Girls Soccer: Malden vs Melrose Game Recap

On September 24, 2016 Malden High School’s girls soccer along with many other sports took the field at Pinebanks. Malden started the game at twelve o’clock which allowed the first goal to be scored by junior Izabelly Barros at the five minute mark.

After the first goal, Melrose caught up to Malden High, keeping it a tie. By halftime, the girls were leading by one point. As senior Captain Felicia Lombardi stated ¨[t]he most difficult challenge of the game was being able to maintain a calm mentality when [they] were winning.”

The girls showed great sportsmanship when it came down to this, but as Lombardi stated, “[they did] not accomplish this” which led to the end result of the game: a tie.

Before the team moves on to their next game on September 30th, against Medford, senior captain Brynn Kankel hopes that the team “ work[s] on keeping [their] composure and communication more to make sure [they] don’t panic.

Overall the tie by the girls between Melrose gave them determination for their next game.

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Jesaias Benitez

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Jesaias Benitez is a junior at the Malden High School. He is the Head of Photography for the Blue and Gold this year. While his parents are from El Salvador, Benitez was born in New York, which is where he spent most of his childhood. He then moved to Malden and attended the Beebe Middle School. After school, he usually works at Boda Borg. He enjoys watching The Walking Dead and likes to eat Japanese food. Tennis is one sport that he enjoys playing. One of his favorite classes in school is AP World History. Benitez’s main interest is photography, he would like to pursue a career related to it such as forensics. This year, Benitez is very excited to work on photography for The Blue and Gold articles. He is also looking forward to working with the new members.

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