~ SHS Sachems Sports Round-Up ~

By Dom Nicatsro

Saugus girls’ tennis picks up win over Salem

Saugus captains Maddie Riera at No. 1 (6-4, 6-4) and Maddison Casaletto (6-0, 6-4) at No. 2 picked up wins in a 3-2 win over Salem for Saugus.

Saugus’ Jennifer Tran and Tameira Kempla-Brown also won their first set 7-5 and then one of the opponents withdrew due to a shoulder injury.

Saugus’ Phan shines for Northeast tennis

Saugus Victor Phan won two more matches at first singles for Northeast Metro Tech, one against Greater Lowell Tech and the other against Mystic Valley’s Co-Ed squad; they have a separate boys’ varsity team this year. He is 2-2.

Saugus softball drops two of three

Saugus lost a Northeastern Conference game and split Greater Boston League non-leaguers. It fell to Revere, 15-14, Tuesday, April 30. The team was 4-5 after nine games.

Saugus fell to Salem, 15-3, in a five-inning, mercy-rule game.

“Not sure why but we just didn’t show up to play in this game,” Saugus coach Steve Almquist said. “With Salem being a Divisional rival I would have expected us to be ready to go, but this was a very lackluster performance which for reasons I just can’t quite explain. We took a 1-0 lead and the game was close for three innings before Salem put it away with five runs in the fourth and another five runs in the fifth.

Taylor Deleidi and freshman Ari Chianca shared the pitching duties in this one with Taylor taking the loss.

“Not a lot of good to report in this game though a silver lining was that I was able to get all 17 rostered players playing time including eighth graders Sabrina Tamburello and Alannah Duong who recorded their first varsity hits,” Almquist said. “They along with fellow eighth grader Angelina Dow have been working very hard and all will start to see more time as the season progresses. Also, senior right fielder Felicia Alexander launched her first career varsity home run over the fence which was fantastic. Felicia missed most of last season with an injury, and she has worked very hard to make herself one of the top hitters on our team. She is such a great kid. and I am so happy to see her achieving success.”

On offense Saugus had six hits and the key contributors were as follows:

Alanna Duong LF (1-for-1 w/RBI and run scored)

Sabrina Tamburello 1B (1-for-1)

Lily Ventre C (1-for-3 w/RBI)

Felicia Alexander RF (1-for-2 w/home run)

Ava Rogers 3B (2-for-2 w/run scored)

Saugus got back to its winning ways with a 5-0 win over Lynn English.

  “This was a nice bounce-back win for us against a strong Lynn English team,” Almquist said. “We are still not generating as many runs as I would like but one was all that was needed in this one as Taylor Deleidi spun a gem on the mound.”

She went the distance scattering three hits and recording a season-high six strikeouts.

Her line was as follows:

7 IP

0 runs

3 hits

1 walk

6 strikeouts.

“We struck early scoring single runs in five of the first six innings giving Taylor a bit of a cushion, and she took it from there retiring the side in order the first four innings cruising to her fourth win of the season,” Almquist said.

On offense Saugus banged out 12 hits and the key contributors were as follows:

Captain Lily Ventre C (4-for-4)

Senior Felicia Alexander RF (1-for-4 w/double and run scored)

Senior Kaitlyn Pugh LF (2-for-4 w/two runs scored)

Freshman Sydney Deleidi 2B (2-for-3 w/RBI)

Senior Captain Ava Rogers 3B (1-for-3 w/double and two runs scored).

Junior Captain Taylor Deleidi P (1-for-3)

Senior Captain Devany Millerick SS (1-for-3, RBI)

“We have an extremely tough week ahead starting with Revere (15-14 loss), Beverly (after press time) and Marblehead on Friday. All of these are top-tier teams who have been playing very well and will require our very best effort if we want to contend. We are going to have to try to keep them close and maybe steal a game or two.”

Saugus girls lacrosse beats Voke

Saugus beat Northeast Voke, 13-2, in girls’ lacrosse.

Violet Hawley, Nina Penachio (five), Juliana Scalis, Jessica Valley (two), Audrey Comeau, Brooke Diaz, Mara Faiella and Aly Mabee all had goals.

Saugus also topped Gloucester, 8-3. Hawley, Penachio, Valley 1, Ashley Rezendes (two), Mabee (two) and Paige Millea had goals.