Warde Routed, 31-0, By Revenge-Minded Darien

Last season, the Fairfield Warde football team stunned perennial FCIAC power Darien, 14-0, in Duncan Della Volpe's first game as the Mustangs' coach.

In the rematch Thursday, the Mustangs were ambushed by a Darien team lying in wait for a chance at revenge.

Warde was victimized by two scoring big plays -- Graham Maybell's 70-yard reception and Jarret Gatling's 50-yard interception return - and suffered a 31-0 loss to the Blue Wave in Darien in the season opener for both teams.

Blue Wave quarterback Chris Allam opened the scoring on a 14-yard TD scamper with 6:20 left in the first quarter. Jake Weil's 4-yard TD run made it 13-0 with 2:15 left in the first half.

Allam's long scoring strike to Maybell extended Darien's lead to 21-0 less than two minutes into the second half.

CJ Raia booted a 25-yard field goal with 9:09 remaining in the fourth quarter an Gatling's interception return  completed the scoring.

Fairfield Warde was held to five first downs and only 97 yards of total offense. The Mustangs crossed midfiel only twice.

Will Halliday completed 8 of-15 passes for 48 yards for Warde, while running back Alex Delaney was limited to 20 yards on 10 carries.

 The Mustangs look to rebound next week in a non-league contest at Prince Tech.