Page 14 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 21, 2023 BASEBALL | FROM PAGE 13 bleheader action on two adjoining Malden fields, Maplewood Park and Rotondi Field, beginning at 10:00 a.m. with first-round action. The Championship on one of the fields, Maplewood Park, features the two first-round winners, with a Consolation Game on the adjacent field. Malden High will play the Greater Lawrence Tech Reggies at 10:00 a.m. at Rotondi Field in one first-round matchup, while Somerville High and East Boston High will face off at 10:00 a.m. at Maplewood Park. Coach Freker said it has been an honor to memorialize Coach Serino all of these years. “He was a leader and mentor to hundreds of athletes and coaches. There is really no one in this region who has made such an impact on so many lives in the high school and college ranks,” said Coach Freker, who is now in his seventh year at Malden High, his second time around as head baseball coach of his alma mater. He was the head baseball coach at Saugus High from 2014-2016 and head baseball coach at Malden Catholic from 2000-2012, all of the years Coach Serino was Athletic Director. He coached baseball at Malden High from 1985Two of the late Coach Christie Serino’s sons played locally at Malden Catholic: Anthony Serino (left) and Nick Serino (right). Nick, a 2007 Malden Catholic graduate, starred at UMass Amherst and later played professionally in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Tony Serino, a 2009 Malden Catholic graduate, also played at UMass Amherst. Malden Catholic baseball went 68-23 in the four seasons from 2006-2009 when the Serinos wore the Lancer uniform under then Head Coach Steve Freker, whose Malden High team hosts the Christie Serino Classic today. (Courtesy Photo) 1999 previously, this being the 39th year coaching high school baseball for Coach Freker, who was inducted into the Bro. Daniel Cremin Malden Catholic Hall of Fame in March of this year, Mass. State High School Coaches (MBCA) Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Malden High Golden Tornado Hall of Fame in 2007. While at Malden Catholic, Freker served under Serino, who was athletic director at the time, and also coached two of Coach Serino’s sons, Nick and Anthony. Both of the sons were D-1 scholarship baseball players at UMass-Amherst. Nick Serino went on to the professional ranks with the Toronto Blue Jays organization, one of eight professional MLB baseball players from Malden Catholic from 2003-2012. “We started the Serino Classic in 2014 at Saugus High and it was such a big success we brought it to Malden High when we returned here,” Freker said. Malden Mayor Gary Christenson has attended all the tournaments held in Malden since 2017 and was expected to deliver the first pitch today. *** Serino Classic History Held in Saugus 2014 Saugus 2015 Saugus 2016 Saugus Held in Malden 2017 Malden HS 2018 Malden HS 2019 East Boston 2020 No classic – COVID-19 2021 Winthrop 2022 East Boston WHEN Saturday, June 10, 2023 ──── 5TH ANNUAL FRANK MASTROCOLA KIWANIS BOCCE TOURNAMENT FOR THE ERSILIA CUP TO BENEFIT EVERETT KIWANIS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND CHARITY Everett Kiwanis is proud to announce the fifth annual Frank Mastrocola Bocce Tournament to be held on Saturday, June 10 at the Methuen Sons of Italy, 459 Merrimack St, Methuen at 8:00 am. First place team wins The Ersilia Cup and a $1000 cash prize. Second place team wins a $450 cash prize. Please join our fun competition and worthy cause! It is a great time with great people! Enter a team of four for $200 or as an individual for $50. No experience needed! We will teach you how to play! Cost includes a souvenir t-shirt and BBQ by Chef Rocco! Various table raffles including a brick of Lottery tickets! Please consider playing, being a sponsor or donating a raffle prize! TIME 8 AM – 5PM ──── WHERE Methuen Sons of Italy 459 Merrimack St Methuen ──── COST $200/team $50/player Mayor Gary Christenson is shown throwing the first ball at opening night of the bocce season at IACC. Bocce Opening Night at IACC A t Opening Night of the bocce season at the Italian American Citizens Club on Pearl Street Mayor Gary Christenson threw the first ball. SPONSORED BY CONTACT SABATINO INSURANCE Rocco Longo Marlene Zizza everettkiwanis@gmail.com Kiwanis Club of Everett since 1925 IACC Club President Billy Settemio and Mayor Gary Christenson showed off the IACC sweatshirt.
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