Page 6 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, OCTObEr 27, 2023 ~ The Old Sachem ~ A Slight Setback By Bill Stewart T he third portion of the Golden Years of Saugus football suffered a slight setback. After winning teams before, we had a group of young kids who had not played much in the past. The heroes of prior years have mostly graduated. Tom Sheehan, Gene Decareau, Ernie Anganis and the co-captains Forti and Harris all returnedBut we had some who would make their mark: Sardi Nicolo, Jim Blunt and George Laskey. In 1946 the Sachems lost to Malden 0-21 and Beverly 0-19, beat Chelsea 18-0, tied Amesbury at 6, and Revere at 6, lost to Lynn English 0-14 and Lynn Classical 7-34, beat Swampscott 13-9, Marblehead 8-0, and Peabody 7-0 for a record of 4-4-2. Tom Sheehan scored twice against Chelsea, once against Amesbury and once against Swampscott. Laskey was injured before the Malden game and was back for the Revere clash. He scored against Classical, Swampscott, Marblehead and Peabody. Decareau began his successful career as a placekicker – getting the points after in each game. The hockey team playing in JOHN MACKEY & ASSOCIATES ~ Attorneys at Law ~ * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTES 14 Norwood Street Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM Lynn Arena on Boston Street had their first league season and finished 3-4-1. Sheehan, Carlton, Jack and Charlie Prentice were up front and Popp in net. The 1947 football season got the Sachems back on track with a 7-3 record. They lost to Brookline 6-12, beat Beverly 7-0, Chelsea 21-13, Amesbury 14-6, Revere 13-7 and Lynn English 14-0, lost to Classical 7-20, beat Swampscott 20-0 and Marblehead 14-6 and lost to Peabody 130. Dan Murphy started a career that was tremendous on defense. Falasca, Decareau, Anganis, Blunt, Nicolo, Quinlan and Laskey turned in great performances. The Sachem hockey team won the championship of the North Shore hockey league as Jack Prentice led the league in scoring 25 points. Captain Ronny Carlton and Charlie Prentice were second with 16 each. The team beat St. John’s Prep 3-0, Lawrence Central 5-2, Beverly 4-2, Marblehead 4-0, Salem 3-0 and Gloucester 3-2, tied Peabody at 2, beat Revere 5-4, lost to Danvers 1-3 and beat Swampscott 5-2. They made the State Tournament for the first of many times and lost twice. The 1948 season brought the Sachems all the way back; the team went 10 wins and a tie. They beat Brookline and lost to Beverly, 20-15, when a riot broke out in the third period that finished the game. Saugus whipped Lynn Classical 20-7, Amesbury 270, Chelsea 40-0, Lynn English 21-0, Revere 53-0, Swampscott 28-0, Marblehead 25-7 and Peabody 26-6. The Sachems were awarded the Lynn Daily Item’s Exchange Bowl, for the first assignment ever. They beat Weymouth to take the trophy. Saugus ran up a season score of 288-60. Co-captains were Sardi Nicolo and Jim Blunt at halfback and Danny Murphy at right guard. Richie Nicolo was the quarterback; Les DiMaci and Fred Quinlan at right halfback. Frank Forti was the fullback; Ken Neal and Charlie Woodell were ends and Eddie Falasca, Don Junkins and Fred Flaherty were linemen. The Sachem twirlers took part in the riot along with just about everybody else. They included Lona Allen, ASKS | FROM PAGE 3 COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER FUTURE 18 YEAR SAUGUS RESIDENT U.S. MARINE FATHER FIREFIGHTER BOARD MEMBER OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY NON-PROFIT PLEDGE OF ACCESSIBILITY AND COMMITTED TO LISTENING TO ALL VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES YOUR VOICE MATTERS: QUALITY REPRESENTATION IS THE ONLY WAY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ing for ways to increase my participation in energy conservation and resource protection. If I am re-elected to the Board of Selectmen I would like to work with the Town Manager and our recycling coordinator to explore items to further our stance as a green community. This includes looking into the possibility of single stream recycling and continuing to update our facilities to more energy efficient platforms. Anthony W. Cogliano: Nobody loves this town more than I do, and I think it shows. I watched this town fight with Resco, Wheelabrator and now WIN waste for years and come up empty losing “The Old Sachem,” Bill Stewart (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Joanie Allbee) Muriel Perkins, Marilyn Pettito, Gail Watson, Shirley Westendarp, Marcia Blake, Lucille Weyler, Elaine Belliveau and Gretchen Davis. The hockey team lost to Beverly, Peabody and Danvers. They tied Amesbury, lost to Gloucester and tied Salem. They lost to Swampscott, Marblehead and Classical. They tied English, then lost to Revere. The team was mostly underclassmen and looking forward to the next season. Stan Popp, Charlie Green, George Nicholson, Rich Eastman, Paul Gage and the Meagher boys, George and Robert, were among the players. (Editor’s Note: Bill Stewart, who is better known to Saugus Advocate readers as “The Old Sachem,” writes a weekly column about sports – and sometimes he opines on current or historical events or famous people.) lawsuit after lawsuit. My philosophy is always to try and work with people instead of against them and the results have been excellent. WIN now attends all meetings of the Saugus Board of Health and deals with problems they face or issues that go wrong immediately. The recent twenty minutes of horrific noise coming from the facility brought about quite a stir in East Saugus but could be heard at various points throughout the town. Unfortunate to say the least but these things happen. I listened to other elected officials get up and say we need to close them down, which is great theater and good for votes but it’s pandering to the audience and ridicuASKS | SEE PAGE 10
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