Football Sachems still seeking elusive win

  The Saugus High School football team experienced a familiar fate last Friday evening at Christie Serino Jr. Stadium. The Sachems just couldn’t keep pace with a better team and went down to defeat, 33-8, to the Watertown Red Raiders.

  It was the third loss in a row to start the 2022 season for Saugus, which is still seeking its first victory since 2020. On the other side, Watertown improved to 3-0 on the season, The Raiders have outscored their opposition 82-15 through their first three contests.

  Meanwhile the Sachems have been outscored 110-20 through their first three games and it didn’t get any less difficult this week. Saugus traveled to Swampscott on Thursday night (after press deadline), where the Big Blue has been one of the top-ranked teams and has won multiple state titles in recent years.

  This season has been a little different for Swampscott thus far, as it is off to a 1-2 start and lost a 14-0 decision to Bishop Fenwick last week. Saugus, on the other hand, hosts Salem next Friday, Oct. 7. The Sachems came close to topping the Witches on the road last season. But Salem was 3-0 entering this week’s action.

  In last Friday’s loss to Watertown, the Sachems got off to a promising start, playing to a scoreless tie through the first quarter.  The Raiders then tallied 13 points in the second period and tacked on 20 more in quarter three to pull away.

  Saugus avoided the shutout when quarterback Cam Preston tossed his second scoring pass of the season – a four-yarder to Danny Shea – in the final period. Preston also hooked up with Shea for the two-point conversion to account for all the scoring.