Malden High Fall Sports Seasons are starting right up

By Charlie Conefrey

Malden Public Schools Director of Athletics, Wellness and Physical Education

Good luck to all of our Fall Season teams, who have been working so hard to get prepared for the new 2025 season.

Thank you to the “Queen of Patience” Jeanne Marquardo, our Athletic Dept. administrative assistant, who is one of the busiest people in Malden this time of year, answering — literally — hundreds of questions and emails each day, from mid-August and right through the start of classes and beyond, from student-athletes and their caregivers.

All of our teams will compete “for real” starting this week and next, and from all indications, this could be a very interesting and successful season. The best barometer for forecasting about some gains in the win-loss column for our Fall Teams is player participation numbers.

From Football to Cross Country to our Middle School program, many of our team rosters have either matched or surpassed last year’s numbers! Also, in most cases we are still accepting signups for many of our teams from Class of 2029 9th-graders.

We are now starting to reap the benefits of the concerted efforts we have made these past several years to encourage Malden High School and middle school students to get out there and play for one of our Golden Tornado teams. Another plus this season has been the conscientious manner in which most of our student-athletes “took care of business” with their Final Forms registration and all that goes with it.

Thank you to all of the caregivers who worked alongside the student-athletes to make this possible. As we enter the 4th school year using Final Forms exclusively, we are really getting the job done as to efficient and complete registration for our athletic program.

We wish good luck to all of our Fall Teams as their regular season openers arrive. After a productive preseason it will be great to get out and compete against our fellow Greater Boston League opponents and non-league teams on our schedules. It has taken a combined effort of EVERYONE involved to get to this point and we thank all who have contributed to make this Fall Season launch possible. GO MALDEN!

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MALDEN HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, September 3

4:00 p.m.: Varsity Boys & Girls Cross Country at Chelsea

4:00 p.m.: JV Girls Volleyball v. East Boston, Finn Gym at MHS

5:15 p.m.: Varsity Girls Volleyball v. East Boston, Finn Gym at MHS

THURSDAY, September 4

5:00 p.m.: JV Boys Soccer at Methuen

5:30 p.m.: Varsity Boys Soccer at Methuen

7:00 p.m.: Varsity Coed Field Hockey at Christie Serino Field at Saugus

FRIDAY, September 5

4:00 p.m.: JV Girls Volleyball v. Cambridge R&L, Finn Gym at MHS

5:30 p.m. p.m.: Varsity Girls Volleyball v. Cambridge R&L, Finn Gym at MHS

SATURDAY/ SUNDAY,  September 6-7

No Events

MONDAY, September 8

4:00 p.m.: JV Girls Volleyball v. Somerville, Finn Gym at MHS

4:30 p.m.: Varsity Coed Field Hockey v. Northeast Metro Tech

5:30 p.m.: Varsity Girls Volleyball v. Somerville, Finn Gym at MHS

TUESDAY, September 9

4:00 p.m.: Freshman Boys Soccer at Everett, Madeline English School

4:00 p.m.: JV Boys Soccer at Everett

4:15 p.m. p.m.: JV Girls Soccer v. Everett, Pine Banks

4:15 p.m.-Varsity Girls Soccer v. Everett, Pine Banks

7:00 p.m.: Varsity Boys Soccer v. Everett, Everett Stadium

WEDNESDAY, September 10

4:00 p.m.: JV Girls Volleyball at Chelsea

4:00 p.m.: Varsity Boys and Girls Cross Country at Lynn English

4:00 p.m.: Varsity Coed Field Hockey v. Revere

5:15 p.m.: Varsity Girls Volleyball at Chelsea