Saugus seeks to continue winning ways The Numbers

The Saugus Centurions just wrapped up one of the program’s most impressive threeyear runs. Back-to-back Foothill League titles, followed by a second-place finish in 2022, with only a loss to West Ranch getting in the way of a Saugus dynasty and three years without a league loss.

Saugus head coach Jason Bornn is entering his 21st year at the helm, and after so many years of having to retool and replace, he’s simply going about his business getting a new squad of Centurions ready for 2023.

“Every year offers a new opportunity and challenge for the players that we have and for them to work together and to see what we can do developing individually as well as collectively,” Bornn said.

Gone is Jake Viger, the 2021 Foothill League Player of the Year, a standout at running back, linebacker and kicker. AJ Goodman and Khai Ky-Yeith leave holes at wide receiver, Deohn Turner and Vinny Gallagher the same at running back — as well as their contributions on the defensive side of the ball — while a new quarterback will have to take the reigns from TJ Cataldi. Bornn is still trying players out at multiple positions, trying to see who will stick and who can be the new leaders. Senior Trent Johnson, one of two quarterbacks Bornn is looking at, has already earned the trust of some of his receivers and linemen after spending last year as Cataldi’s understudy. Senior Wyatt Hawk, expected to be a force on both sides of See SAUGUS, page 32