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Darien Scores and Standings, Oct. 14

Patch's daily digest of Darien sports.

Bob Birge, Neighbor
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UPDATES

• Boys soccer: The Darien boys soccer team posted one of its biggest wins in years on Thursday.

Eliot Helgans scored the game's only goal early in the first half as the Blue Wave notched a 1-0 victory over defending three-time FCIAC champion Staples.

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According to the Staples' website, it was the Blue Wave's first win over the 27-time FCIAC champions since 1997. Over the years, Staples has dominated Darien with a 36-5-1 lead in the all-time series dating back to 1965.

With Thursday's win, Darien improved to 8-1-2, good for an FCIAC-best 26 points. That's three more than Staples, which suffered its first loss of the season Thursday and dropped to 7-1-2.

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Jack Fisher made seven saves for the Blue Wave, and James Hickok stoppd nine shots for the Wreckers.

Darien has no time to savor the win, as it is back in action on Friday at home against Trinity Catholic.

• Football: The Darien football team hosts Trumbull on Saturday (2 p.m.) in a rematch of last season's FCIAC championship game.

Last November, the Blue Wave defeated the Eagles 17-7 at McDougall Stadium to win their first FCIAC championship game since 1998. Despite graduating 17 seniors, Darien (4-0) has designs on getting back to the FCIAC title clash.

While defense once again is the Blue Wave's strength, the offense has been efficient under junior quarterback Henry Baldwin, who has thrown nine touchdown passes and only three interceptions. Darien has fearured a good balance as the Blue Wave is averaging 165 yards per game through the air and 162 yards on the ground.

Junior Connor Bognar is Darien's leading rusher with 241 yards and two touchdowns on 47 yards. Fellow junior Peter Gesualdi, one of the few returning starters, rushed for a pair of touchdowns in last week's 24-21 win at Danbury.

Trumbull (2-1) could be licking its wounds after last week's 36-12 home loss to Greenwich. The Eagles were held to 33 yards in the second half and surrendered nearly 400 yards of total offense.

This is the first game for Trumbull following the death of former legendary coach Jerry McDougall, who passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 76.

McDougall coached the Eagles from 1967-1998, winning 265 games, three state championships and five FCIAC titles. The 265 wins ranked No. 1 all-time in Connecticut at the time of his retirement, although the mark has since been passed.

• Junior football: Week seven games in Darien in the Fairfield County Junior Football League:

Saturday

  • 9 a.m.: Bantam third grade, DJFL Blue vs. Wilton White
  • 10:30 a.m.: Junior fifth grade, DJFL White vs. Ridgefield Orange

Sunday

  • 8:30 a.m.: Bantam fourth grade, DJFL Wave vs. Wilton Blue
  • 10 a.m.: Junior fifth grade, DJFL Wave vs. Westport North
  • 11:30 a.m.: Junior sixth grade, DJFL White vs. Norwalk Green
  • 1 p.m.: Bantam fourth grade, DJFL Blue vs. Westport North
  • 2:30 p.m.: Senior eighth grade, DJFL White vs. Ridgefield Black

THURSDAY'S RESULTS

  • Boys soccer: Darien 1, Staples 0
  • Field hockey: Darien 3, Rye (N.Y.) 0 — Hollis Perticone scored two goals and Kat Huber added one for the Blue Wave, who improved to 12-0

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE

  • Boys soccer: Trinity Catholic at Darien, 4 p.m.
  • Girls soccer: Darien at Staples, 4 p.m.
  • Field hockey: Darien at Dambury, 4 p.m.
  • Girls volleyball: Bridgeport Central at Darien, 4 p.m.
  • Girls swimming: Darien at Staples, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

  • Football: Trumbull at Darien, 2 p.m.

STANDINGS

  • Football
West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record Overall Points F/A Staples 3-0 93-36 3-0 93-36 Greenwich 3-0 101-23 3-1 134-74 Danbury 1-2 79-52 2-2 109-58 Trumbull 2-1 94-57 2-1 94-57 Bridgeport Central 1-3 79-137 1-3 79-137 Westhill 0-4 60-160 0-4 60-160 Central Division FCIAC Record
 FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
 Overall Points F/A Ridgefield 3-1 125-64 3-1 125-64 Norwalk 4-0 113-46 4-0 113-46 McMahon
1-3 104-82 1-3 104-82 Stamford 2-2 117-59 2-2 117-59 Harding 1-3 13-110 1-3 13-110 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-4 21-120 0-4 21-120 East Division FCIAC Record
 FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
 Overall Points F/A New Canaan 4-0 154-67 4-0 154-67 Darien
4-0 122-60 4-0 122-60 Wilton
3-1 136-87 3-1 136-87 Fairfield Warde 2-2 95-78 2-2 95-78 Trinity Catholic 2-2 81-96 2-2 81-96 St. Joseph 0-4 28-127 0-4 28-127 Bassick 0-4 26-180 0-4 26-180
  • Boys soccer
West Division FCIAC Record Points Staples 7-1-2 23 Trumbull 7-1-2 23 Greenwich 5-3-2 17 Danbury 4-1-5 17 Westhill 5-5-1 16 Bridgeport Central 1-7-2 5 Central Division FCIAC Record Points Norwlk 8-1-1 25 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-4-2 17 Ridgefield 3-6-2 11 Stamford 3-6-1 10 McMahon 2-8-0 6 Harding 0-9-0 0 East Division FCIAC Record Points Darien 8-1-2 26 Wilton 7-3-1 22 New Canaan 6-1-3 21 Fairfield Warde 6-3-2 20 Bassick
2-5-1 7 Trinity Catholic 1-7-0 3 St. Joseph 0-8-3 3
  • Girls soccer
West DivisionRecordPoints Westhill 9-1-0 27 Greenwich 7-1-3 23 Trumbull 3-1-5 14 Danbury 2-6-2 8 Central 0-9-0 0 Central DivisionRecordPoints Fairfield Ludlowe 5-4-1 16 Staples 4-3-2 14 McMahon 4-7-0 12 Ridgefield 2-5-4 10 Norwalk 2-9-0 6 Stamford 2-8-0 6 East DivisionRecordPoints St. Joseph 11-0-0 33 Fairfield Warde 7-3-1 22 Darien 6-2-2 20 New Canaan 6-2-2 20 Wilton 3-2-4 13 Trinity Catholic 0-9-0 0

Field hockey

West Division
FCIAC Record Points
Stamford 7-1-0-0 14 Staples 6-2-1-0 13 Greenwich 2-2-1-2 7 Westhill 3-5-1-1 7 Ridgefield 0-3-4-1 5 Danbury 2-6-0-0 4 Trumbull 0-7-1-0 1 East Division Darien 8-0-0-0 16 Wilton 7-1-0-0 14 Norwalk 6-2-1-1 13 New Canaan 4-4-1-1 9 Fairfied Warde 3-3-1-1 6 McMahon 1-5-2-0 4 Fairfield-Ludlowe 1-4-1-1 4

Girls volleyball

West Division Record Staples 10-1 Greenwich 10-2 Danbury 7-4 Westhill 7-4 Trumbull 4-7 Bridgeport Central 2-9 Central Division Ridgefield 9-2 Stamford 8-3 Fairfield Ludlowe
6-5 Brien McMahon 5-6 Norwalk 3-9 Harding 0-12 East Division Darien 12-0 New Canaan
9-3 Fairfield Warde 7-4 St. Joseph 4-7 Trinity Catholic
3-8 Wilton 3-9 Bassick 0-11

 

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