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Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, NOVEmbEr 1, 2024 TERRIFIC TWENTY-FIVE | FROM PAGE 3 Mike Soper This 1984 Saugus High School graduate was a threesports star for the Sachems. He was a Northeastern Conference (NEC) Baseball All-Star for two years and an MVP in baseball for NEC. In basketball, he was the scoring leader in the NEC. In golf, he was an All-Star on a championship golf team. After High School, he played baseball at the University of Alabama, where he won the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award for baseball. Soper was drafted out of Alabama by the Cleveland Indians. He was one of only two Saugus High baseball players drafted by the Major Leagues. While with the Cleveland Indians organization, he played for four years. In 1991 he set a Minor League record as a closer with 41 saves, winning the Cleveland Indians Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award. Shoulder problems kept him from pitching in the Major Leagues. Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 He’s Back...and Better Than Ever! John A. Fitzpatrick (Fitzy) Sales & Lease Consultant Direct: 617.410.1030 Main: 617.381.9000 Cell: 617.279.9962 jfitzpatrick@mcgovernauto.com jfitzpatrick McGovern Automotive Group 100 Broadway, Rte. 99, Everett Chris Serino While at Saugus High, the 1967 graduate starred in football, hockey and baseball. He was Saugus Sachems’ MVP in all three sports in 1967. He threw for more than 4,000 yards at Saugus High School. Serino went on to star at American International College (AIC) and set records there. He also played three sports at AIC and made the college’s Hall of Fame. His best sport was baseball, where he was an All-American. He was hockey Head Coach at Merrimack College. He won numerous championships at Malden Catholic. The new Saugus High School sports stadium was named in his honor. John Nicolo Another three-sports star for the Sachems – he was an All-Scholastic in baseball and award-winning football player for the Sachems at halfback. Nicolo made All-American in football and baseball at Ithaca College. He was named Male Athlete of the Year at Ithaca in 1980 and was inducted into the Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame. As senior captain and the team’s shortstop, Nicolo was named the World Series Most Valuable Player after setting records for most runs (nine) and hits (12) in the. NCAA baseball championship tournament. He was also a member of Ithaca’s 1979 national champion football team. He played for one season of Minor League baseball for the Auburn Americans in the New York-Pennsylvania League. He was also a football Head Coach at Saugus High. Alex Winn This 1966 Saugus High graduate was a star center on the basketball team and is the alltime leading scorer in Saugus High School history, scoring 1,610 points. He led the Essex County League in scoring for three straight years for the Sachems. Winn also was a key player on Saugus High’s 1965 baseball team that fi nished as Essex County League Champions. He played right fi eld and batted .465. He was the second leading career scorer at Dartmouth College when he graduated. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons. “He was the best basketball player who ever played for Saugus,” Stewart said. Arthur Spinney He became one of the most famous athletes who ever played at Saugus High School. He was an All-Scholastic football player in 1943 and 1944 at Saugus High School. After graduating from Saugus High, he played end for Boston College and later made the BC Hall of Fame. He switched to off ensive guard and played for eight years for the Baltimore Colts. Spinney played for two NFL championship teams with the Colts: in 1958 and 1959. He was co-captain of the Colts. He played in “The Greatest Game Ever Played” – between the Colts and the Giants when Alan Ameche scored CAMPAIGN 2024 | FROM PAGE 7 22,154 total registered voters in Saugus. That included 4,928 Democrats, 2,110 Republicans, 14,852 unenrolled and 59 Libertarians. Where to vote in Saugus Precinct/Polling Locations the touchdown against the Giants in 1958, the Sudden Death Overtime game that led to Baltimore’s victory and put pro football in the National Limelight. He was an assistant coach for the New England Patriots and Boston College. Sardi Nicolo This 1950 Saugus High graduate was a halfback who helped lead the Sachems to consecutive state football titles in 1948 and 1949. He also played baseball at Saugus High. He was an All-Scholastic player who went on to play football at LSU. He was John Nicolo’s father. Kristin Potito Lary This 1985 Saugus High graduate was All-Scholastic in fi eld hockey and basketball for the Sachems in the early 80s. As a member of the University of Southern Maine fi eld hockey and basketball teams, she has the unique distinction of going to the Final Four in two sports – basketball and fi eld hockey. She was fi rst team All-American Division III in fi eld hockey. Sandra Whyte This 1987 Saugus High graduate excelled in fi eld hockey and softball. Whyte went on to star in college, too. She was named the Ivy League’s Woman Player of the Year in Ice Hockey for Harvard University in 1991 and 1992. She was a member of the National Hockey Team. She scored a goal and assisted on two others in Team USA’s Gold Medal performance against Canada in the 1998 Olympics – Saugus’ only Gold Medal Olympian. Pam Thornton She was a three-sports star for the Sachems. She was the first area high school player in the early 1980s to score 1,000 career points. She scored 1,080 career points for the Saugus High basketball team. And that’s without the three-point Olisa Obiefuna was also a two-time All-American in the Triple Jump at Wingate University in North Carolina. (Courtesy Photo to The Saugus Advocate) shot, too. She also played softball and soccer. She continued her basketball career for Boston College, where she played for four years. Steve Peach This 1981 Saugus High School graduate was a three-sport athlete. He was an All-Scholastic quarterback for the Sachems. In baseball, he was a pitcher for the Saugus champion tournament team in 1981. In basketball, he played for Coach David Soper, who used him as his sixth man. He was named the “Sixth Man of the Year” in the NEC that year. He was heavily recruited by Syracuse and Boston College, and he decided on going to Syracuse, where he started as a freshman. After that, he transferred to BC as a junior and was the backup to Doug Flutie and was also the punter for the BC Eagles in the Cotton Bowl. He was scouted heavily by the Red Sox and other professional teams in baseball as a pitcher. David Mathews TERRIFIC TWENTY-FIVE | SEE PAGE 11 1/Saugus Middle High School Complex – 1 Pearce Memorial Drive 2/Veterans Early Learning Center – 39 Hurd Avenue 3/Saugus Senior Center – 466 Central Street 4/Belmonte STEAM Academy – 25 Dow Street 5/Saugus Senior Center – 466 Central Street 6/Veterans Early Learning Center – 39 Hurd Avenue 7/Knights of Columbus – 57 Appleton Street 8/Belmonte STEAM Academy – 25 Dow Street 9/Saugus Middle/High School – 1 Pearce Memorial Drive 10/Italian American Club – 1 Beachview Avenue

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