Malden High Students ‘Teach the Lesson’ in Basketball Victory over Faculty

By Steve Freker

The trend started last season when the Students broke up a five-year run of dominance by the Faculty and pulled out a 68-67 overtime win. On Tuesday they made it two in a row, this time in a dominating 85-57 blowout victory in the 2025 Annual Students vs. Faculty Basketball Game at the Finn Gym at Malden High School.

The game was fairly close through the first half, with the Students pulling away for a 38-28 lead at halftime on a couple of long-range missiles just before the buzzer. The “Three-Ball” played a major factor in the second half for the Malden High students, who used the sharpshooting of senior guards Aidan Brett and Wyatt Dessert to spread the lead and effectively put the game away by the early part of the fourth quarter. Brett finished with a game-high 17 points and Dessert added 14 points for the Students.

The game was a fundraiser for the Malden Adventure and Travel Club, whose chief advisor is Shauna Campbell. The group organizes annual trips to foreign countries each April Vacation. They also host day and night excursions for students to fun places and events around the region.