Saugus baseball team overcomes big deficit

The Saugus High baseball team was trailing 5-0, but the Sachems overcame the five-run deficit and defeat Stoneham 14-7 at World Series Park in Saugus Tuesday.Saugus was down 5-0 in the bottom of the third, when the Sachems produced two home runs by Vinny Talluto and Mike Greene, and the game was tied 5-5 after the third inning. Saugus had a 7-5 lead when Stoneham tied up the game 7-7 in the top of the sixth. The Sachems exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth and never looked back. Leading the way for the Sachems was Dave Wintham (3 hits, 2 RBI); Greene (3 hits, 1 HR, 3 RBI); Talluto (2 hits, 1 HR, 4 RBI) and Nick Freehling (2 hits, 3 RBI). Dominic DiPesa picked up the win in relief. DiPesa pitched two innings, giving up no runs and only one hit. Saugus is now 1-0.SOFTBALLSaugus 23, Pope John 0At Pope John, the Sachems brought the bats to this one. Alyssa Furtado had two hits, including a double, to go with three RBI. Jackie Doherty (2 hits, 2 RBI); Gina Repucci (single, triple, 2 RBI); Christina Canada (3-run home run); and Amanda DiCenzo, Gabby Cogliano and Nicole Roberto (singles) also helped the cause. Roberto and Nicole Lowe combined to pitch a one-hit shutout over five innings.BOYS LACROSSEA.C. 6, Swampscott 5At Fields Park in Swampscott, Swampscott’s Richie Sullivan and Sean Lannon scored two goals each. Tommy Ball chipped in with one goal as well. Swampscott coach Josh Field is happy with his team’s improvement.”We made some good strides today but just fell short,” Field said.Swampscott (0-2) plays St. Mary’s Thursday.St. John’s 19, Catholic Memorial 4At Danvers, Garrett Campbell had a big day for the Eagles (2-0) with six goals and three assists. Also firing up the attack were multiple goal scorers Jimmy O’Connell (3 goals); Matt Scalise of Nahant (2 goals, 4 assists); Bobby Gallahue (2 goals) and Josh Ouellette (2 goals). Nick Triano (6 saves) was in net.The Eagles are coming off a banner season that saw them reach the state final before losing to Duxbury by a goal. They finished 19-3. Although 10 players graduated from that team, coach John Roy said he still has a lot of returning talent.North Andover 7, Peabody 3At North Andover, the Tanners had a strong team effort despite the result. The scoring was spread around with three different players getting in on the action, Jake Clickstein, Greg Shidler, and Mark D’Addario. Peabody is now 0-2.BOYS TENNISSt. John’s 5, Catholic Memorial 0At West Roxbury, the Eagles (2-0) won all but first doubles by scores of 6-0, 6-0. First doubles was 6-0, 6-1. Picking up wins were John Corvi, first singles; Brad Noyes, second singles; Reed Perry, third singles; Mark Corvi-Mike Beluch (Lynn), first doubles, and Dan Wright-Will Coughlin, second doubles.Marblehead 5, Saugus 0At Saugus, the Magicians opened up the season in impressive fashion. Picking up the wins were Justin Hyte (6-0) in first singles, Tyler Gelineau (6-0) in second singles, and Ryan Dempsey, 6-1, 6-3 in third singles. Ian Hyte and Dylan White won 6-1, 6-2 in first doubles. Marblehead is now 1-0.GIRLS TENNISSt. Mary’s 4, Cardinal Spellman 1At Lynn, St. Mary’s opened up the year on a winning note. Picking up the wins were Stacey Politis, 6-2, 6-0 in first singles, Megan Fitzgerald, (6-0) in second singles, and Lauren Carifio, 6-1, 6-0 in third singles. Kelsey Barrasso and Corina Pinto won 7-5, 6-4 in first doubles. St. Mary’s is now 1-0.BOYS TRACKMarblehead 67, English 60At Manning Field, it was a close meet throughout that came down to the 4×100 relay, which the Magicians took. The runners in that race were Andrew Graf, Greg Worth, Nikolai Etholm, and Will Herlihy (3:38). The other winners for Marblehead were Nolan Raimo, long jump (19-11) and triple jump (40-6); Tucker Reece, 2 mile (10:39); Billy Wyman, high jump (5-8); Jake Morris, discus (110-2); and Graf, 1 mile (4:48). Marblehead is now 1-0.Fenwick 89, Marian 48At Framingham, Fenwick had a very strong performance to open up the season. Picking up the wins