Six Malden residents compete for METRO Baseball Team in Bay State Summer Games

Five Golden Tornados from Malden High School Baseball participate in July event

Six Malden residents participated in the recent Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation (MASF) Bay State Summer Games as part of the METRO Baseball Team this past month. The Bay State Summer Games Baseball round-robin tournament was held at UMass Boston’s Monan Park from July 5-7. Participating Malden residents included rising freshman Ryan Bowdridge, who was an eighth-grader at the Beebe School in Malden this past academic year, Malden High sophomore Bo Stead and MHS junior tri-captains Ryan Coggswell, “Zeke” Noelsaint and Jake Simpson. Another Malden resident who participated was Malden Catholic junior catcher Jackson Norales. Malden Catholic rising sophomore David Ruane, a former Malden resident, now of Everett, also performed for METRO; Ruane had three hits in the five games and did not allow an earned run in two pitching performances. Simpson, Coggswell, Noelsaint and Stead were all outstanding defensively, with Noelsaint and Simpson recording three hits each, including a double. Bowdridge was “Mr. Versatile” – playing five different positions and recording four stolen bases and four runs scored.

“It was a very good showing and it is always a great experience for these players to come together and form a team against some excellent competition,” said METRO Head Coach Steve Freker, who this year completed his 36th consecutive year with the Bay State Games and the METRO Team.

Coach Freker, who will be in his eighth year back for a second time as Malden High baseball coach (previously 1985-1999), was inducted into the Bay State Games/MASF Hall of Fame on June 29 at a Fenway Park ceremony.

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