THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, September 22, 2023 Page 11 den High School Golden Tornados team at the same time in the spring. The Chiefs won the fi rst of seven ICL titles in the “new era” in 1990. Naturally, some of the best-ever players from Malden High School gravitated to the Chiefs, including the winningest pitcher in ICL history, righthander Dave Marsters, a 1986 Malden High School graduate and one of the top hitters in ICL history, Michael Langston, a 1989 Malden High grad. Both of those former Chiefs are Malden High Golden Tornado Club Hall of Famers. Looks like Malden High is still supplying players to help keep the Chiefs winning. One of the Chiefs’ and the ICL’s top sluggers is ICL veteran Andrew Caufi eld, a 2016 Malden High grad. Caulfi eld hit .390 this season, clubbing a league-leading 38 RBIs. Another former Tornado, Shai Cohen, is a relief pitcher for the Chiefs and a 2022 MHS grad. Another Malden High Hall of Famer, Dave Caiazzo, is the Chiefs’ pitching coach. **** Leave it to Coach Prime to pull off this marketing genius move; where there’s a dollar, there’s a way! This isn’t from our region, but it’s interesting. Never one to shy away to make Benjamins (who would?), it was announced Friday that Colorado Buffs football Head Coach Deion “Prime Time” Sanders has unveiled a new line of sunglasses. This, from Tiney Ricciardi of the Denver Post: “Why throw shade at CU Buff s coach Deion Sanders when you could wear a pair of shades he helped inspire? On Friday, San Diego-based Blenders Eyewear company revealed a new line of sunglasses created in partnership with “Coach Prime.” The limited-edition style combines Blenders’ Millenia X2 silhouette with the company’s sleek Pure Blend Polar Lens, “bringing a fusion of style, sports, and spirit to fans across the nation,” per a statement. The design is available for preorder today in the Buff s’ signature gold and black colors. They go on sale Oct. 12 and each pair costs $67. News about the shades came as the University of Colorado and Colorado State University football teams were to face off on the fi eld Saturday night in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. The rivalry became national news last week when, during the week before the game, Colorado State coach Jay Norvell chirped Coach Prime’s style during press conferences, stating, “When I talk to grownups, I take my hat and my glasses off .” Coach Prime, in a subsequent press conference – wearing a hat and sunglasses – said that Norvell’s words only added fuel to the fi re in pumping up his team Saturday night. “Why would you want to talk about us when we don’t talk about nobody? All we do is go out here, work our butts off and do our job on Saturday,” Coach Prime said. ‘Nuff said, Coach Prime. I’m buying the sunglasses, too. Anyone else? **** Some stuff noticed along the way... —Here’s a trivia question for you: Malden High freshman quarterback Ryan Bowdridge – on his fi rst-ever varsity football pass attempt – threw a 32yard touchdown pass to junior captain Gabriel Vargas Cardoso in an eventual 20-14 loss to Lynn Tech in the season opener for both teams on September 9. Has any other Malden quarterback ever done that before? —Look who’s 2-0! Go get ’em, Sachems of Saugus High, who are off to their best start in 10 years. One of the assistant coaches on the defensive side of the ball is Coach “Blue” (Greg Bluestein), who is an Everett High teacher and a longtime former Tide assistant under all three of the former fi eld bosses: DiBiaso, Pierre and DiLoreto. —When Cardinal Newman hosted (and defeated) CM Friday night, it was the fi rst time that school ever played an outof-state opponent! —The team that’s coming to play CM this weekend from New York – St. Francis – lost their second game of the year by a – get this – 78-72 Final! In six overtimes!! —No, it is not the highest scoring game combined in high school history. That honor for the highest-scoring game was in 1927 when Haven (Kansas) beat Sylvia 256-0, according to MaxPreps. —It still may be the only time in high school football history where a team scored 72 points... and lost! —Here’s another trivia question for you: Malden High senior Zeke Noelsaint comes into this year as the captain of two varsity sports: Baseball and Boys Basketball. He also served as captain of Malden High Baseball his junior season, last spring. Any other two-sports captains recently at Malden High? —Don’t confuse the name of Malden Catholic Off ensive Coordinator Paul Norton with the Paul “Flash” Norton, a former longtime assistant coach in the 1980s who has been an assistant with the Tewksbury High football program for over 20 years now. Malden High football seeks first win in home opener tonight Tornados dropped fi rst two games; team hit hard by key injuries By Steve Freker T he timeline has been tough to look at and for third-year Head Coach Witche Exilhomme, unbearable to live through. Week One saw his Malden High varsity football squad get KOed by both the injury bug and a team it should have beaten handily in a 20-16 loss on the road to host Lynn Tech. Last week saw Hurricane Lee skip the Atlantic Ocean and hover over Green Stadium in Melrose when the Golden Tornado Squad traveled two miles and absorbed a 41-6 thrashing. The wheels fell off the wagon and the roof caved in all in the same night for Malden, which saw key players fall and get knocked out of the game like candlepins. So what does Week Three hold for the now 0-2 Malden High squad? Malden does stay on the non-league slate with a game against Alvirne (N.H.) High School tonight (6:00 p.m. kickoff ) but gets to taste “home cookin’” for the first time this season in the friendly confi nes of Macdonald Stadium. For Coach Exilhomme, it’s a “stay the course” game once again. He says that Malden must keep their collective heads up and battle the adversity. “We are continuing to work Malden Head Coach Witche Exilhomme and the Malden High School Football Team are seeking their fi rst win of the season tonight at home versus Alvirne (N.H.) High School. Kickoff is at 6:00 p.m. (Advocate Photo) very hard and we are planning on getting the win [Friday night],” Coach Exilhomme said Wednesday night. “These players put a lot of time and eff ort into the off season and we are not going to let a couple of setbacks stop us.” Setbacks have been numerous for Malden to date. In the season opening loss in Lynn, Malden went feast to famine in hurry when junior running back Kevin Exilhomme broke off the third play from scrimmage for a 38-yard touchdown to give Malden a quick 6-0 lead in its fi rst possession. Celebration turned on a dime to desolation on the next series when Exilhomme carried on the fi rst play and suddenly went down and did not get up. He had to leave the game and did not return – later diagnosed with a broken collarbone. For the second straight season, Malden will be without its best player for an extended period due to injury. 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