Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 28, 2020 Malden Catholic to add girls ice hockey and boys and girls rowing teams M alden Catholic High School (MC) will add multiple new teams to interscholastic athletics – including girls ice hockey and both boys and girls rowing teams – in 2020. MC currently enrolls ninth and tenth grade girls and off ers 12 sports in the girls’ athletics program. “With interest and enrollment at MC at a high point and the fi rst class of 11th grade girls in 2020, this is a great time to add girls ice hockey, making it our 13th available sport for female students,” said MC Director of Athletics William Raycraft. “Malden Catholic has a long and very successful history of boys hockey and we take great pride in off ering the best possible athletic opportunities to our student-athletes. Next year, our plan is to off er varsity programs for all MIAA [Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association] girls sports,” said Raycraft. MC currently competes in MIAA’s District H Independent Conference and will be seeking to complete its scheduling over the next several months. MC currently off ers 12 girls’ sports: cross-country, fall cheerleading, soccer, volleyball, basketball, indoor track & fi eld, winter cheerleading, swimming, lacrosse, softball, tennis and outdoor track & fi eld. According to the National Federation of High School Sports, participation in girls ice hockey continues to grow, and MC will add to the 642 other schools nationwide participating, which includes more than 9,600 students. “This is a very exciting time at Malden Catholic,” said MC Headmaster John Thornburg. “With hockey so deeply embedded in the Lancer legacy, we are thrilled to continue with our ~ Malden Neighborhood Basketball League ~ 35TH SEASON, WEEK 8 Saturday, Feb. 22 at Ferryway Game 1 – Celtics 68, Hawks 47 The Emerald kept their hold onto the top spot as they took out the surging Hawks, thanks to two players scoring all 14 points in the 4th : Chris Peguero ended with 23 and Sean Kelley had 19. On the other side, the Red n Yellow had a big 3rd quarter & got it down to just 3 points by outscoring the Celts 21-12. But they turned around & only scored 3 total points in the 4th as the Celts scored 14. The Hawks were led by Yousef Kerany with 22 & June Ling with 12. Game 2 – Sonics 66, Pistons 62 The Pistons played their best all-around game of the year as they almost shocked the Sonics. Locked up at 28 at the half, it was Jose Davila that helped, going 9-11 at the line and ending with a game high 33 as Jameel Dorcena had 15 in this close victory. As usual Amanuel Beshah led with a solid 31, & teammate Jayson Dos Reis had 21. Game 3 – Lakers 61, Sixers 51 The purple n gold almost forfeited again against these same Sixers, but luckily a 4th player arrived. The Sixers had only 5 themselves, but that didn’t matter to the Lakers as they pulled out the 10-point victory as Jordan Bridgeman-Dicks had 13 of his 26 in the 4th & Wesley Johnson (25) had a nice game also. It was Anthony Baires (30) with the game-high for the Sixers, and Shai Cohen chipped in with 11 of his own. Sunday, Feb. 23 at Ferryway Game 1 – Bullets 56, Sixers 44 The Day 1’s duo of Christian RIGHT BY YOU Molain (24) and Cameron Kilpatrick (14) led the way as the Bullets got back to .500 and remain in the 4th spot in the RIGHT BY YOU BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT standings. Shai Cohen had his team-high of 14 as Anthony Baires & Wil Jean-Baptiste had 12 apiece – but lost their 4th straight, nearing season’s end. Game 2 – Sonics 89, Kings 56 The Sonics came out fi ring Team JOE BONO owner of THE BERRY TAVERN, AL DENTE, BENEVENTO’S, AND BENCOTTO OVER 20 YEARS OF BANKING WITH EVERETT BANK “I can be myself and they can be themselves. Regular people doing business the right way.” and literally lit up the scoreboard from start to finish. Darius Philippe had Sunday’s high of 29. Jameel Dorcena had 25, Jonathan Cesar scored 12 and Wendy Pierre had 11 in this one-sided aff air. The Kings went down 20 at the half and never got out of that hole. The one bright spot was Joao Medeiros having his season-high of 19. Cam Scott, also with 19, & Dominic Bono with 12 ended the double-digit scoring. Game 3 – Lakers 34, Pistons 32 The lake-show did it again, sweeping the weekend for the 1st time this year. The Pistons had 5 of their 6 players score but not one had over 9 points in the game. But for the Lakers it was Big Wesley Johnson with 18 and Jordan Bridgeman-Dicks with 16 to keep this close victory in hand and get the Lakers’ coaches some smiles along the way, during this tough season. 2020 Malden Neighborhood Basketball League W L Games behind Celtics – c* Sonics – c* Hawks – c* Bullets Lakers Sixers Kings Pistons *c – playoff bound NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Sat., Feb. 29 Hawks VISIT US TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO RIGHT BY YOUR BUSINES S 419 BROADWAY, EVERETT MA 02149 | 61 7 . 38 7 . 1 1 10 7 7 1 SALEM ST, LYNNFIELD, MA 01940 | 78 1 . 7 7 6 . 4444 Member FDIC Member SIF EVERETTBANK . COM Sunday’s Games will say a lot by day’s end! Sixers Pistons Sonics Celtics Bullets Lakers Sonics Sixers Sun., March 1 Kings Celtics Pistons 11 11 8 6 4 3 3 2 1 1 4 6 8 9 9 10 0 0 3 5 7 8 8 9 Streak W - 5 W - 6 L - 1 W - 1 W - 2 L - 4 L - 3 L - 5 tradition of excellence in sports hockey with the girls' athletics program. We are committed to supporting our female athletes and providing them the opportunity to excel in this area.” In addition, the MC Athletics Department has added club rowing to its spring sports lineup for both boys and girls. This addition was made posHOCKEY | SEE PAGE 11
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