Football: Rodriguez leads Saugus to victory over Westlake

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Each and every time Saugus needed a big play during Friday night’s ‘s 42-20 nonleague victory over host Westlake, Desi Rodriguez delivered.

The 6-foot senior quarterback finished with 373 all-purpose yards for the Centurions (2-0). He completed 5 of 7 passes for 162 yards, rushed for 211 yards on 16 carries and accounted for three touchdowns. Not bad for a day’s worth of work, if you ask me.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, Rodriguez scored on a 78-yard run to give Saugus what proved to be an insurmountable 35-19 lead. He hit Josh Coefield on an 85-yard touchdown pass to give the Centurions a 21-12 advantage to open the second half.

Trailing 9-0 in the first quarter, Rodriguez found Kollin DePew on a 25-yard pass play and Adrian Cruz on a 44-yarder to set up Ryan Zirbel’s 3-yard touchdown run. On the next drive, Rodriguez scored on a 55-yard touchdown run to give Saugus a 14-12 lead at the half.

-- Sean Ceglinsky