Gore, this inspiring memoir aims
to bring the Malden community together
to explore themes of innovation,
sustainability and the power
of perseverance.
meaningful conversations about
sustainability and innovation.
Through partnerships with community
groups, Malden Reads will
explore themes like water conservation,
gardening for food sources
and the importance of teaching
science to the next generation.
As Malden Reads embarks on this
collective reading journey, it invites
the community to not only
read William Kamkwamba’s story
but to refl ect on its relevance to
our own lives. Malden Reads said,
“Together, we can explore how
we might bring positive change
to our city and beyond, supporting
both human and environmental
well-being.”
In early 2025, the Malden
“The Boy Who Harnessed the
Wind” by William Kamkwamba
Set in drought-stricken Malawi,
the book tells the remarkable story
of a young boy who, despite immense
challenges, used his ingenuity
to bring electricity and water
to his village. William Kamkwamba,
faced with food scarcity and limited
resources, dreamed of harnessing
the power of wind energy after
learning about windmills in school
textbooks. Undeterred by the skepticism
of his fellow villagers, who
called him “misala” (crazy), William’s
relentless determination and creativity
transformed his community,
proving that one person’s dream
can truly change the world.
World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter
Roberts praised the book, calling
it “a testament to the power of a
dream and the freedom that comes
from accomplishing a sustainable
way of life.”
Roberts emphasized how its
message resonates more strongly
than ever today, as communities
around the world, including right
here in Malden, face the impacts of
climate change and food insecurity.
“Read this book, act on its message,
and pass it on,” Roberts urged.
Malden Reads will use “The Boy
Who Harnessed the Wind” to spark
Reads program will begin. Details
on events – book discussions,
fi lm screenings and other
special events – will be posted
as they become available on
www.maldenreads.og and on
social media (@maldenreads).
Books will become available for
checkout from the Malden Public
Library in early 2025. Books
are also available for purchase
from The Gallery@57, a unique
retail store in Malden run cooperatively
by local artists. Books
may also be purchased from faIn
March 2020, Idle Hands Brewery hosted a book discussion
for “Fahrenheit 451,” the Malden Reads book selection for that
year. The program celebrates 15 years in 2025 – bringing the
community together around a good book. (Courtesy photo)
vorite local independent booksellers:
The Book Oasis (in Stoneham)
and Molly’s Bookstore (in
Melrose).
“What if all of Malden
reads the same book?”
Malden Reads is a community
reading program in Malden, Mass.,
that seeks to answer that question.
Organized by community groups,
city leaders and residents – in collaboration
with the Malden Public
Library and Urban Media Arts
(UMA) – the program invites the
community of Malden to read the
same book and participate in a series
of events related to the book’s
themes. The goals of the program
are to promote literacy, a love of
reading and an appreciation of city
resources, and most of all, to build
community in Malden. In addition
to the main book selection each
year, Malden Reads selects companion
books for younger readers
and English language learners
so that everyone can participate in
the annual program.
To contact Malden Reads with
questions about the book, to collaborate
on a program, to volunteer
or to be added to the email
newsletter list, please email maldenreads@gmail.com.
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development bill across the finish line
R
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Lewis and State Representatives
Paul Donato, Steve Ultrino
and Kate Lipper-Garabedian
joined their colleagues in
the Massachusetts Legislature
to enact a major economic development
bill: An Act relative
to strengthening Massachusetts’
economic leadership. This
bill will position the Commonwealth
for continued economic
growth and leadership in life
sciences and biotech, offshore
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the economy. The bill also includes
numerous provisions to
strengthen healthcare, education,
small businesses, and communities
across the state.
Earlier this year, the Senate
and House had passed their versions
of the bill, and a conference
committee was appointed
to resolve those differences. On
November 14, 2024, the Senate
and House enacted the bill. On
November 20, Governor Maura
Healey signed the bill (in part)
into law and returned some sections
to the legislature “with recommendations
for amendment.”
On November 25, the House referred
the amendment matter to
a committee.
“This major economic development
bill provides significant
new investments in our state’s
economy and will advance Massachusetts’
global leadership
and competitiveness,” said Senator
Lewis. “I’m also very pleased
that two pieces of legislation
that I’ve been championing for
Kate Lipper-Garabedian
State Representative
several years were included in
this package: the Educator Diversity
Act to strengthen our
K-12 teacher workforce, and a
bill that strengthens our healthcare
workforce by providing a
pathway for foreign-trained physicians
to become fully licensed
and practice in Massachusetts.”
“I am proud that the Massachusetts
House of Representatives
has put together an economic
bill that will invest in our
future, business innovation, job
creation, and sustainable economic
development,” said Representative
Donato. “By enhancing
infrastructure and promoting
job growth, this bill will ensure
that Massachusetts remains
at the forefront of economic advancement.
I look forward to
the positive impacts this legislation
will bring to Malden, its residents,
and businesses.”
“This economic development
bill represents a transformative
BILL | SEE PAGE 5
Jason Lewis
State Senator
Steven Ultrino
State Representative
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opportunity to create jobs, enhance
economic growth, and
strengthen key industries that
drive the future prosperity of
our Commonwealth,” said Representative
Ultrino. “I am incredibly
proud to support the provisions
in this economic development
bill, which will have a
lasting, positive impact on our
state. From policies on clean energy
development, strengthening
public health, educator diversity,
and many more, this bill
addresses the diverse needs of
our economy and empowers
our residents.”
“This legislation authorizes
critical investments in major
sectors of the Commonwealth’s
economy and advances important
policies including consumer
protections for ticket sales,
my bill on campaign funds for
childcare, and educator diversity,”
said Representative Lipper-Garabedian.
“The economic
development package will help
ensure Massachusetts retains
our competitive advantage in
leading industries, such as life
sciences, while maintaining affordability
for our residents.”
Some key provisions of An
Act relative to strengthening
Massachusetts’ economic leadership:
•
Advancing Massachusetts’
global leadership in the life sciences
and biotech industry
with a $500 million bond authorization
for the Life Sciences
Breakthrough Fund
• Launching a new eff ort to
make Massachusetts a leader in
climate tech with a $400 million
bond authorization to support
the development of off shore
wind energy and to foster innovation
and deployment of new
climate technologies
• Funding the MassWorks Infrastructure
Program with an
additional $400 million bond
authorization to support local
public infrastructure projects
and create jobs
• Investing $100 million to advance
the development of artifi
cial intelligence solutions in
Massachusetts
• Supporting small businesses
by establishing a fi ve-year pilot
program to assist businesses in
acquiring surety bonds
• Entering Massachusetts into
the national nurse licensure
compact to help alleviate the
nursing workforce challenges
facing the healthcare sector
• Strengthening the physician
workforce by creating a pathway
for physicians previously
authorized to practice medicine
outside the United States to be
able to become licensed and
practice in the Commonwealth
(legislation that was sponsored
by Senator Lewis)
• Strengthening the K-12 educator
workforce with the inclusion
of the Educator Diversity
Act (legislation that was sponsored
by Senator Lewis).
• Permitting locally produced
craft beer to be sold at farmers
markets, which is already allowed
for wine and cider
• Ensuring ticketing transparency
by requiring sellers to list
the actual prices of tickets and
banning automated ticket purchasing
software, known as
bots, which drive up prices
• Allowing for the environmental
cleanup and construction
of a new soccer stadium
and waterfront park in Everett,
and stipulating that no public
funding may be used for stadium
construction
• Overhauling the state’s fragmented
public health system
to ensure strong public health
protections for all residents regardless
of race, income or zip
code
• Requiring all school districts
to notify students prior to graduating
from high school of the
availability of Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
and to provide students with information
on fi nancial aid options
for higher education
• Authorizing public agencies
and municipalities to enter into
project labor agreements for
public works contracts when
such an agreement is in the best
interest of the public agency or
municipality
• Modernizing Massachusetts
civil service laws to give municipalities
more options in fi lling
job vacancies while giving qualifi
ed job seekers more opportunities
to fi nd a match
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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 27, 2024
~ Malden Musings ~
MHS Alumni Association Fundraiser
By Peter Levine
I
t’s always a pleasure to hear
from the one and only Patty
Kelly (and her equally wonderful
husband, Wire Inspector
for Inspectional Services in Malden,
Frankie!). As Development
Director at Bread of Life and a
dedicated member of the Malden
High School Alumni Association
board (and stone-cold
Maldonian, I might add), Patty
reached out about a fantastic
opportunity to support future
Malden High graduates.
The Alumni Association is on
a mission to raise funds for student
scholarships, and they’ve
got a unique way for us to help.
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or even yourself – forever linked
to the MHS experience. With
about 600 seats claimed so far
and 300 still up for grabs, there’s
still a chance to make your mark
(or someone else’s!) in the heart
of our community.
This could be the perfect holiday
gift for anyone with a connection
to Malden High – a
heartfelt tribute that also helps
empower the next generation
of students. If you’re interested,
check out the Alumni Association’s
website for details on
seat naming and how to purchase.
Let’s help Patty and the
Alumni Association reach their
goal – this sounds like a wicked
good idea!
Go here and make somebody
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It
is said in Malden Musings...
• Quick holler to one of the old
Y Gym Rats, Franny Barthelemes,
who I hear is an avid reader of
this column. You always wanted
Franny on your team at the
old Y cuz he knew where all the
dead spots were on the court,
and he was smart enough never
to get caught under hoop
on the balcony side unless you
kept your dribble. Otherwise,
fuhgeddaboudit! If you know,
you know.
• Another Richard Young will
not be walking through the door
at the Parking Department in
Malden anytime soon. Dick was
the trusted, reliable and conscientious
jack of all trades in the
department, but after 10 years
of keeping the highways and
byways of Malden clear of parking
scoffl aws, he has decided to
hang up his Parking Department
hand-held device. The good life
awaits in retirement. Happy trails
to you, Dick, Malden wishes you
many happy post-work years,
my friend, you will be missed
most defi nitely.
• Happy 82nd trip around the
sun to Lisbon Street’s most faName
plate at Malden High School’s Jenkins Auditorium
mous son, Norman “Don’t Call
Me a One-Hit Wonder” Greenbaum!
Forever immortalized by
Texas-born artist Jesse Melanson
who had painted a four-story
mural at 110 Pleasant St., facing
the Exchange Street side, in
honor of Norm’s iconic number
one hit, “Spirit in the Sky.” With
his freak fl ag full of wisdom glitter
fl owing and his hippie denim
jacket – Norm – along with his
sweetie, Bonnie, endeared himself
to Malden forever at the unveiling
back in 2019 with a serious
charm off ensive. Zay gezunt,
Norm.
Apropos of nothing...as the
1970s faded into memory, weekends
in Malden took on a life of
their own. Like most kids across
the country, Malden’s youth
roamed the streets, high on
cheap beer, good pot and the
thrill of nightlife. They claimed
street corners, slipped into the
shadows of Malden’s many parks
and found their way down to our
favorite haunt: Malden Square.
Here, under flickering streetlights
and the incessant clatter
of traffi c, the Granada Theatre –
faded and fraying but still magnetic
– drew in the young and
restless. In those lean days of
Jimmy Carter, underachieving
Red Sox teams and sky-high gas
prices, the Granada off ered funfilled
evenings of second-run
movies (I saw ‘Ben’ there in ’73),
grimy fl oors and the occasional
booze-fueled riot.
The “Midnight Movie” series at
the Granada was a somewhat
brilliant yet predictably risky
move. It all began one October
night in ’79, with a screening of
“The Kids Are All Right,” a fi lm
featuring British rock legends
The Who. The idea was innocent
enough, but by midnight, chaos
was brewing. When the volume
request was denied, frustration
ignited into something else
entirely. Nearly 200 kids erupted
in a riot that spilled from the
darkened theater, taking over
Pleasant Street and Irving before
charging up Ferry. Windows
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Join the Malden Public Library
for an Author Talk
Monday, December 9, 6-7 PM
T
he Malden Public Library
is excited to announce
an event with Debra Bruno,
author of “A Hudson Valley
Reckoning: Discovering the
Forgotten History of Slaveholding
in My Dutch American
Family,” in conversation
with Eleanor Mire on Monday,
December 9, from 6-7
p.m. in the Maccario Room.
In Bruno’ book, she tells the
story of slavery’s history in
upstate New York, uncovering
her Dutch ancestors’
slave-holding past, leading
to deep connections with
the descendants of the enslaved
people her family
owned. She eventually met
and became friends with Eleanor
C. Mire, a fellow researcher
and a descendant
of a woman enslaved by one
of Bruno’s Dutch ancestors.
Join us for great discussion
on family history, the complexities
of slavery in the
mid-Atlantic states and the
challenges of racial reconciliation.
This
event is free and open
to the public. For more information,
visit www.maldenpubliclibrary.org/blog/hudson
or call 781-324-0218.
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The Advocate ranks the Top 10 most memorable
Malden-Medford Thanksgiving Games of all time
By Steve Freker
T
he Advocate has researched
the extensive Malden-Medford
Thanksgiving Day history
and compiled a list of what we
think are the TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE
GAMES of all time.
#10— MALDEN 42, MEDFORD
15 (November 26, 1974): Malden
routs Medford, 42-15, at Pearl
Street Stadium for second-year
Head Coach Paul Finn’s fi rst Turkey
Day win of his 26-year career
and a share of the fi rst Greater
Boston League title since 1969.
Tornado Co-Captain Jeff Sullivan
rushed for 130 yards and scored
two touchdowns; John Stanasek
passed for two TDs and four conversion
points; John Ruelle had
a touchdown and a two-point
conversion; Mark Burns, Pauk
Coleman and junior Steve DeFilippis
scored TDs; Steve Carlan
netted a two-point conversion
and Shawn Brickman kicked two
PATs. All-Scholastic Co-Captain
Jack Freker and defensive backs
Steve Carpenter and Charlie Russell
led the Malden defense.
****
#9— MALDEN 59, MEDFORD
36 (November 26, 2015): They
went out to a high school football
contest, and a Madden
NFL Game broke out. Scoring
was fast and furious as Malden
rolled to a 59-36 win in the highest-scoring
game in series history.
The win was signifi cant in
HALL of FAMERS: Former longtime Malden High football Head
Coach Paul Finn (at right) coached in more Malden-Medford
games than anyone else in history: from 1973-1998. In the
1980s, he had the pleasure of coaching three Hall of Fame
quarterbacks – all from the “Air Finn” 1980s – pictured from left
to right: Chuck Borstel (1986); Billy Roderick (1987); and Steve
Monaco (1983, 1984, 1985). (Advocate Photo/Steve Freker)
that it clinched the Tornados’ fi rst
GBL Championship since 1988,
breaking a 27-year title drought.
The Exilhomme Brothers, Danley
and DJ, both of whom went
on to star at Central Connecticut
State University, dominated
this one, scoring six TDs between
them. Head Coach Joe Pappagallo,
who had steered Malden
to a dramatic win over Everett
(fi rst time since 1992) two weeks
earlier, retired after seven years
at the helm and a 6-1 coaching
record on Thanksgiving Day.
****
TIE at #8— MALDEN 26, MEDFORD
6 (November 27, 1969):
In a scene out of a movie script,
senior co-captain Dave Moulton
– sidelined with 60 stitches
in his head after an automobile
accident the night before the
game – came off the bench in
the second half and scored two
touchdowns to lead Malden to
a 26-6 win over Medford, earning
a share of the GBL title with
Quincy. Malden had trailed, 6-0,
at the half, with Moulton relegated
to the sidelines in street
clothes. In a scene we assure
you would never be replicated
today, “Moultie” convinced legendary
Malden coach Bill Tighe
to let him on the fi eld, and he led
his team to a win, complete with
bloody bandages at the end of
the game.
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where the Malden win
over Medford did not end in either
an undefeated Malden season,
a Greater Boston League
Championship – or both. But
hey, let’s face it, they played the
game at “Friendly Fenway” for
Game #135 in the most iconic
baseball park in the world –
and Malden won! The stars of
the game were sophomore running
back Kevin Exilhomme and
BIG GAME: When Malden defeated Medford in 1948, it secured
a spot in the National Championship game where they defeated
Robert E. Lee High School in the Gator Bowl, 14-0. (Courtesy Photo)
junior safety Felix Junior Da Costa.
Exilhomme, brother of second-year
Malden Head Coach
Witche Exilhomme, scored three
touchdowns on 29 carries for 81
yards, including a 95-yard kickoff
return touchdown to open
the game. Da Costa returned
his third fumble for TD of the
season and also had a key interception
to stop a Medford drive
when the game got close in the
fourth quarter. Malden’s seventh
straight Turkey Day win tied a series
streak record.
****
#7— MALDEN 19, MEDFORD
14 (November 28, 1955): Dom
Fermano was no stranger to
Thanksgiving Day exploits, having
scored twice in a Malden
win over Medford as a star junior
one year previously. In his senior
season, with the game and the
GBL Championship on the line,
Malden trailed, 14-13, with under
three minutes to play – not
for long. Fermano took a pitch,
found some space and raced 40
yards for a Tornado touchdown,
electrifying the crowd and giving
Malden the winning points – and
the GBL title, with a 19-14 victory.
****
#6— MALDEN 19, MEDFORD
0 (November 22, 1951): For only
the second time in series history,
both teams came into the
game unbeaten. Malden, at 7-01,
was not in the running for either
a league or Class A State Title.
Medford, at 8-0, would share
the Class A State Championship
and league crown with Weymouth,
if the Mustangs were to
prevail. Malden sent the Mustangs
home empty-handed, no
longer unbeaten, with a decisive,
19-0 victory. Malden finished
with its last undefeated
season at 8-0-1, and Weymouth
won the league and Class A titles
by winning its Thanksgiving
game over, get this, Greenfi eld,
Vermont, clinching a perfect 9-0
fi nish, its 37th straight win, spanning
four years.
****
TIE at #5— MALDEN 12, MEDFORD
2 (November 26, 1931):
A 12-2 win over Medford finished
Malden with its second
unbeaten season (9-0-1) and
Class A State Co-Championship
in three years. Touchdowns by
Sam Pashoian and Lloyd Tupper
led the way.
And
MALDEN 0, MEDFORD 0 (November
28, 1935): Defensive purists
exult! The punting and the
leg of Malden’s “Chuckin” Charlie
O’Rourke, one of the best quarterbacks
to ever wear the Blue
and Gold – not his golden arm –
and that of Medford Captain Art
Wareham dominated in a battle
of lines in a 0-0 scoreless tie, the
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Holiday Lighting and Festivities at
Lincoln Commons Dec. 1 at 4 PM
W
ard 7 Councillor Chris Simonelli
and Mayor Gary
Christenson invite members
of the public to Lincoln Commons
on Sunday, December 1,
2024, at 4 p.m. for the Annual
Holiday Lighting. Please come
down to enjoy the beautiful holiday
lights, Christmas carols, hot
chocolate, cookies and a special
visit from Santa! This community
event is free and open to all.
Come kick off the holiday season
with cheer!
Mayor Gary Christenson and
Ward 7 Councillor Christopher
Simonelli are shown with
members of the Malden Dept.
of Public Works at Lincoln
Commons after placing the
lights on the Christmas tree
recently.
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second straight in the series, that
enables Malden to finish unbeaten
(8-0-1) and win the Eastern
Mass. Class A State title.
****
#4— MALDEN 28, MEDFORD
0 (November 26, 1987): Who
knew that the series would have
the longevity it did possess,
all the way up to 100 games?
Malden-Medford celebrated in
grand style, with commemorative
program books and rings for
all the participants, and Malden
capped one of its best seasons in
school history with a 28-0 shutout
win, its eighth straight after
an Opening Day loss to Melrose,
at breezy Hormel Stadium. Malden
drove to an undefeated (80)
Greater Boston League Championship,
its first in 12 years, and
its best record (9-1) in over 30
years. The game drew a huge
crowd and included national
television coverage by sports
commentator Bob Costas. A
pregame pep talk to Malden by
former Tornado legend Dave
Moulton appeared on national
TV that day. Lawrence Hicks
ran for 118 yards and scored
two touchdowns. Bill Roderick
passed for 152 yards, including
a 46-yard toss to Carmine Cappuccio.
Roderick also scored a
TD and J.P. Kelley had an interception
for Malden.
****
#3— MALDEN 6, MEDFORD 0
(November 28, 1929): With both
teams coming into the game undefeated,
an all-time series record
crowd of 18,500 inside the
fence and an estimated 2,000
to 3,000 outside saw Malden
Captain Sam Fishman lead the
Golden Tornados to an unbeaten
season (9-0-1) and a share
of the Eastern Mass. title by returning
a punt 55 yards for the
only score of the game as Medford
(7-1-0) fell by a 6-0 score.
Coming just two weeks after the
Stock Market Crash, which signaled
the start of the Great Depression,
this win lifted football
fans’ spirits.
****
#2— MALDEN 35, MEDFORD
0 (November 24, 1910): Six different
players scored as Malden
clinched State and Suburban
League titles with its 13th
straight victory, 35-0. Malden finished
with its best – most wins,
only undefeated, untied (13-00)
– season in school history and
went on to beat Providence (R.I.)
Tech, 29-8, in a postseason game
at Bryant Street Park in Malden.
****
#1— MALDEN 33, MEDFORD
14 (November 25, 1948): Dan
Duggan scored twice and led
’Gator bowl-bound Malden to
a 33-14 win, an unbeaten 9-0-1
record and Class A State Championship
in front of a crowd of
12,983 at Municipal Stadium in
Malden. The Golden Tornados
squad, led by legendary Head
Coach Warren McGuirk, would
go on to be crowned “National
Champs” in the Kiwanis charity
game after blanking Robert
E. Lee High School, 14-0, in
the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville,
Fla., Malden’s only football appearance
– ever – in a game of
this stature.
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THanks
Here’s wishing you a Thanksgiving holiday complete
with all the trimmings - good food, food friends, and good times.
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Representative
Steven
Ultrino
State
Senator
Jason
Lewis
Spadafora
Councillor-At-Large
Craig
Councillor President
Stephen
Winslow
(617) 389-8100
(617) 389-1000
Mayor
Gary
Christenson
& Malden City Government
State
Representative
Paul J.
Donato
Ward 2 School Committee
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~ OP-Ed ~
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving
A
bout four centuries ago, the
infant Plimouth Colony was
hanging on to existence by its
fi ngernails.
A long period of drought endangered
its crops.Without rain,
the settlers would die.
So, Governor Bradford ordered
a day of prayer, asking God for
rain.
Bradford’s journal said that the
rains came, promptly and heavily,
“so that the earth was thoroughly
wet and soaked with all.”
When the revived harvest was
brought in, Bradford ordered another
day of thanksgiving to the
God who brought the rain.
We don’t pray for rain much
anymore, although a few churches
in the corn belt do.We think of
it as a little superstitious.
For the same reason, we don’t
thank God very much anymore.
We are the losers thereby.
No matter what our religious
belief or lack of belief, we know
in our hearts that we are not
MASTERS of the UNIVERSE, that
something outside of us and
bigger than us brings the rain
and the harvest, and all the miracles
of life.
We know, in our hearts, that
we should thank somebody or
something for these gifts.
But we have nothing to be
thankful for.
Thanks for the gift of living,
healthy children.
Thanks for a strong community.
Thanks
for the determined and
peaceful people of Malden.
~ Letter to the Editor ~
Accessibility
at Malden City Hall
I
t’s been a little over a year since
I last wrote to you, discussing
July as Disability Pride Month
and urging us all to be proud of
our diverse abilities. Yet here we
are again and I fi nd myself addressing
the same issue: accessibility
or rather, the lack thereof
– in our city.
I see the Mayor is seeking a
new member for Malden’s Disability
Commission, which is certainly
commendable. But the reality:
Malden City Hall, the very
place where this commission
will gather, remains inaccessible
to many residents. Just try to get
in using a wheelchair, walker or
managing any mobility-related
disability. It’s virtually impossible!
How can we call for representation
an advocate for change
when the doors to our own City
Hall remain closed to some of
our community members? Malden
deserves better, and we deserve
a City Hall that’s open and
accessible to everyone. This is
more than an oversight – it’s a
barrier to inclusion, plain and
simple.
I urge our city leaders to address
this problem now, not tomorrow,
or in a future budget.
Making City Hall accessible total
should be a priority.
Sincerely,
Harold Litchfi eld
Malden Resident
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Yes, we have plenty to be
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have things to fear?
YES.
War and terrorism, age and
mortality.
The pilgrims didn’t give thanks
because they had been delivered
eternally from worry, fear
and pain.
They knew that their community
was still in danger, as ours is.
They knew a hard winter was
ahead, and many hard years after
it, as they may be for us.
They gave thanks for what
they have received already.
Thank, because the act of
thanking is an act of perception
and recognition.
When we recognize our blessings,
even if only once a year, we
renew our determination to retain
those blessings.
Finally, while you’re at it, thank
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ovember 20 - MALDEN, MA
– The Malden Historical Society
invites everyone to attend
a free concert and social
hour on Sunday, December 1 at
2:00 pm in the Judson Chapel of
the Malden First Baptist Church
493 Main Street, Malden (Enter
through the Parking lot entrance.).Teacher
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Society of Malden High School in
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songs chosen to help attendees
get into the spirit of the season.
Sponsored jointly by the Malden
Historical Society and the
Friends of the Malden Public Library,
this annual event is free of
charge and open to all.
Following the concert, attendees
can enjoy seasonal refreshments,
socialize with friends old
and new, and learn more about
CONCERT | SEE PAGE 15
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Run Club of Malden raises money for Bread
of Life and YMCA in ‘Wobble Before You Gobble’
The Run Club of Malden raised money for the Bread of Life and Mystic Valley YMCA on
Sunday during their Wobble Before You Gobble 5K along Dartmouth Street.
Run Club volunteers came out strong.
Mayor Gary Christenson ran with three year olds during
Sunday’s Wobble Before You Gobble 5K along Dartmouth
Street.
Bennett Sheline, 2, and
Steph Sheline
Shown from left: Clara
Melero, 4, Claudia Garcia
and Agustin Melero, 2. Dennis Moriconi, 3
Winter Montano, 4, and
Rylee Montano, 2
Zach and Nicole Valente
were dressed as pilgrims.
Graham Parkinson, 6, and
David Parkinson
Malden residents Devon Noung,
14, who is an eighth-grader at
Cheverus Catholic School, Sgt.
Stubby and Sabrina Chou
Brookline Bank Branch
Manager Amarjit Amy Sambe
and teller David Galvin helped
to sponsor the event.
Bread of Life board members
Marty Beth Leon and Liz
Lombardozzi
Shown from left: Eric Welsh,
Owen Welsh, 2, and Molly
Olsen.
Run Club of Malden President
Joseph LeBlanc with Mayor
Gary Christenson
Seven-year-old kids kicked off the race.
(Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
Children at the start line
Shown from left: Shawn
Watson, Venita Watson and
Aubrey Watson, 5.
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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 27, 2024
MALDEN HIGH FOOTBALL 2024: The 2024 Malden High School Football Team includes Captains Kervenson “Kevin” Exilhomme, James Hyppolite, Matheus Brito,
Earl Fevrier, and Aidan Brett. The team also includes (not in order above) seniors Xavier Coulanges-Blaise, Jonathan Barrientos Diaz, Johnson Huynh, Zachary
Johnson, Tony Gedeus, Cedric Mathely, Dwayne Saintvil, Wyatt Dessert, Daniel Da Silva Berquez, Bryan Juillet, Antoine Jean, Brayan Jose, Filsaime Boucher,
Mohammad Ibrahim, Isaac Pineda Marroquin and Christian Cassion. The juniors are Billy Gavin, Elijah Lugo, Matthew Candelario Da Costa, Jordan Caplis, Jean
Victor, Ismail Elbahlawan, Jonathan Ventura, Nicholas Venancio Paiva, Jahiem Francillon, Manny Perez, Kenny Turcios Melgar and Luke Labonte. The sophomores
are Jamaurie Brown, Josh Dionne, Justin Dora, Djeeterson Pierre, Josiah Gomes, Noah Granderson, Mike Nchuta, Thomas Darcy-Sillari, Daniel Ferreira, Waslin
Etienne and Jose Ramirez Pool. The Head Coach is Witche Exilhomme. The Assistant Coaches are Romario Berneche, Patrick Donoghue, Darrell Heon, Kevin Isaza,
Wiston Jeune, Alishaan Moughal, Jean Sylvain, James Brito-White, Joseph Armstrong and Richard Voltaire. (Courtesy/The Maldonian/MHS Yearbook/Henry Huang photo)
FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 1
niors] even before high school,
they are like family to me and
our coaches.”
Actually, senior captain Kevin
Exilhomme is family, as his brother,
Witche, is the head coach.
“Kevin has had a decent season,
he has really stepped it up the
past 4 or 5 games.”
Exilhomme leads the team
and the Greater Boston League
(GBL) in receptions (17) and
touchdown catches (6) this season,
on the receiving end from
senior quarterback Aidan Brett,
himself a veteran of his fourth
consecutive Thanksgiving game
against Medford.
Another offensive standout
this season who has also opened
a lot of eyes has been freshman
sensation Jayden McGuffie. The
5-10, 165 running back has had
the best season ever for a 9th
grader in school history, surpassing
the coveted 1,000-yard single-season
rushing barrier. McGuffie
comes into Thanksgiving
morning with 1,127 yards on just
132 carries and has scored 11
touchdowns. He leads the GBL
in both rushing yards and rushing
touchdowns.
The Malden offense overall has
improved by leaps and bounds
this season. Last year, Malden
struggled offensively at times,
with several shutout losses. This
season, Malden has scored at a
prodigious clip, leading the GBL
in scoring with a 26.7 points per
game average.
Defensively is where Malden
has been subpar and has had
MALDEN 2024 FOOTBALL SENIORS: Pictured from left to right are Malden High Football Seniors:
back row: Christian Cassion, Zachary Johnson, Daniel Da Silva Berquez, Aidan Brett, Kervenson
“Kevin” Exilhomme and Cedric Mathely; front row: Isaac Pineda, Jonathan Barrientos Diaz, Earl
Fevrier, Matheus Brito, James Hyppolite and Johnson Huynh. (Courtesy/The Maldonian/MHS Yearbook/Henry Huang photo)
trouble stopping opponents
consistently at times. Two of its
starting linebackers and team
captains, James Hyppolite and
Matheus Brito, have missed
the entire season with injuries.
Brito, who broke his collarbone
in a preseason scrimmage, has
been cleared for action for this
last game and is expected to be
out there on the field.
Other Malden High seniors
in their final game Thursday
include linebacker and tight
end/fullback Earl Fevrier, Christian
Cassion, Zachary Johnson,
Daniel Da Silva Berquez, Cedric
Mathely. Isaac Pineda, Jonathan
Barrientos Diaz and Johnson
Huynh.
Medford could earn a winning
record for the season for the first
time since the 1990s. This is also
the only time this decade – and
longer – that Medford enters
the game as a favorite. Medford
comes in at 5-5 and looking to
do something it has not accomplished
in over 25 years: finish
with a winning record overall in
two consecutive seasons, having
gone 6-5 last season. But despite
Medford having a better overall
record and the fact that the Mustangs
are led by GBL Most Valuable
Player Justin Marino at quarterback,
the two teams seem to
be evenly matched.
Even if they were not? This is
Thanksgiving Day. It is the final
game of the season – last high
school game ever for the seniors
on both squads – and it’s time to
“throw out the records.”
“This is the game that everyone
waits for, every year,” said
third-year Head Coach Witche
Exilhomme, himself a former
Golden Tornado three-sport
standout and football captain
(football, basketball, track). “No
matter how the season has gone,
everyone puts everything on the
line for the Thanksgiving game
against Medford.”
FOOTBALL | SEE PAGE 15
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FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 14
There is always history in the
making in this game as well.
With a win on Thursday, Medford
will be the fi rst Mustangs
squad in 25 years to win back-toback
Thanksgiving Day games.
In 2000 and 2001, Medford won
14-13 and 34-6, respectively.
Those two games were on the
tail end of the series’ overall win
streak record of eight straight
series wins set by Medford from
1994-2001. Malden has dominated
since 2000, going 18-6
in the third century of this ancient
game.
Medford is coming off a 23-6
loss to non-leaguer Waltham in
its last game. The Mustangs fared
well in the GBL, fi nishing a solid
second to Lynn English in the
standings.
Head Coach John Curley’s
squad has been led by Marino
and running back Stevens Exateur,
both seniors, who have
scored nearly every Medford
point between them, much like
Exilhomme and McGuffie for
Malden.
Malden Coach Exilhomme
said the game plan for Thanksgiving
is to keep possession
of the ball off ensively and lock
down any “big play” potential
for Coach Curley’s Mustangs. “If
we have possession of the ball,
they can’t run any plays, it’s as
simple as that,” Coach Exilhomme
said. “We expect them to
rely on their running game and
know we have to tackle and not
let them have that big run or other
big play.”
Malden is coming off a tough
loss to non-leaguer Lowell, 2620.
In that game, backup QB
Billy Gavin came out slinging
and threw three TD passes, two
to Exilhomme and one to McGuffi
e.
“We have to repeat that type of
eff ort and more,” Coach Exilhomme
said. “We are expecting a solid
eff ort from our players and we
will be giving it everything we
have to get the win.
“It has been enjoyable to coach
these seniors from the start and
it would be great if they can put
it together and bring home a
Turkey Day win.”
Malden-Medford Thanksgiving
Football Game #137 on Thursday
Malden vs. Medford through the years
H
ere are ALL the Scores and
winners from the 136 previous
Thanksgiving games:
1889: Medford 34-0.
1889: Medford 4-0.
1891: Medford 22-0.
1892: Medford 34-0.
1893a: Malden 18-0.
1893b: Malden 12-10.
1894: Malden 10-0.
1895: Medford 6-14.
1896: Medford 18-0.
1897: Tie, 0-0.
1898: Malden 20-12.
1899: Medford 23-6.
1900: Malden 10-5.
1901: Malden 23-6.
1902: Medford 6-5.
1903: Medford 17-5.
1904: Medford 18-11.
1905: Malden 27-5.
1906: Medford 6-5.
1907: Malden 44-0.
1908: Malden 55- 0.
1909: Malden 23-3.
1910: Malden 35-0.
1911: Medford 6-0.
1912: Malden 20-7.
1913: Medford 6-0.
1914: Medford 21-0.
1915: Medford 7-0.
1916: Tie, 13-13.
1917: Medford 3-0.
1918: Medford 9-0.
1919: Tie, 0-0.
1920: Medford 7-0.
1921: Malden 10-7.
1922: Malden 7-3.
1923: Medford 6-0.
1924: Malden 27-6.
1925: Malden 13-0.
1926: Medford 20-6.
1927: Tie, 13-13.
1928: Medford 14-0.
1929: Malden 6-0.
1930: Malden 7-2.
1931: Malden 12-2.
1932: Malden 20-0.
1933: Malden 21-0.
1934: Tie, 0-0.
1935: Tie, 0-0.
1936: Malden 13-0.
1937: Malden 6-0.
1938: Tie, 0-0.
1939: Malden 7-6.
1940: Medford 14-6.
1941: Medford 6-0.
1942: Medford 13-0.
1943: Medford 21-0.
1944: Tie, 0-0.
1945: Tie, 0-0.
1946: Medford 14-6.
1947: Medford 13-7.
1948: Malden 33-14.
1949: Medford 6-0.
1950: Malden 7-0.
1951: Malden 19-0.
1952: Medford 27-0.
1953: Medford 6-0.
1954: Malden 27-9.
1955: Medford 8-0.
1956: Malden 20-6.
1957: Malden 19-14.
1958: Malden 26-0.
1959: Malden 20-0.
1960: Malden 50-6.
1961: Malden 34-12.
1962: Tie, 20-20.
1963: Malden 12-6.
1964: Malden 24-0.
1965: Malden 14-6.
1966: Malden 25-13.
1967: Medford 22-0.
1968: Medford 32-14.
1969: Malden 26-6.
1970: Malden 26-6.
1971: Medford 16-0.
1972: Medford 38-19.
1973: Malden 22-12.
1974: Malden 42-15.
1975: Malden 14-8.
1976: Medford 14-8.
1977: Malden 15-6.
1978: Medford 9-8.
1979: Medford 48-24.
1980: Medford 24-12.
1981: Medford 29-18.
1982: Medford 19-0.
1983: Medford 25-14.
1984: Malden 21-6.
1985: Medford 28-20.*
1986: Malden 33-12.
1987: Malden 28-0.
1988: Malden 14-13.
1989: Medford 12-8.
1990: Malden 16-2.
1991: Medford 9-8.
1992: Malden 14-13.
1993: Malden 46-18.
1994: Medford 6-0.
1995: Medford 25-14.
1996: Medford 27-12.
1997: Medford 34-8.
1998: Medford 47-32.
1999: Medford 37-20.
2000: Medford 14-13.
2001: Medford 34-6.
2002: Malden 12-0.
2003: Malden 7-0.
2004: Malden 28-6.
2005: Malden 36-6.
2006: Medford 17-14 (OT).
2007: Malden 7-6.
2008: Malden 33-22.
2009: Malden 13-7.
2010: Malden 29-0.
2011: Malden 36-0.
2012: Malden 32-6.
2013: Malden 16-0.
2014: Medford 36-12.
2015: Malden 59-36.
2016: Malden 41-18.
2017: Malden 27-22.
2018: Malden 28-22.
2019: Malden 29-0.
2020: no game in the year –
COVID-19.
2021: Medford 24-21** (2020
Game) not played on Thanksgiving.
2021:
Malden 12-10.
2022: Malden 35-14.*** Fenway
Park Classic
2023: Medford 30-14.
—With 137 games played,
Malden leads the all-time series
69-58. There have been
10 Ties.
*In 1985, Medford’s 28-20 was
overturned due to the use of an
ineligible player. Malden chose
to not include that awarded win
in its totals.
**Medford’s 24-21 came on
May 6, 2021, in the Fall 2 season,
which followed the cancellation
of the 2020 season
due to the pandemic. Malden’s
Thanksgiving Day streak
of wins since 2015 continued
in 2022.
***Malden-Medford #135
was the fi rst game not played
in Malden and Medford in the
heralded series. It was in Fenway
Park, home of the Boston
Red Sox.
FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 12
these all-volunteer organizations.
Books on Malden history
and Christmas cards featuring
artwork from Malden silhouette
artist Doris Burdick (1898-1981)
will be available for purchase.
Founded in 1886 and incorporated
in 1887, the Malden Historical
Society is a nonprofi t, all-volunteer
organization that is always
looking for new members
as well as volunteers to help with
our collections, exhibits, and other
projects. Anyone with an interest
in history who wants to learn
more and help further the Society’s
mission—collecting, preserving,
and disseminating the
history of Malden and beyond—
can attend one of our meetings
or visit www.maldenhistoricalsociety.org.
In 2024, the Malden
Historical Society has been
proud to join the rest of the City
in celebrating the 375th anniversary
of Malden’s founding.
The Friends of the Malden
Public Library is a volunteer-run
nonprofi t organization that supports
the Library in fulfi lling its
mission. The Friends raise funds
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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Here’s a capsule look
at the Malden-Medford Thanksgiving Game History,
1889-2023, game-by-game
A summary of every game, 1 to 137, from 1889-2023
T
his detailed, colorful history
was created and prepared
by former Malden Evening News
Sports Editor Paul Leahy from
1971 to 1991 and by former
Malden Evening News/Medford
Daily Mercury Editor Steve
Freker from 1992 to the present.
They’ve played 137 times before
in a series that began in
1889 and is now the LONGEST
continuous high school football
rivalry in the United States.
Malden leads the series 69-58
– there have been 10 ties. Following
is a capsule look of each
game that’s been played in the
time-honored series between
Malden and Medford:
1889: Medford won the first
game, 34-0, in a game played
on Friday, October 15, 1889. Malden
players protested that Medford
used players from Tufts College
and MIT. A second game
was scheduled, and Medford
won, 4-0, on the Saturday after
Thanksgiving.
1890: no score available;
therefore, no verification if a
game was indeed played.
1891: Medford won, 22-0.
1892: Medford won, 34-0.
1893: Its first victory in the
series clinches the Suburban
League title for Malden, 18-0, according
to Malden records. Malden
won a second game that
year by a score of 12-10.
1894: Touchdowns by Tom
Flanders and Bill Nash gave Malden
its second straight Suburban
League crown, 10-0. Medford
shared first place with the
Golden Tornadoes going into
the game.
1895: Medford succeeds
Malden as Suburban League
champs, 16-11, at Tufts Oval.
The two teams were tied for first
place entering the game.
1896: Medford’s 18-0 victory
costs Malden the Suburban
League title.
1897: Malden holds twice inside
its own four-yard line and
battles to a scoreless tie at Tufts
Oval in the first game played on
Thanksgiving Day.
1898: Mike Howe scores
twice as Malden wins Suburban
League pennant, 20-12.
1899: Jack Williams’ three
touchdowns pace Medford to
a 23-6 victory before the largest
crowd to date to watch the
series, 1,500 people. From this
game on, all the games were
played on Thanksgiving.
1900: Malden’s Elmer Rice
scored the deciding touchdown
in a 11-5 victory that earns a
Suburban League championship
before a record crowd of
2,500 people.
1901: Malden storms back in
the second half and rallies to a
23-6 victory.
1902: Dennis Papkee scores
the deciding conversion after
Paul Volpe’s touchdown to give
Medford a 6-5 victory and the
Suburban League crown before
another record-breaking crowd
of 5,000 people.
1903: Jack Mather’s two touchdown’s
pace Medford, 17-5, before
another record-breaking attendance
of 6,000 people.
1904: Jack Mather scores three
times and extends Medford’s
domination, 18-11.
1905: Malden installs ex-Dartmouth
and Everett end Matt
Bullock as coach specifically for
the Medford game and upsets
the Mustangs, 27-0, in the first
game at Bryant Street Park in
Malden.
1906: Paul Pray’s conversion
after Midget Cotting’s touchdown
pulls Medford out, 6-5,
with a record crowd of 8,000
fans on hand.
1907: Charlie Miner scores
three touchdowns, and Malden
captures Suburban League title,
44-0, with the highest score
to date in the series.
1908: Fights and threats of
protests mar Malden’s 6-0 victory.
Medford had a touchdown
called back and a 40-yard slugging
penalty against a Mustang,
who was ejected and had to be
brought to the sideline by a policeman.
The penalty sets up a
winning, 15-yard TD catch by
Malden’s Dennis Letherman.
1909: Malden’s Arthur Miner
scores three touchdowns in a
23-3 victory.
1910: Six different players
score as Malden clinches State
and Suburban League titles with
13th straight victory, 35-0. Malden
had its only undefeated, untied
(13-0-0) season and went on
to beat Providence (R.I.) Tech, 298,
in a postseason game at Bryant
Street Park.
1911: Medford wins Suburban
League title on two field goals
by 14-year-old Art Donellan.
1912: Malden rolls behind the
passing of quarterback Herb
Kempton, 27-0, and wins State
and Suburban League crowns
with an undefeated record.
1913: Eric Christianson’s fourth
quarter touchdown helps Medford
upset Malden, 6-3.
1914: Medford captain Art
Donellan throws for one touchdown
and returns an intercepted
pass for another in a 21-0
shutout win.
1915: Bob Foley sprints for 80
yards with a blocked field goal
and boosts Medford to a 7-0
victory.
1916: Two offsides penalties
against Malden set up both
Medford scores as Mustangs rally
for 13-13 tie, but lose the Suburban
League championship to
Somerville with the deadlock.
1917: Quarterback Charlie
Donellan’s third-quarter field
goal gives Medford an unbeaten
record (9-0-0) and Suburban
League title, 3-0. Medford,
which had allowed only seven
points all season heading into
the game, won the Suburban
League and Eastern Mass. titles
and defeated Manchester (N.H.)
in a postseason game at Braves
Field in Boston.
1918: Quarterback Chet Sanford
comes back from a threeweek
layoff and directs Medford
to a second straight Suburban
League title with a touchdown
pass and field goal, 9-0.
Boston Commerce nipped Medford,
3-0, at Braves Field for the
Eastern Mass. title. That lone
field goal were the only points
Medford had allowed all season.
1919: Medford holds twice
on its own goal line and battles
Malden to a 0-0 tie before a record-breaking
crowd of 8,500.
1920: Medford recovers from
Malden fumble with less than
four minutes in the game, and
four plays later Capt. Bob Blair
scores the winning touchdown
in a 7-0 Mustang victory.
1921: Honey Lewin’s field goal
in the snow in the closing minutes
salvages Malden, 10-7, before
a record-breaking crowd
of 10,000.
1922: Captain Bob Sandberg’s
third quarter touchdown overhauled
Medford for Malden and
allowed the Golden Tornadoes
to share the Suburban League
crown with Rindge Tech, 7-3.
It was Malden’s first piece of a
league title in 10 seasons, since
1912.
1923: Captain Joe Murphy,
a tackle, rambles 62 yards for
a first quarter touchdown as
Medford wins Suburban League
championship, 7-0, and drops
Malden from the unbeaten
ranks.
1924: Crowd of 15,000, the
largest crowd to date by far,
watches quarterback “Sheep”
Jackson direct Malden to four
second-half touchdowns and a
27-6 win.
1925: First-half touchdowns
by Jack Mangan and Morris
Spector propel Malden to an unbeaten
season with a 13-0 win –
in front of another huge crowd
of 15,000-plus. Malden tied for
the Eastern Mass. title.
1926: Three quick touchdowns
give Medford 20-0 first
quarter lead and Mustangs hold
on for a 20-6 upset.
1927: John Baxter scores
twice, once on a 90-yard sprint,
earning Malden a 13-13 tie.
1928: Medford finishes the
season unbeaten with a 7-0-3
record and gains a share of the
Eastern Mass. championship
with Newell Wilder leading the
way to a 14-0 victory.
1929: With both teams coming
into the game undefeated,
an all-time series record crowd
of 18,500 inside the fence and
an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 outside
saw Malden Captain Sam
Fishman lead the Golden Tornadoes
to an unbeaten season (90-1)
and a share of the Eastern
Mass. title by returning a punt
55-yards for the only score of the
game as Medford (7-1-0) fell, 6-0.
1930: Malden’s Warren Mulrey
scores a third-quarter touchdown
as the Golden Tornadoes
upset Medford, 7-2.
1931: Malden finishes with
an unbeaten (9-0-1) record and
claims a share of the Eastern
Mass. championship on touchdowns
by Sam Pashoian and
Lloyd Tupper in a 12-2 victory
over Medford (2-4-3).
1932: Lefty quarterback Joe
Kelly passes Malden to 20-0 victory.
1933:
Joe Kelly clinches ninewin
season for Malden, 21-0, by
setting up two second-quarter
TDs with his passing, and
running for a third score in the
game’s closing minutes.
1934: Malden’s defense and
the punting of Medford’s Torby
Macdonald are the keys in a
scoreless tie, 0-0.
1935: The punting of Malden’s
“Chuckin” Charlie O’Rourke and
Medford Capt. Art Wareham
dominate in a battle of lines in a
scoreless tie, the second straight
in the series, that enables Malden
to win the Eastern Mass.
Class A title.
1936: Dexter Shaffner scores
twice, but “Chuckin” Charlie
steals the show for Malden in a
13-0 victory.
1937: Charlie Hanifan’s
fourth-quarter touchdown decides
it for Malden, 6-0.
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1938: Medford turns to defense
and the punting of Bob
Margarita to battle Malden to
another scoreless tie, 0-0.
1939: Norm Brown returns an
interception 90 yards in the second
quarter, and Patsy Darone
kicks the winning conversion as
Malden knocks Medford from
the unbeaten ranks, 7-6. Al Zarella’s
touchdown on a pass gave
Medford its first offensive point
against Malden in 10 years.
1940: Sal “Crazy Legs” Cannava
and Bud Mahoney score
fourth-quarter touchdowns to
rally Medford to a 14-6, comefrom-behind
upset in the first
Mustang win over the Golden
Tornadoes in 11 years.
1941: Paul O’Brien returns an
interception 65 yards to set up a
second-quarter touchdown in a
6-0 Medford victory.
1942: Hank Corrado’s two
second-half touchdowns pace
Medford to Eastern Mass. Class
A championship and unbeaten
season, 13-0.
1943: Capt. John Giannelli and
Joe Corbisiero do all Medford’s
scoring in a 21-0 victory – four
in a row for the Mustangs.
1944: Underdog Medford
stalls at the Malden six-inch line
as the close of the first half and
fights the Golden Tornadoes to
a scoreless tie, 0-0.
1945: Wet weather and soggy
grounds hold Medford to 36
yards in total offense and Malden
to just 14 yards in second
straight scoreless tie, 0-0.
1946: Capt. Warren McFague
and Jackie Feltch score as Medford
upsets Malden, 14-6. The
Mustangs are unbeaten in seven
straight Thanksgiving games.
1947: Dick Lawrence sprints
51 yards with a touchdown pass
in the fourth quarter and earns
the Class A Champion Mustangs
a bid to the ’Gator Bowl, 13-7.
1948: Dan Duggan scores
twice and leads ’Gator bowl–
bound Malden to undefeated
season and Class A title, 33-14,
ending an eight-year unbeaten
streak by Medford.
1949: Medford’s Joe Gnerre
scores a second-quarter touchdown
and the Mustangs hold
Malden at own two-yard line later
in frame for 6-0 victory.
1950: Steve O’Brien throws
touchdown pass to Buddy
O’Shea in second quarter after
fake field goal in 7-0 Malden
victory.
1951: Hank Lindberg races 60
yards with an interception to set
up a seven-yard catch by Paul
Hurton with two minutes left
in the third quarter, breaking a
scoreless tie and starting Malden
on a 19-0 victory. This was
only the second game in the series
in which both teams came
in unbeaten, Medford at (8-0-0)
and Malden at (7-0-1). The Golden
Tornadoes win gave the Class
A title to Weymouth.
1952: Five different players
score as Medford rolls, 27-0.
1953: Phil Gagliardi sprints
47 yards for the winning touchdown
with little more than three
minutes remaining in game to
give Medford a 6-0 victory.
1954: Malden gains only 49
yards on the ground, but quarterback
Billy Brown throws for
135 yards and two touchdowns
to pace Malden, 27-9, as Malden
shares the GBL title with
Somerville.
1955: A second-quarter safety
and a 20-yard interception
return late in the frame by Bob
Del Isola, son of Coach John Del
Isola, lead Medford to an upset,
8-7 victory.
1956: Dom Fermano scores
twice and Jason Mantia once to
lead Malden to a 20-6 win.
1957: Dom Fermano races
40 yards for a game wining,
fourth-quarter touchdown and
leads Malden to a come-frombehind
victory and GBL championship,
19-14.
1958: Sophomore Lou Lemmo
scores twice as Malden romps,
26-0.
1959: John Keats, Ken Puleo
and Mac Singleton score to give
Malden the GBL title, 20-0.
1960: Co-Capt. Vic Lemmo
scores three touchdowns
as Malden romps to second
straight GBL title, 50-6, in the
highest scoring game (so far) of
the series.
1961: Senior Steve Desimone
scores four touchdowns
and rushes for a conversion to
set a series scoring record with
26 points while pacing Malden,
34-2.
1962: Bill Gouvalaris scores
two touchdowns, including
the tying one, as Malden rallies
from a 20-0 deficit and fights to
a 20-20 tie. Medford stops what
would have been the winning
conversion with 2:30 left in the
game.
1963: Bob Baker intercepts a
Mustang pass and returns it 88
yards for the Golden Tornadoes
touchdown, and George Scrimone
recovers a fumble in the
end zone for the winning twopoint
conversion in a Malden
8-6, comeback victory.
1964: Paul Finn and John
Salmon score two touchdowns
each to lead Malden, 24-0.
1965: Joe Fermano and Nick
Esposito score as Malden rallies,
14-6.
1966: Bill Croken and Ed Hichborn
lead Malden’s 25-13 upset
with two touchdowns each.
1967: Jim Reid scores twice
as GBL champs Medford earns
share of Class A championship
with Weymouth, 22-0.
1968: Ken Rideout equals series
record with four touchdowns
while leading Medford,
32-14.
1969: Co-Capt. Dave Moulton,
sidelined with 60 stitches in his
head after an automobile accident
the night before the game,
comes off the bench in the second
half and scores two touchdowns
to lead Malden to share
the GBL title with Quincy, 26-6.
1970: Mike Byrne passes for
207 yards and a 26-6 Malden
win.
1971: Mustangs conclude best
season in five years as All-Scholastic
Kevin Cunniff runs 68
yards on the final play of the
game. Mike Colonna’s one-yard
run and Art Ventresco’s 37-yard
field goal added the trimmings
to the 16-0 win that meant an
8-2 season.
1972: All-Scholastic tailback
Mike Colonna closed out his
schoolboy career by running for
a series record that still stands –
five touchdowns – as Medford
walloped the winless Tornadoes,
38-19, at Macdonald Stadium
in the highest total point-scoring
game in series history at
the time. It was the last Thanksgiving
game for coaching legend
Bill Tighe of Malden, who
began coaching Lexington the
next season and coached there
until 2010, to conclude a 62-year
coaching career.
1973: One of the most dramatic
second-half turnarounds
in series history gave Malden
a 22-13 upset. Medford led at
the half, 6-0, and then the Mustangs’
John Flynn returned the
second-half kickoff 88 yards for
a touchdown that put Malden
in a 12-0 hole. But the steady
ground game of the Tornadoes’
Tom Cuhna (101 yards) and
the passing accuracy of sophomore
quarterback John Stanasek
sparked the win, the first
for new Head Coach Paul Finn,
who went on to coach 25 more
Thanksgiving games.
1974: This was simply a rout
as Malden went on to share the
Greater Boston League title with
Peabody after blasting the Mustangs,
42-15, in a contest that
tied the record for total points
in the Malden-Medford game.
Tornadoes Co-Captain Jeff Sullivan
rushed for 130 yards and
scored two touchdowns; John
Stanasek passed for two TDs and
four conversion points; John Ruelle
had a touchdown and a twopoint
conversion; Mark Burns,
Paul Coleman and junior Steve
DeFilippis scored TDs; Steve
Carlan netted a two-point conversion;
and Shawn Brickman
kicked two PATs. All-Scholastic
Co-Captain Jack Freker and defensive
backs Steve Carpenter
and Charlie Russell led the Malden
defense.
1975: This is the infamous
“Mud Bowl” that switched from
Hormel to Pearl Street Stadium
because of field conditions.
Malden turned out to have better
“mudders” while winning its
third game in a row over the
Mustangs. Don Roach ran 23
yards for a TD in the second period
and 10 yards for a score in
the third. He also caught a conversion
pass from John Stanasek
as Malden won, 14-8, to clinch a
tie for the GBL title with Everett.
1976: A 14-6 victory over Malden
“saves” Medford’s season at
Pearl Street Stadium. The Mustangs
went into the contest with
a winless, 0-9 record. Reserve
running back Mike Finigan,
who gained less than 100 yards
all season, leaped over the goal
line from one to give Medford a
6-0 lead. Mike Meli scored what
proved to be the game-winning
points on a sweep for the twopoint
conversion. In the fourth
quarter, Medford iced the game
when quarterback Kenny Curtis
scored on a 8-yard sweep to
make it 14-0. In the final three
minutes, Malden’s Shawn Brickman
completed 11 passes; the
final one, a swing pass in the last
second of play to Vic Souza, put
Malden on the scoreboard.
1977: The punting game was
the key to Medford’s 15-6 victory
at Tufts University’s Ellis Oval.
Quarterback Steve Powell’s fouryard
touchdown run gave Malden
the lead in the first quarter,
but Medford’s Tony Pasquale
fell on a fumble in the end zone
when a poor snap on a punt
went over Powell’s head and the
Malden kicker was hit by Ralph
Tenaglia, causing the fumble. A
blocked punt set up a 20-yard
scoring run by the Mustangs’
Mike Tortorella.
1978: Super Bowl–bound
Medford needed a 19-yard field
goal from Franz Eberth with 6:38
left in the game to take a 9-7 victory
before 8,000 at sunny Pearl
Street Stadium. The Mustangs
scored first when Buddy MacLean
passed 39 yards to Pat
Holland on Medford’s first possession,
but it was the Mustang
defense that won the game with
a goal line stand at the end of
the half when Malden couldn’t
score on two tries from the twoyard
line.
1979: Medford exploded for
28 points in the first quarter on
the way to a record-setting (at
the time), 48-24 win over Malden
in which more points were
scored than in any other game
in the ancient series. Malden
made it close at the half with a
16-point outburst, but the Mustangs
put it away with 20 points
in the second half. Craig Martorana
led the scoring with three
touchdowns.
1980: Mike Todisco, a junior
wide receiver, caught three
touchdown passes from Mike
Caraviello, son of Medford coach
Armond Caraviello, as Medford
defeated Malden, 24-12, for the
fifth year in a row. For Malden,
Dan Rao completed 10 out of
20 passes for 114 yards and Ed
Fitzgerald had seven receptions
for 130 yards and a touchdown.
1981: Trailing 10-0 at the
half, Medford battled back and
whipped Malden for the sixth
straight time, 29-18, on a beautiful
Thanksgiving morning at
Tufts. Junior quarterback Roger
Martorana rushed for two scores
and passed for one to lead the
Medford comeback. Malden
quarterback Bobby Trodden
connected on an amazing 20 of
28 passes in the loss. It was the
final Thanksgiving Game at the
helm for Mustang coaching legend
Armond Caraviello.
1982: This turned into a oneman
game when Warren Olson,
whose father played for Malden
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High, carried the ball 32 times,
gained 164 yards and scored
two touchdowns in Medford’s
19-0 romp. It was Medford’s
seventh straight win and made
Mustang coach “Bud” Kelley’s
Thanksgiving debut a memorable
one, despite the fact the
game was played on Malden
turf.
1983: Ernie Breen fired two TD
passes to Steve Walsh, and Medford
bolted to a 25-0 halftime
lead and never looked back.
Sophomore Steve Monaco’s
brilliant passing (18-for-21, 177
yards) led Malden’s second-half
comeback that produced a pair
of scores for the 25-14 final. This
game was later ruled a forfeit by
Medford, the only ever in series
history, due to an ineligible player.
It shows as a Malden win in
the all-time series slate, but it’s a
known fact that Coach Finn and
the players never accepted it as
a win, living with the score that
was decided on the field.
1984: Paul DeMayo put on
one of the best one-player scoring
shows in history. He had second-half
touchdown runs of 56
yards, one yard and eight yards
and kicked the conversion point
after each score in Malden’s 21-6
victory. The running of DeMayo
(95 yards), Reggie Hayes (82)
and quarterback Steve Monaco
(80) was the key to the Malden
win. Richard Lavoie averted the
shutout for the Mustangs with a
six-yard run in the fourth quarter
as Malden stopped the Medford
win streak at eight games.
Malden captains Guy Prescott
and Danny Valeri along with Bob
McVicar keyed the defense for
the Tornadoes.
1985: The Medford ball-control
game helped the Mustangs
post a mild, 28-20 upset and
grab a share of the GBL title with
Peabody. Had Malden won, the
Tornadoes would have been coGBL
champs. Played two days
after Thanksgiving because of
a snowstorm, the game was a
showcase for John Hunt. Medford’s
tailback carried the ball
27 times, gained 116 yards and
scored two touchdowns, including
the game winner. Marc Bartalini
and Scott Pynn scored the
other touchdowns for Medford.
Tornadoes quarterback Steve
Monaco completed 12 of 23
passes for 154 yards but was unable
to throw a TD pass. Reggie
Hayes ran for two touchdowns
for Malden; Monaco, who remains
Malden High’s all-time
career passer with over 2,600
yards, ran in the other score.
1986: Malden scored 20 points
in the first half and 13 in the
fourth quarter of a 33-12 victory.
Junior Carmine Cappuccio
caught three touchdown passes
from Chuck Borstel for a series
record that still stands. Junior
Lawrence Hicks ran for 136
yards and a TD, and junior Brian
Hatch scored a TD for the Tornadoes.
Bob Ferrante ran for
a Medford TD, and Drew Murphy
caught a 79-yard pass from
Mustang quarterback David
Martorana for the other Mustang
score.
1987: Malden drove to an
undefeated (8-0) Greater Boston
League Championship, its
first in 12 years, and its best record
(9-1) in over 25 years with a
28-0 victory in the historic 100th
game with Medford, which was
played at Hormel Stadium before
a huge crowd and included
national television coverage by
sports commentator Bob Costas.
A pregame pep talk to Malden
by former Tornadoes legend
Dave Moulton appeared
on national TV that day. Lawrence
Hicks ran for 118 yards
and scored two touchdowns.
Bill Roderick passed for 152
yards, including a 46-yard toss
to Carmine Cappuccio. Roderick
also scored a TD, and J.P. Kelley
had an interception for Malden.
Chris Forbes and Joe Mucci
recovered fumbles that set
up Malden TDs. Leading the
defense were All-Scholastic
and NFL-bound Dan Jones, Brian
Hatch, Nick Freni and Mike
O’Brien.
1988: Malden clinched its
second consecutive GBL title
with a 14-13 win. Ed Dicks
scored on a three-yard run in
the first quarter and Bob Carroll
(blocked punt and fumble
recovery) caught a four-yard TD
pass from Sean Davis, followed
by Tim Ford’s two-point conversion
run in the fourth period,
which turned out to be the
game winning points. Co-captain
Mike Freker was a key defender
with Carroll on the day.
Dave Morey scored Medford’s
first touchdown on a three-yard
run, and Kevin Gillis kicked the
PAT point with sophomore Jimmy
Martorana returning a kickoff
75 yards for Medford’s second
touchdown.
1989: Defense dominated
this game from start to finish
on both sides of the scrimmage
line. Medford won the game, 128,
snapping a three-game Malden
win streak, and it was the
Mustang defense that scored
both of its TDs. Scott Tropeano
stripped the ball from a Malden
runner and reversed direction
for a 20-yard touchdown run in
the second quarter. In the fourth
quarter, Jimmy Martorana broke
a 6-6 tie with a spectacular, juggling
interception return that
covered 70 yards. George Mason
caught a four-yard pass
from Kevin Geraghty for Malden’s
lone TD. The other two
Malden points came when Medford
quarterback Mike Moreno
took a deliberate safety.
1990: Eric Marsh and the Malden
defense dominated this
game for the Tornadoes, 162.
A senior tailback, Marsh carried
the ball 25 times, gained
130 yards and scored both the
game’s touchdowns on runs of
31 and four yards. Malden defensive
linemen Steve Froio,
Christian Fitzpatrick, Dan “Bubba”
Ford and Walter Fajardo, plus
three turnovers (two fumble recoveries
and an interception) by
Mike Giblin, kept the Mustangs
in check.
1991: Mike Moreno had pretty
much done it all in a three-year
standout career for Medford, but
he saved his best for last. Moreno
booted a 38-yard field goal
with 3:38 left in the game to give
the Mustangs their 9-8 victory.
It was the first field goal for either
team in 12 years, since Franz
Eberth’s game winning 19-yarder
in Medford’s 1978 win (9-7),
and the longest field goal in series
history. After a scoreless first
half, Paul Morey scored for Medford
on a three-yard run in the
third quarter (but the conversion
try was no good) for a 6-0
lead. Malden took the lead early
in the fourth quarter when QB
Rob Steber ran two yards for a
TD and Deterrance Guyton ran
in the two-point conversion for
an 8-6 lead that didn’t hold up.
1992: Rob Steber and A.J.
Joy scored the Malden touchdowns,
and Anthony Lopresti
kicked both conversion points
that were the difference in the
Golden Tornadoes’ 14-13 win
at Macdonald Stadium on Pearl
Street. Dave Dussault scored
both Medford touchdowns,
and Rich Fleming kicked the
point-after. The game started in
a drizzle, which quickly became
a downpour. Despite the rain
and mud, there were no fumbles.
Steber scored on a threeyard
run in the first quarter, and
Lopresti’s PAT made it 7-0. Dussault
caught a 34-yard touchdown
pass from QB Chris Jones
in the second period to cut the
Malden lead to 7-6. Joy raced 54
yards for his TD later in the second,
and Lopresti’s boot made it
14-6. Dussault returned a punt
40 yards for a TD in the fourth
quarter, but the Malden defense
stopped the conversion attempt
to seal the win. After Malden’s
win, the ceremonial “mud dive”
was held and enjoyed by all the
Tornadoes.
1993: Malden came all the way
back and then some in one of
the best comebacks in the series-long
history, in a 46-18 win.
Down 18-0, Malden roared back
with 46 unanswered points. It
was Malden’s biggest margin of
victory since 1974’s win (42-15).
Senior Kurt Gaudet was the star
of the day for Malden, dominating
the game with three TDs and
160 yards rushing. Teammate
Billy Barrat scored two TDs and
rushed for 115 yards. Junior split
end Rich Griffin caught a fouryard
TD pass and two-point conversion
pass from junior QB Ronnie
Repoza. Medford scored the
first three TDs of the game, all by
Terrell Halls, who was unstoppable
in the first half, rushing for an
amazing 255 yards by halftime,
finishing with just under 300 for
the game, still a series record.
Gaudet also had an interception
to spark the defense, and Richmond-bound
senior D.J. Cunningham,
shifted to nose tackle
for the game, led defensively for
Malden. It was the final Thanksgiving
game for Mustang head
man “Bud” Kelley after 12 years
at the helm.
1994: In one of the biggest upsets
in the series overall, and biggest
of the 1990s, heavy underdog
Medford, coming into the
game at 1-8 overall under firstyear
Head Coach Bill Buldini, a
former Mustang standout, shut
down Malden’s high-powered
offense for a 6-0 victory. Malden
came into the game with
the most potent passing attack
in the GBL and one of the best
in Eastern Mass., averaging just
under 25 points a game behind
the rifle arm of senior quarterback
Ronnie Repoza. Medford’s
defense had allowed just over
four touchdowns a game coming
into Thanksgiving. On a bitterly
cold morning in the low
teens in Malden, Medford froze
out Malden’s passing attack to
just 57 yards on the day, on 5-of13
numbers for Repoza, who
still finished with a then school
single-season passing mark of
1,447 yards in the air; Malden’s
defense was solid as well, led
by Durkins Anthony, as the only
scoring of the game came at the
end of a 61-yard scoring drive on
Medford’s very first possession
of the day, a nine-yard TD pass
from senior Mustang QB Chris
Jones to Mike Nestor. The rest of
the game was scoreless for both
sides. Paul Camuso led Medford
with 89 yards on nine carries.
Keith Bevans had two sacks to
spark the Medford defense.
1995: Playing his first varsity
game ever and his first game
of the season, surprise starter
sophomore tailback Jose Harris
sparked Medford to a 25-14
victory at Hormel Stadium with
two TDs and 141 yards. Medford
went up 7-0 when Harris
sprinted to a 75-yard TD midway
through the second quarter followed
by Steve Bosselman’s PAT
kick. Malden had a golden opportunity
when Mike Ciaburri
pounced on a Medford fumble
at its own five-yard line, but
the Mustangs wouldn’t let Malden
score on four cracks at the
goal line. Medford went up 13-0
when Harris busted free for his
second TD, an 18-yard run halfway
through the third quarter.
Malden did rally back on junior
QB Ryan Hale’s 11-of-22, 132
yards passing. A 47-yard pass to
senior J.J. O’Brien set up a oneyard
Hale TD in the third. Jimmy
Meagher (11 carries, 71 yards)
then scored on a 12-yard run
for a 19-6 lead, and Paul Camuso’s
30-yard TD made it 25-6 with
under four minutes left. Malden’s
Joe DeMartino caught an
18-yard TD pass from Hale, and
O’Brien caught the conversion
for the final scoring with less
than minute left, 25-14.
1996: This was a “Tale of Two
Halves” and a near season-saver
for Malden, which came into
the game at 1-9 for the year, a
low point in over 25 years for
Malden football. But Medford
staved off the comeback and
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held on for a 27-12 win, in another
frigid morning at Macdonald
Stadium – just 10 degrees at
kickoff. Medford owned the first
half of the game with a 20-0 lead
at the half. Soph Dwayne D’Oyley
caught an 18-yard TD pass
from Rob Baldassari, and Art
Camuso’s kick made it 7-0. Junior
Jose Harris, who scored twice
the year before, got back in the
spotlight with a 62-yard TD run,
Camuso’s PAT making it 14-0.
Malden’s offense sputtered, and
Mustang junior linebacker John
Murphy made it worse when he
blocked a Ryan Hale punt and
teammate Nick DeMaria fell on
it in the end zone for another
Medford TD and a 20-0 lead at
the half. Junior Frank Femino
scored on a 37-yard run to start
the second half, and Camuso’s
third kick made it 27-0. After
that? Malden owned the rest
of the game. Hale hit senior TE
Randy DiCarlo with a 13-yard TD
pass with 4:38 left in the third.
Junior John DeMartino recovered
a Mustang fumble on Medford’s
four-yard line, and Tornadoes
senior Adrian Pleasant ran
it in one play later to make it 2712.
Malden drove to the Medford
19 on its next possession,
but the drive stalled. Medford
killed the clock and Game #109
was history.
1997: Senior Medford tailback
Frank Femino had a holiday to
remember in leading the Mustangs
to a 34-8 victory at blustery
Hormel. Femino ran for
163 yards on just 10 carries and
challenged the single-game series
Thanksgiving scoring mark
with 22 points, three TDs and
two conversion runs. On just the
second play of the game, Femino
motored 62 yards for a score.
After Mike Vecchia blocked a
Malden punt, Medford was back
in the end zone four plays later
when Eric Giordano scored on
a three-yard run. Femino’s conversion
run made it 14-0. Malden’s
best weapon, junior QB
Timmy Philbrook’s passing, was
hampered already by the strong
winds that day, and it got worse
when he was injured in the second
quarter and did not return –
held to 2-of-10, 20 yards passing.
Medford scored two more TDs
on runs by senior Bryce Hopkins
and Femino for a 27-0 halftime
lead. Femino’s 55-yard run to
the Malden 4 early in the fourth
set up his own TD run a play later
and a 33-0 lead. Malden senior
fullback Gregg DeVincentis
scored to avert the shutout on a
four-yard run. Matt Donoghue
ran in the conversion points at
QB. Steve Ciampoli led the Medford
defense with 10 tackles and
three assists. DeVincentis led
Malden with 12 tackles, four assists
and a fumble recovery.
1998: This was a shocker. Two
teams not known for their offensive
fireworks combined to set
a new combined single-game
scoring record for the series in
Game #111 at Macdonald Stadium.
It was also the final Thanksgiving
Day game for legendary
Malden Head Coach Paul Finn,
after a 26-year career. Medford
used a huge game from quarterback
Mike Fahey, who ran
for 164 yards on just seven carries,
and three TDs and 133 yards
from senior tailback Pat McCarthy,
for a 47-32 win over Malden,
which eclipsed a series record
set in 1979 (a 48-24 Medford
win). Medford scored the
first three times it had the ball
on a six-yard keeper by Fahey, a
nine-yard TD reception by Steve
Chausse and a 45-yard run by Fahey.
Malden broke the shutout
on a one-yard keeper by senior
QB Timmy Philbrook in the second
quarter, but Fahey hit Brandon
Hopkins with a 28-yard TD
pass with under a minute to play
in the half for a 27-8 lead at the
break. Malden came right back
with a 38-yard TD catch by Craig
Barton early in the third, but it
was the closest they would get.
The fourth quarter was a wild
one, with 36 points scored combined,
another series record. McCarthy
scored on a nine-yard
run, and Fahey’s 89-yard TD run,
a record for Medford on Thanksgiving
Day, made it 41-16, Mustangs.
Malden answered with a
four-yard TD run and conversion
by Tommy Kelley to make it 4124,
but Medford added another
TD on a six-yard run by Terence
Burrell. Malden closed it out with
a 35-yard scoring pass from Philbrook
to Matt Donoghue. Philbrook
finished with a Malden
Thanksgiving Day record of 210
yards passing (15-for-33, 2 TDs),
surpassing Mike Byrne’s numbers
from the 1970 game (207
yards). Peter Kobzik kicked five
PATs for Medford, another record.
Junior Nick Cox, Malden’s
unofficial MVP on the day, ran
for 114 yards on just six carries,
a TD and a PAT, catching five
passes for 54 yards. Malden senior
Craig Barton had six catches
for 100 yards.
1999: In the last game of the
century, Medford made it six
wins in a row at soggy and
cold Hormel Stadium, with the
weather making for a smaller
than usual crowd in a 37-20
victory. Senior Wlad Louis was
the star for Medford, along with
senior captain Steve Chausse.
Louis ran for 127 yards and a
touchdown and Chausse had
70 tough yards on just 10 carries
and two TDs. Chausse also
sparked a Mustang “D” that held
Malden to just 63 yards on the
ground and five first downs.
Malden senior captain and QB
Nick Cox was his team’s best
player on Thanksgiving for the
second straight season, keeping
his team in on both sides of
the ball. He led Malden in rushing
and in passing (3-for-12,
101 yards). His favorite target
was senior Scott Haskell (2 rec.,
97 yards), who had a 71-yard
touchdown catch which helped
Malden tie the game at 8-8 in
the first quarter. Brad Roche returned
the ensuing kickoff 75
yards for a Medford touchdown.
The two teams traded TDs in the
second period – Chausse’s fouryard
run for Medford and Cox’s
one-yard run – as Medford led,
21-14, at the half. Medford started
the third quarter with a 32yard
TD run by Brandon Hopkins,
but Cox returned the ensuing
kickoff 85 yards for a TD
to make it 28-20, Mustangs, as
Malden was right back in the
ballgame. A 32-yard field goal
by Mike Piontkowski, the first FG
by either team since 1991 (Mike
Moreno game winner), and a 25yard
TD run by Chausse sealed
the win. This win tied the series
for all-time at 51-51-10 with the
first winner of the new millennium
taking the lead. This was the
final game in the series with Bill
Buldini at the helm for Medford,
as he went a perfect 6-0 on the
holiday. It was the first Turkey
Day leading the Malden troops
for first-year Head Coach Rich
Cullen. Cullen made the crosstown
switch as Head Coach of
Malden Catholic (his alma mater),
where he had been for the
previous 12 seasons.
2000: This was a memorable
“season saver” game for firstyear
Medford Head Coach Al
Pare, as the Mustangs pulled the
“Dominick Hasek” to take a 1413
win at sunny, but brisk Macdonald
Stadium. Medford came
in winless at 0-8 and Malden was
1-9, with the victor having at
least a Turkey Day win to savor.
Medford also took the lead in
the series for the first time since
1946, going ahead, 52-51-10.
Junior two-way end Luis Zamora
and junior split end Angel
Ortiz were Medford’s stars. For
Malden, senior Ricky Bethelmie
went over the 1,000-yard rushing
mark for the year. Malden
struck first when freshman quarterback
Breno Giacomini (believed
to be the first freshman
to start at quarterback ever, for
either side) hit Nevy Marc with
a 30-yard pass, followed by a
20-yards TD run by Bethelmie
and a PAT kick by Carmelo Bari.
Medford QB Dave Foley then hit
Ryan Driscoll with a seven-yard
TD pass, and Zamora’s PAT tied
it at 7-7 at the half. A big catch
by Zamora and a 20-yard run by
freshman tailback Julien Mundele
fueled the drive. A trick, inside
kick by Medford opened
the second half as Ortiz leaped
high to snare Zamora’s “pooch”
kick. A 40-yard run by Zamora
and six-yard TD burst by Terence
“The Bus” Burrell gave Medford
a 13-7 lead. Zamora’s PAT
made it 14-7 and that turned
out to be the game winning
point. A lightning response by
Malden came with a 72-yard TD
run by Bethlemie, but the PAT
kick to tie bounced off the goalpost,
and Malden trailed, 14-13.
Dave Richard and Jack Dolabany
made key sacks for Medford
as the visiting Mustangs crowd,
a large one despite the team record,
roared with each one. On
Malden’s last chance drive, Ortiz
sealed the win with an acrobatic
interception at his own 25-yard
line, following his game saving
play with a “Mustang Dive”
into the Medford fans as the
Mustangs won for the seventh
straight time on Thanksgiving.
2001: In front of the largest
crowd in years at drizzly Hormel
Stadium, this one was thought
to be an evenly matched battle
before kickoff, but Medford
exploded in the first half for a
27-0 lead en route to a 34-6 victory.
Sophomore tailback Julien
Mundele led the way with
four TDs and 219 yards rushing,
one TD short of Mike Colonna’s
series record of five TDs
set in the 1972 game. Medford
senior Angel Ortiz scored the
other first-half TD on a reception
from senior QB Peter Krasco,
who returned to action after
missing three games with injury.
Krasco went for 138 yards on
8-of-13 numbers. A PAT kick by
Mike Piontkowski and two-point
conversion by Dennis Giannino
off a pass from the kicker were
Medford’s other first-half points.
Mundele scored his fourth TD
on a 31-yard third-quarter run.
Malden senior quarterback Mike
Hudd passed for 143 yards, including
a 43-yard TD strike to
Tim Konick to avert the shutout.
Hudd set the single-season Malden
passing mark (1,571 yards)
in the loss, which still stands.
Medford tied an all-time series
record with its eighth straight
Thanksgiving win.
2002: A heavy snowstorm
blanketed Macdonald Stadium
in Malden with nearly a foot of
the white stuff, but the Malden
players and coaches shoveled
it off in time to hand Medford
a 12-0 shutout loss and snap an
eight-game Malden loss streak.
Malden won for the first time
since 1993 and also shut out
Medford for the first time since
the fabled 100th game in 1987
(28-0). On the “frozen tundra,”
Tornadoes junior Elisee “Buddha”
Pompilus rushed for 149
yards on 23 carries and an 11yard
touchdown. Running behind
senior captain Jim Noble
and the Malden line, Pompilus’
running set up a one-yard TD
burst by senior quarterback A.C.
Callahan with 8:53 left in the half.
The PAT kick was no good, and
Malden led, 6-0, which stood
up at the half. Medford drove
to the Malden 20 next, but Malden’s
Dan Laskey pounced on
a Mustang fumble. A scoreless
third period left it at 6-0 heading
into the final quarter. A 34yard
run by Pompilus set up his
own three-yard TD with 6:53 to
go in the game, and the conversion
pass was no good; Malden
led, 12-0. Malden’s J.D. Pappagallo
was credited with slowing
down Mustang star runner Julien
Mundele, who was held to
just one long fourth-quarter run.
2003: Malden won for the second
straight year, 7-0, at sunny
and brisk Hormel, the first
time Malden shut out Medford
in two consecutive games in
44 years since 1958-1959 (26-0,
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20-0) and the first time Malden
won two years in a row since
1992-1993. The win also retied
the all-time series at 53-53-10.
The game’s lone TD came on a
jet sweep by Malden junior Jamal
Woods (7 carries, 56 yards).
Senior co-captain Devin McNelis
drilled the PAT kick in the first
quarter, and that was it for scoring
for the day, as the defenses
took over. The anticipated showdown
between star backs Elisee
Pompilus for Malden and senior
four-year starter Julien Mundele
of Medford never materialized
as each was essentially held
in check, though Mundele did
lead all rushers with 77 yards on
20 carries. Penalties stalled Medford
all game; it never got inside
the Malden 20 in the second
half. For Malden, seniors McNelis,
6-7 NFL-bound end Breno Giacomini
(4 sacks), Rob Quigley
and Sam Nelson and junior Kevin
Newhall bottled up Medford’s
attack. After the game, Medford
coach Al Pare announced
his retirement after four years
at the helm.
2004: One of the biggest offensive
lines in Malden High
football history simply dominated
the line of scrimmage as Malden
won its third straight, 28-6,
on a partly sunny, brisk morning
at Macdonald Stadium. Malden
won its third straight for the first
time in 26 years (1986-1988) and
spoiled first-year Medford coach
Mike DeFelice’s Thanksgiving
debut. Seniors Kevin Newhall
and Maurice Rodriquez, junior
Brendan McNelis and sophomores
James Brito-White and
Brian Melo dominated up front,
and Jamal Woods carried 13
times for 117 yards and two TDs
to lead Malden. Junior fullback
Renaldo Bloodworth ran for 60
yards, and junior slotback Anthony
Pappagallo had 49 yards
and a TD. Medford scored on the
last play of the first half when senior
QB Kevin Krasco hit junior
end Kamal Mgaresh in the back
of the end zone for an eightyard
TD. Bloodworth and Woods
scored in the second half, and
junior Wiston Jeune hit 4-of-4
PATs. Outsized, Medford played
tough all day, led by senior linebacker
Gerry Murphy’s 12 tackles
and two sacks. NU-bound
Newhall led Malden’s defense
with 10 tackles. Malden retook
the all-time series lead, 54-53-10.
2005: Malden High started
quietly but finished with a loud
thump in a 39-6 demolition in a
traditional “Mud Bowl” game at
Hormel. The fourth win in a row
for Malden was the first time in
40 years for a Golden Tornadoes
“Four-Peat.” The one-sided win
also capped the most successful
Malden season since 1988,
the first time it had won nine
games since 1987 as it finished
9-2. Star of the day was junior
Derek Freni, with three touchdowns:
one running, one receiving
and one punt return. Classmate
Jimmy Chery capped a
banner All-Scholastic campaign
with 13 carries for 122 yards.
Freni, senior co-captains Brendan
McNelis and Anthony Pappagallo
along with seniors Wiston
Jeune and Sam Guillaume
led the defense, allowing Medford
only one completed pass
all game and less than 50 yards
rushing. Medford (3-8) scored
its only points on an 85-yard
kickoff return TD by senior Kamal
Mgaresh in the third quarter.
It was coach Rich Cullen’s last
game at Malden as he retired in
the offseason.
2006: Medford came in winless,
shut out on the scoreboard
for six straight games at 0-10,
and the only history many gave
the Mustangs a chance at making
was they’d be the losingest
team in school history if they
dropped #11. There was positive
history to be made instead,
as Mustang Sean Foley booted
a 26-yard field goal on Medford’s
first possession in the first
overtime game ever played
in the storied, 119-year history
of Medford-Malden, a stunning,
17-14 upset at rainy, muddy
and dark Macdonald Stadium
in Malden. Medford’s fans
rushed the field after the “season-saver”
win, the second time
in the decade (2000) they had
entered the game winless and
won it, and third time overall
(1976). Malden finished 3-7
and spoiled coach John Lopresti’s
Thanksgiving debut. It also
turned out to be Medford coach
Mike DeFelice’s final game at the
helm on Thanksgiving, as he
stepped down shortly into the
2007 season, as Medford broke
a four-game win streak by Malden.
Steve Murphy was the Mustangs’
workhorse in this game –
138 yards and a TD on 23 carries
– as Medford shocked Malden
by taking a 14-0 lead as drenching
rain soaked the field. Malden
did regroup and owned the second
half, scoring twice to tie it:
once on a short keeper by sophomore
QB Justin Richardson and
then on a 15-sweep around left
end with just 46 seconds to play
in the game by senior Jimmy
Chery. Chery caught the twopoint
conversion pass in traffic
to tie it. Both teams got four
downs from the 10-yard line in
the historic, first-ever OT period.
Malden was stopped at the
three-yard line on fourth down
by a Steve Murphy tackle in its
try. Medford appeared to win it
on second down on a Murphy
eight-yard TD run on its try, but
it was called back due to penalty.
Two plays later, Foley’s FG
sealed the win.
2007: Game #120 at Hormel
in Medford featured the best
weather since the 2000 game –
sunny and “balmy” in the high
40s – and also brought the closest
finish since that year as well,
as it took a PAT kick by sophomore
Nick Hoyt, the first of
the season and of his career,
to make the difference in a 7-6
Malden victory. This was a “pick
‘em” game to start and ended
the same way. Medford scored
first on an 11-yard run by senior
star runner Steve Murphy,
but could not convert and led,
6-0. Malden (4-7) came back and
tied the game on a three-yard
run by backfield “newcomer”
junior captain David Freni, and
it was up to Hoyt to deliver the
end-over-end kick that made it
by about two feet over the uprights
for the lead at the half.
That was it for scoring as the defenses
took over. Both Freni and
sophomore Marcos Almeida ate
up lots of yards for Malden, and
Murphy did the same for Medford
(2-9), but no one could get
into the end zone. Medford’s
last and best bid ended on Malden’s
eight-yard line with 3:26
left to play when Murphy was
stopped short of the stake by
Malden seniors Andrew Dinisco
and Rodney Borgella. Medford
still didn’t quit, held Malden
and got the ball back with under
a minute to play, but sophomore
Mustang QB Mike Sullivan’s last
pass of the day was intercepted
by Richardson with 41 seconds
left on the clock. Interim Head
Coach Jon Wilson, stepping in
for Head Coach Jim Atkins, was
at the helm for the Mustangs in
his first and only Thanksgiving
game. Coach Lopresti of Malden
earned his first Thanksgiving
win.
2008: Nick Hoyt’s foot made
the difference in the 2007 game
when he kicked the extra point
that won the 121st meeting in
2007, 7-6. In this one, Hoyt used
both feet to grind out 153 yards
rushing and a TD, the most rushing
yards for a running back for
either team since 2001, in a 3322
Malden win. The win cemented
a winning record for Malden,
as it put the Tornadoes team at
5-6 overall. Malden was awarded
a forfeit win when one of its
non-league opponents was later
found to have used an illegal
player, so Malden finished 6-5.
Medford finished 0-11 and, unfortunately,
interim Head Coach
Mike Marchese’s Mustangs became
the first team to ever lose
11 games in Medford history.
Marchese was coaching in place
of Head Coach Jim Atkins, who
was on paid suspension for the
second straight Mustang football
season on Thanksgiving
Day. Hoyt ran in a TD, and junior
David Console and sophomore
Frankie Dunn also scored on the
ground for the largest first-half
lead for Malden in 20 years, 190.
Soph Ronnie Pitterson caught
a TD pass from QB Alex Krasco,
and Medford trailed, 19-8, after
three periods. Herbens Antenor
caught two fourth-quarter
TDs from Malden junior QB
Skakarus Semexant, and Malden
led 33-8. Krasco finished off
with pair of TD tosses: to senior
Jan Lopez for 31, and 23 yards to
Jimmy Richardson for a comeback
try that fell short. Giovanni
Sanders and Mike Sullivan
each had two-point conversion
scores for Medford. It turned
out to be the last Thanksgiving
game for both head coaches, as
Malden’s John Lopresti retired in
the offseason with a 2-1 Turkey
Day record in his three years at
the helm. Marchese departed
when Medford hired a new football
head coach in the offseason,
Rico Dello Iacono, a former Everett
High assistant.
2009: Malden made it three
in a row with a hard-fought,
13-7 win over host Medford on
a crisp, sunny day at Hormel Stadium.
This one went down to
the very last play in one of the
most exciting finishes in many
years. With 18 seconds to play
and Medford facing fourth-andgoal
from the Malden 4-yard
line, QB Alex Krasco fired a pass
to Giovanni Sanders in the corner
of the end zone. But Malden’s
Frankie Dunn was there
to tip the pass away and seal
the win. Both teams came in
with different hopes. Malden,
at 4-5, sought to avoid having a
losing season. Medford, at 5-4,
was looking to complete its first
winning season since 1998. Malden
scored first on a 17-yard TD
catch by Ramon Viches from
Malden QB Shak Semexant. Nick
Hoyt’s PAT made it 7-0. Medford
tied it in the second quarter on
a nine-yard keeper for a TD with
freshman Isad Dzolota’s PAT kick
making it 7-7 at halftime. Malden
drove 45 yards after a Mustang
turnover for a go-ahead
score, four-yard run by Hoyt after
a series of short passes to
Frankie Dunn and David Console.
Hoyt’s PAT fluttered away,
and it was 13-7, Malden. Malden
turned the ball over in its
own territory twice in the final
four minutes of the game on
fumbles after completed passes,
but Medford could not capitalize.
Malden first-year coach
Joe Pappagallo became the first
Malden coach in 36 years to win
his Thanksgiving debut since
Malden Hall of Fame coach Paul
Finn’s boys beat Medford in an
upset in 1973.
2010: Malden Head Coach
Joe Pappagallo won his second
game in two tries at the
helm in a 29-0 shutout victory
over Medford in Game #123 at
Macdonald Stadium in Malden,
keeping pace with the legendary
Paul Finn in 1973 and 1974.
But Pappagallo made more serious
history when his senior captain,
6-1, 305 lb. lineman Aaron
Samano, scored the game’s
first touchdown on a five-yard
“lumber” into the end zone in
the first. Little did anyone know
this would be the only score of
the first half as Malden led a spirited
Medford bunch, 7-0, at halftime.
In the second half, Malden
used its size advantage to
play ball control – senior quarterback
Kevin Valley threw a 29yard
touchdown pass to Frankie
Dunn and then scored himself
on a five-yard touchdown run
in the third quarter. Senior Kenny
Metellus scored on an eightyard
run in the fourth quarter.
Medford could not get much
going offensively, though it did
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get solid efforts out of a pair of
youngsters: a freshman starting
at quarterback, Gene Consalves,
and junior Nick Olivier
out of the backfield. Malden’s
three best defensive players in
this shutout win were juniors
Austin Teal, “Witche” Exilhomme
and Jamie McInerney, all of
whom were named tri-captains
for the 2011 season.
2011: This one was all Malden
as the visitors may have scored
the fastest touchdown in the
124-game series history when
junior Ray Sainristil dove on a
fumble in the end zone after
Medford’s first snap from scrimmage.
Thereafter, it was never
in doubt, as junior quarterback
Jake Martino threw three firsthalf
touchdown passes on the
way to a 36-0 Malden win – two
shutouts in a row and for the
first time in 50 years, five straight
Malden Thanksgiving victories
(9 of 10 since 2002). It was the
fourth time in series history that
Malden won two years in a row
by shutout, the first since 20022003
(12-0, 7:0). Head Coach Joe
Pappagallo’s Malden team posted
the biggest Thanksgiving
shutout win in over 100 years,
since a 1907 Blue & Gold victory
by a 44-0 count. Malden used
its size and speed advantage to
pile up points for a 28-0 halftime
lead. After Sainristil’s fumble recovery
touchdown, Malden
made it 14-0 after the first quarter
on a five-yard touchdown
pass from Martino to senior captain
Witchevalence “Witche” Exilhomme
and a Martino keeper
for two. Malden stayed in air
raid mode in the second quarter
– Martino to senior Garvin Cius
for a 23-yard TD pass, with a Pat
DeCicco run for a 22-0 lead. Late
in the second quarter, Martino
hooked up again, hitting junior
Franklin Huynh for a 15-yard TD
pass. Malden played ball control
in the second half, feeding
top back O’Shane McCreath,
who picked up 87 yards on just
11 carries and became the first
Malden back to top 1,000 yards
rushing in a season (1,012) since
Ricky Bethelmie ran for 1,130
in 2002. Martino threw for 198
yards on the game, 1,550 for the
year and 19 TDs. Malden’s defense
ruled for the shutout win
led by fellow co-captains Austin
Teal, Jamie McInerney and Exilhomme,
the best defensive player
in the GBL in 2011. Tyler Williams’
32-yard interception return
for the game’s final points
five minutes into the second
half completed the scoring. The
Mustangs had some solid play
from Max Clancy, Chris Bucknam
and Reggie Fleurial. Medford
started a freshman at quarterback
in this one, for maybe
the first time in series history,
in Gene Conclaves. They were
hurt by the loss of top offensive
weapon and senior back Nick
Olivier, who was injured and out
of action for this one – gametime
decision. It ended up being
the final Thanksgiving game on
the sidelines for third-year Head
Coach Rico Dello Iacono, who
stepped down after Game Three
in the 2012 Mustang season. He
went 0-3 for the holiday classic.
2012: The largest crowd in
years turned out for this historic
125th Game held at Macdonald
Stadium in Malden under a
fabulous, sunny sky with temperatures
perfect – around 40
degrees. Malden won the game,
by a 32-6 final, to capture its
sixth straight, behind the passing
of senior QB Jake Martino,
who completed 12 of 23 passes
for 123 yards on the day. Junior
Reggie Thelemaque led Medford
from the QB spot with 89
yards rushing. He scored Medford’s
only TD on an exciting, 54yard
run to open the third quarter.
Junior Malik McLaren finished
with 72 yards on 14 carries.
Senior Rodney Blaise scored
two TDs for Malden on a threeyard
run in the second quarter
and on a five-yard pass from
Martino in the third. Junior Ray
Sainristil opened the scoring
with a first quarter, one-yard TD
plunge. Senior Captain Paul Kiernan
caught a two-point conversion
pass from Martino for an 8-0
Malden lead. Senior Patrick Provitola,
who also played great at
linebacker, caught a two-point
conversion pass. Sainristil scored
two TDs.
2013: For one of the few times
in the series’ ancient 126-game
history, Malden High scored as
many points defensively (eight)
as offensively in a holiday win,
topping host Medford, 16-0, at
cold and blustery Hormel Stadium.
The wind chill was even lower
than the Malden final score
on this day. Malden scored on
its first possession on a 21-yard
run by Raymond Sainristil. The
extra-point conversion try was
no good, and it stayed 6-0 until
Malden senior captain Jensen
Ayuk leveled Medford’s Xavier
Gibson on the very last play of
the first half, scooped the loose
ball and ran it in for a safety –
Malden 8-0 at the half. Medford’s
defense also played tough, causing
three Malden fumbles on
the day, recoveries by Mustangs
Matt Sullivan and Gibson. Ayuk
struck again midway through
the third quarter, running back
an interception off Mustang QB
Reg Thelemaque for a 58-yard
Pick 6 score. Malden QB Loveng
Francois ran in the two-point
conversion for the 16-0 final.
2014: This was another classic
“throw out the records” upset
win that few saw coming,
except for those on the Medford
sidelines, of course. Under a
full cover of snow, over a foot on
the artificial surface of Malden’s
Macdonald Stadium before it
was cleared by gametime, second-year
Medford Head Coach
Jason Nascimento recorded his
first Thanksgiving Day coaching
win in a 36-12 win over host
Malden. Medford came into the
game at 1-9 overall and looking
to break a long, seven-game
Thanksgiving Day win streak for
Malden, and they got the job
done. Medford QB Adrien Pineda
led the way offensively: 5-of12
passing for 244 yards and
three TDs, two to Myles Olivier.
Pineda also scored a TD himself
on an 11-yard run in the fourth
quarter and threw a TD pass to
Jose Lopes. For Malden, junior
Danley Exilhomme scored both
of Malden’s touchdowns, but
Medford looked in command
with an 18-12 halftime lead. It
was all Medford in the second
half, led by Pineda and the twoman
wrecking crew defensive
duo of Matt Sullivan and Anthony
DiRienzo, who were dubbed
“The Smash Brothers” in reports
on the game. Each also had a
key interception in the second
half. Sullivan and DiRienzo each
had double-digit tackles, making
life miserable for the Malden
offense.
2015: They showed up at Hormel
Stadium for Game #128 at
Hormel Stadium… and a Madden
Game broke out. Malden
scored early, often and then
some in a raucous, record-setting
victory that honked and
hollered all the way in a 59-36
Tornadoes victory, the highest
scoring game, two teams combined
–ever – in series history.
It was also the most points Malden
had ever scored on Thanksgiving
Day and the most since
a 50-6 win in 1960. Medford
scored 36 points for the second
straight year and the most
points in the 128-game history
for the series by a team that
did not win the game. Malden
also set a record in this game as
the Tornadoes defense scored
a whopping (and record) five
times on the morning. Malden
led, 28-0, after the first quarter,
and 45-8 at halftime, but Medford
did not quit, led by Cory
Moore, who finished with three
TDs and 155 yards rushing. Medford
owned the second half, outscoring
the visitors, 28-14, but
led by the Exilhomme Brothers,
DJ and Danley, Malden held
Medford at bay long enough at
the end. Danley Exilhomme returned
two interceptions for TDs
and ran for two more; DJ scored
three TDs, seven TDs between
them. Malden clinched its first
GBL title since 1989 with the win.
Eighth-year Head Coach Joe
Pappagallo added to the momentous
day by announcing his
resignation at halftime.
2016: Despite scoring early
and playing a solid first quarter,
Medford ultimately fell to Malden,
41-18. The score was closer
than it seemed, as Medford
scored before Malden was able
to take the lead with a late score
and PAT, ahead 7-6 at the end of
the first quarter on a 38-yard TD
run by junior QB Jared Martino.
Malden pushed the envelope
all first half, trying to convert
fourth-down situations on three
occasions, only to be stuffed by
the Medford defense. Martino
threw two TD passes in the second
quarter to extend Malden’s
lead to 21-6 at the half, capitalizing
on a failed fake punt attempt
by Medford. Martino’s
second TD run of the game, a
49-yard burst, gave Malden lots
of breathing room, up 28-6. He
added a third TD run late in the
third quarter, and senior captain
Josh Simon capped the scoring
late in the fourth quarter for an
18-yard TD to ice. Martino finished
with 160 yards rushing
and over 100 yards passing to
lead the Tornadoes. Senior captain
Matt Geer led the Malden
defense at linebacker. It was
first-year Head Coach Bill Manchester’s
first holiday win in his
Thanksgiving debut.
2017: Medford and Malden,
both entering the game with
winless seasons, slugged it out
in an exciting back-and-forth
game that marked the 130th
time they had met on Thanksgiving.
Medford capitalized on
Malden errors, scoring a touchdown
on a fumble recovery and
scoring after successfully foiling
Malden’s attempt at a twopoint
conversion. Malden ultimately
won the match, 2722,
and the win was the Golden
Tornadoes’ only one of the
season, as second-year Head
Coach Bill Manchester’s team
finished 1-10 overall. Junior Wesley
Pierre stole the show with
over 15 rushing yards and two
TDs. Freshman QB Justin Nortelus
also scored a TD, the first
ninth-grader to score for Malden
on Thanksgiving ever, it
is believed. It was Coach Manchester’s
final game; he resigned
his post three weeks later after
two years at the helm and two
Thanksgiving wins.
2018: The temperature was
the big story before this game
even started, when a record
cold wave gripped the region,
sending the thermometer to a
bone-chilling 15 degrees, with
a gusty wind making the wind
chill factor around 0 degrees.
Medford was the favored team,
coming in with a 3-7 record, and
Malden was winless, but the
Golden Tornadoes capitalized
on five Medford turnovers, including
a lost fumble with under
a minute to play on Malden’s
21-yard line and the Tornadoes
clinging to a 26-24 lead.
Freshman linebacker Justin Desimone
recovered his second
fumble of the game after Malden
senior Sean Stout tackled
backup Medford QB Joel Disla
and the ball came free – recovered
by Malden. Medford starting
QB Keith Barrasso had left
the game two plays earlier after
an injury. Barrasso had been
the game’s best player before
that, with a record 230 yards
rushing on 24 carries and three
touchdowns. Malden got touchdowns
from junior Jerry Mervil
(2), sophomore Matthew Bessey
and sophomore QB Justin Nortelus.
At the conclusion of the
game, Medford’s 10-year Head
Coach, Jason Nascimento, announced
he was retiring from
the post. First-year Malden Head
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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 27, 2024
GAME | FROM PAGE 21
Coach Steve Freker, the first former
Tornadoes player to coach
the game in over a decade, got
a win in his Thanksgiving debut.
2019: The seniors took center
stage in a game that Malden
controlled on both sides of
the ball, from beginning to end,
in a 29-0 Tornadoes victory at
gusty Hormel Stadium in Medford.
It was Malden’s first shutout
victory in the ancient series
since 2011 and finished off the
Tornadoes’ season with a pair of
wins (2-9), its fifth straight over
Medford. The Mustangs finished
winless. Malden scored
first on an 11-yard touchdown
pass to senior co-captain Jamari
Youman (5 rec., 78 yards, 1
TD) from sophomore QB Shawn
Bartholomew, who was making
his first Thanksgiving Day start.
Medford stuffed the two-point
conversion try, and Malden led,
6-0. The lead held up until late in
the second quarter, despite two
deep drives into Medford territory
by Malden, which ended
on fourth down inside the Mustang
10-yard. With under three
minutes left in the half, sophomore
placekicker Ronald Juarez
kicked the first Malden field goal
in a Thanksgiving Day win since
the 1950s when he booted a
37-yarder through a rain shower
for a 9-0 Malden halftime
lead. The Tornadoes defense, as
it was all game, had been solid
in the first half, led by sophomore
D-linemen Sammy Solorzano,
Davenche Sydney and
senior co-captains tackle Ray
Duggan and cornerback Ismael
Sylus, who made the loudest
hit of the Malden season to stop
a Mustang drive. Malden held
Medford to zero first downs and
less than 50 yards total offense in
the first half. Senior Jerry Mervil
(102 yards rushing, 48 yards receiving)
scored on the second
play of the second half, a 55-yard
TD run, for a 15-0 lead. Youman
picked off a Medford pass and
ran it for 55 yards for a 21-0 lead;
Juarez’s PAT was good for 22-0.
After some strong running by
sophomore Mackenley Anasthal
to get the ball to the Medford 25,
senior captain Peterson Maxis
closed out the scoring with a 15yard
TD run – and Juarez’s second
PAT kick. It was the debut on
Thanksgiving for Medford High
first-year Head Coach John Curley.
Malden Head Coach Steve
Freker was the first former Tornadoes
player-turned-head-coach
to go 2-0 in on Thanksgiving in
his first two games at the helm.
2020: no game, no season;
cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
(May 6, 2021, Fall 2): For
the first time since 1897, almost
125 years, The Game was
not planned to be played on
Thanksgiving Day, because the
once-in-100-years COVID-19
pandemic cancelled the 2020
Fall Sports Season in Massachusetts.
This 132nd game was
not considered a “Thanksgiving
Game” due to it being played
on May 6, 2022, in the so-called
“Fall 2 season,” but by playing
the game at all, Malden-Medford
catapulted past Boston
English-Boston Latin, which
did not play in 2020 or Fall 2, to
become THE longest continuous
high school football rivalry
in the United States. In a game
played at balmy Macdonald Stadium
(temperature in the low
60s), Medford snapped a 14game
losing streak overall, dating
back to the 2018 season,
with a 24-21 win over Malden.
The game was close throughout
and even went down to
the last play, a 37-yard field
goal attempt by senior Tornadoes
placekicker Ronald Juarez,
which went just wide left as
time ran out, sending the Medford
team rushing the field in
a raucous celebration. The top
star of the game was Medford
senior quarterback Aidan Barry,
who totaled over 300 yards of
offense individually, including
108 yards rushing and 2 TDs, to
go along with nearly 200 yards
passing and 2 TDs. Barry had
one of the best games ever for
a Mustang passer on Thanksgiving,
connecting on 19 of 25
passes for 203 yards. Alvin Legros
(7 catches, 85 yards, 1 TD)
was his favorite target. Malden’s
top offensive performer was senior
Giovani Memeus (14 carries,
63 yards, 2 TDs). Malden
trailed, 24-21, after a 32-yard TD
pass from junior QB Shawn Bartholomew
to Nelson Monosiet
and then got a last chance when
the Tornadoes got a turnover on
downs at its own 34 with 2:36 to
play. But Malden’s drive stalled
at the Medford 27 after a costly
holding penalty, and the game
ended on the missed kick. It was
Malden Head Coach Steve Freker’s
final game on the sidelines,
as the reins were handed to assistant
coach Witche Exilhomme
in the offseason.
2021: The game returned to
Thanksgiving Day in November
of 2021 and stayed in Malden
as the Tornadoes kept their
dominance intact with a 12-10
victory over visiting Medford.
It was Malden’s sixth straight
Thanksgiving victory, dating
back to 2016. Malden got off
to the best start possible when
sophomore Davian McGuffie
took the opening kickoff
“to the house,” – 73 yards – for
a Malden touchdown. Ronald
Juarez’s PAT kick made it 7-0,
Malden, before most fans had
even settled in their seats. Medford’s
offense had success moving
the ball in the first half, but
Malden’s defense stiffened with
two goal-line stands to keep the
7-0 lead intact. Medford did get
on the scoreboard in the second
quarter – when penalties
backed Malden up near its goal
line and then freshman Malden
QB Aidan Brett was penalized
for intentional grounding in the
end zone – for a Medford safety
and a 7-2 lead. Medford was
able to stick in a touchdown
with 11 seconds left in the half
and added a two-point conversion
to go into halftime leading,
10-7. Malden came out strong
in the second half, converting
an onside kick off Juarez’s foot
and eventually driving down
the field and tying the game
when Juarez booted a 21-yard
field goal. With the kick Juarez
became the only placekicker in
Malden High history to kick field
goals in two Thanksgiving Day
games (both Malden wins). Senior
Lyden Lewis was the unofficial
game MVP when he simply
dominated the rest of the way.
He sacked the Medford QB on
the next series in the end zone
for a Malden safety and a 12-10
lead. Lewis also caused a fumble
on another sack and recovered
it himself in another huge
play. Malden QB Jordan Rodriguez
handing the ball off to junior
running back Mak Blaise,
which proved to be the winning
formula the rest of the
way as Malden ground down
the clock and sealed the victory.
It was a Thanksgiving win in
his debut for first-year Malden
Head Coach Witche Exilhomme,
a 2013 Malden High graduate.
2022: This Thanksgiving game
was played at historic Fenway
Park, the first time ever it
has not been played in either
Malden or Medford. Malden
and second-year Head Coach
Witche Exilhomme hit it out of
the park with a 34-15 win over
Medford in Game #135 of the
fabled series. With the win, Malden
extended its win streak on
Thanksgiving to seven games,
taking a 69-56 lead in the series.
Malden erased the slightest
of doubt the Tornados had
come to play –and play well –
on the very first play of the entire
game, when sophomore
running back Kevin Exilhomme,
younger brother of the coach,
took the opening kickoff all
the way back up the right sideline,
95 yards, for a touchdown
and a 6-0 lead. Another record:
second straight game Malden
started Thanksgiving like this!
On the Mustangs’ first offensive
play of the game, about
seven seconds after the kickoff
return TD, Malden safety Felix
Junior Da Costa made it a
“scoop-and-score” when Medford
fumbled at about midfield
after a short run. Da Costa, a junior
and one of Malden's top
impact players on defense all
year, scooped the fumble in the
middle of a crowd and raced 46
yards, weaving twice to avoid
potential tacklers and made it to
the end zone for a 12-0 lead for
Malden. Senior back Kyle took
a pop pass from soph QB Aidan
Brett for a 7-yard TD pass for a
22-0 Malden lead. Medford’s
Stevens Exateur brought the
large Medford contingent back
to life with a 62-yard kickoff return
for Medford to start the second
half. The comeback continued
as Medford’s Luiz Barbosa
ran in a 22-yard TD, and Dom
Rizzo’s 2-point conversion run
made it 22-15 Malden. Da Costa
made the biggest defensive
play of the night with a pass interception
to stuff Medford’s
next drive. Exilhomme scored
his third TD of the game for a
28-15 lead. Junior 6-5 Gabriel
Vargas Cardoso had a 28-yard
reception from Brett to fuel the
drive. Brett had his best game
of the year, 12-of-21, 122 yards,
1 TD, no INT. Malden junior linemen
Karl Lange and Joey Fils
both recovered fumbles; two
plays later, Malden’s Brett ushered
some good, old-fashioned
“Razzle Dazzle” into the game
when he handed off to Exilhomme,
who in turn handed off a reverse
to Avalos, who then completed
a “Flea Flicker” toss back
to the QB. Brett escaped one
tackle attempt and scrambled
to nearly the right sideline before
catching sight of a wide
open McGuffie in the end zone.
From a near-impossible angle,
Brett fired a sidearm missile that
nearly went more than six feet
off the ground, right to McGuffie’s
cradling arms for a 15-yard
touchdown and a 34-15 lead
with under five minutes to play.
Malden’s Brett took a Victory
Formation knee on Medford’s
5-yard line in a classy Tornado
ending to the Fenway Classic.
Witche Exilhomme became
just the second former Tornado
player turned head coach to go
2-0 in his first two Thanksgiving
games in decades.
2023: The Medford Mustangs
forced six turnovers, four of
them in the second half, and
beat Malden 30-14 in the historic
136th meeting of the rival
schools on a blustery Thursday
morning in Medford. The win
snapped a seven-game losing
streak in the rivalry on Thanksgiving
Day for the Mustangs
(6-4), who ended their season
in style and posted their first
winning record since the 1990s.
Malden finished 3-8 overall.
Stevens Exateur was the workhorse
for the Mustangs, rushing
29 times for 138 yards and
a score. Malden junior wideout
Nate Sullivan made a leaping
30-yard touchdown catch from
QB Aidan Brett to give the Golden
Tornadoes a 7-6 lead with
2:21 left in the third quarter,
after an offense-challenged,
6-0 lead at halftime in Medford’s
favor. It was the first time
that Malden had been shut
out in the first half since 2007,
a game it eventually won, 7-6.
Exateur ran the ensuing catch
back 87 yards to give Medford
a 14-7 lead they would not give
back. Freshman QB Ryan Bowdridge
came on to play in the
third quarter and became the
first ninth grader in series history
to throw a TD pass for either
team when he found junior
Earl Fevrier for a 65-yard score
to make it 22-14. But Justin Marino
scored on a Pick-6 with
1:25 left to play to seal the deal
and give Medford Head Coach
John Curley his first Thanksgiving
win and Malden coach
Witche Exilhomme a first Turkey
Day loss.
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Beacon Hill
Roll Call
By Bob Katzen
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THE
HOUSE AND SENATE:Beacon
Hill Roll Call records
local representatives’ votes on
roll calls from budget vetoes by
Gov. Maura Healey. There were
no roll calls in the House or Senate
last week.
$2.4 MILLION FOR SCHOOLS
PLANNING EXPANDED
SCHOOL DAYS OR SCHOOL
YEARS (H 4800)
House 133-24, overrode Gov.
Healey’s veto of the entire $2.4
million for grants to cities, towns
and regional school districts for
planning and implementing expanded
learning time by making
school days and/or school
years longer.
The Senate did not act on the
veto so the veto stands and the
$2.4 million was eliminated.
“I am vetoing this item because
funding is intended for
2024 summer month programming,
which cannot be implemented
at this point in the fiscal
year due to the need for a spring
application window,” said Gov.
Healey in her veto message.
(A “Yes” vote is for the $2.4 million. A
“No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Paul Donato Yes
Rep. Steven Ultrino
Yes
$1.1 MILLION FOR STEM
STARTER ACADEMY (H 4800)
House 155-2, overrode Gov.
Healey’s veto of $1.1 million (reducing
funding from $4.7 million
to $3.6 million) for the science,
technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) Starter
Academy programs to be implemented
at Massachusetts community
colleges to benefit student
populations identified by
the department as having expressed
a high level of interest
in STEM majors and STEM careers
but are underperforming
on STEM academic assessments.
The Senate did not act on the
veto so the veto stands and the
$1.1 million was eliminated.
“I am reducing this item to
an amount consistent with my
[budget] recommendation,” said
Gov. Healey in her veto message.
“This budget sustains and adds
substantial new funding across
community colleges to support
the goals of this program.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the $1.1 million. A
“No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Paul Donato Yes
Rep. Steven Ultrino
Yes
$500,000 FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY CENTER (H
4800)
House 134-24, overrode Gov.
Healey’s veto of $500,000 for
the Massachusetts Information
Technology Center, a secure
state office building in Chelsea
that houses multiple state agencies,
including IT-centric operations
for the Department of Revenue,
the Department of Criminal
Justice Information Systems
and the Firearm Records Bureau.
The Senate did not act on the
veto so the veto stands and the
$500,000 was eliminated.
“I am reducing this item to
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(S 2967) - Gov. Healey
signed into law climate/energy
legislation that supporters
say will make systemic changes
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which will help the
state achieve its net zero emissions
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expand electric vehicle use and
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“Accelerating clean energy development
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to lower energy costs for
families and businesses, including
expanding bill discounts to
middle-class households and
an amount consistent with my
[budget] recommendation,” said
Gov. Healey in her veto message.
Supporters of the governor’s
veto said the state signed an impact
fee agreement in 1993 to
pay the city of Chelsea $500,000
per year for 30 years, to cover the
costs to the city of the new infrastructure
that had to be built in
to accommodate the new development.
They noted the 30 years
were up in 2023 and argued the
$500,000 is no longer needed.
(A “Yes” vote is for the $500,000. A
“No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Paul Donato Yes
Rep. Steven Ultrino
Yes
increasing access to clean energy
measures that reduce customer
expenses such as solar,
heat pumps and electric vehicles.
These reforms will also end
the years-long delays for solar,
wind and other critical electric
infrastructure, which play a critical
role in our ability to be a global
leader in clean energy and climatetech.”
“This
legislation advances critical
updates for the siting and
permitting of clean energy infrastructure,
ensuring a supportive
and reliable electric grid
and building out electric vehicle
charging infrastructure, among
so many other things,” said Rep.
Jeff Roy (D-Franklin), House
Chair of the Committee on Telecommunications,
Utilities and
Energy. “By overhauling outdated
state permitting and siting
processes, the commonwealth
aims to secure an equitable, accelerated
buildout of clean energy
generation and infrastructure
that we need to reach our
climate goals and power our
electrified clean energy future.”
“This comprehensive law is a
reminder of the power Massachusetts
has to advance groundbreaking
climate solutions—no
matter who is in power in D.C.,”
said Sen. Cindy Creem (D-Newton),
chair of the Senate Committee
on Global Warming and
Climate Change. “The law includes
a wide range of policies
that move us closer to net-zero
emissions, including essential reforms
to our gas system. By preventing
gas investments that are
both imprudent and contrary to
our climate mandates, the bill
will keep costs down and prevent
wasteful spending of ratepayers’
hard-earned money.”
$3.9 BILLION ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE (H
5100) - Gov. Healey signed into
law a $3.9 billion economic development
package that supporters
say would make bold
investments in life sciences, climate
tech, AI and small businesses,
“building on Massachusetts’
national leadership and creating
an environment where businesses
and workers thrive.”
The package increases the annual
tax credit authorization for
the life sciences industry from
$30 million to $40 million. Other
provisions include $400 million
for the MassWorks Infrastructure
Program to support public
infrastructure projects and create
jobs; $150 million for library
construction projects; $103 million
for AI in systems across the
state; $100 million for infrastructure
improvements in rural communities;
$21 million for resilience
in agriculture and fishing;
and $40 million for food science
innovations.
“Massachusetts is the best
state in the nation to live, work,
go to school, raise a family and
build a future, said Healey. “That’s
in large part due to our commitment
to investing in cutting-edge
industries that produce
transformative innovations
and make life better for people.
The [bill] builds on this leadership,
positioning us to the global
hub for climate innovation
and applied AI, while also growing
our already world-renowned
life sciences industry, culture and
tourism sectors.”
"From day one, we have set
out to make Massachusetts the
best place for individuals to pursue
rewarding careers and for
companies to start, scale and
succeed,” said Economic Development
Secretary Yvonne Hao.
“The [bill] will help us achieve
that vision. With this bill, we are
positioning Massachusetts to
lead for future generations.”
“[We] celebrate the signing of
the … economic-development
bill, which provides vital support
to key industries through
the infusion of close to $4 billion
into the state economy to ensure
that the commonwealth remains
competitive,” said Brooke
Thomson, President and CEO of
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
which represents 3,400
member businesses. “[We] believe
the bill enhances Massachusetts’
ability to lead in sectors
like life sciences, climate technology,
advanced manufacturing
and applied AI.”
$3.2 MILLION FOR APPRENTICESHIP
GRANTS – Gov.
Healey announced $3.2 million
in Grants for Registered Apprenticeship
Opportunities in Workforce
to 29 organizations to train
and place 514 apprentices across
the state. The grants, which include
contract renewals and
new awards, leverage more than
$2 million in state funding complemented
by remaining support
from federal funds to train
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MUSINGS | FROM PAGE 6
son Square area feeling a significant
brunt of youth dissatisfaction.
That night 15 youngsters –
one a girl barely in her teens –
were arrested, with the spirit of
youth rebellion echoing down
those streets for weeks after.
Then came December 5, 1980.
The feature? “The Song Remains
the Same,” Led Zeppelin’s ode to
rock and reckless abandon. The
Granada was packed again, this
time with a crowd of 650. Malden
Police Patrolman Alan Butt
recalled the scene, describing
the crowd as “drinking, smoking,
and looking for trouble.”
They waited outside for an hour
and a half before they were allowed
to enter, smoking weed,
language colorful.
Sgt. John McCallan summed it
up: “They just went wacky! They
wanted to raise some hell, and
they sure did!” By the end of the
night, the theater faced $5,000 in
damages. The exact cause of the
chaos remains as much a mystery
as ever.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I’ll
admit that I and some acquaintances
attended both of those
infamous nights. And while a few
in the crowd may have chosen to
raise hell, I assure you – no one
from Edgeworth was involved
in the mayhem. As always, gentlemen
and peacemakers. Insert
smiley face.
As Peter Falk’s iconic TV character
Columbo would say, “Just one
more thing, sir” – last week I found
myself strolling through the
Square again, tracing steps that
once took me past places now
just memories like the Granada
and Strand Theatres, Grant’s and
Kresge’s, Joe & Nemo’s, Gordon’s,
Charlie Brown’s Bar & Grille, Jennie’s
Pizza, Dandy Donuts, Woolworth’s,
the old “Y,” the Horseshoe
Bar & Grille and Sizzleborg. Each
locale seemed to whisper its own
story of the past. I remembered
the comfort of Jack Haney’s bar
stools, the sounds of the antique
jukebox playing at Centre Bar
& Grille and the sights and controlled
discord at Roli Music.
The familiar names rolled on in
my mind: the Daylight Bowling
Alley, No Where’s End, the Kernwood,
Tom McCann’s, Brigham’s
Ice Cream, Signor Pizza, Jack’s
Music, the 99, Signor Pizza, Topsy’s
Chicken, Jack in the Box, Jordan
Marsh and Sparks. They all
wove together: the sights and
sounds of a town that grew with
us, that shared its warmth and familiarity
with us.
And while I felt a longing
for those days (who doesn’t?),
there’s a new spark in Downtown
Malden today: a fresh
energy that has rekindled the
city’s heartbeat. You can feel it
throughout Malden and in every
nook and cranny of the Square
as young faces and new eateries
breathe fresh life into these
ancient streets. The recent infrastructure
upgrades are impressive,
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Thank you, Mayor Gary “Beast
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Postscript 1: My life is complete.
Saturday night, November
16, the Irish American Club was
nothing short of electric! The indefatigable
Harvey “OG” Nadler
took center stage during one of
the IA’s famous Karaoke Nights,
delivering a performance that
would make Elvis and Engelbert
blush with envy. Harvey didn’t
just sing – he commanded the
room, radiating that Nadler charisma
and charm in the process
showing us all a side of him we
never knew existed. His adoring
fans cheered him on, and rightly
so. Who knew karaoke featuring
Harvey Nadler could feel like
a Vegas show right here on West
Street off Devir Park?
Adding to the joy of the evening
were Dan Grover and Kevin
Killian’s little brother Brian, manning
the bar and pouring some
of the coldest, crispiest Ballantine
Ales I’ve ever had (and, of
course, drank responsibly). Their
presence behind the stick made
the night even better.
The highlight (which there
were many)? A hilarious quip
from one of Harvey’s longtime
friends – who, for obvious reasons,
wishes to remain nameless:
“I wish Harvey would use his
singing voice when he uses his
regular speaking voice.” Roasted!
Harvey, you knocked it out of
the park and left us all wondering:
Is there anything you can’t
do? Bravo to you, Billy Hart, and
to everyone at the Irish American
Club who made it a night to
remember!
Postscript 2: I do quite a bit
of kidding in this here column.
I bust beans a lot (hello Stinger),
kiss mucho derrieres (hello
Mayor GC) and heap praise
in a hyperbolic manner at times
City of Malden
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215 Pleasant Street, Room 330
Malden, Massachusetts 02148
(781) 397-7000 ext. 2044
ROWE’S QUARRY SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE
PUBLIC PROJECT REVIEW MEETING
The Rowe’s Quarry Site Plan Review Committee will hold a public project review meeting in
the Herbert L. Jackson Council Chamber, Malden City Hall, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden,
MA at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, December 16, 2024 to review the following two applications of
WinnDevelopment Company LP, made on behalf of Overlook Ridge LLC, seeking Site Plan
Review and Approval under Title 12, Chapter 28, Section 140 of the Code of the City of
Malden, for development in the Rowe’s Quarry Reclamation & Redevelopment District,
Subdistrict RQ3:
1. Permit Application # CMID-068997-2024 to construct a building for multifamily
residential dwelling use, containing five stories and a total of ninety-nine (99) units, on
the proposed building lot known as Lot 13B; and
2. Permit Application # CMID-068998-2024 to construct a building for multifamily
residential dwelling use, containing five stories and a total of eighty-two (82) dwelling
units, on the proposed building lot known as Lot 14B;
Both proposed lots are located on the property known as and numbered, 0 State Highway,
Malden, MA, and also known by City of Malden Assessor’s Parcel Identification # 185 575
506. Applications and plans are available for public review in the Inspectional Services
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(hello Harvey, hello Edgeworth)
but believe me this time when I
tell you, Malden (from my heart
and with all sincerity), you are
very fortunate to have Glenn
Cronin as Police Chief. With all
due respect to some of my favorite
people and former Police
Chiefs of all time (hello Kenny,
hello Kevin), Chief Cronin may
have given the most heartfelt,
the most inspirational, the most
straight from the gut eulogy in
my lifetime when he spoke at
Scott Carroll’s service two weeks
back. It resonated throughout
the hallowed Immaculate Hall,
leaving nary a dry eye in the
house. Dave Angelo and I must
have gone through at least a box
of tissues in the process. I kid.
Just a little. More on this extraordinary
moment in Malden history
at a later date.
–Peter is a longtime Malden
resident and a regular contributor
to The Malden Advocate.
He can be reached at PeteL39@
aol.com for comments, compliments
or criticisms.
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apprentices in high growth industries
like health care, manufacturing,
clean energy and early
childhood education.
“Registered Apprenticeship
creates more rewarding and equitable
career pathways for all of
our residents, while addressing
our greatest workforce challenges,”
said Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll.
“The newly announced grants
will support local, regional and
statewide efforts to grow and
diversify apprenticeship opportunities
as well as help create
new programs in multiple
sectors.”
“Registered Apprenticeship
increases access and opportunity
for untapped, diverse talent
to pursue a career supported
by technical training combined
with on-the-job training,”
said Secretary of Labor and
Workforce Development Lauren
Jones. “This proven model
empowers individuals, especially
underrepresented workers
in fields like construction
and high-tech industries to advance
in a career with meaningful
wages, benefits, and the
skills employers need.”
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"I think it's absolutely appropriate
that there be enforcement
and deportation of individuals
who commit crime, including
violent crime. That's
very, very important. We recognize
it would be devastating
if there were mass raids, here
and across the country, that
took out people who've been
working in this country for a
long time, who have families
and kids here."
---Gov. Healey on President-elect
Donald Trump's
plan to deport hundreds of
thousands of illegal immigrants/undocumented
immigrants
by declaring a national
emergency.
“I am joining with Sen. Peter
Durant in asking Gov. Healey to
make public safety a priority by
allowing ICE to do their jobs. It
is outrageous that an illegal immigrant
was arrested for forcible
rape of a child and then released
back on to our streets. I
cannot believe that she is turning
a blind eye to protect migrants
who have attacked children.”
---
Senator-Elect Kelly
Dooner (R-Taunton) urging
Gov. Healey to cooperate
with the Trump administration
in deporting criminal
illegal immigrants/undocumented
immigrants.
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MALDEN PLANNING BOARD
and
MALDEN CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARING
The Malden Planning Board and Malden City Council Ordinance Committee will jointly hold a public
hearing in the Herbert L. Jackson Council Chamber, Malden City Hall, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden,
MA at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in accordance with Title 12, Chapter 32, Section 050
of the Code of the City of Malden, regarding petitions for zoning amendments, as proposed in City Council
Papers ##356/2024, 376/2024, 389/2024 and 399/2024, to further amend the following sections of Title 12 of
the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) as follows:
A. Sections 12.12.500 (new), MCC (Use Regulations) (CCP 356/2024).
To establish regulations and requirements for Site Plan Review for Educational, Religious and/or Child
Care Facilities.
B. Administrative & Miscellaneous Revisions to the following sections of MCC (CCP 376/2024).
1) Sections 12.12.010A and 12.12.030 (Use Regulations): provisions re: dwelling multifamily, more than
six but not to exceed seven stories; daycare centers; nonprofit schools.
2) Sections 12.28.010.B, C, D, E, F and H (Nonconforming Uses, Lot, Buildings and Structures):
provisions re: single and two-family dwellings; three-family dwellings; Residence A, B and C zoning
districts; Residential Office, business and industrial zoning districts; extension; abandonment/
non-use, extinguishment.
3) Sections 12.20.020.H (General Offstreet Parking Requirements, Central Business District): provisions
re: reduction.
4) Section 12.32.030.B (Certificate and Permits, Special Permits): provisions re: administration; voting
threshold.
5) Sections 12.12.140.F (Site Plan Review Committee), 12.28.140.E (Rowe’s Quarry Site Plan Review
Committee), 12.32.060 (Definition of Working Artist): provisions re: Malden Redevelopment Authority.
C. Sections 12.12.030, 12.16.010, 12.20.010 & 12.32.060, MCC (Use Regulations, Table of Intensity
Regulations, Offstreet Parking & Loading Regulations, Definitions) (CCP 389/2024).
To establish a new use category, Motor Vehicle Services, and use regulations, dimensional controls,
parking and loading requirements, definition; corresponding revisions to existing provisions re: use
category, Gasoline Filling & Service Station; parking and loading requirements for Car Wash; definition
of Service Station.
D. Section 12.32.060, MCC (Definitions). To establish a definition for Retail Car Wash.
The full texts of the proposed zoning amendments (City Council Papers ##356/2024, 376/2024, 389/2024 and
399/2024) are available for public review on the City of Malden website at https://cityofmalden.legistar.com/
Legislation.aspx and with the City Planner, Inspectional Services, Room 330, and the City Clerk, Room 220,
Malden City Hall, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA.
By: Diane M. Chuha, Clerk
Malden Planning Board
By: Amanda Linehan, Chair
Malden City Council Ordinance Committee
November 22, 27, 2024
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I know there will be a small 2.5 percent cost-ofliving
increase in Social Security benefi ts next year,
but what about Medicare? What will the Medicare
Part B monthly premiums be in 2025, and when
do the surcharges kick in for higher income benefi
ciaries?
Medicare Benefi ciary
Dear Benefi ciary,
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
recently announced their cost adjustments
for 2025 and the increases for premiums and
out-of-pocket costs for most benefi ciaries will
be moderate. But if you’re a high earner, you’ll
pay signifi cantly more. Here’s what you can expect
to pay in 2025.
Part B Premium
While Medicare Part A, which pays for hospital
care, is premium-free for most benefi ciaries,
Part B, which covers doctor visits and outpatient
services does have a monthly premium.
Starting in January, the standard monthly
Part B premium will be $185, up from $174.70
in 2024. That $10.30 bump represents a 5.9 percent
increase, which is more than double the
most recent Social Security cost-of-living adjustment
which was 2.5 percent.
But if you’re a high earning benefi ciary, which
makes up about 8 percent of all Medicare recipients,
you’ll have to pay more. Medicare surcharges
for high earners, known as the income-related
monthly adjustment amount (or IRMAA),
are based on adjusted gross income (AGI) from
two years earlier, which means that your 2025
Part B premiums are determined by your 2023
AGI, which is on line 11 of the IRS tax form 1040.
Here’s how it breaks down. If your 2023 income
was above $106,000 up to $133,000 ($212,000
up to $266,000 for married couples fi ling jointly),
your 2025 Part B monthly premium will be $259.
Monthly Part B premiums for singles with
an income between $133,000 and $167,000
($266,000 and $334,000 for joint fi lers) will rise
to $370.
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by Jim Miller
What You’ll Pay for Medicare in 2025
Individuals earning above $167,000 up to
$200,000 ($334,000 to $400,000 for joint fi lers)
will see their monthly Part B premium increase
to $480.90.
Those with incomes above $200,000 up to
$500,000 ($400,000 to $750,000 for joint fi lers),
will pay $591.90 per month in 2025. And single
fi lers with income of $500,000 or more ($750,000
or more for joint filers) will pay $628.90 per
month.
Part D Premium
If you have a stand-alone Medicare (Part D)
prescription drug plan, the average premium
in 2025 will be $46.50 per month for most benefi
ciaries, down from $53.95 in 2024. But again,
for high earners with annual incomes above
$106,000 ($212,000 for joint fi lers) you’ll pay a
monthly surcharge of $13.70 to $85.80 (based
on your income level) on top of your regular
Part D premiums.
How to Contest Income
Benefi ciaries that fall into any of the high-income
categories and have experienced certain
life-changing events that have reduced their
income since 2023, such as retirement, divorce
or the death of a spouse, can contest the surcharge.
For more information on how to do this,
see “Medicare Premiums: Rules for Higher-Income
Benefi ciaries” at SSA.gov/benefi ts/medicare/medicare-premiums.html.
Other
Medicare Increases
In addition to the Part B and Part D premium
increases, there are other cost increases you
should be aware of. For example, the annual deductible
for Medicare Part B will be $257 in 2025,
which is $17 more than the 2024 deductible of
$240. And the deductible for Medicare Part A,
which covers hospital services, will increase to
$1,676 in 2025. That’s $44 more than the 2024
deductible of $1,632. There are no surcharges on
Medicare deductibles for high earners.
For more information on all the Medicare costs
for 2025 visit Medicare.gov/basics/costs or call
800-633-4227.
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- LEGAL NOTICE -
City of Malden
Massachusetts
Board of Appeal
215 Pleasant Street
Malden, Massachusetts 02148
Telephone 781-397-7000 x2104
MALDEN BOARD OF APPEAL
PUBLIC HEARING
The Malden Board of Appeal will hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:30 pm at Malden City
Hall, 215 Pleasant St, Room #106 Herbert L Jackson Council
Chambers, Malden, MA on Petition 24-013 by Mystic
Valley Regional Charter School seeking an appeal under
Code of the City of Malden as amended – Title 12 Section
12.32.040 (A) (3) to hear and decide appeals of decisions
made by the Inspector of Buildings or other administrative
official - Specifically the decision of Building Commissioner,
Nelson Miller dated 10/23/2024 Re: the Gym Project. As
per Plans Res-064150-2024 at the property known as and
numbered 31 Granite Street, Malden, MA and also known
by City Assessor’s Parcel ID #133-663-303
Additional information, Petition & plans available for public
review in the Office of Inspectional Services, 215 Pleasant St.,
3rd floor, Malden, MA or online at www.cityofmalden.org or
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home
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November 22, 27, 2024
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Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the
length of time that the House
and Senate were in session each
week. Many legislators say that
legislative sessions are only one
aspect of the Legislature’s job
and that a lot of important work
is done outside of the House
and Senate chambers. They note
that their jobs also involve committee
work, research, constituent
work and other matters
that are important to their districts.
Critics say that the Legislature
does not meet regularly
or long enough to debate and
vote in public view on the thousands
of pieces of legislation
that have been fi led. They note
that the infrequency and brief
length of sessions are misguided
and lead to irresponsible latenight
sessions and a mad rush to
act on dozens of bills in the days
immediately preceding the end
of an annual session.
During the week of November
18-22, the House met for a
total of one hour and nine minutes
and the Senate met for a total
of one hour and fi ve minutes.
MonNov. 18
House11:04 a.m. to 11:26a.m.
Senate 11:08 a.m. to 11:59a.m.
Tues.Nov. 19
No House session
No Senate session
Wed. Nov. 20
No House session
No Senate session
Thurs. Nov. 21
House11:00 a.m. to 11:46a.m.
Senate 11:06 a.m. to 11:20a.m.
Fri. Nov. 22
House11:00 a.m. to 11:01a.m.
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at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com
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Code places on the amount
of contributions that may be made to
a traditional IRA. Deductible contributions
may be limited when the individual
(or his spouse) is an active participant
in a retirement plan maintained
by an employer. The application of the
contribution and deduction limits are
diff erent for taxpayers fi ling joint returns
than for other taxpayers.
An individual is not considered
an active participant in an employer-sponsored
plan merely because
his or her spouse is treated as an active
participant. However, the maximum
deductible IRA contribution for
an individual who is not an active participant,
but whose spouse is an active
participant, is phased out for adjusted
gross income levels between
$230,000 and $240,000 for calendar
year 2024.
As an example, Clyde is a participant
of his company 401(k) plan. Clyde
and Bonnie fi le a joint income tax return
for calendar year 2024 reporting
an adjusted gross income of $220,000.
Bonnie may make a deductible contribution
to a traditional IRA for calendar
year 2024 because she is not an active
participant in an employer-sponsored
retirement plan and their combined
adjusted gross income is below
$230,000. However, Clyde may
not make a deductible IRA contribution
because the couple’s combined
adjusted gross income is above the
present range for active participants
who are married fi ling a joint return
($123,000 to $143,000 for 2024).
Assume the same facts as in the
above example except that Clyde
and Bonnie’s adjusted gross income
was $240,000 for calendar year 2024.
Neither Clyde or Bonnie would then
be able to make a deductible contribution
to a traditional IRA. The limit
of $143,000 for Clyde was exceeded
and the limit of $240,000 for Bonnie
was exceeded.
The maximum contribution to a traditional
IRA is $7,000 for calendar year
2024. It will remain at $7,000 in calendar
year 2025.
Catch-up contributions will be allowed
for any taxpayer who will be
at least 50 years of age at the end of
the year. These taxpayers will be able
to make an additional contribution of
up to $1000 for calendar years 2024
and 2025.
The maximum allowable deduction
is phased out if the taxpayer is an active
participant in an employer-sponsored
retirement plan. For calendar
year 2024, the reduction is an amount
that bears the same ratio to the maximum
allowable deduction as the taxpayer’s
adjusted gross income in excess
of the “applicable dollar amount”
bears to $10,000. For a single taxpayer,
the “applicable dollar amount” is
$77,000. The deduction amount becomes
$0 when his or her adjusted
gross income is $87,000 or more.
As an example, assume Fredo’s adjusted
gross income is $82,000 for calendar
year 2024. $82,000-$77,000 =
$5,000. $5,000/$10,000 = 50%. You
then need to multiply the maximum
traditional IRA contribution amount
of $7,000 by 50% in order to determine
the non deductible portion of
the IRA contribution. Therefore, in this
example, $3,500 would represent the
non-deductible portion and $3,500
would constitute the deductible portion.
This is the formula you would
need to utilize in order to determine
what deduction to actually take on
your federal income tax return.
When the IRA is partially or no longer
deductible, it is a good time to
evaluate whether or not a contribution
to a ROTH IRA would make more
sense.
These are just some of the numerous
rules surrounding traditional IRA’s.
The choices are now more diffi cult to
make as a result of the creation of the
ROTH IRA. This IRA grows tax-deferred
but does not provide for a current income
tax deduction. After age 59 ½,
the taxpayer can withdraw monies in
a ROTH IRA and pay no taxes on the
earnings, so long as the account has
been opened for at least fi ve years.
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2. Is a U.S. Vice President part of the Cabinet?
3. On Nov. 30, 1999, what two energy/oil businesses merged?
4. How are Han, Leia and Luke similar?
5. What country shares borders with Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,
Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan?
6. On Dec. 1, 1878, what U.S. president with a fi rst name including
a female name had the fi rst White House telephone installed?
7. The song “Jingle Bell Rock” debuted in what year: 1948, 1957
or 1966?
8. What FBI director who used an initial instead of his fi rst name
did not have a birth certifi cate on fi le until he was 43?
9. December 2 is Play Basketball Day; the sport was founded at
YMCA International Training School, which became what college?
10.
Why did Guinness World Records stop tracking “most people
in a pie fi ght”?
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2. Yes
3. Exxon and Mobil became ExxonMobil.
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They are “Star Wars” characters.
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5. Iran
6. Rutherford B. Hayes
7. 1957 (released by Bobby
Helms)
8. J. (John) Edgar Hoover
9. Springfi eld
10. “Over wastage concerns”
11. They are names for early bicycles.
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Kahlil Gibran
13. “Pride and Prejudice” (usually
called Mr. Darcy)
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15. The Supremes (last names:
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