Page 14 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 23, 2024 Northeast Metro Tech to host ‘A Knight Out on the Town’ to raise funds for scholarships for students with disabilities W AKEFIELD – Superintendent David DiBarri is pleased to share that Northeast Metro Tech is hosting the inaugural “A Knight Out on the Town” gala to support a scholarship that will benefit students with disabilities. WHEN: Monday, March 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. WHERE: The Four Points By Sheraton, 1 Audubon Road, Wakefield. WHAT: A Knight Out on the Town is a gala that will feature culinary delights from restaurants in each of Northeast Metro Tech’s 12 sending communities, as well as music from Phil Carbone of Time of Your Life DJ Service and Entertainment. There will also be several raffles available. All funds raised by the gala will be used by the Northeast Metro Tech Special Education Parent Advisory Council (Northeast SEPAC) to start a scholarship fund for Northeast Metro Tech students with disabilities who are heading to trade schools or post-secondary education. The Northeast SEPAC provides education and support to parents, school personnel and the broader community on special education issues and services. The Northeast SEPAC’s mission promotes a supportive, innovative and respectful educational environment that ensures students with special education needs have equal and appropriate access to opportunities and are encouraged to reach their full potential. Historically students with special education needs are often overlooked for traditional scholarships. Our “Knight out on the Town Fundraiser” will provide scholarships for our students with disabilities that wish to continue on to trade schools or post secondary education upon graduating. Tickets are $50 each, and they can be purchased by visiting https://knightout.square.site/ “I’d like to invite all of our parents and supporters to attend this gala to support our students with disabilities as ~ Malden Neighborhood Basketball League ~ Week 8 – 13’s are Wild 2024 Malden Neighborhood Basketball League Team W L Games behind Streak Bullets - c 9 1 0 W - 7 Lakers 7 3 Kings 1 7 9 7 2 5.5 7.5 7 L - 2 Sixers 7 3 2 W - 2 Celtics 4 Pistons 2 L - 1 L - 1 L - 7 c - clinched playoff spot Saturday, Feb. 17, at Ferryway Game 1 – Bullets 56, Kings 33 The boys in blue came out gunnin’ – raining double digit 3s in the process as well. They jumped out to a 16-3 lead then hit 4 of their 3s in the 2nd to pull away further, thanks in part to L. Guertin leading the way with 21. The Kings’ A. Brathwaite did what he could with 13, but it clearly wasn’t enough to keep up with the barrage of shots put up by their opponents on this day. WRESTLERS| FROM PAGE 1 165-lb. State Championship by pinning Hounain at 1:09 of the first period. Seeded fourth at 120 lbs., Vo pinned Natalie Barney of Framingham just 22 seconds into her first match to advance to the Finals versus Adriana Groat, also of Framingham. Groat, just a freshman, pinned Vo 1:06 into the first period to claim the 120-lb. State Championship. Even though the two Malden/ Everett/GBL wrestlers did not break through to the pinnacle State Championship win, the pair certainly made their community and team proud. “It was an amazing run,” first-year Malden/Everett/GBL Head Coach Kevin Isaza told the Advocate. “Both girls worked so hard all season and they deserved a shot at the State Title.” Coach Isaza said that both Vo and Hounain had registered close to 20 victories each this season. “They wrestled against boys in a lot of our matches and tournaments.” “Katelynn had some great battles at 120 versus some experienced boy and girl wrestlers, Game 2 – Celtics 43, Lakers 40 OT The Emerald surprised the Purple people and squeeze out a much-needed win in overtime, in hopes of defending their title? J. Sweeney led all with an impressive 8-10 from the line. More impressive was 5-6 in the OT. He ended with 16 as teammate C. Mathely added a solid 13. The Lakers’ D. McGuffie led his team with 15, which, shockingly, didn’t score a point of it in the extra frame? The team was only able to muster 2 baskets as the game ended too soon for them. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Ferryway Game 1 – Bullets 66, Celtics 61 OT The Green love their OT games but had a different ending to yesterday’s result. It’s usually the Bullets raining 3s, but it was the Celts with 11 total – 6 of them came from R. Doricent, who had a Big game, ending with a game-high of 24. C. Malave & J. Sweeney had good games also, sharing 13 apiece. But L. Guertin (23) and C. Mijar (20) scored 6 of the 10 points in OT, and G. Biscan had another huge 3 in the OT this time, which made the overall difference, as the Green scored 5 total as a team and helped lock the Blue in the 1st playoff clinch this season. Game 2 – Sixers 49, Pistons 42 The Crimson jumped into a tie for 2nd place with this win. They started slowly and were actually trailing at the half by 5. But thanks to a pair of 13s from A. Martino & C. Joseph, doing most of his damage in the 4th quarter from the line “where everything is Free,” they were able to hold off the pistons for this Victory. The Pistons’ N. Sullivan had 13 of his own; teammate M. Cook scored 10, but getting outscored 18-12 in the last quarter was the proverbial dagger that fell through their grasp. This Week’s Games Sat., Feb. 24 Pistons Sixers top seed at 165 lbs. **** Everett’s Argueta competed in MIAA States at 285 lbs. Malden/Everett/GBL’s Kevin Argueta, an Everett High School student, competed in the MIAA Division 1 State Wrestling Tournament. Argueta, the Division 1 CenMalden Wrestlers so did Nora,” the Malden coach added. This is believed to be the first time in history that two GBL wrestlers will be competing in the MIAA All-State Meet. In 2019, when Yohan Costa won the Girls State Championship and her sister finished State Runner-up, the sister opted not to compete in All-States. Another Malden High female wrestler, Corynne McNulty, won the State Championship at 127 lbs. in 2022. She also excelled at the National Level in private meets. **** Pair of Malden/Everett/GBL wrestlers set for All-States Katelynn Vo and Nora Hounain are set to compete in tomorrow’s MIAA All-State Meet, which is set for 9:00 a.m. at Salem High School. Vo is Division 1’s #2 seed at 120 lbs. in the Girls Division and will wrestle Sadie Hermann of Holliston High in the first round of the quarterfinals. Hermann is Division 3’s fourth seed. In the 165 lbs. class, Hounain is the second seed in Division 1. In first-round action, she will match up with the top seed in Division 3, Megan Wiebe of Sharon High School. Amada Mounele, who eliminated Hounain in the Divitral fourth seed, was pinned by Alex Bajoras of St. John’s Prep at 46 seconds of the first round. Bajoras was the top seed of Division 1 North. **** Malden/Everett/GBL wrestlers in D1 CentralMetro Sectionals A number of Malden/Everett/ GBL wrestlers competed in the Division 1 Central-Metro Sectional Tournament on February 10 at Newton South. At 106 lbs., Christopher Seccareccio was pinned by Aryav Pimrale (Lexington) at 1:27 of the first period. In his second match he was defeated by Takuto Nakamura of Arlington in a 13-4 decision. Pimrale evenKings Lakers sion 1 States, is the weight class Sun., Feb. 25 Sixers Celtics Bullets Pistons tually won the Sectional Title, defeating Nakamura by pin in the final. At 113 lbs., Malden/Everett/ GBL’s Maria Luisa Medeiros was pinned by Arlington’s Cedric Daniels in the first round and then was pinned by Jack Williams of Lexington. Daniels won the Sectional Title. At 126 lbs., Kenneth Wong won his first match, pinning Joseph Clark of Concord-Carlisle. He then was pinned by Lexington’s Dillon Noonan in the second period, before falling to Julian Riccio of Brookline, 13-8. At 132 lbs., David Parada Araujo pinned Samuel Brook of Concord-Carlisle in his first match, then he was pinned in the first round by Isaac Bitran of Brookline in the first period. Parada Araujo then eliminated Luke Coelho of Belmont. The Malden/ Everett/GBL wrestler was then eliminated by Robert Bobocea of Needham. At 136 lbs., James Montello lost his first two matches and was eliminated. At 190 lbs., Carlos Jiminez won his first two matches before being eliminated with two losses. they seek to move on to trade schools and post-secondary education,” said Superintendent DiBarri. “This is sure to be a fun and enriching night that will support those in our school community who need it most.” “Sip, savor, and support education – because every taste is a step toward brighter futures,” said Special Education Administrator Victoria Colaianni. For more information on the event, email knightout@northeastmetrotech.com.
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