Saguaro football returns to play, drops game to Mountain Ridge
Mountain Ridge, led by former Saguaro assistant coach Andrew Johnson, blew out Saguaro in the Sabercats' first game in three weeks.
Butch Goncharoff, coach of Scottsdale Saguaro, was thrilled to have his team back on the football field. The Sabercats played their first varsity game in three weeks on September 18, facing off against Mountain Ridge from Glendale and suffered a 45-6 defeat. Since their season opener on August 28, which ended in a 62-0 loss, Saguaro had to forfeit two more games due to safety concerns concerning player injuries.
Despite the loss, the team has only 35 players on the varsity roster after canceling the freshman and JV seasons. Mountain Ridge scored a whopping 31 unanswered points in the second half, with senior safety Max Olson returning a pass 90 yards for a touchdown with just over nine minutes remaining in the third quarter.
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