Eighth Grade Football: Darien Blue 26 - Wilton Blue 7

Eighth Grade Football: Darien Blue 26 – Wilton Blue 7

After a tight first half, undefeated Darien Blue pulled away from Wilton Blue in the second half to coast to a 26-7 victory on Sunday at Darien High School.

The game was originally scheduled as the marquee contest on the Saturday night slate at Fujitani Field in Wilton, but was moved to Darien due to a light failure at the field, a poor omen for the Warriors.

After trading non-productive possessions, the Warriors took over on downs on their own 26. Wilton began to move the ball but on fourth and short Darien stood up the Warrior fullback, and after several seconds of no forward progress, and with the expected whistle not forthcoming, a Darien player was able to strip the ball and return the pigskin to the Warrior 31. Four plays later the home team scored to go up 6-0.

Wilton put together a good drive shortly before the half, but time ran out at the Darien 36, leaving the score 6-0 at the break.

Darien came out in the second half and quickly rolled up three scores using the running game twice to great effect and returning an intercepted pass for a touchdown to run out to a 26-0 lead.

Playing only for pride, the Warriors put together a 5 play 70 yard drive to narrow the score to 26-7, final.