A weekly historic look at the football programs at Sachem East and Sachem North.
SACHEM EAST
- Week 4 result: Sachem East 20, Hills East 14
- Record: 1-3
Historic tidbits for Sachem East
- This was Sachem East’s first appearance against Hills East and now they are 1-0 in the series.
- Sachem East has started the season 1-3 three previous times: 2006, 2008 and 2009.
- Sachem East is 6-4 all-time in Week 4 games.
- Phillip Brum rushed for 270 yards against Hills East, which is the fourth most in a single-game in program history. The record is 290 set by Matt Ferber.
- Brum’s 30 carries are also the fourth most in a single game in East history. The record is 45 by Steven Casali against Connetquot in 2012.
- The Wolff Den: Danny Wolff is closing in on some passing records at Sachem East. Here’s where he stands (Mike Westerhaus holds each of the records below):
- ———->Passing yards: 1,386 (record 1,521) = 135 to go
- ———->Passing TDs: 9 (record 15) = 6 to go
- ———-> Completions: 104 (record 140) = 36 to go
- ———-> Attempts: 222 (record 278) = 56 to go
SACHEM NORTH
- Week 4 result: Sachem North 34, Northport 20
- Record: 4-0
Historic tidbits for Sachem North
- Sachem is 3-0 in Great American Rivalry Series games the last three seasons.
- The Flaming Arrows are 20-4-2 all-time against Northport in their series, which goes back to 1975.
- Sachem is 35-14-5 in Week 4 games.
- Sachem has started a season 4-0 for the 13th time in program history, including for the fifth straight season.
- Last season Sachem had a record 176 points through four games, two points more than the 2013 team has at 174.
- Pierre is cruising: With his 200 rushing yards on Friday, Malik Pierre now has 1,841 career yards and ranks No. 11 on Sachem’s career leaders list. He is 159 yards from the 2,000-yard mark, which only six other players in Sachem’s 52-year history have reached. Pierre has 508 yards and 8 touchdowns this season.
-Research by Chris R. Vaccaro