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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Page 13 (80) was the key to the Malden win. Richard Lavoie averted the shutout for the Mustangs with a six-yard run in the fourth quarter as Malden stopped the Medford win streak at eight games. Malden captains Guy Prescott and Danny Valeri along with Bob McVicar keyed the defense for the Golden Tornadoes. 1985: The Medford ball-control game helped the Mustangs post a mild, 28-20 upset and grab a share of the GBL title with Peabody. Had Malden won, the Golden Tornadoes would have been co-GBL champs. Played two days after Thanksgiving because of a snowstorm, the game was a showcase for John Hunt; Medford’s tailback carried the ball 27 times, gained 116 yards and scored two touchdowns, including the game winner. Marc Bartalini and Scott Pynn scored the other touchdowns for Medford. Golden Tornadoes quarterback Steve Monaco completed 12 of 23 passes for 154 yards but was unable to throw a TD pass. Reggie Hayes ran for two touchdowns for Malden; Monaco, who remains Malden High’s all-time career passer with over 2,600 yards, ran in the other score. 1986: Malden scored 20 points in the first half and 13 in the fourth quarter of a 33-12 victory. Junior Carmine Cappuccio caught three touchdown passes from Chuck Borstel for a series record that still stands. Junior Lawrence Hicks ran for 136 yards and a TD, and junior Brian Hatch scored a TD for the Golden Tornadoes. Bob Ferrante ran for a Medford TD, and Drew Murphy caught a 79-yard pass from Mustangs quarterback David Martorana for the other Mustangs score. 1987: Malden drove to an undefeated (8-0) Greater Boston League Championship, its first in 12 years, and its best record (9-1) in over 25 years, with a 28-0 victory in the historic 100th game with Medford, which was played at Hormel Stadium before a huge crowd and had national television coverage by sports commentator Bob Costas. A pregame pep talk to Malden by former Golden Tornadoes legend Dave Moulton appeared on national TV that day. Lawrence Hicks ran for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns. Bill Roderick passed for 152 yards, including a 46-yard toss to Carmine Cappuccio. Roderick also scored a TD, and J.P. Kelley had an interception for Malden. Chris Forbes and Joe Mucci recovered fumbles that set up Malden TDs. Leading the defense were All-Scholastic and NFL-bound Dan Jones, Brian Hatch, Nick Freni and Mike O’Brien. 1988: Malden clinched its second consecutive GBL title with a 14-13 win. Ed Dicks scored on a three-yard run in the first quarter, and Bob Carroll (blocked punt and fumble recovery) caught a four-yard TD pass from Sean Davis, followed by Tim Ford’s two-point conversion run in the fourth period, which turned out to be the game-winning points. Co-captain Mike Freker was a key defender with Carroll on the day. Dave Morey scored Medford’s first touchdown on a three-yard run, and Kevin Gillis kicked the PAT point with sophomore Jimmy Martorana returning a kickoff 75 yards for Medford’s second touchdown. 1989: Defense dominated this game from start to finish on both sides of the scrimmage line. Medford won the game, 128, snapping a three-game Malden win streak, and it was the Mustangs defense that scored both of its TDs. Scott Tropeano stripped the ball from a Malden runner and reversed direction for a 20-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Jimmy Martorana broke a 6-6 tie with a spectacular, juggling interception return that covered 70 yards in the fourth quarter. George Mason caught a fouryard pass from Kevin Geraghty for Malden’s lone TD. The other two Malden points came when Medford quarterback Mike Moreno took a deliberate safety. 1990: Eric Marsh and the Malden defense dominated this game for the Golden Tornadoes, 16-2. A senior tailback, Marsh carried the ball 25 times, gained 130 yards and scored both of the game’s touchdowns on runs of 31 and four yards. Malden defensive linemen Steve Froio, Christian Fitzpatrick, Dan “Bubba” Ford and Walter Fajardo, plus a three-turnover (two fumble recoveries and an interception) by Mike Giblin kept the Mustangs in check. 1991: Mike Moreno had pretty much done it all in a three-year standout career for Medford, but he saved his best for last: Moreno booted a 38-yard field goal with 3:38 left in the game to give the Mustangs their 9-8 victory. It was the first field goal for either team in 12 years, since Franz Eberth’s game-winning 19-yarder in Medford’s 1978 win (9-7), and the longest field goal in series history. After a scoreless first half, Paul Morey scored for Medford on a three-yard run in the third quarter, but the conversion try was no good for a 6-0 lead. Malden took the lead early in the fourth quarter when QB Rob Steber ran two yards for a TD, and Deterrance Guyton ran in the two-point conversion for an 8-6 lead that didn’t hold up. 1992: Rob Steber and A.J. Joy scored the Malden touchdowns, and Anthony Lopresti kicked both conversion points that were the difference in the Golden Tornadoes’ 14-13 win at Macdonald Stadium on Pearl Street. Dave Dussault scored both Medford touchdowns, and Rich Fleming kicked the point-after. The game started in a drizzle that quickly became a downpour. Despite the rain and mud, there were no fumbles. Steber scored on a threeyard run in the first quarter, and Lopresti’s PAT made it 7-0. Dussault caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from QB Chris Jones in the second period to cut the Malden lead to 7-6. Joy raced 54 yards for his TD later in the second, and Lopresti’s boot made it 14-6. Dussault returned a punt 40 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter, but the Malden defense stopped the conversion attempt to seal the win. After Malden’s win, the ceremonial “mud dive” was held and enjoyed by all the Golden Tornadoes. 1993: Malden came all the way back and then some in one of the best comebacks in the series-long history, in a 46-18 win. Down 18-0, Malden roared back with 46 unanswered points. It was the most points Malden had scored since 1960 and Malden’s biggest margin of victory since 1974’s win (42-15). Senior Kurt Gaudet was the star of the day for Malden, dominating the game with three TDs and 160 yards rushing. Teammate Billy Barrat scored two TDs and rushed for 115 yards. Junior split end Rich Griffin caught a four-yard TD pass and two-point conversion pass from junior QB Ronnie Repoza. Medford scored the first three TDs of the game, all by Terrell Halls, who was unstoppable in the first half – rushing for an amazing 255 yards by halftime – finishing with just under 300 for the game, still a series record. Gaudet also had an interception to spark the defense, and Richmond-bound senior D.J, Cunningham, shifted to nose tackle for the game, led defensively for Malden. It was the final Thanksgiving game for Mustangs’ head man “Bud” Kelley after 12 years at the helm. 1994: In one of the biggest upsets in the series overall and biggest of the 1990s, heavy underdog Medford, coming into the game at 1-8 overall under firstyear Head Coach Bill Buldini, a former Mustangs standout, shut down Malden’s high-powered offense for a 6-0 victory. Malden came into the game with the most potent passing attack in the GBL and one of the best in Eastern Mass., averaging just under 25 points a game behind the rifle arm of senior quarterback Ronnie Repoza. Medford’s defense had allowed just over four touchdowns a game coming into Thanksgiving. On a bitterly cold morning in the low teens in Malden, Medford froze Malden vs. Medford through the years Here are all the scores from the 133 Thanksgiving Day Games 1889: Medford 34-0. 1890: Medford 4-0. 1891: Medford 22-0. 1892: Medford 34-0. 1893a: Malden 18-0. 1893b: Malden 12-10. 1894: Malden 10-0. 1895: Medford 6-14. 1896: Medford 18-0. 1897: Tie 0-0. 1898: Malden 20-12. 1899: Medford 23-6. 1900: Malden 10-5. 1901: Malden 23-6. 1902: Medford 6-5. 1903: Medford 17-5. 1904: Medford 18-11. 1905: Malden 27-5. 1906: Medford 6-5. 1907: Malden 44-0. 1908: Malden 55- 0. 1909: Malden 23-3. 1910: Malden 35-0. 1911: Medford 6-0. 1912: Malden 20-7. 1913: Medford 6-0. 1914: Medford 21-0. 1915: Medford 7-0. 1916: Tie 13-13. 1917: Medford 3-0. 1918: Medford 9-0. 1919: Tie 0-0. 1920: Medford 7-0. 1921: Malden 10-7. 1922: Malden 7-3. 1923: Medford 6-0. 1924: Malden 27-6. 1925: Malden 13-0. 1926: Medford 20-6. 1927: Tie 13-13. 1928: Medford 14-0. 1929: Malden 6-0. 1930: Malden 7-2. 1931: Malden 12-2. 1932: Malden 20-0. 1933: Malden 21-0. 1934: Tie 0-0. 1935: Tie 0-0. 1936: Malden 13-0. 1937: Malden 6-0. 1938: Tie 0-0. 1939: Malden 7-6. 1940: Medford 14-6. 1941: Medford 6-0. 1942: Medford 13-0. 1943: Medford 21-0. 1944: Tie 0-0. 1945: Tie 0-0. 1946: Medford 14-6. 1947: Medford 13-7. 1948: Malden 33-14. 1949: Medford 6-0. 1950: Malden 7-0. 1951: Malden 19-0. 1952: Medford 27-0. 1953: Medford 6-0. 1954: Malden 27-9. 1955: Medford 8-0. 1956: Malden 20-6. 1957: Malden 19-14. 1958: Malden 26-0. 1959: Malden 20-0. 1960: Malden 50-6. 1961: Malden 34-12. 1962: Tie 20-20. 1963: Malden 12-6. 1964: Malden 24-0. 1965: Malden 14-6. 1966: Malden 25-13. 1967: Medford 22-0. 1968: Medford 32-14. 1969: Malden 26-6. 1970: Malden 26-6. 1971: Medford 16-0. 1972: Medford 38-19. 1973: Malden 22-12. 1974: Malden 42-15. 1975: Malden 14-8. 1976: Medford 14-8. 1977: Malden 15-6. 1978: Medford 9-8. 1979: Medford 48-24. 1980: Medford 24-12. 1981: Medford 29-18. 1982: Medford 19-0. 1983: Medford 25-14. 1984: Malden 21-6. 1985: Medford 28-20. 1986: Malden 33-12. 1987: Malden 28-0. 1988: Malden 14-13. 1989: Medford 12-8. 1990: Malden 16-2. 1991: Medford 9-8. 1992: Malden 14-13. 1993: Malden 46-18. 1994: Medford 6-0. 1995: Medford 25-14. 1996: Medford 27-12. 1997: Medford 34-8. 1998: Medford 47-32. 1999: Medford 37-20. 2000: Medford 14-13. 2001: Medford 34-6. 2002: Malden 12-0. 2003: Malden 7-0. 2004: Malden 28-6. 2005: Malden 36-6. 2006: Medford 17-14 (OT). 2007: Malden 7-6. 2008: Malden 33-22. 2009: Malden 13-7. 2010: Malden 29-0. 2011: Malden 36-0. 2012: Malden 32-6. 2013: Malden 16-0. 2014: Medford 36-12. 2015: Malden 59-36. 2016: Malden 41-18. 2017: Malden 27-22. 2018: Malden 28-22. 2019: Malden 29-0. 2020: Medford, 24-21.* 2021: ? *This was played on May 6, 2021, since the season was postponed until “Fall 2” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With 133 games played, Malden leads the all-time series 6755. There have been 10 Ties.

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