THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, July 28, 2023 Page 13 Six Malden residents compete for METRO Baseball Team in Bay State Summer Games Five Golden Tornados from Malden High School Baseball participate in July event S ix Malden residents participated in the recent Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation (MASF) Bay State Summer Games as part of the METRO Baseball Team this past month. The Bay State Summer Games Baseball round-robin tournament was held at UMass Boston’s Monan Park from July 5-7. Participating Malden residents included rising freshman Ryan Bowdridge, who was an eighth-grader at the Beebe School in Malden this past academic year, Malden High sophomore Bo Stead and MHS junior tri-captains Ryan Coggswell, “Zeke” Noelsaint and Jake Simpson. Another Malden resident who participated was MalThe 2023 METRO Baseball Team competed in the 2023 Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation (MASF) Bay State Summer Games from July 5-7 at Monan Park near UMass Boston and Boston College High School. Five Malden High School students participated and Head Coach was MHS Coach Steve Freker. (Advocate Photos) den Catholic junior catcher Jackson Norales. Malden Catholic rising sophomore David Ruane, a former Malden resident, now of Everett, also performed for METRO; Ruane had three hits in the five games and did not allow an earned run in two pitching performances. Simpson, Coggswell, Noelsaint and Stead were all outstanding defensively, with Noelsaint and Simpson recording three hits each, including a double. Bowdridge was “Mr. Versatile” – playing five different positions and recording four stolen bases and four runs scored. “It was a very good showing and it is always a great experience for these players to come together and form a team against some excellent competition,” said METRO Head Coach Steve Freker, who this year completed his 36th consecutive year with the Bay State Games and the METRO Team. Coach Freker, who will be in his eighth year back for a second time as Malden High baseball coach (previously 1985-1999), was inducted into the Bay State Games/MASF Hall of Fame on June 29 at a Fenway Park ceremony. FAMILY AFFAIR: Pictured from left to right: Taking in one of the METRO baseball games, DAVID DEALS: David Ruane, a former Malden resident, now of Everett, who was a freshman on the Malden Catholic varsity team this past spring, deals on the mound for METRO at the Bay State Summer Games. the Noelsaint family watched “Zeke” Noelsaint play in the Games against COASTAL; dad Rodens Noelsaint, Linden STEAM Academy seventhgrader Kendrick and big brother Cl ifton, the first JACKSON TIME: Malden resident and Malden Catholic junior Jackson Norales played and excelled for METRO in the Bay State Summer Games. Haitian American to serve as MHS Baseball Captain (in the 2021 season). Clifton is an Engineering student at UMassLowell. JAKE JACKS ONE: Malden High junior captain Jake Simpson jacks a double in the gap for the METRO Baseball Team in the Bay State Summer Games. MALDEN HIGH METRO PLAYERS: Pictured from left to right: Malden High School players on the Bay State Summer Games METRO Baseball Team were rising freshman Ryan Bowdridge, sophomore Bo Stead and juniors Ryan Coggswell, Jake Simpson and Ezechiel “Zeke” Noelsaint. ZEKE ON THE HILL: Malden High junior captain “Zeke” Noelsaint made an appearance on the mound for the METRO Baseball Team and shut down a threat by COASTAL with a strikeout and ground ball out. RYAN ON A ROLL: MHS rising freshman Ryan Bowdridge is shown in his delivery for the METRO Team at the recent Bay State Summer Games. Bowdridge, a member of the MHS incoming Class of 2027 freshmen, played five different positions at the tournament – pitcher, catcher, first base, shortstop and third base – in five games. NOELSAINT NESTLES IN: Malden High junior captain “Zeke” Noelsaint nestles into the plate awaiting a pitch for the METRO Baseball Team.
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