Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – WEDnESDAy, nOVEmbEr 27, 2024 Thanksgiving Day rivals break bread – again G Sachem and Tanner seniors gather for the 52nd Annual Saugus and Peabody Lions Club’s Football Dinner By Mark E. Vogler uest speaker Chris Collins offered some final game advice for the senior players from Peabody and Saugus who will be suiting up for the fi nal football game of their high school careers tomorrow. “What do you say to a couple of teams under .500?” Collins, a Peabody native and popular sportscaster, asked as he addressed the crowd at the 52nd Annual Saugus and Peabody Lions Club’s Football Meeting and Dinner hosted by the Kowloon Restaurant last Wednesday (Nov. 20). “At the end of the day, it’s not really where you start. It’s where you fi nish,” he told the audience.” The Saugus High Sachems, with a 3-7 record, will host Peabody at 10 a.m. The Tanners go LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR FINAL GAME: Left to right: Saugus High seniors Samy Chahid, Wilderson LaFortune and Kiki Raymond, sportscaster Chris Collins and senior Cody Munafo. Senior Connor Bloom is in the back row. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) into the game with a 4-6 record. The losing records of both teams don’t really matter in this rivalry game, Collins suggested. BREAK BREAD | SEE PAGE 13 CELEBRATING A TRADITION: Several Saugus High Coaches admired the giant Saugus Lions Club Heisman Award at last Wednesday night’s 52nd Annual Saugus and Peabody Lions Club Football Dinner. Left to right: First row: Tommy DeSimone, Greg Bluestein and Saugus High School Athletic Director Matt Serino; rear row: Saugus High School Football Head Coach Steve Cummings and Shane Rhuda. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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