Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, April 25, 2025 ~ Saugus High School Sachems Sports Roundup ~ By Dom Nicastro Saugus spring roundup: Baseball picks up two wins, tennis battles hard in Greater Lawrence loss The Saugus High School Spring sports teams kept the action rolling over the past week, with baseball delivering a pair of impressive victories and the boys’ tennis cooperative team with Northeast Meto continuing its competitive campaign on the road. Baseball earns statement wins over Fenwick, Northeast The Saugus High School baseball team started the week with a 6-4 win over Bishop Fenwick on the road. Senior captain Cam Soroko earned the win on the mound, allowing three earned runs through 5.1 innings. He later moved to center field and sealed the win by throwing out a Fenwick runner at home for the game’s final out. Saugus clawed back after an early deficit with clutch two-out, two-strike hits from juniors Jordan Rodriguez and Chris Mazin. Junior Nathan Soroko added a triple and a single to fuel the offense. Rodriguez also pitched the final 1.2 innings to earn the save. The Sachems also had a dominant 16-3 victory over Northeast. Senior captain Cam Bernard got the win on the mound, tossing five innings of four-hit ball with two unearned runs. Rodriguez added two innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run and recording two strikeouts. Senior captain Danny Zeitz powered the offense with two hits, including a home run to right-center. Senior Connor Bloom went 3-for-3 with an RBI, and juniors Nathan Soroko and Brayden Crawford each chipped in with two hits. Saugus also had a tough 2-1 loss to Marblehead at Seaside Park. Junior Brayden Crawford threw six strong innings with six strikeouts and just one earned run. He also had two hits at the plate. Senior captains Soroko and Zeitz, as well as Rodriguez, Bernard and Mazin, all recorded hits in the close contest. Marblehead’s reliever pitched six innings and got out of multiple bases-loaded jams to secure the win for the Magicians. Coop boys tennis team falls to Greater Lawrence The Northeast/Saugus coop boys tennis team fell 5-2 to Greater Lawrence on April 16. Matt Cipriano, a Northeast student from Wakefield, picked up a solid 8-3 win at first singles. Jeff Trinh, a Saugus High co-op player, also earned a win at third singles with an 8-5 result. Other matches included: 2nd singles: Vinny Phan (Saugus High) fell 2-8 4th singles: Grant Leonard (Saugus High) fell 3-8 1st doubles: Gianna Berry (North Reading) and Ayden Kloppenburg (Saugus) lost 2-8 2nd doubles: Alejandro Ramos (Revere) and Emanuelly Venancio (Malden) lost 0-8 3rd doubles: Adriana Chacon (Malden) and Cornyn Meas (Saugus) lost 1-8 The team continues to develop across multiple communities and will look to bounce back in upcoming matches. Saugus softball team splits week, drops tight one to Salem before EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS JOB FAIR exploding offensively at Northeast By Dom Nicastro T he Saugus High School softball team experienced the highs and lows of the game in a two-game stretch last week, dropping a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Salem before roaring back with a 25-12 mercy-rule victory over Northeast Metro Tech. The Sachems now stand at 3-4 overall and 1-4 in Northeastern Conference play. In their April 16 home game against Salem, the Sachems took a 4-3 lead into the sixth inning but could not hold on. After falling behind 2-0 in the fourth, Saugus tied the game in the bottom half and then went ahead with a pair of runs in the fifth, highlighted by a double from senior captain Lily Ventre and an RBI single from eighth grade pitcher Sofia McCarrier. However, Salem capitalized on a key two-out throwing error in the sixth, bringing home two unearned runs that proved to be the difference. “This was a heartbreaker of a game as we had the lead but lost it late due to a few defensive miscues,” Saugus Head Coach Steve Almquist said. Saugus managed just six hits in the game. Ventre went twofor-four with a single, double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Freshman Alannah Duong also chipped in with a single, a triple and a run scored. McCarrier pitched a complete game, striking out nine and allowing just two earned runs on eight hits and five walks. The following day, Saugus bounced back in dramatic fashion on the road with a 25-12 win in six innings over Northeast Metro Tech. The game began inauspiciously, as the Sachems trailed 9-0 after one inning. “We could not have started any worse in this one,” Almquist said. “Not sure exactly what happened but we sleepwalked through the first inning and when we awoke, we found ourselves trailing 9-0.” Saugus woke up in a big way in the third inning, exploding for 11 runs on five hits to take the lead. The rally was punctuated by an inside-the-park grand slam from eighth grader Layla DeMonte, who went twoSOFTBALL | SEE PAGE 21
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