Bulldogs get pass to second round of post-season play

DAYTON–What a season! Bulldog football finished 2-3 and fourth place in the SE1B Wheat Division after last Friday's 84-30 loss to Pomeroy, and for the third time, an opponent has canceled. Yakama Tribal forfeited this Saturday's home-field playoff game 2-0, likely advancing the Dawgs to seventh seed.

Touchet plays Tekoa-Rosalia Friday, Nov. 1, says Sam Korslund, athletic director, and if T-R wins, Dayton is seventh seed. If Touchet wins, the seven and eight seeds will be determined Sunday, Nov. 3, by WIAA's RPI, he said. Touchet is 1-7 overall and T-R is 2-5.

"It's almost definite that Dayton will be the number seven seed," Korslund said, "and that next weekend we will travel to the number two in the Northeast 1B, Almira-Coulee-Hartline."

But this season, Dayton's 30 points against the dominating Pirates' 84 was the second-highest score against that undefeated roster, bested only by 42 scored against the Pirates by Gar-Pal.

Sophomore pass receiver Denver Hutchens shared touchdown honors with fellow sophomore, quarterback Jordan McCowen, both players counting two. Hutchens caught 10 passes for 208 years and two touchdowns, from McCowen.

McCowen packed the pigskin 12 times for 58 yards and connected 16 of 34 passes (47) for 262 of Dayton's total 410 yards of offense, 148 of it on the ground.

Pomeroy spent a lot of time on defense, having the ball 13:17 of the game compared to Dayton's nearly 19 minutes of possession.

Pomeroy 84, Dayton 30 (10-25)

Pom 28 32 16 8-84

Day 18 0 6 6-30

SCORING SUMMARY:

1st Quarter

POM: Jett Slusser 47 yd Rush (TD) 6-0

DTN: Denver Hutchens 55 yd Pass from Jordan McCowen (CNV) 6-6

POM: Jett Slusser 75 yd Rush (TD) 12-6

POM: Jett Slusser 32 yd Rush (TD) 18-6

POM: Jett Slusser 3 yd Rush (CNV) 20-6

DTN: Jordan McCowen 2 yd Rush (TD) 20-12

DTN: Denver Hutchens 13 yd Pass from Jordan McCowen (CNV) 20-18

POM: Jett Slusser 8 yd Rush (TD) 26-18

POM: Boone Schmidt 3 yd Pass from Jett Slusser (CNV) 28-18

2nd Quarter

POM: Jett Slusser 25 yd Rush (TD) 34-18

POM: Jett Slusser 3 yd Rush (CNV) 36-18

POM: Kyzer Herres 65 yd Rush (TD) 42-18

POM: Jett Slusser 3 yd Rush (CNV) 44-18

POM: Jacob Reisinger 45 yd Rush (TD) 50-18

POM: Kyzer Herres 3 yd Rush (CNV) 52-18

POM: Kyzer Herres 6 yd Rush (TD) 58-18

POM: Kyzer Herres 3 yd Rush (CNV) 60-18

3rd Quarter

POM: Kyzer Herres 70 yd Kickoff Return (TD) 66-18

POM: Jacob Reisinger 3 yd Rush (CNV) 68-18

DTN: Jordan McCowen 5 yd Rush (TD) 68-24

POM: Kyzer Herres 49 yd Pass from Jett Slusser (CNV) 74-24

POM: Kaleb Miller 3 yd Pass from Jett Slusser (CNV) 76-24

4th Quarter

DTN: Dylan Brown 70 yd Rush (TD) 76-30

POM: Rory McKeirnan 53 yd Rush (TD) 82-30

POM: Vinne Vecchio 3 yd Rush (CNV) 84-30

Game Summary

Pom Day

1st Dns 16 16

Rsh-Yds 28-412 27-148

Rec-Yds 2-78 16-262

Pass Yds 78 262

Comp-Atts 2-5 16-34

TD-INT 1-0 2-1

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Pen-Yds 2-13 4-30

3rd Dn Con 1-3 6-15

4th Dn Con 1-2 2-6

FG Made-Att 0-0 0-0

Tackles 31.0 0

Sacks-Yds 0 0

Time of Possession

13:17 18:51