Local Sports Roundup: Mystic Valley Football Loses, Malden Golf Continues to Impress

Mystic Valley Football loses in a shootout 

On Saturday, the Mystic Valley Regional Chater School football team lost to visiting Chelsea, 40-30, in a game that showcased a lot of offense from both teams.

Alex Arredondo put the Eagles on the board first with a 16-yard touchdown run, but Chelsea responded on its next drive to make it 8-7, Eagles.  After a pair of Chelsea touchdowns, Mystic Valley saw themselves trailing 20-8 before the half, but Eric Natale recovered a big fumble for the Eagles, who then marched downfield and scored on a 4-yard run by quarterback Mike Pascal to cut Chelsea's lead to 20-16. 

The Red Devils drove down the field to open the third quarter, but once again the Mystic Valley defense came up big when Arredondo picked off a pass and returned it to the Mystic Valley 35-yard line. The Eagles capitalized with a long drive capped by Pascal's second touchdown to give the Eagles a 22-20 lead. 

Mystic Valley forced the Red Devils to punt on their next drive. Back on offense, Arredondo broke off a long 43-yard touchdown run. Pascal threw to Klysman Afonso for the two-point conversion to pad the Eagle lead to 30-20. 

The Chelsea offense still had a lot of life left, however, and went on to score 20 unanswered points to win the game.  Arredondo led the Eagles offense with 208 yards rushing while Natale gained 48 yards on six carries and Gardy St. Paul gained 44 yards on 10 carries.  Pascal also went 6-for-12 passing for 135 yards.

  The Eagles will take on Northeast on Friday  at 7:00 at Malden Catholic High School.

Malden High School Golf Team Continues to Impress 

The Malden High School golf team had back-to-back home wins last week at Unicorn Golf Club in Stoneham. The Golden Tornadoes beat Medford on Wednesday, 39 1/2 to 32 1/2 thanks to wins by Matteo Pocobene (36) and Andrew Delacey (38). Ryan Donovan, Matt Howe and Danny Glynn also won their matches for Malden. 

On Thursday Malden beat Everett  48-24.