Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, OCTObEr 21, 2022 Football Sachems reeled in by Fishermen in 48-22 loss By Greg Phipps Entering last Thursday night’s game against the once-victorious Gloucester Fishermen at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium, the Saugus High School football team appeared to be in position to possibly earn its first regular-season win in over a year. Instead, the Sachems were reeled in almost immediately by the hard-charging visitors and ended up losing by a convincing 48-22 margin. Gloucester jumped out to a 14-0 lead early and scored twice late in the second quarter to enter halftime ahead 28-6. The Sachems had some chances to keep the game close but a pass interference call on the Fishermen that moved the deep inside Gloucester territory and a fumble recovery at midfield by ered a loose ball in the end zone on an errant punt snap by Gloucester. Gloucester scored the first Sachems quarterback Cam Preston tossed a TD pass in last Thursday’s game against Gloucester. (Advocate photos by Greg Phipps) Saugus’s Fynex Espinal didn’t lead to any points. The disappointment only increased when the Fishermen Saugus receiver Isaiah Rodriguez hauled in a 69-yard TD in last Thursday’s home loss to Gloucester. tallied two touchdowns in the final two minutes of the first half. The game was a close 14-6 affair at that point after Saugus’s Braden Faiella recovlate TD inside the two-minute mark, then regained possession with 30 seconds to go. They ended scoring again on a 23-yard pass from quarterback Cameron Widtfeldt to Caleb DeCoste. All four firsthalf scores ended up with successful extra-point kicks. The Sachems tried a two-point conversion that failed after Faiella’s TD recovery. Hopes of a comeback were rekindled early in quarter three when Saugus QB Cam Preston connected with Isaiah Rodriguez on a 69-yard scoring bomb. That was followed by a Preston pass to Josh Osawe for the two-point conversion and a 28-14 deficit. Unfortunately, the next 20 points were scored by the Fishermen, who pulled ahead 4814 in the fourth quarter. Saugus put up a touchdown late when running back Tommy DeSimone rambled 35 yards to the Gloucester one-yard line. From there, he punched it in and then added a two-point run for the final count. The Sachems fell to 0-6 after the loss while Gloucester improved to 2-4. The schedule only appears to get more difficult moving forward for the Sachems, who travel to face 4-2 Rockland this Friday night. Head coach Steve Cummings continues to see his squad persist through the adversity. “Our guys, they play, they battle,” he told the press after the Gloucester loss. “There’s 32 of us in pads right now, and they give it to you.” Saugus girls’ soccer achieves double digits in wins By Greg Phipps F inishing a power - ful stretch in which it emerged victorious in eight of 10 games (tying one of them), the Saugus High School girls’ soccer team collected season-victory number 10 last Friday at Malden Catholic. Forward Madison Botta netted her third hat trick of the season to lead the way. The Sachems lost a 4-0 decision at Danvers on Tuesday that left them at 10-3-1 overall on the season. Saugus traveled to face Mystic Valley on Thursday (after press deadline) and have three games to close out the regular season next week. They include an away game at Swampscott on Monday, Oct. 24, and home games against Peabody on Wednesday, Oct. 26 (scheduled 7 p.m. start at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium) and Somerville on Friday, Oct. 28. Last Friday’s triumph over ASKS | FROM PAGE 11 or doing anything, I would think that the best thing you could do is to help others. My job as a Deacon – I’m ordained as a servant of Christ, trying to show people that everyone of us who is baptized, being Christians, we are to follow Jesus. And Jesus ino had numerous scoring opportunities. Botta tallied the game’s lone first-half goal eight minutes into the contest. Leading 1-0 at halftime, Saugus added to its advantage when Botta scored the second time off an assist from Ortega. Danica Schena then collected her first varsity goal after taking a nice feed from Lexi Rais, who would also assist on Botta’s third score later in the period. On Botta’s third tally, Rais Saugus’s Lexi Rais contributed offensively with two assists in last Friday’s win over Malden Catholic.(Advocate photos by Greg Phipps) Malden was the seventh shutout win for Saugus. Goalie Tori Carter made a dramatic save on a penalty kick was a servant. The Deacon is a sign of that service – a sign of how much Jesus loves his people by helping them. I’m trying to get people to help people. Q: Joanne? Joanne: I guess I would say that there’s no joy like the joy of involvement in a faith community. It has added so much late in the contest to preserve the shutout of Malden. She was once again aided by the solid defensive efforts in the to our lives, and I don’t know how people exist without faith. I really don’t. I don’t know how they face the daily troubles – the heartaches that people face – without Jesus at their side. Q: Anything else? Deacon Frank: So many people say, “I don’t go to church. I’m spiritual and I pray.” Well, who Saugus forward Madi Femino continued her solid play on offense in last Friday’s game against Malden Catholic. backfield by Layla Manderson and Violet Hawley. The midfield trio of Veronica Ortega, Shawn Sewell and Allison Justice had another impactful game, and forwards Shaylin Sewell and Madi Femare you praying to? If you’re on your own, you are manufacturing your own God. When you go to a church, you’re with all of these people. And that’s where the Holy Spirit works. It works through the people. It works through the Priest. It works through the Deacon. It works through all of the people that drilled a high free kick that sailed over the Malden defense and allowed Botta to split the defense and put one in the back of the net, accounting for the final margin. Malden had a chance to ruin Saugus’s shutout bid when it was awarded a penalty kick with 12 minutes to go in the game. But Carter came up big when she successfully anticipated the direction of the shot and was able to make the stop. you are involved with. There you find the true God, not the God that you think you know, because you can manufacture your own God to do anything you like to do. So that’s why I tell people, “If you can go, go to church.” And if you go to church, become active. Do something. Joanne: Amen!
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