Maldden alld a Vol. 33, No. 48 den -FREEHave a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving! AADD CAT A E CATCTE AT www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 617-387-2200 Wednesday, November 27, 2024 MALDEN-MEDFORD GAME #137 ON THANKSGIVING DAY: Malden football puts it all on the line in Holiday Classic this week Biggest Golden Tornado Senior Class in many years will seek to go out the right way in rivalry game with Medford By Steve Freker I t’s the largest Senior Class in many years and there’s only one way they intend on going out: with a victory on Thanksgiving Day. Most of them have been together since freshman year and have stuck it out – on good days and bad ones – for four seasons, together. On Thanksgiving morning, they will walk onto the fi eld as one for the fi nal time in Game #137 of the ancient rivalry with Medford High, their archrival. Malden senior captain Kervenson “Kevin” Exilhomme had been there every step of the way, from that fi rst day of preseason camp in August 2021 right up until today, looking at his fi nal game as a Tornado. “We have been through so much together,” Exilhomme said of himself and his nine senior teammates. “We just want to fi nish our season with a win on Thanksgiving. It would mean so much to all of us.” Malden has been ultra-comMALDEN 2024 FOOTBALL LEADERS: Pictured from left to right: Malden High football captains for the 2024 season are all seniors: James Hyppolite, Kervenson “Kevin” Exilhomme, Earl Fevrier, Matheus Brito and Aidan Brett. (Courtesy/The Maldonian/MHS Yearbook/Henry Huang photo) petitive this season, despite the 2-7 record it takes into Thanksgiving Day. Many of the games were decided by just one score. A win in Game #137 of the longest continuous high school matchup in national history would not seem to make a major diff erence on paper, but the aura of the Holiday Classic is deep and wide. “It means everything to the seniors and coaches,” said 4th year Head Coach Witche Exilhomme, himself a former Malden High three-sport standout, who helped get Malden a 36-0 shutout win in his senior year, 2011. “I have been with these [seFOOTBALL | SEE PAGE 14 City to Host Annual Tree Lighting at Fellsmere Pond on Sat., November 30 C ity Councillors Craig Spadafora and Amanda Linehan invite members of the public to attend Malden’s annual Tree Lighting ceremony at Fellsmere Pond on Saturday, Nov. 30 starting at dusk (4 p.m.). Hot chocolate and special cookies to commemorate Malden’s 375th Anniversary will be served, with holiday songs performed by the Malden High School Choral Arts Society. New this year, pets are invited to come dressed in festive attire and enjoy a “pup cup” of whipped cream, and, of course, the event wouldn’t be complete without a visit from Santa! Free on-street parking is available on the Savin Street side of the park. For more information, visit CityofMalden.org.
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