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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, October 6, 2023 Page 15 **** What a great start for Saugus High Football, as the Sachems roll out to 3-0 mark at Serino Stadium Christie Serino is loving this, all of it! The most celebrated athlete in Saugus history was not only the best hockey and baseball player to ever grace the halls of Saugus High – he was also the best football player. We lost him way too soon in 2012, but one of the best moves the town of Saugus ever did was naming the glistening new football stadium in his honor when it opened two years ago. You see, Christie Serino was all about lots of things, most of them having to do with making his players’ lives better. But he was also about this: winning!! That is why he is looking down on the stadium which bears his name and loving the fact that his Saugus High football team is off to its best start in decades: a perfect 3-0 with more winnable games coming down the pipe in their schedule. Dare we even say it? Let’s! Are playoffs in the cards around the bend? Why not start the conversation. Five or six wins will get the Sachems there. That’s definitely something that might be ahead, the way they’re playing under Coach Cummings and Coach “Blue.” Why not? This year’s Sachems are definitely feeling the “Why not us?” vibe, and Coach Serino, somewhere, somehow is coming along for the ride with them this year. Get out and root for these Sachems tonight against Swampscott at Serino Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. and there’s a lot of homegrown fun to be had! **** Revere and Malden joining forces again in second cooperative team: Varsity Golf; Malden freshman Cronin gets big props for sportsmanship They’ve been together for years in Boys Ice Hockey. Now they are partners in Varsity Golf. The Malden High and Revere High golf teams have merged and the result has been a bunch of early-season wins. The team’s #1 golfer, junior Chris Macdonald, had been a leader in most of the matches, winning the last four holes of his match against Medford to roar back with a key individual win of the eventual team win. Macdonald is also a key member of the Malden High varsity baseball team in the spring. This past Sunday, he threw five innings of one-hit, zero earned run baseball off the mound for Malden in a Fall Baseball League. Good stuff! Top golfers on the coop team from Revere High are Jonathan Wells, Ollie Svendsen and Matt LaCroix. Freshman from Malden High Tommy Cronin got some high marks for sportsmanship from the team’s coaches when it was learned he pointed out an error in the scorecard which gave him an extra point which would have put him over the top for a key individual win and, possibly, a team win. But the error ended giving Cronin and Malden neither. **** Everett resident Jake Willcox named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week & Gold Helmet Award Winner After helping lead the Brown football team to a last-minute win at Bryant in the September 16 season opener, Brown senior quarterback and captain Jake Willcox, an Everett resident, was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. In addition, he was also one of four Ivy League players (the only offensive player) to be named to the Honor Roll for the FedEx Ground FCS National Awards. This follows his being named a Gold Helmet recipient on Sunday by the New England Football Writers Association. Willcox is a former Everett High and Milton Academy star quarterback. He led Everett to a perfect 11-0 record and Super Bowl Championship in 2017. He transferred to Milton Academy for his 2018 and 2019 seasons. Willcox helped power Brown to 428 yards of total offense in a wild, 29-25, season-opening win at Bryant. He finished 36-for-49 for a career-high 357 yards, and tied his career-high with three touchdown passes. It marks the third time in his career he has thrown for three touchdowns. Trailing by three with just under a minute to go, he went 4-for-6 for 76 yards on Brown’s touchdown drive, completing a 30-yard pass to Graham Walker to move the ball to the fouryard line, and then connected with Dillon Golden one play later for a four-yard game-winning strike with 13 seconds left. Earlier in the game, he put Brown on top, 13-0, in the second quarter by scrambling around and finding Wes Rockett for a three-yard touchdown pass. A lot of Everett and Malden residents were on hand to watch Willcox in person this past weekend in another wild game, a 34-31 loss by Brown, in a night game at venerable Harvard Stadium in Cambridge. The 6-2, 195 Willcox had another huge game, connecting on 36-of-52 passes for 364 yards and 1 TD. His favorite target, Wes Rockett, had 9 receptions for 147 yards. MBTA Announces East Boston, Winthrop, and Lynn Ferry Service Will Be Extended This Fall East Boston and Winthrop ferries are extended until November 30, and Lynn ferries are extended to October 31. B OSTON – Due to popular demand, the MBTA today announced that East Boston, Winthrop, and Lynn ferry services will be extended through the fall. East Boston and Winthrop ferries are extended until November 30 and Lynn ferries are extended to October 31. Ferry service schedules are available at mbta. com/ferry. “This summer we were able to expand our water transportation network and the public response has been so positive that we have decided to now extend these ferry services into October and November,” said MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng. “Safe and reliable multi modal transportation including water transportation is a priority. I’m proud that the MBTA team can continue to offer this to the public.” The East Boston ferry operates on weekdays and weekends beLEAGUE | FROM PAGE 13 Malden, Somerville, Medford, Chelsea and Lynn Classical. Conefrey stressed the alignments were for playoff games and postseason considerations only, and would affect nothing as to GBL league play. The only GBL team that does not play a full league slate is Chelsea, which is allowed to pick the teams it wishes to play from the GBL – this year selecting Medford and Somerville only. “We are hoping to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 2015 this year and then compete for the title in our new division,” Conefrey said. **** Revere High Boys Soccer Team just one game out of first-place in GBL standings; Everett boys close to top as well Revere High Boys Soccer is just one game and three goals out of first place in the Greater Boston League race. Somerville sits atop the list at 5-1-1 in league play, while Revere is right behind at 5-2-1 in the league. Everett is the only team to have beaten Somerville this season – 2-1 in the season opener. Revere, which tied Somerville, 1-1, in their only meeting on Tuesday this week, put the Patriots right in the mix for the GBL crown. Everett, at 4-3-1 GBL, is right there for the league top spot as well. Everett has a split with Somerville, and a big one on tween East Boston at Lewis Mall Wharf and the downtown Boston area at Long Wharf (North). A one-way fare on the East Boston ferry is $2.40 (or $1.10 for Reduced Fare riders), which is the same as taking the subway. Tickets can be purchased on the mTicket app. Printed LinkPasses, Commuter Rail Zone passes, and M7s are also accepted. M7 cards, or M7s, are MBTA Student CharlieCards that are pre-loaded with monthly passes for the school year for middle and high schoolers. East Boston ferry service is funded through the Commonwealth. The Winthrop ferry operates on weekdays between Winthrop Landing, Quincy, and the downtown Boston area at Central Wharf (South). A one-way fare on the Winthrop ferry is $6.50. Tickets can be purchased on the mTicket app or with cash. Printits list is a home game with Revere on Thursday, October 12 at 4:15 p.m. Revere has a game to make up with Somerville before the season ends, a game which very well could decide this year’s GBL Boys Soccer Championship. All four top GBLers – Somerville, Revere, Medford (4-3-1 GBL also) and Everett – appear to be headed to postseason play at this point. Stay tuned. **** Former Malden Pop Warner star Mike Sanristil returns for 5th year of collegiate career at University of Michigan He’s probably the best player to ever don a uniform in the Malden Pop Warner Football program. Mike Sanristil, who played for five years in the Malden Pop Warner program and attended Malden Public Schools for eight years, before changing course and heading to Everett High for his high school career, is a fifthyear Wolverine and team captain for the University of Michigan. Already named a Big 10 “Defensive Player of the Week” for returning a Pick-6 interception in a Michigan win over Rutgers, Sanristil is projected to be at least a 6th round pick in the 2024 NFL draft. If so, he would be the second Malden Pop Warner star and Malden resident to become an NFL pick in the past three years, joining present Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely in that elite group. Likely played ed LinkPasses, Commuter Rail Zone passes, and M7s are also accepted. The Lynn Ferry operates on weekdays between the Blossom Street Pier and the downtown Boston area at Long Wharf (North). A one-way fare on the Lynn Ferry is currently $7. Tickets can be purchased on the mTicket app or with cash. Printed LinkPasses, Commuter Rail Zone passes, and M7s are also accepted. Passengers should note that some schedule adjustments may be made due to weather this season. Service information will be available at mbta.com/alerts. For more information, visit mbta.com/ferry, or connect with the T on X (the site formerly known as Twitter) @MBTA and @ MBTA_CR, Facebook /TheMBTA, Instagram @theMBTA, Threads @thembta, or TikTok @thembta. for six years in Malden Pop Warner and three years at Malden High School before transferring to Everett High immediately after his junior year football season at Malden High. Following is an excerpt from a writeup in Sports Illustrated on Sanristil’s decision to return to Ann Arbor before the season. “The opportunity to spend another year in Ann Arbor, to continue his education at a worldclass university, to continue building on the bonds he’s created with his teammates and his coaches, and ultimately the opportunity to win a national championship - all compelling reasons for a return to Michigan. “From wide receiver to defensive back, Michigan’s Mike Sainristil has certainly made his mark on the football program in Ann Arbor. After putting his name on the map as a solid defender in 2022, Sainristil had a decision to make - enter his name in the NFL draft, or return to Michigan for a fifth season. “After much thought and careful consideration, Sainristil chose Michigan once again.” “Year after year, Ann Arbor is always ranked top-three as a college town,” Sainrstil said in a recent interview. “The people here are great, you walk around and everyone is nice to you. Ann Arbor is home to me. “I love my teammates, coach Harbaugh - my football Dad - was giving me the opportunity to leave, I said, ‘no dad, I want to stay home.’”

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