THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025 Page 11 GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE: Malden Wins GBL Championships in Boys Volleyball, Girls & Boys Tennis Revere is Girls Outdoor Track Champ; Everett Girls Softball has another strong season; Malden HS has Four GBL MVPs By Steve Freker I t would certainly not be a stretch to say the Greater Boston League (GBL) championship treasure trove was tilted a bit to the “west” this past Spring Season. Of the nine Spring Sports on the list in the GBL in 2025, Medford, Malden and Somerville — which all reside on the western half of the league, geographically — won eight of the League Championships. Seven of those GBL titles were captured by Medford and Malden alone, with the Medford Mustangs taking four championships this spring (Baseball, Softball, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse) and Malden winning three: Boys Volleyball, Girls Tennis and Boys Tennis. Somerville was Boys Outdoor Track & Field Champion and co-Boys Tennis titlist (with Malden), and Revere Patriots Girls Outdoor Track & Field won its GBL Championship for the third straight year. Medford was dominant in the spring with one of the most successful seasons in its school history. The Mustangs went unbeaten in three sports in league play — 14-0 in Softball; 12-0 in Girls Lacrosse; 8-0 in Boys Lacrosse — and an impressive 12-2 mark in Baseball, taking its fi rst GBL crown in that sport since the Mustangs went back-to-back in 2014-2015. Malden won GBL Championships in Boys Volleyball (12-2 GBL), Boys Tennis (Co-Championship with Somerville, 11-1) and had another undefeated (12-0) GBL season for Girls Tennis. At the recent Malden High All-Sports Awards Ceremony, Malden Public Schools Director of Athletics Charlie Conefrey noted the Malden Girls Tennis Team is now on a 48-0 Greater Boston League winning streak — FOUR straight undefeated seasons. “We do not believe any team has ever done that before at Malden High; that’s a re(12, P-OF), Engel Bido Thomas (11, P-OF) MALDEN — Aidan Brett (12, OF-SS), Billy Gavin (11, PO-SS), Ryan McMahon (11, P-SS-CF) REVERE — Brendan Sack (12, 1B), Dominic Bellia (11, P-2B) SOMERVILLE — Colin Born (11, P), Preston Ardolino (10, P-3B) Final GBL Standings Team markable accomplishment for Coach Camassa, her team and coaching staff ,” Conefrey told the audience at that awards event. Malden High School also received other prestigious awards: no less than four Greater Boston League Most Valuable Player awardees. Golden Tornado Boys Volleyball captain Edward Mei was GBL Most Valuable Player as were Tornado seniors Stanley Jiang in Boys Tennis and Ivana Marinkovic in Girls Tennis for Malden High. In The Advocate readership area, Revere had a great showing in the overall Greater Boston League All-Star List with 36 selectees for Spring Season. Malden had 27 GBL AllStars across all sports this past spring and Everett had 18. Medford ruled the roost with 43 GBL All-Stars. Following is a complete review of the Greater Boston League Spring Season, listing Champions, Most Valuable Players and each team’s All-Star selectees in each sport BASEBALL GBL Champion — Medford (12-2 GBL) Most Valuable Player — Travers Moodie (11, Medford) GBL All-Stars MEDFORD — Travers Moodie (11, P-SS, MVP), Justin Marino (12, OF-SS), Rocco Pucci (12, P-1B), Mike Piccolo (12, OF), John Wright (11, P-1B) CHELSEA — Elijah Rivera (11, P-C) EVERETT — Derek Soper (11, P) LYNN CLASSICAL — Christian Figueroa (11, P-SS), Rolky Brea (11, CF), Mark Walsh (10, SS) LYNN ENGLISH — Guilmer Galva (12, P-OF), Jariel Benzan Medford GBL W-L 12-2 Lynn Classical 11-3 Malden 9-5 Lynn English 9-5 Revere 6-8 Somerville 5-9 Everett Chelsea 4-10 0-14 GIRLS SOFTBALL GBL Champion — Medford (14-0) Most Valuable Player (First-place Team) — Isabel Taddia Most Valuable Player (Added by Coaches) — Nevaeh Eth (Lynn Classical) GBL All-Stars MEDFORD — Isabel Taddia (MVP), Joy Riccioli, Alex Lombardo, Syd Conti, Lily Kiley CHELSEA — Monica Cespedes-Cruz (11), Julianna Hassel (9) SPORTS | SEE Page 15
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