Senior football players and cheerleaders were recognized at the football team’s banquet on Sunday. Photo by Larry Bateman.
The Medford Mustang Football team said good-bye to 22 seniors and recognized some of its key players during its banquet on Sunday at the Irish-American Club in Malden.
The following players were recognized at the banquet:
$500 David Castignetti Scholarship […]

Do your Christmas shopping and help support the Medford Football team at the same time!
Shop at Modell’s Sporting Goods store in Medford, Saugus, or Cambridge between November 27 and December 24 and save 10% off your purchases while 5% is donated to support the football team.
A special discount pass is needed to present at the […]

All photos by Paul Rapatano.

Malden Takes 122nd Turkey Day Classic, 13-7

Medford Head Coach Rico Dello Iacono watches his team in action. Photo by Paul Rapatano.
- Allison Goldsberry
Despite a valiant effort, the Mustangs could not pull out a victory against Malden on the 122 Thanksgiving Day match-up of the two long-time rivals.
Medford had several opportunities to turn the game […]

Players, coaches, and the administration from both Medford and Malden continued the tradition of getting together for lunch before the Thanksgiving Game.
Head Coach Rico Dello Iacono, Headmaster Dr. Krueger, Athletic Director Bob Maloney, and captains Giovani Sanders, Tony Louis, Pat Barry, Alex Krasco, Jimmy Richardson, and Ryan Athridge broke bread with their Malden counterparts at […]

Think you know your stuff when it comes to Medford football? Put your knowledge to the test with a Thanksgiving Game Challenge!
Name the game and score of the five games in the video below and you could win a $25 gift certificate to John Brewer’s Tavern. We give you the years- 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, […]

Calling all Mustang fans!
Thanksgiving football game tickets are now on sale at the Medford High School Athletic Director’s Office and in the City Clerk’s Office in Medford City Hall.
Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for adults if purchased in advance. They will be $7 for adults and $5 for students on game day, so […]

Ipswich Continues Winless Streak with Loss to Medford
- Allison Goldsberry
The Medford football team improves to 5-4 and has a winning record for the first time in over two seasons with their 42-14 victory over Ipswich Friday night.
The Mustangs appeared to be taking the Tigers, winless since their Superbowl victory in 2006, too lightly early in […]

Medford senior captain Giovani Sanders is pictured at right running into the end zone in a game against Cambridge last season.
- Allison Goldsberry
The Mustang football team barely eked out a hard-fought victory against Greater Boston League rival Cambridge on Friday night, edging the Falcons 43-42.
Senior captain Giovanni Sanders and senior RB/DB Phil Chery were the […]

Story Updated 10:16AM. Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Mustangs lost to Everett, the former home turf of Head Coach Rico Dello Iacono, 42-14 on Friday night.
Dello Iacono is a former Everett High football player and helped lead the Crimson Tide to a Greater Boston League championship as team captain in 1995. He was an assistant coach […]

Medford Hosts Somerville at Hormel Friday, Wins 14-7
Story Updated 4:40PM Sunday, October 25, 2009

After five weeks of non-league competition, Head Coach Rico Dello Iacono and the Mustang football team officially opened up the Greater Boston League season with a 14-7 victory over Somerville on Friday.
Senior Phil Chery ran for one touchdown and kicked an extra […]

Medford Football Off to Strong Start at 2-0
- Allison Goldsberry
Head Coach Rico Dello Iacono and the Medford Mustang football team left Peabody with a victory Friday night as Medford put away Bishop Fenwick, 35-14.
The Mustangs’ senior leaders really stepped up for the team, with Pat Barry, Phil Chery, and captain Giovanni Sanders each scoring rushing […]

Medford Shuts Out Revere, 33-0 Friday Night at Hormel
- Allison Goldsberry
After months of hard work under the tutelage of former Everett assistant football coach Rico Dello Iacono, the Medford Mustang football team opened up the 2009 season with a victory.
The Mustangs blanked former Greater Boston League rival Revere, 33-0, on Friday night at Hormel Stadium.
The […]

Story Updated 7:05PM, Monday, January 26, 2009
- Allison Goldsberry
School Superintendent Roy Belson has announced that assistant Everett football coach Rico Dello Iacono has been hired to lead the Mustang football team next season.
An advisory committee of football parents and other supporters helped Maloney, Belson, and Medford High School Headmaster Paul Krueger whittle down twenty-seven finalists […]