Dayton No. 3 In League

DAYTON -- The Bulldogs' choice was easy. Lose to Asotin, place fourth in the league and face the other Bulldogs in the playoffs, the ones from Colfax.

Or, beat Asotin, place third in the league and take a chance at the first playoff opponent.

"We knew we had to win that," Dayton's head coach Dean Bickelhaupt said about last Friday's game against the Panthers on their home turf. "I told them that with all the hard work they've done all season, they deserved it."

Dayton pounded out their 34-22 win against nevereasy to-beat Asotin, which missed its former quarterback Ben Servedius, who graduated...