Trumbull Scores and Standings: Oct 14

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After suffering a 36-12 loss at home to Greenwich last week, the Trumbull football team faces another tough test on Saturday when it heads on the road to face unbeaten Darien in a 2 p.m. start.

Saturday's contest is a rematch of last season's FCIAC championship game in which the Blue Wave defeated Trumbull 17-7 to win their first league championship since 1998.

The Eagles, who managed just 33 yars in the second half last week, allowed nearly 400 yards of total offense to the Cardinals.

Darien's offense may not be as explosive, but the Blue Wave have been efficient under first-year starter Henry Baldwin. Despite graduating 17 starters from last year's FCIAC championship team, the Blue Wave have gotten off to a 4-0 start.

Peter Gesualdi, one of the few returning starters, scored two touchdowns in last week's 24-21 victory over Danbury.

On Saturday, St. Joseph seeks its first win if the season when the Cadets face Harding at 2 p.m. at Kennedy Stadium.

The Cadets dropped to 0-4 with a 34-0 loss at Stamford and have scored only seven points in their last two games. Harding (1-3) won its first game of the season last week with a 6-0 victory at Fairfield Ludlowe.

The Trumbull Touchdown Club will sponsor a tribute to former Eagles coaching legend Jerry McDougall on Nov. 12 at Porky’s Cafe in Shelton from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

McDougall, who coached football at Trumbull for more than 30 years, passed away Tuesday might at the age of 75. A $30 donation will go toward establishing a McDougall Sholarship.

Checks can be mailed to The Trumbull Touchdown Club, attention: McDougall Scholarship, P.O. Box 110465, Trumbull, CT 06611. Payments also be accepted at the door. For more information, contact MikeBuz32@aol.com

McDougall coached football at Trumbull from 1967-1998, winning 265 games, which was No. 1 all-time in the state when he retired. His teams captured three state championships and five FCIAC crowns.

"He taught me everything I know about coaching, especially football, and helped me develop my philosophy of coaching to what it has become today," said Michael Herbst," Trumbull's athletic director. "

"People will talk about him as a legend of Trumbull High School, which he undeniably was, but few people knew how wonderful a human being he was also. The number of people, in and out of this town, he helped with life's problems was incredibly high but he never wanted anyone else to know about it."

Truly one of the state's coaching giants, McDougall is a member of both the National High School and Connecticut Hall of Fame.

McDougall also coached baseball at Trumbull and his teams won 510 games, nine division titles, three FCIAC titles and two Class LL championships in that sport. He also served as the school's athletic director and started Trumbull's successful wrestling program.

"When people think about Trumbull's athletic programs, they think of Jerry McDougall," Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst said. "Coach McDougall put Trumbull athletics on the map when he arrived here in the Trumbull Public School system more than four decades ago. As a coach, Jerry McDougall earned a reputation for being a fierce competitor who had the respect of his athletes and his fellow coaches.

"Coach McDougall did more than coach his athletes. He taught us about respect, teamwork, leadership and perseverance. He often spoke of Trumbull PADS: pride, attitude, desire and sacrifice. They are words that all of us have carried with us and applied to our life's work. I am proud to say that I played football for Coach Jerry McDougall."

A three-sport star and captain at Bassick High School, McDougall played football, basketball and baseball at the University of Bridgeport. Starting in 1961, he spent six seasons as the football coach at Central Catholic before beginning his more-than 30-year tenure at Trumbull in 1967.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS

Boys soccer

Trumbull 2, Danbury 2 -- Matt O'Brien and Keith Bond scored for the Eagles (7-1-2), who settled for in a battle of teams with one loss. Danbury is 4-1-5.

Fairfield Warde 2, St. Joseph 0

Field hockey

Westhill 2, Trumbull 0

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE

Football

St. Joseph at Harding, 5:30 p.m.

Boys soccer

Trumbull at Bridgeport Central, 6 p.m.

Girls soccer

Norwalk at Trumbull, 7 p.m.

Girls volleyball

McMahon at Trumbull, 4 p.m.

Fairfield Warde at St. Joseph, 5:30 p.m.

Girls swimming

Trumbull at Greenwich, 3 p.m.

New Canaan at St. Joseph, 4 p.m. (Hillcrest Middle School)

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

Football

Trumbull at Darien, 2 p.m.

Girls soccer

St. Joseph at Trumbull, 6 p.m.

STANDINGS

• Football

• Boys soccer

• Girls soccer

Field hockey

Girls volleyball