Page 14 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 16, 2024 MALDEN HS SPORTS ROUNDUP: Swim team competes in MIAA North Sectional; Tornado Girls Basketball continues to soar toward States Malden Boys Basketball falls at buzzer to Woburn, tops Belchertown in OT By Steve Freker contingent of Malden High School swimmers competed in the MIAA North Sectional Girls Swimming Championship this past Saturday at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). They included Tiffany Pham (senior), Hailey Tran (junior), Joslyn Nguyen (junior), Danielle Harrington (sophomore), Ian Ian Ho (freshman) and Sophie Tran (8th-grader). They have also qualified for the MIAA State Girls Swimming Championship, which is on Saturday, Feb. 17. Golden Tornados Girls Basketball En Fuego! The Malden High Girls Basketball Team continues to soar toward the MIAA Division 1 Girls State Basketball Tournament with three straight wins and four-out-of-five overall, to improve to 13-6 overall, its best record in decades. Malden High and Head Coach Scott Marino had a chance to finish with win #14 on the road at ArlingNORTH SECTIONALS: Shown at right, back row: Assistant Coach Laura Yeshulas and Assistant Coach Christina Terranova; front row: Head Coach Jessica Bisson, Sophie Tran (8th-grader), Tiffany Pham (Senior), Hailey Tran (junior) and Joslyn Nguyen (junior). (Courtesy Wing-Yin Lam Photo) ton last night (after Advocate press time). Malden topped Salem (Mass.) High at home on Senior Night Monday this week, 41-21, in its latest win. Tori Gammon led all scorers with 15 points and Amanda Ebenezer had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Malden also got great contributions Jose Ferreira went for a layup against Woburn on Wednesday night in a 58-57 loss. (Advocate Photo/Henry Huang) from junior Maddy Cook and Ina Tolete and Kim Trompnas. Senior captain Angie Colon had 9 points and 6 assists. In the other two wins in the streak, Malden topped Lynn English on the road, 59-47, on February 8 and Salem on the road on February 5. ~ Malden Neighborhood Basketball League ~ Week 7, 2024 2024 Malden Neighborhood Basketball League Team W L Bullets 7 Lakers 7 Sixers 6 Celtics 3 Pistons 2 Kings 1 1 2 3 6 8 6 Games behind Streak W - 5 L - 1 W - 1 L - 1 5.5 W - 1 L - 6 0 0.5 1.5 4.5 6 Saturday, Feb. 10 at Ferryway Game 1 – Celtics 42, Pistons 40 In the first of two meetings this weekend – a very rare occurrence – the Emerald took thegame by a narrow margin. C. Malave & J. Sweeney both had 11 as newly acquired C. Mathely added 10 of his own. As a team they went 10-23 from the free throw line, which was not a great average, but the Pistons had a horrible day from the line: going 0-12 – “yikes.” Surprisingly the Pistons were still ahead going into the fourth but were outscored 15-6 in the final frame. They were led with a consistent strong game from J. Dorismond (19) and N. Sullivan with 10. Game 2 – Bullets 53, Lakers 35 The oldest rivalry in the MNBL showcased a sort of revenge game, as the Lakers did give the boys in blue their only loss so far on the season. But it was the Bullets who dropped 9 from deep, including a dagger 3 from Grace Biscan, as the team never allowed the Purple to get an advantage in any quarter. The Lakers & league’s leading scorer, S. Warton, led his team with 15, and W. Gavin chipped in 10. The Bullets got a nice game from C. Mijar with 18. I. Pineda also did well for himself with his highest output of the year of 15 helping the Bullets take over the top spot in the League. Sunday, Feb. 11 at Ferryway Game 1 – Pistons 62, Celtics 53 The Pistons blocked the sweep & got their revenge. The Celts outscored the Pistons in each of the last two quarters, but it was that second quarter that got away from them, by having the Pistons close it out with a 20-6 advantage. And they never recovered fully, despite a weekend high of 22 from C. Mathely and 11 from J. Sweeney. On the other side, a pair of 17 from N. Sullivan & J. Bly helped keep the Green out of reach – as well as 13 from R. Wallace. Game 2 – Sixers 43, Kings 41 The Crimson squeaked out the win to end the weekend. Shockingly, the Sixers didn’t have one player hit double-digit scoring & the Kings only had Z. Pierre with 16, which says there was either some generous sharing of the ball “which it seemed” only four of the 18 who played didn’t score or they both struggled on the offense? Sixers staying close! Just a game & a half off the top spot. Next Week’s Games Sat., Feb. 17 Bullets Celtics Kings Lakers Wed., Feb. 21 Pistons Kings Bullets Celtics —This article is based on info from MNBL Booster/Statman/Former longtime Coach Glenn Higgins. For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 617-387-2200 or Info@advocatenews.net Sun., Feb. 18 Celtics Bullets Sixers Pistons A Malden boys top Belchertown in OT, fall to Woburn at buzzer The Malden High Boys Basketball Team was in control throughout, but lost the lead in the final minute for the first time all day when they hit a pair of free throws to go up, 58-57, with 44 seconds to play. Malden tried its last attempt when the Tornados got the ball back with 6.8 seconds left, but sophomore Ethan Phejarasai’s shot at the buzzer bounced off the rim, and Woburn ended a 12-game loss streak with the 58-57 win. Malden fell to 7-13 with the loss, this coming off an exciting, 63-61 win in overtime on the road at Belchertown High in an endowment game Saturday. Junior Earl Fevrier scored a career-high 19 points and had 12 rebounds in the win. Junior guard Jode Ferreira – playing his first game of the season after being out all year rehabbing a broken hand in Game 2 of the season – also had a strong game with 12 points. Malden concludes its season tonight on the road at Melrose with a 7:00 p.m. start.
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