Meet the 2025 Greater Boston League Fall Season All-Stars

Revere’s Emma Stamatopoulos is GBL Field Hockey MVP as Patriots capture League Championship; Malden’s Jayden McGuffie named All-State Running Back

 

By Steve Freker

 

The Greater Boston League Fall Season had lots of memorable moments and plenty of outstanding individual and team performances. Some of the tried-and-true GBL perennial contenders once again had strong seasons while there were a number of newcomers rising to the top spot.

Most notably, those new risers came in Football and Boys Soccer as the Chelsea Red Devils captured the league crown in soccer, unseating back-to-back winner Revere this fall. In football, Lynn English rolled to its first-ever GBL Championship in Football, led by the exploits of senior quarterback Shane Knowlton-Simard. Of the Advocate readership area, only Revere was able to capture a Greater Boston League Championship: in Field Hockey over Malden and Revere. Gemma Stamatopoulos was named Most Valuable Player.

For the second straight season, it was a run-first, pass-second, do-it-all quarterback who led his team to a GBL Football Championship in Knowlton-Simard. The Bulldogs’ QB had 170 carries for 1,927 rushing yards, 39 completions for 804 passing yards and 38 total touchdowns during a 9-2 season to earn Greater Boston League MVP honors. Knowlton-Simard was also selected to the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) All-State Team as well as The Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic Football Team for the 2025 season in Division 3.

Malden sophomore marvel Jayden McGuffie had to be a close second in GBL Football Most Valuable Player balloting with a record-setting season for the ages. McGuffie — earning his second All-Star nod in as many seasons — became the first Malden High player in school history to surpass 2,000 yards in offense with 2,006 yards on 209 carries. McGuffie also set single-season school touchdown (24) and total points (198) records with 17 conversion runs this year for the Tornados. The Golden Tornado 10th grader was the only sophomore selected to the MHSFCA All-State Team for Division 3, which is generally an “All-Seniors” list.

Medford rolled through the Girls Soccer season undefeated in league play to rise back to the top of the heap. For Malden High Boys Soccer, it was a massive turnaround in the win-loss numbers, as the Golden Tornado squad went from just one win in 2024 to five wins and seven ties in 2025, still falling just one point in the standings (and realistically, just one goal) short of qualifying for the postseason.

The Greater Boston League had one Boston Globe All-Scholastic selectee in Lynn English’s Knowlton-Simard.

Following is the complete list of Fall Season GBL All-Stars and Most Valuable Players.

FOOTBALL

Chelsea: Leeandro Castro.

Lynn Classical: Manny Mendez, Tommy Nolan.

Lynn English: Xavier Beauchamp, Jamaal Boyd, Shane Knowlton-Simard (MVP), Jason McDonald, Ryan Ouen, Jeyson Prosper, Aaden Soto.

Malden: Billy Gavin, Jayden McGuffie.

Medford: Demi Georges, Guilherme Martins.

Revere: Reda Atoui, Bryan Fuentes, Jose Fuentes.

Somerville: Kerry Alphonse, Ousman Kaba, Ryan Louis, Esmael Mack, Marcos Pineda.

BOYS SOCCER

Chelsea: Brayan Andrade, Jose Joj (MVP), Christian Lopez.

Everett: Gabriel Garcia, Kevin Renderos.

Lynn Classical: Alan Melara.

Lynn English: Jose Licardie, Alejandro Zayas.

Malden: Mike Joseph, Matheus Martins.

Medford: Fordson Ludger.

Revere: Abel Aklog, Patrick Valentin.

Somerville: Hector Bermudez, Marco Hoxholli.

GIRLS SOCCER

Chelsea: Yahira Jovel Rivas, Emili Rodriguez-Rodriguez.

Everett: Sofia Arana-Quintanilla, Casey Martinez.

Lynn Classical: Tatiana DeLeon, McKenna Duncan.

Lynn English: Quezada Villanueva.

Malden: Amelia Berliner, Mercedes Costa.

Medford: Kaitlyn Alves, Cecilia Colombo, Siena Fauci.

Revere: Sharon Olivia Folgar.

Somerville: Anika Johnson, Camila Plata (MVP).

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Chelsea: Alisson Segovia.

Everett: Nicole Damaceno.

Lynn Classical: Brooke Braswell (MVP), Emma Chevalier, Sejla Iriskic, Azriella Jorge.

Lynn English: Malinda Ran.

Malden: Sania Chen, Rashmi Kc.

Medford: Emma Malerba.

Revere: Susan Lemus Chavez, Dayana Ortega.

Somerville: Alexis Bowie, Catherine Timmins.

FIELD HOCKEY

Everett: Willins Julien, Stephano Orleus, Lindsey Sylva.

Malden: Phuong Ang Nguyen, Ryan Cheung, Yawen Zuo.

Revere: Sonia Haily, Danni Hope Randall, Zacharania Kalliavas, Isabella Mendieta, Ava Morris, Bianca Rincon, Gemma Stamatopoulos (MVP).

BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY

Everett: Lucas Nunez.

Lynn Classical: Brandon Sok.

Lynn English: Ian De La Rosa.

Malden: Lincoln Boswell.

Medford: Aaron Greenberg, Adam Lewis (MVP).

Somerville: Robert Leoni, Henry Omura, Ranjan Warren, Henry Zarecor.

GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY

Lynn Classical: Mariana De Leon.

Lynn English: Madison McCole.

Medford: Emma Beardsley, Isabelle De Sousa Vieira, Olivia O’Brien.

Revere: Rania Hamdani, Olivia Rupp.

Somerville: Aly Amin (MVP), Jenny Gordon, Greta O’Sullivan.

BOYS GOLF

Everett: Charles Govostes.

Lynn Classical: Braeden Ohannesian.

Lynn English: Jacoby Comeau, Riley Driscoll (MVP).

Malden: Tommy Cronin.

Medford: Emet Chasteen (MVP), Jonathan Wright.

Somerville: Emmett Easton.