THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, November 4, 2022 Page 15 Lady Eagles Cross-Country team earns CAC Championship title By Emily Brennan T he Mystic Valley Regional Charter School girl’s cross-country team finished second at the Commonwealth Athletic Conference (CAC) Championship at Greater Lawrence Technical School. The Academy of Notre Dame (22) placed first in the girls’ field. After MVRCS (72), Lynn Vocational Technical Institute (85), Nashoba Valley Technical High School (98), Innovation Academy Charter School (102) and Minuteman High School (113) rounded out the rest of the girls’ field, in respective order. Asal Bahrampouri led the group with a stellar performance on the 5-kilometer course (23:08), while Britney Nayiga and Gina Weirzbowski were ninth (24:11) and thirteenth (25:01), respectively. Iris Zhao and Sharisse Scoletti rounded out Mystic Valley’s top-5 girls in 21st (26:56) and 25th (27:24) place. Falling short in the league Eagles finish first in CAC Championship Lower Division Meet A member of the Lady Eagles Cross-Country Team holds the championship trophy. meet, the girls’ team brought home a CAC 2022 Championship title with an overall season record of 5-0. “Winning in the CAC regular season and coming in second in the league meet is one of the best seasons the varsity girls’ cross-country team has ever had,” said Head Coach Cody Duff. Pictured is the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Eagles boys’ cross-country team. T he Mystic Valley Regional Charter School boys’ cross-country team finished first at the Commonwealth Athletic Conference (CAC) Championship meet at Greater Lawrence Technical School. Meanwhile, Innovation Academy Charter School (51), Lynn Vocational Technical Institute (57) and Minuteman High School (82) rounded out the rest of the field, in respective order. The boys were highlighted by Liam Powers (17:44), Daniel Nguyen (18:13) and Jayson Yan (18:18), as the trio finished top 3 in the entire field. Euba Tafese and Bryan Li rounded out Mystic Valley’s top-5 boys in eighth (18:38) and sixteenth (19:48) place. The boys came a few points GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE NOTEBOOK: Congratulations on another GBL Football title for Everett Malden takes 'bye' round in this week's consolation round Special to the Advocate by choice. Courtesy of the Greater Boston League It may be one of the most prolific championship stories in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If anyone comes across another one close— please contact us! The Greater Boston League has determined its league champion for 2022 and, drum roll please — it's Everett High Crimson Tide! It is THE24th TIME in the past Malden High senior Mak Blaise (1), the league's leading rusher and scorer, is out for the season with a knee injury. (Courtesy/ Greater Boston League) 30 YEARS that Everett High School has been crowned GBL Football Champion! And that includes two years when there was champion crowned (2020, 2021) and two other years when Everett (and the other then, three, GBLers were members of the Northeastern Conference (NEC). That means that only TWO TIMES in the past 30 years when the title was up for competition since 1992 Everett has NOT won the crown, 2001 (Cambridge) and 2015 (Malden). Congratulations to third-year head coach Rob DiLoreto and the Crimson Tide Football team on another winning season! Good luck on the road in the playoffs at Taunton Friday. **** Malden High football is off this week with a 'bye' due to influx of injuries The Malden High football squad (3-5) is not playing in the consolation round of the MIAA State Football Playoffs this week A major influx of injuries to key personnel has made it a trying task to get out on the field for experienced starters for Malden and the decision was made to sit out this first week of consolation competition. Malden High intends to play a game next weekend against an opponent still to be determined and then, of course, the Thanksgiving rivalry game with Medford which this year is being played on Tuesday, November 22 at Fenway Park in Boston at 7:30 p.m. Malden started the season hot, at 3-1, but has since dropped four straight games to Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Everett and last week, Revere (23-0). Malden has lost the services of two of its captains for the season with knee injuries, leading rusher and scorer Mak Blaise and defensive end Zach Pan and a slew of other players have missed time as well with a variety of injuries. shy of the CAC title win with an overall season record of 4-1. What’s next? Powers and Nguyen will compete at the Division 3 State Meet on Saturday, November 12 at Gardner Municipal Golf Course in Gardner. For the latest on MVRCS Athletics, follow the Eagles on social media on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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