Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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While the offensive line clears out Everett’s players, Shawn Brickman gets ready to add extra points. Tri-Captain John Grenham leads the Tornado’s through the hoop and onto the MacDonald Stadium Field. : « ' ’ r ' rcj, ' i M • v ?:. , : v ■ ,; • n .rSi r ' ' A r . • V •. i- The upraised arms of Shawn Brickman signal another Tornado touchdown. The G.B.L. Champions enthusiastically take the field. football 19

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Malden High’s Golden Tornados combined desire, and hard work to win the Greater Boston League championship for the second consecutive year. The team was inexperienced, carrying only four starters from the previous season. Compared to the other teams in Division One, Malden was the smallest in the height and carried the least weight. The skeptics were positive that the Tornados had only a slim chance for survival. Summer slipped by and August signaled the opening of summer camp. Every day grueling practices were held followed each night by strategy sessions. To lighten the shaved, heads and a gbl crown atmosphere some of the team members and Coach Kelly shaved their heads. On their return to Malden, groans and screams were heard on the first views of the new style. The first business was the selection of co-captions. John Grenham and John Stanasek were picked by their team members to lead them through the season, with Donnie Roach elected as special team captain. When the season began, all the hours of hard work and energy spent did not go unrewarded. The Golden Tornados proceeded to trample many of their opponents, on the way to the G.B.L. crown. The pre-game psych huddle shows a unified Malden High Team. 18 football

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It is something you don’t see when you go to a football game. The scene is Sunday morning at the home of head coach Paul Finn. The business is reviewing the game film of the day before. The session will grind on sometimes until late afternoon. Line coach Lou Racca, back coach Tom Kelly, end coach Bill Hanifan, defensive line coach Richard Cullen, sophomore coach Skip Zimmerman are all there. They aren’t paid to be there Sunday morning. Zimmerman isn’t paid at all. They work together. They have been together since Finn came to the job. The film is played over and over. Each is concerned with a different part of the action. This specialization is their own innovation and it too began when Finn came to the job. There are other meetings. The theory and planning is more extensive than most realize. The meetings begin in August and continue every day before practice and after. A meeting takes place every Tuesday evening, again there are films. This time they are of the opposition. The effort is enormous and tensions are unavoidable, sometimes there are arguments, sometimes anger. The payoff is the team and not necessarily winning as Paul Finn is quick to point out. But it is nice to win, and this was a good year for Malden’s coaches. Head Coach Paul Finn, Assistant Coaches Tom Kelly and Bill Hanifan direct Tornado strategy. Scrambling against a heavy rush John Stanasek finds an open receiver. Looking for daylight Steve DeFillipis follows the downfield blocking of Donny Roach. 20 football