activities Sports The school is a member of Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA). The school maintains a number of varsity teams including a swimming team, as well as baseball, golf, volleyball, soccer, basketball, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball wrestling, tennis, track/cross country, and football teams. In addition, the school have a few upstart club sports teams looking to gain official recognition, the most recent sport to gain this was the girls' volleyball team. The Malden High School once featured a rifle team who competed against college teams and enjoyed several long running championship dynasties until it was shut down. The school's team name is the Golden Tornadoes with its mascot a lion named Nedlam. Malden High School, in conjunction with Medford High School, has the 2nd oldest continuous high school football rivalry in the United States, with the first Thanksgiving Day Game dating back to 1889. The crew team utilizes the nearby Malden River. Notable coaches of the Malden High School football team include: Matthew W. Bullock (1905), Charles McGeoch (1931), and Warren McGuirk (1931-1941). Dave Morey, an alum of the school, coached the baseball team in 1919. Clubs and activities Outside of sports, Malden High School offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities. These include service clubs (including Key Club and Interact Club), ethnic cultural clubs( Haitian Club), activism clubs, interests clubs, and a number of others both fully recognized by the school and unofficial (clubs have to reach some notability and apply before full recognition and have to wait until contract negotiations before stipends are added). The school's official newspaper, The Blue and Gold, had followed a long and proud tradition publishing for over 90 years making it the second-oldest running public high school newspaper. Over the years, it had won over many awards including 40 Columbia Scholastic Press Association awards, New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA), and Suffolk University. The most recent award was received in 2010 for Best in News Writing from Suffolk University. The Oracle is the second-oldest literary society in the country. In 2006 the society was given the ranking of "Superior," the highest possible rating, with only one other school literary society in the state. Junior Varieties is the oldest high school variety show in the country. The variety feature yearly themes with a mix of comedy, vocal talent, instrumental performances, dance performances, and other skits. The show is largely led by the year's junior