THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, October 31, 2025 Page 15 Malden’s McGuffie unstoppable again: 225 yards, 4 TDs vs. Revere Patriots outlast Tornados in 40-36 scoreboard assault for both teams By Steve Freker he ghost of John Madden might have been walking along the sidelines Friday night; he was definitely spotted around the Della Russo Stadium scoreboard. With the way the Malden-Revere football battle went that evening, it was most definitely more akin to a video game than a high school game. Just look at some of the numbers that blew up off the field Friday, particularly from Malden’s #2, sophomore running back Jayden McGuffie. For the night, it was “All Jayden, All the Time” for Malden. Every time he touched the ball — and he touched it a lot! — it seemed something remarkable might happen. On Friday, usually it did. McGuffie carried the ball 29 times for 225 yards and scored four touchdowns and three two-point conversion runs. Remarkably, those are signature numbers for most high school running backs, and they are huge for a single game, but McGuffie has put up high ones in his career. Still, scoring 28 points in one game is indeed a second-best. Last year against Somerville, in a 42-36 loss, McGuffie scored ALL of Malden’s points. He nearly did that as well in Friday night’s game, another high-scoring loss for Malden, 40-36, at Revere. Malden went to 2-5 overall with the result, 2-3 in the Greater Boston League. Revere 0 6 22 14 T For Revere, it was just the Patriots’ second win of the season (25, 2-3 GBL). For the second game of the last three, Malden scored 30 points or more and came away empty, despite another remarkable performance by McGuffie, who earned Boston Herald “Player of the Week” honors for his big game. McGuffie is in the midst of a tremendous season, already over 1,000 yards for the second straight season (1,085 on 123 carries), 14 touchdowns, 10 two-point conversions and 104 points total — in just seven games, with four remaining. The 104 points is second in all of Division 3. The season McGuffie is having, Madden Football might want to consider putting Malden’s McGuffie on their next cover! But for all McGuffie’s heroics. Malden’s defense just could not stop Revere when it had to do it. “When you have a player like Jayden [McGuffie] putting up numbers like that, we have to play defense or it does not matter how many points we score,” FOOTBALL LINESCORE: REVERE 40, MALDEN 36 Malden 0 8 14 — 36 12 — 40 First quarter Revere — Mario Ramirez 3-yard run (rush failed) Second quarter Malden — Jayden McGuffie 6-yard run (Jayden McGuffie run) Revere — Mario Ramirez 80-yard run (rush failed) Revere — Anthony Pelatere 24-yard run (Reda Atoui pass from SCOREBOARD TELLS THE STORY: The 40-36 final was an offensive explosion on Friday night in Revere with the Patriots topping Malden. Defense was not in the cards very often for either team, on a night when scoring was paramount. (Advocate Photo) Reda Atoui) Malden — Jayden McGuffie 60-yard run (rush failed) Malden — Jayden McGuffie 2-yard run (Jayden McGuffie run) Third quarter Revere — Anthony Pelatere 21-yard run (Jose Fuentes run) Fourth quarter Malden — Billy Gavin 52-yard run (rush failed) Revere — Reda Atoui 4-yard run (rush failed) Revere — Reda Atoui 25-yard run (rush failed) Malden — Jayden McGuffie 3-yard run (Jayden McGuffie run) Location: Malden, MA Job Description: * Be able to acquire and maintain a certification for the State Inspection License. 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