Many Everett, Malden and Revere student-athletes are recognized for outstanding accomplishments; Malden claimed 4 GBL Team Championships in Spring 2024
By Steve Freker
It was another successful season in the Greater Boston League (GBL) this past spring, with plenty of individual and team accomplishments. The GBL finished off the 2024 Spring Season as a league recently with the announcement of its respective nine team sport All-Star lists.
Revere High led the way for individual schools and numbers with the most league All-Stars. Revere had the most GBL All-Stars in the league this past Spring Season with 33. Malden was second in the league and had 31 student-athletes named as GBL All-Stars. Everett had 17 Spring GBL All-Stars.
From The Advocate readership area of Everett, Malden and Revere, there were a number of Greater Boston League Champions and also Most Valuable Players named. Following are the GBL League Champions for the 2024 season: Baseball (Somerville); Softball (Everett); Boys Volleyball (Malden); Girls Lacrosse (Somerville); Boys Lacrosse (Medford); Girls Outdoor Track (Malden); Boys Outdoor Track (Somerville); Boys Tennis (Malden); Girls Tennis (Malden). Most Valuable Players from The Advocate readership area:
- Everett High’s Gianna Masucci in Softball
- Victor DeSouza of Malden High and Ruben Rodriguez of Revere (Co-MVPs) in Boys Volleyball
- Chalais Saintil of Malden High in Boys Outdoor Track
It was also a record-setting year for some of the local All-Stars; Malden High senior captain Ezechiel “Zeke” Noelsaint set a new Malden High School record for single-season stolen bases with 48 in 21 games played, surpassing a 30-year-old individual record set by former Malden High School All-Scholastic and Golden Tornado Hall of Famer Kurt Gaudet (47) established in the 1994 season. In Girls Outdoor Track, senior captain Vivienne Onejiaka set a new Malden High School record in the High Jump event at 5 feet-4 inches.
Several Greater Boston League All-Stars also received higher honors; Malden’s GBL Boys Volleyball MVP Victor Desouza and Malden High GBL Baseball All-Star and runner-up Ryan Bowdridge were both named Honorable Mention All-Scholastics for their respective sports by the Boston Herald.
BOYS BASEBALL ALL-STARS
CHELSEA: Xavier Santiago.
EVERETT: Alex Lara.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Rolky Brea, Christian Figueroa, Almani Gerardo.
LYNN ENGLISH: Gamalier Calderon, Kenry Manzanillo, Alijah Wallace.
MALDEN: Ryan Bowdridge, Ryan Coggswell, Ezekiel Noelsaint, Jake Simpson.
MEDFORD: Carsten Mangan, John Wright.
REVERE: Kyle Cummings, Brendan Sack.
SOMERVILLE: Preston Ardolino, Colin Born, Ian Born (MVP), Tucker Cali, Robert Larkin.
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GIRLS SOFTBALL ALL-STARS
CHELSEA: Yareliz Gonzalez Falcon.
EVERETT: Emma Longmore, Emilia Maria-Babcock, Bryanna Mason, Gianna Masucci (MVP), Peyton Warren.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Rachel Dane, Neraeh Eth, Lauren Wilson.
LYNN ENGLISH: Kate Johansson, Arianna LaBoy, LeaNyah Pineiro.
MALDEN: Haylee Seeley.
MEDFORD: Sydney Conti, Lorelai Davis, Kaleigh Laidlaw, Joy Riccioli.
REVERE: Danni Hope-Randall, Frankie Reed, Shayna Smith.
SOMERVILLE: Nora Donovan.
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BOYS VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS
CHELSEA: Xavier Gonzalez, Jason Rodrigues, Brandon Rodriguez.
EVERETT: Henrique Franca, Kalleb Miranda.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Long Pham, Viet Tran.
LYNN ENGLISH: Ahmed Abdelrahman.
MALDEN: Aiden Chen, Victor DeSouza (MVP), Edward Mei, Kenton Nguyen.
MEDFORD: Ellis Vasquez.
REVERE: Larry Claudio, Isaac Portillo, Ruben Rodriguez (MVP).
SOMERVILLE: Juelz Johnson, Ozzy Marks.
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GIRLS LACROSSE ALL-STARS
EVERETT: Victoria Rodrigues, Amanda Verteiro.
MALDEN: Alina Dao, Makenzie Jenkins, Abby Morrison, Jeslyn San.
MEDFORD: Rebecca Casey, Molly Lappin, Lily Morris.
REVERE: Naomi Tadele, Victoria Vilaca.
SOMERVILLE: Adwoa Ampene, Rowan Buckley, Adriana DeGooyer, Holly Schmidt (MVP), Violet Stickgold.
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BOYS LACROSSE ALL-STARS
LYNN ENGLISH: Ian Brown, Owen McCarthy.
MALDEN: Karl Lange, Chad Robertson, Jackie Summers.
MEDFORD: Vincent Castro, Lucas Dyous-Goulden, Roan Kennedy, Cam Scali, Cooper Su, Nathan Tremlett (MVP).
REVERE: Walid Harda, Guillermo Menjivar.
SOMERVILLE: Austin Pereira, Owen Rosas, Ryan Willard.
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BOYS OUTDOOR TRACK ALL-STARS
CHELSEA: Alex Flores, Theo Joseph-Seale, Serwin Kim.
EVERETT: Kayshaun Eveillard, Dawens Germain, Shane Mackenzie.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Jabin Pierre, Anthony Rodriguez.
LYNN ENGLISH: Brendan Bushway, Eamonn McHale.
MALDEN: Damion Josephat, Nahim Laguerre, Alex Martins, Chalais Saintil (MVP).
MEDFORD: William Kelley, Adam Lewis, JT Mastrocola (MVP).
REVERE: Medy Bellemsieh, Youness Chahid, Joao Victor Cunha, Isaiah DeCrosta, Oliver Escobar, Kevin Purcifull, Amir Yamani.
SOMERVILLE: Jake Barczi, Ford Christie, Donju Felix, Ben Francois, Attikos Kaye, Robert Leoni, Jackson Love, Kerby Luxama, Imani Mixon, Lobsang Nyima, Marcus Odilon, Henry Omura, Henry Parkes.
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GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK ALL-STARS
CHELSEA: Lamari Davis, Kiara Ramirez, Gizelle Rodriguez, Thania Simon.
EVERETT: Layla Betancur Cardona, Darrynn Desrameaux (MVP), Kaesta Sandy.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Marianna De Leon.
LYNN ENGLISH: Jania Cooper, Dani Diroche, Lillian Iwodu, Abety Kivagheni, Nina Ly, Maddie McHale, Ruby Osario, Jade Quero.
MALDEN: Sabrina Dangerville, Victoria Gammon, Vivian Onyejiaka.
MEDFORD: Emma Beardsley (MVP), Norah Berson, Magdelawit Takele.
REVERE: Yara Belguendouz, Hiba El Bzyouy, Rocio Gonzalez Castillo, Angelina Montoya, Ashley Rodriguez, Olivia Rupp, Giselle Salvador, Daniela Santan Baez, Gemma Stamatopoulos, Liv Yuong, Genevieve Zierten.
SOMERVILLE: Marissa Luxama, Greta O’Sullivan.
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BOYS TENNIS ALL-STARS
EVERETT: Bryant Jimenez.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Victor Bun, Andy Ly, Axil Ortiz.
LYNN ENGLISH: Edward Salazar, Eric Salazar.
MALDEN: Mogos Ghile, Archer Ou, Illyes Ouldsaada, Steven Luong.
MEDFORD: Leo Mantenuto.
REVERE: Nicolas Aguiar.
SOMERVILLE: Ethan Cross, Emmett Easton, Damian Mangino (MVP).
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GIRLS TENNIS ALL-STARS
EVERETT: Yasmine Laabadla, Tracy Pham.
LYNN CLASSICAL: Amber Sotomayor (MVP).
LYNN ENGLISH: Yankarla Matias.
MALDEN: Chloe Chen, Julianna Lin, Ivana Marinkovich, Isabelle Tan.
MEDFORD: Ava Chasteen, Cecilia Colombo, Maria Silva.
REVERE: Lesley Calderon, Jaimy Gomez.
SOMERVILLE: Eden Gwynn, Ava Posiko, Xinyi Zhu.
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