Page 16 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 3, 2025 ~ TORNADO CLASSIC TOURNAMENT in MALDEN ~ Revere splits at holiday tournament, tops Malden for first win, 63-56 Day (26 pts) leads Patriots, Fernandes (16 points, 12 rebounds) shines for Tornados By Steve Freker N o one ever leaves this matchup without a few scratches and bruises. Think Bears-Lions in the NFL or Boston-Montreal on the ice. Malden High and Revere High “get after it” on the basketball court. Always have, always will. That’s just how it goes and that’s how it will stay. Saturday night’s consolation game in the 2024 Tornado Classic Tournament was no different, but Revere had a few more layups go down and a few less turnovers at the end. Bottom line: Head Coach Dave Leary’s Patriots were able to finish with their first win of the season Saturday, 63-56, over host Malden. Senior Ethan Day led all scorers with 26 points. Malden is still seeking that first “W” after Saturday’s setback, falling to 0-6 overall to start the season. The Tornado squad also lost its first-round game, a one-sided fall to eventual tourney champion Stoughton. East Boston (2-2) took out Revere, 53-41, in Game One on Friday night at the Finn Gym, but dropped a close one to Stoughton (5-0) in the tournament championship game on Saturday night, 54-48. Stoughton’s Anthony Alessi, who scored 15 points in the championship game, was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Selected for the All-Tournament Team were: Revere senior Ethan Day, East Boston senior Robin Cartagena, Stoughton senior Matt Greenspoon and Malden junior Kaua Fernandes Dias Valadares, who had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Tornados. In the Revere-Malden game, the Tornados trailed by four points after the first quarter, 15-11, and Revere took a seven-point lead into the halftime break, 28-21. Revere co-captains Avi Lung and Josh Mercado both played well on both ends of the court for the Patriots as did sophomore Nico Cespedes. Malden got good minutes out of junior guards Ryan McMahon and De’Shawn Bunch, as well as junior forward Colin Okoth, who hit a pair of three and finished with a season-high 11 points. *** FREE THROWS: Malden was scheduled to be back in action last night on the road against Malden High’s De’Shawn Bunch (3) looks for an open man against Revere. (Advocate Photos by Henry Huang) Malden Head Coach Don Nally is shown rallying the team during a timeout.. #18-ranked Lynn English (41) at 7:00 p.m. (after Advocate press deadline). After that, the busy schedule lightens up with just one game for Malden next week: home against Medford on Wednesday, January 8 at 6:00 p.m... Revere is back to work tonight on the road at Chelsea High to take on the Red Devils at 6:00. Next week Revere plays rare back-to-back nights – both on the road – at Chelmsford for a non-league matchup on Thursday, January 9 and then stays on the road at Somerville on Friday, January 10 at 7:00 p.m... Saturday’s game does not count in the Greater Boston League (GBL) standings since it was part of in-season, outside tournament play. It does count in the overall standings/MIAA Power Rankings... Due to the new-thisseason GBL realignment, Malden-Revere meet just once this Malden High’s Jason Minervini (22) lines up a corner “three” for the Golden Tornados against Revere. He ended up hitting that shot. winter in GBL play: on Saturday, January 25 at 1:00 p.m. in Malden. It will be part of a tripleheader: Freshmen at 10:00 a.m., JV at 11:30 a.m., then Varsity at 1:00. Revere captain Joshua Mercado (0) is defending against Malden junior Colin Okoth (11). Malden Head Coach Don Nally roams the sidelines against Revere. Malden junior Ryan McMahon (2) is covered by Revere senior Jayden Balogun (2). (Advocate Photos by Henry Huang)
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