Top 5 Sports Stories Of The Year

1: Bulldogs To State

After growing up together playing basketball, a core group of senior Bulldogs and their younger team­mates made it to the state basketball tourna­ment in Spokane for the first time in years.

Dayton suffered an initial defeat, but showed its teeth with a feisty comeback only to suc­cumb in their third game to the precision-guided Wahkiakum Mules 57- 41 and end up in sixth for their division.

Here, Bulldog Wyatt Frame lays one up dur­ing his team’s inspiring win over the LaConner Braves.

2: Cardinals MakeSemis

After beating the Reardan Indians 39- 12 in the quarter finals, the Cardinals vaulted into the semi finals, but were done in by Lind-Ritzville.

3: Cards & Dogs Go To State

Th e Lady Bulldogs and Lady Cardinals each made the state softball tournament in Yakima after impressive seasons.

4: Burg Hosts Cage Fight

For the first time, Waits­burg hosted a mixed martial arts fighting event at the city’s fairgrounds. It was followed later in the year by one at the Town Hall.

5: Special Olympics Medal

Dayton’s Kris Wilbur received a third-place medal for the 100-meter sprint at the Special Olym­pics in Milton-Freewater.