Page 6 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE: Malden Boys Volleyball and Girls Tennis clinch GBL Championships Everett Softball gets huge win over Medford and can clinch league title; complete GBL Winter Team All-Stars are named for 2023-24 By Steve Freker JOHN MACKEY & ASSOCIATES ~ Attorneys at Law ~ * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTES 14 Norwood Street Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM I t’s been quite a Spring Season for all of the teams in the Greater Boston League, with lots of big wins, so many competitive games as well as school records being set... and sought. Malden Boys Volleyball has been one of the most successful teams of all this spring, with a whopping 15 wins (15-3) as it roars into its fi - nal week of play. Head Coach Dan Jurkowski’s Tornado boys have clinched the Greater Boston League (GBL) Championship with a 12-1 record to date, one of its best league marks ever. Malden’s only league loss was an early season stumble to Revere. The Tornado Malden High’s Victor Desouza and Eddie Mei (12) have helped lead Malden to the 2024 Greater Boston League Boys Volleyball Championship. squad avenged that lone loss with a 3-1 win last week. Revere, the two-time defending GBL Champion, has still managed to scrap out a second-place fi nish behind Malden and will be heading to another MIAA Division 1 State Boys Volleyball Tournament run. Malden will also be tourney-bound — for the fi fth straight year — and will be enhanced by a #26 spot in the MIAA Power Rankings, its highest ever. “We bumped up our schedule this year with some very competitive non-league opponents and we have beaten most of them,” Coach Jurkowski said. “We hoped to get a home game for the state tournament and it looks like we may have a chance for that.” Revere also has made a schedule that has landed the Patriots with a much higher Power Ranking; at #33 it is also their highest ever with their 10-7 winloss record. Everett Girls Softball Team wins 12th straight, including huge win over Medford, 5-4; can clinch at least coGBL title Everett Girls Softball’s 5-4 win over Medford on Wednesday avenged their only Greater Boston League loss to the Mustangs earlier in the season and puts Everett in a spot to clinch at least the 2024 GBL Co-Championship if the Crimson Tide beats Somerville on Tuesday. That game is Tuesday, May 21 at 4:00 p.m. at Trum Field in Somerville. With the win Everett softball improved to 16-1 overall, 12-1 BOSTON LEAGUE | SEE Page 13
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