Page 12 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, NOVEmbEr 11, 2022 Turnovers costly for Sachems in loss to Reggies By Greg Phipps P laying probably its best game of the season so far, the Saugus High School football team still ended up making costly errors at key moments last Thursday night at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium. The Sachems turned the ball over several times inside their own territory, which led to points for the visiting Greater Lawrence Tech Reggies in an eventual 45-28 loss. The defeat left Saugus at 0-9 on the season while Greater Lawrence won its third straight game to improve to 3-6. The Sachems were scheduled to travel for a contest at Whittier Tech on Thursday (after press deadline). Against the Reggies, Saugus quarterback Cam Preston threw for over 200 yards and tossed three touchdown passes while Josh Osawe also had a big game, returning the opening kickoff 70 yards for a score and hauling in a 13-yard TD pass in the third quarter. The Sachems held one of their few leads all season at 14-8 after one quarter. Osawe’s game-opening kickoff return and Connor Bloom’s PAT kick gave the hosts a quick 7-0 edge before the Reggies responded with a TD and two-point conversion to go in front 8-7. A 28-yard scoring reception by Ameen Taboubi on a pass to the end zone that was up for grabs regained the lead for Saugus. Bloom’s successful PAT kick made it 14-8 as the opening period was coming ASKS | FROM PAGE 5 Shah is my buddy flying in from Canada to run his first 50k with us along our 100 mile journey. Leny Thomas from Lynn wants to do from a 50k (about 31 miles) up to 50 miles. Nick Santullo is the only one beside me for the full 100 miles. He’s been training with me all along. Q: How many miles have you run training for this 100-miler? A: We’ve done a 50-mile run earlier in the year and we’ve done two 100-mile weeks. I’ve run well over 1,000 miles over the past year, so I’m ready for this. Q: Sounds like a pretty Saugus’s Josh Osawe scored two touchdowns, including a game-opening kickoff return for a TD, in last Thursday’s 45-28 loss to Greater Lawrence Tech. Sachems QB Cam Preston threw for over 200 yards and tossed three touchdown passes last Thursday. to a close. Once again, the visitors came back to retake the lead, 15-14, early in the second quarter. That’s when the mistakes began to happen for the Sachems. A Saugus fumble after a completed pass gave Lawrence good field position in Sachems’ territory, and the Reggies drove it in for a 21-14 lead. A late interception then led to a heavy duty run. How many Marines do you know who would run a hundred miles on Veterans Day? A: I know one other guy who’s going to do that: Sean Clinton Cooper. He was supposed to run with us before he got transferred. He’s down in Quantico, Va., now. He plans to run it down there. Q: Please put this race into context A: I’m 42 years old and this is the most mentally and physically challenging thing that I’ve done at this point and time in my life. I can say that confidently because I’ve gone through some ups and Lawrence field goal just before the half and a 24-14 deficit for the hosts. Things looked more promising at the start of the third quarter when Saugus stopped the Reggies on downs and proceeded to march 54 yards for a TD. Running back Tommy DeSimone rushed for 27 of those yards; Isaiah Rodriguez caught a 12-yard toss; and Osawe downs with this. It literally stands for everything I value in life. For me, it always comes back to the basics. The vicissitudes of life – the ups and downs – the ebbs and flows, which generally come back to purpose. I understand that where I’m at today is because of people who came before me. I’m talking about all of the veterans. I think about them. Q: How much sleep do you get? A: I probably average about five hours of sleep a night. I still have to run the gym. I gotta be a father and gotta be a husband, too. Q: What kind of food will you be consuming? completed the drive with his TD catch from 13 yards away. Trailing 24-20 after a failed PAT kick, Saugus appeared to have momentum, but another fumble of a completed pass gave Lawrence the ball inside the Sachems’ 20. The Reggies took advantage and hit paydirt to extend their lead to 31-20 heading into the final quarter. Preston then connected with DeSimone on a 30-yard pass play, but that promising drive A: We’re going to have meals made: everything from peanut butter sandwiches to bananas and fruit. We’ll have a lot of sweet potatoes. We’ll be consuming sodium tablets and a lot of caffeine. Q: Once you have begun your run, how are you going to keep in touch with your followers? A: I’m going to be updating people through social media. And people can call me if they want – 617997-365. I don’t care if people want to call me. They are welcome. It’s my race and I can do as I want. I’ll ASKS | SEE PAGE 22 U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Montella stalled at midfield. From there, a blocked punt, a facemask penalty and a later interception would help Lawrence to two more scores and a comfortable 45-20 cushion. The Sachems added a late touchdown when Preston found Taboubi over the middle for 32 yards to set up a 22-yard scoring strike from Preston to DeSimone. Taboubi’s twopoint conversion reception closed out the scoring.
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