Monday, October 22, 2012

Darien Football Bounces Back



By Jenn O’Neill

On Friday, October 19th, Blue Wave Football took on the Warriors at Fuijitani Field in Wilton. The Wave dominated the Warriors finishing with a score of 34-7. During the first half of the game, Senior Peter Gesualdi started the game off with a touchdown as well as a successful two point conversion making the score 8-0 within the first three minutes of the game. This was Geusualdi’s first game back since the beginning of the season.

As the first quarter progressed, the Wave continued to dominate the field. Senior Brian Wiegand turned a 45-yard interception into Darien’s second touchdown of the game. The Warriors were finally able to respond with a 4 yard pass to put them on the board at the end of the second quarter.

A 14-7 score was not going to cut it for Darien, so in the second half, they successfully shut down Wilton. Senior captain Ian Vander Horn scored a 30 yard touchdown to bring the score to 21-7 and not long afterwards, Senior captain Henry Baldwin threw a 57 yard scoring pass to Senior Graham Lesko. Senior Christian Bognar moved the ball the necessary 5 feet into the end zone scoring Darien’s final touchdown.

 “I feel like our team has gained a rhythm offensively and defensively which we haven’t yet had this season, and its going to be hard to stop that going forward,” Lesko said. Come support the Blue Wave next Saturday October 27 on the Oval where they will take on Staples.

Picture Caption: Senior Graham Lesko celebrates the team’s fourth touchdown. (Photo Credits to Mike Maybell)

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