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Malden High Girls Tennis goes undefeated (36-0!) for third straight season; Boys Tennis, Volleyball are GBL Champs; Boys Lacrosse & Girls Lacrosse both make States
By Jason Mazzilli
A banner “Super Spring Season” rolls on for the Malden High Golden Tornado Spring Teams, with more wins and more Greater Boston League and tournament championships. The Malden High Girls Tennis Team, ranked #24 in the MIAA Division 1 Power Rankings, just completed its third consecutive undefeated season! Malden Girls Tennis once again is 12-0 and is a perfect 36-0 and has a third straight GBL Championship – 2022, 2023 and now 2024. Girls Tennis joins Malden High Boys Tennis and first-year Head Coach Brian Sou (12-1) as GBL Champions. Boys Tennis is #29 in the Power Rankings. Also claiming a GBL title and a #25 power ranking in Division 1 is Malden High Boys Volleyball, which is now at 16-3 overall.
All three teams – Girls and Boys Tennis and Boys Volleyball – are virtually assured of a first-round MIAA Division 1 State Tournament Home Game when the seedings and brackets are announced soon. Also State Tourney-bound are Malden High Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse and Boys Baseball.
Boys Lacrosse, led by record-setting, all-time school scoring leader Chad Robertson, and Girls Lacrosse, led by all-time career scorer Mackenzie Jenkins, are both headed to the MIAA State Lacrosse Tournaments. Boys Lacrosse finished the regular season at 8-8 and Girls Lacrosse, with its 12-9 win over Medford this week, finished at 10-8 overall.
Malden Baseball wins second consecutive Strike Out Colon Cancer Tournament in East Boston
Freshman Ryan Bowdridge and senior captain Jake Simpson led Malden High Baseball to a pair of wins and the Championship in the 2024 Strike Out Colon Cancer Tournament in East Boston over this past weekend. Bowdridge, who was named tourney Most Valuable Player, threw six innings of 3-hit baseball with 8 strikeouts in a 12-3 win over Minuteman Regional on Saturday. He also had 2 hits and 2 RBIs. He improved to a perfect 6-0 on the mound. On Sunday, in a wild finish, Simpson hit a long, bases-loaded double to deep left field with no outs to snap a 9-9 tie and lead Malden to a 13-9 win over host East Boston in the tourney title game.
It was Malden’s 7th straight win as the Tornados improved to 13-4 overall. A doubleheader at home against Chelsea yesterday (after Advocate press deadline) and a makeup game today at home at Pine Banks against Revere at 4:00 p.m. are the remaining games on Malden’s regular season schedule.
Baseball seedings and MIAA Division 1 State Tournament seedings come out next Wednesday, May 27, and tournament action starts Thursday, May 28, for Malden baseball.
~ GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE STANDINGS ~
GIRLS SOFTBALL
Team GBL All
Everett 12-1 16-1
Medford 11-1 11-4
Revere 8-4 12-4
Lynn Classical 6-5 6-7
Lynn English 4-7 5-8
Somerville 3-7 4-9
Malden 2-11 2-14
Chelsea 0-10 1-10
BOYS BASEBALL
Team GBL All
Somerville 12-2 15-4
Malden 8-4 13-4
Lynn Classical 8-6 9-9
Lynn English 7-6 7-10
Revere 7-6 7-9
Medford 7-7 7-11
Everett 2-11 5-12
Chelsea 0-11 5-11
BOYS LACROSSE
Team GBL All
Medford 7-0 10-4
Somerville 4-3 7-8
Malden 4-4 6-6
Lynn 3-5 5-10
Revere 0-6 0-14
GIRLS LACROSSE
Team GBL All
Somerville 9-0 9-5
Malden 5-3 7-8
Medford 4-3 5-7
Everett 2-7 2-10
Revere 0-7 0-11
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Team GBL All
Malden 11-1 15-2
Revere 9-4 10-7
Lynn Classical 4-4 8-4
Everett 2-2 2-2
Somerville 2-2 2-3
Chelsea 1-3 2-4
Medford 1-5 2-7
Lynn English 0-3 1-3
CAPTIONS
TOURNEY CHAMPS: The Malden High School Baseball Team won its second consecutive (2023, 2024) Strike Out Colon Cancer Tournament Championship in East Boston. (Advocate Photo)
TOURNEY MVP: Tournament Most Valuable Player Ryan Bowdridge with his parents Katie and Mike Bowdridge after the Championship Final Game. (Courtesy Photo)
