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67th annual Malden Invitational Tournament tips off Friday

By Kevin Hieronymus
The Malden Musketeers won the 66th Annual Malden Grade School Invitational boys basketball tournament Saturday. Team members are (front row, from left) Titan Foster, Matthew Bohms and Brady Peach; and (back row) coach Nate Jones, Konner Cain, Lane Goskusky, Arthur Burden, Braden Burns, Eli Burden, Daniel Cruz and Carter Rossler.

The Malden Musketeers won the Malden Grade School Invitational boys basketball tournament this spring. The 67th annual Malden Invite tips off Friday. (Photo contributed)

MALDEN — The Malden Invitational grade school basketball tournament has been held for 66 years, and not even a global pandemic could stop it.

Last year’s tournament was postponed to this spring with Malden winning the title.

“We kept it going during the pandemic, which was quite a feat,” Malden Superintendent/Principal Mike Patterson said.

The 67th annual Malden Invitational Tournament tipped off Friday with the host Musketeers facing Ohio and Neponset and PCA playing. The tournament concludes with four games Saturday: PCA vs. Malden at 9 a.m., Neponset vs. Ohio at 10:15 a.m., PCA vs. Ohio at noon and Neponset vs. Malden at 1:15 p.m.

Malden will be recognizing Norm VanDerMoon, who is stepping down as announcer and clock operator after 40 years.