Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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RIFLE: Front Row: Sheila Edwards, Frank Cole, Su¬ san Anderson, Back Row: Bob DiSalvatore, Steven Vining, Steven Walsh, Jeff Thompson, Steve Ba- beradt, Kevin Johnson, Advisor John Carroll. RIFLE The agony of a grueling 2.9 miles is shown by Wayne Colella after finishing the Medford course. Swimming Malden 1 20 77 Danvers 48 35 1 21 77 Greater Law. Reg. 25 48 1 22 77 Arlington 86 85 1 27 77 Haverhill 45 38 1 4 77 Medford 101 66 2 9 77 Northeast Reg. 70 91 2 10 77 Malden Catholic 54 29 2 11 77 Salem cancelled 2 12 77 Divisionals Won 5 Lost 3 87 4th place 85 After warm-ups, swim team members wait for the start of the Haverhill meet. Top: Determined to bring his man over, junior John O’Boyle attempts a pin. 20 lonely sports

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The loneliness of the cross country runner as he plods through ten miles of street each day, the churning water and garbled sounds surrounding the swimmer, advice yelled to the wrestler as he struggles to escape the opponent, the concentration of the riflemen ... all surrounded by others yet alone in their self discipline and responsibility to the team - these are the lonely sports. The Harriers completed a .500 CROSS COUNTRY season, summed up by Coach John O’Brien. “We lost four meets on inferior running and won four on superior coaching.” Co-captain Stan Shernan extended his tradition as the first Malden runner across the finish line and was the recipient of the MVP award for the second year in a row. The “Mr. Track” award went to Victor Smith. One of the least publicized teams, the Tornado riflemen had one of the year’s most successful seasons. Co¬ captain Jetf Thompson and junior Mary Fusco held honors as the top male and female shooters in the Metropolitan Boston League. The team broke a school and league record with 919 points against Acton capturing the MBL crown. In wrestling, tri-captain Danny O’Boyle, the oldest of three Malden wrestling brothers, compiled an unbroken record in the 115 lb. weight class and again qualified i Cross Country Malden 9 15 76 Arlington 18 44 9 21 76 Peabody 28 27 9 27 76 Medford 21 34 Rifle Malden 10 5 76 Somerville 19 44 698 10 8 76 Haverhill 43 17 1 6 77 Holbrook 751 10 11 76 Chelsea 39 19 1 25 77 Norwood 801 785 10 19 76 Revere 40 17 1 27 77 Braintree 823 773 10 26 76 Everett 16 44 2 1 77 Watertown 876 835 2 7 77 Billerica 877 764 2 10 77 Cath. Memorial 867 736 Won 4 Lost 4 2 lbn7 Glouster 873 650 Lower score wins 2 17 77 Acton 888 869 3 1 77 Wayland 919 885 Won 9 Lost 0 High scoring captain, Jeff Thompson, and teammate Kurt Moffit line up for their match against Acton. TOP; CROSS COUNTRY: Front Row; T. Boyce, J. Zamagni, B. MacDonald, G. McCarthy, S. Shernan, M. Miclette, J. Cuscuna, K. Watson, V. Smith, A. Rodenhiser, M. Crowley Back Row: Coach J. O ' Brien, B. Foley, K. Moylan, M. Curran, S. Chuha, S. Nickerson, B, Sarsfield, D. Inneiv SDOrts 19 Sullivan, W. Anderson, M. Knox. S. Milliken, R. Sanford, D. Knox, J. Thibault, D. Brennan, E, Jr Pacini.

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Fourth year coach Jim Whittaker watches his team gain a close victory over Salem. I he opponent vainly struggles to avoid a pin by Tri-captain David O ' Brien. LEFT: SWIM TEAM: Front Row: Vinnie Valley, Darlene Munsey, Second Row: Donna Cosman, Robin Hallohan, Bobby Ell, Paula Connors, Su¬ san Grusel, Carol Baglio, Deena Bello Back Row: Kym Berman, Peter Menzies, Joe Chan¬ dler, Joanne Ricciardone, Nancy Griffin, Carl D’Amelio, Mike Boyle, John Burke, Mary Mary Griffin, Jay Koretsky. SWIMMING for the state tourney. Also undefeated was tri-captain Dave O’Brien representing the team at the States in the 157 lb. class for the second year in a row. Eddie Wilcox, the third captain, was kept out of state competition after a controversial match in the sectional tourney where he was penalized after he had won and time had run out. The swim team again had a winning season which saw the participation of girls equal to that of the boys for the first time since they began to swim on the team. They finished fourth out of ten teams a the G.B.L. Conference Championship. The first two losses came to perennial swimming powers Haverhill and Danvers who annually replenish their teams with the cities’ AAU-YMCA swimmers. A disqualification filled, controversial meet at Medford resulted in the only other loss. Four of the five wins were solid Tornado victories, the fifth was the last meet of the year where the Tornadoes took a second and third in the final relay to edge a strong Salem team by two points. 919: a school record lonely sports 21