Page 12 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, July 14, 2023 Braves win Malden Youth Baseball 2023 Minor Division Championship GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE NOTEBOOK: Baseball is on the upswing in Malden with lots of enthusiasm in youth levels, success in Malden High Baseball program Longevity hits the bricks in Everett: three Head Football Coaches since departure of DiBiaso, third new coach in five years takes over for Tide HIGH FIVE for ‘BIG FOUR’: Revere High Outdoor Track Quartet named National HS All-Americans at Nike Nationals Meet in Oregon By Nick Toscani T Congratulations to the Malden Youth Baseball League’s Braves, who won the 2023 Minor Division Championship with a victory in the Finals over the Phillies. Coaches for the Braves included John Marchese and Sean Kalil. Teams will be honored at the league cookout later in July. (Courtesy/Malden Youth Baseball) here is no question that competitive baseball is alive and well in Malden with enthusiasm and spirit on full display in the youth baseball levels, carrying right up through the ranks to the high school level. Malden High School Baseball, coached by Steve Freker, Mike DiCato, Phil Cook and Mike Nicholson, enjoyed its most successful season in nearly a dozen years this past spring, breaking an 11-year postseason drought. The Golden Tornado squad went 11-8 overall this past season – COACH JUSTIN FLORES: Former Woburn High and UMaine standout Justin Flores has been named new Everett High football head coach. He is the third new head coach in just five years for the Tide, after previously having only three head coaches in 62 years (1955-2017). (Courtesy UMaine Football) basically a “worst-to-first” turnaround from a 4-16 campaign in 2022 – and earned an MIAA Division 1 State Baseball Tournament berth for the first time since 2012. The Golden Tornado squad then went on to drop a respectable first-round game to host Bishop Feehan all the way down in Attleboro. Still, the experience was valuable to the younger-thanyoung overall squad, according to Coach Freker. “We had the youngest varsity baseball team in New England – maybe America – last year when LEAGUE | SEE PAGE 16
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