Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, NOVEmbEr 4, 2022 Football Sachems hope to bag elusive win against Reggies T By Greg Phipps hough the Saugus High School football team remains without a victory in 2022, the Sachems have made some progress in certain respects. One of those signs of improvement has been the ability of the team to put points on the board in recent games. Over the last three contests where the Sachems have given up a lot of points (131), they have also managed to score a bit, averaging just over 17 points a game during that span. After losing big at Rockland two weeks ago, Saugus traveled to play the Winthrop Vikings last Thursday evening and ended up suffering a 35-18 defeat. The loss dropped Saugus to 0-8 on the season and left the Sachems still in search of their first win since the 2020 campaign. As has been the case in many games this year, Saugus fell behind early. The Vikings blew out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and went into the half ahead by a 21-6 count. The score stayed that way through the third period. That’s when each team tallied two touchdowns each in the final quarter to account for the final margin. Head coach Steve Cummings and his young and undermanned Saugus team will have what appears to be a good opportunity to earn a victory this Friday night at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium. The Sachems take on the Greater Lawrence Tech Reggies in a non-playoff matchup. The 2-6 Reggies were winless themselves through their first six games but enter this week’s tilt having won two straight. The contest is a scheduled 6:30 p.m. kickoff. The Sachems would like to avenge last season’s hear tbreaking defeat to Lawrence. In that game, the Reggies scored on the final play of the game and executed a successful twopoint conversion to escape with a dramatic 15-14 triumph. Saugus sophomore Danny Shea has been a contributor on both sides of the ball so far this season. Saugus captain Tommy DeSimone is hoping to help his team earn a long-awaited victory against Greater Lawrence this Friday night at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium. (Advocate photos by Greg Phipps) Saugus girls earn playoff at home; boys on hot streak entering tourney By Greg Phipps T his has been perhaps one of the strongest seasons ever for Saugus High School soccer. Both the girls’ and boys’ squads earned playoff berths, and each team appears to have the chance to make some noise in their respective tournaments. The Sachem girls closed out the regular season last Friday by blanking Somerville, 4-0. The win halted a modest two-game losing streak and got Saugus back on the winning track entering the postseason. Owners of a 12-5-1 regular-season record, the Sachem girls were awarded the 22nd seed in Div. 3 and will host a preliminary round contest Friday afternoon at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium (scheduled 4 p.m. start). The opponent wi l l be Southeastern Regional Vocational Tech, the 43rd and final seed in the tourney. Despite being the last seeded squad, Southeastern finished with a pretty solid 8-5-3 regular-season record and will no doubt provide a serious challenge for the Sachems. The Saugus boys have Saugus boys’ forward Nicholas Alves is looking to help guide the Sachems on a playoff run. Saugus senior Lexi Rais hopes to help the Sachem girls to success in this year’s Div. 3 playoffs. been on a roll the last three weeks, reeling off seven straight victories to end the regular season with an impressive 13-3-2 record. Positioned as the 21st seed in the Div. 3 tourney, the Sachem boys were awarded a bye in the preliminary round and are set to face No. 12 Stoneham on the road Saturday at 11 a.m. Junior forward Madi Femino will be looked upon to help lead the Saugus girls’ offensive attack in this year’s tournament.
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