Darien Football Rebounds From First Loss to Beat Trinity Catholic, 49-21

Henry Baldwin threw four touchdown passes Saturday as Darien rebounded from last week's loss at Staples to rout Trinity Catholic 49-21 at Darien High School.

The Blue Wave (7-1) struck first when Ian Van Der Horn scored on a 10-yard run with 8:17 left in the first quarter. Darien then came roaring back and concluded its next drive on Baldwin's 15-yard touchdown pass to Peter Gesualdi.

The Blue Wave completed the first quarter with Baldwin's 30-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Gregory.

Trinity Catholic's offense then came alive as Kevin Epp's 50-yard touchdown run got the Crusaders on the board Trinity Catholic (3-5) struck again with 8:11 left in the first half on Jeff Cortese's 24-yard touchdown reception.

Darien responded with three unanswered scores before the end of the half: touchdown runs by Gesualdi and Mike Stovall and Baldwin's 26-yard touchdown strike to Harlan Smith.

In the second half, Michael Davis added a score for Trinity Catholic and Gesualdi caught another touchdown pass from Baldwin with 11 minutes left.

Darien next plays Bassick on Saturday in its final home game of the season.