UPDATES
• Junior football: Here is the week three schedule for Darien teams in the Fairfield County Football League:
Saturday
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- 8:30 a.m.: Junior fifth grade, DJFL Blue vs. RYF Black
- 10 a.m.: Junior fifth grade, DJFL White vs. New Canaan White
Sunday
- 8 am.: Junior fifth grade, DJFL Wave vs. Wilton Black
- 9:30 am.: Bantam fourth grade, DJFL White vs. Wilton white
- 11 a.m.: Bantam fourth grade, DJFL Wave vs. RYF Black
- 12:30 p.m.: Junior sixth grade, DJFL Blue vs. Wilton Blue
- 2 p.m.: Senior eighth grade, DJFL Blue vs RYF Black
- 3:30 p.m.: Senior eighth grade, DJFL White vs. Fairfield Blue
• Football: Darien opens defense of its first FCIAC championship since 1998 at home on Saturday against Fairfield Ludlowe (1:30 p.m.), which is coming off a 1-9 season.
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Darien graduated 18 starters from last year's team that defeated Trumbull in the FCIAC championship. The only returning starters are senior halfback-cornerback Peter Gesualdi, junior tackle Matt D'Andrea, senior tackle Brett O'Donnell, and senior halfback-free safety Corey Eppley.
Darien lost its top receiver in Graham Maybell, but returns Gesualdi, who was the team's leading rusher last season with more than 700 yards. Junior Henry Baldwin, who received limited playing time last season, takes over for Chris Allam at quarterback.
Clay Barker, who was Darien's second-leading receiver a year ago, hopes to return at some point after undergoing surgery in June to repair a torn ACL.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
- Girls soccer: Darien 2, Danbury 0 — Mareike Bravo and Dillon Schoen scored goals and Stevie Taylor made four saves for the Blue Wave
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
- Boys soccer: Fairfield Ludlowe at Darien, 4 p.m.
- Girls volleyball: Darien at Fairfield Ludlowe, 5:30 p.m.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
- Football: Fairfield Ludlowe at Darien, 1:30 p.m.
- Boys cross country: Darien at Wilton Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
- Girls cross country: Darien at Wilton Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
STANDINGS
Football
West Division FCIAC Record Overall Record Bridgeport Central 0-0 0-0 Danbury 0-0 0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0-0 Staples 0-0 0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0-0 Westhill 0-0 0-0 Central Division FCIAC Record Overall Record McMahon 0-0 0-0 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-0 0-0 Norwalk0-0 0-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0-0 Stamford 0-0 0-0 Harding 0-0 0-0 East Division FCIAC Record Overall Record Bassick 0-0 0-0 Darien
0-0 0-0 Fairfield Warde
0-0 0-0 New Canaan 0-0 0-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0-0
Wilton
Boys soccer
West Division FCIAC Record Points Westhill 1-0 3 Trumbull 1-0 3 Danbury 0-0-1 1 Bridgeport Central 0-0-1 1 Staples 0-0 0- Greenwich 0-0 0 Central Division FCIAC Record Points Fairfield Ludlowe 1-0 3 Norwalk 1-0 3 Stamford 0-0-1 1 Ridgefield 0-0 0 McMahon 0-0 0 Harding 0-1 0 East Division FCIAC Record Points New Canaan 0-0-1 1 Fairfield Warde 0-0-1 1 Bassick 0-0-1 1 Wilton 0-0 0 Trinity Catholic0-1 0 St. Joseph 0-1 0 Darien 0-1 0
Girls soccer
West DivisionRecordPoints Greenwich 2-0-0 6 Westhill 1-0-0 3 Trumbull 0-0-1 1 Danbury 0-2-0 0 Central 0-2-0 0 Central DivisionRecordPoints Staples 2-0-0 6 Norwalk 1-1-0 3 Ridgefield 0-0-0 0 McMahon 0-1-0 0 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-1-0 0 Stamford 0-1-0 0 East DivisionRecordPoints New Canaan 2-0-0 6 St. Joseph 2-0-0 6 Darien 1-0-1 4 Wilton 0-0-0 0 Fairfield Warde 0-1-0 0 Trinity Catholic 0-2-0 0The Daily Sports Digest is designed for you to add your best photo and/or video to share (instructions here). If you see anything in our scores, standings, or schedules that requires updating, please e-mail regional editor Michael Dinan at michaeld+sports@patch.com.
