THE MELROSE 8th grade boys White team completed a stellar 17-1 regular season on March 9 with an undefeated 3 game playoff run to secure the Merrimack Valley Youth Basketball Central Division championship over North Andover 56-50. This is the 2nd year of Melrose Travel Baseball for boys and girls grades 5-8 (melrosebasketball.org) and the first year the boys are competing in the MVYB league. Pictured from L-R are: Ed-Smarley Blanfort, Solomon Wallace, John Selame, Sebastian Cunningham, Kyle Souza (front), Patrick Bentley, Ben O’Donoghue, Cooper Anderson, Vincent Altieri, Will Sampson, Adam Rasner, Kaiyu Fidalgo. Coaches L-R: Lonny Fidalgo, Mike Altieri (w/ asst. Cora Altieri) and Jeff Bentley.
