Malden High School’s Winter Season League All-Stars are announced

Greater Boston League names 24 Tornado student-athletes to GBL All-Star List

 

By Steve Freker

 

For the past two winters, Malden High School senior Ezechiel “Zeke” Noelsaint has shown why he is one of the best pure athletes in the Greater Boston League (GBL) as a member of the MHS Varsity Boys Basketball Team. Whether it is leading the fastbreak with his dribble, spotting a teammate on the wing for an assist or driving hard to the basket for a layup, Noelsaint has consistently displayed his talents. The 6-3 1/2, 180 “Zeke” has also wowed the Finn Gym crowds by spotting up to swish a “3” or finish off a dribble-drive with a thunderous, two-handed dunk.

Noelsaint was rewarded for his spectacular skills and contribution to his team this past season by being named as Malden High’s only selectee to the GBL Boys Basketball All-Star Team. The Malden senior, who is believed to be headed to the University of Massachusetts Lowell this fall to pursue studies in Engineering, was one of 24 Malden High School student-athletes named to the Winter Season Greater Boston League All-Star Teams.

“We had many outstanding team and individual performances this past Winter Season and we are very pleased so many of our student-athletes were recognized by the Greater Boston League as All-Stars,” said 8th-year Malden Public Schools Director of Athletics, Health and Physical Education Charlie Conefrey.

Conefrey noted the fifth consecutive league championship by Head Coach Jess Bisson and the Malden High School coed varsity swim team, a second consecutive MIAA Division 1 State Basketball Tournament appearance by Head Coach Scott Marino and the varsity girls basketball team and two runner-up finishes by a pair of Tornado wrestlers in the MIAA Division 1 State Girls Wrestling Tournament.

Noelsaint, who served as captain of Varsity Boys Basketball this past winter, led the Tornado team in scoring, rebounding, assists and blocked shots, in addition to minutes played on the court. “Whatever type of game Zeke [Noelsaint] had, it dictated how our game would turn out for the team,” Malden 18th-year Head Coach Don Nally said on Noelsaint’s value.

“We basically put the game on his shoulders and he delivered as best he could. Zeke is a quiet leader who led by example,” Coach Nally said. “We asked a lot of him every day at practice and every night on the court and he always tried to deliver.”

Noelsaint scored at least in double figures in all but one of the games he played, averaging 13.9 points per game, in the top 10 for GBL scorers. A two-year starter, he finished with close to 500 points scored for his career.

Also a second-year team captain on the Malden High baseball team this Spring Season, Noelsaint is the first Haitian-American in Malden High history to be named a league All-Star in baseball.

Malden High athletics also made history this past Winter Season when, for the first time in school history, two wrestlers both finished #2 in the state after making it to the MIAA Division 1 State Girls Wrestling Tournament Championship State Finals, and finishing as a runner-up in

the final. Katelynn Vo placed second overall in the wrestling States in the 120 lbs. weight class. Nora Hounain was also State runner-up in the 160 lbs. weight class.

 

 

MALDEN HIGH SCHOOL’S

2023-2024 GBL ALL-STAR

TEAM SELECTEES

 

Boys Basketball

Ezechiel “Zeke” Noelsaint

 

Girls Basketball

Amanda Ebenezer

Kimberly Trompas

 

Gymnastics (Coed)

Ivana Marinkovic

Isabella Oliveira

Sofia Vargas

 

Swim (Coed Boys)

Joao Victor Santos

Xiaode “David” Xu

Stanley Yip

Gordon Zeng

James Zhou

 

Swim (Coed Girls)

Sarah Escobar Ayala

Danielle Harrington

Ian Ian Ho

Joslyn Nguyen

Tiffany Pham

Hailey Tran

Sophie Tran

Yingyan Xia

Joyce Zhou

 

Wrestling (Boys)

David Parada Araujo (132 lbs.)

Kenny Wong (126 lbs.)

 

Wrestling (Girls)

Nora Hounain (165 lbs.)

Katelynn Vo {120 lbs.)