Dayton Falls to Sunnyside Christian, 72-18

Dramatic Bulldogs’ special teams play is not enough to catch up to explosive Knights

DAYTON – The Dayton Bulldogs football team struggled Friday night against an offensive onslaught by Sunnyside Christian. The Knights scored four touchdowns in each of the first two quarters, as they led 58-12 at halftime, on the way to a 72-18 victory.

The only bright spots for the bulldogs were a pair of kickoff returns for TDs in the first half.

The first came after Sunnyside Christian’s first score, as Tanner Bren took the kickoff and dashed for 80 yards to tie the score 6-all in the first quarter. The Bulldogs’ Jeffrey Tate scored on a 60-yard kickoff return in the second quarter.

The Bulldogs’ final score came in the third quarter on a Tate five-yard run.

For the game, quarterback Bren was 4-8 passing, for 35 yards.

Dayton travels to Touchet Friday afternoon to take on the Indians.

Sunnyside Christian 72, Dayton 18

SC 30 28 14 0 — 72

Dayton 6 6 6 0 — 18

RUSHING — SC: J. Faber 7-26, C. Marsh 7-18, Liefke 4-73, Dykstra 6-80, K. Marsh 6-85, Heffron 4-7, R. Faber 1-0, Van Belle 1-(minus 4). Day: Tate 13-8, Williams 2-(minus 10), Bren 9-(minus 4), Willis 1-(minus 2), Sunderland 2-16

PASSING — SC: J. Faber 6-6-0-145, C. Marsh 2-2-0-23. Day: Bren 4-8-0-35, Willis 0-1-0-0, Sunderland 0-2-0-0

RECEIVING — SC: C. Marsh 1-35, Heffron 1-21, L. Marsh 2-40, Wagenaar 2-49, Duim 1-21, R. Faber 1-2. Day: Tate 1-3, Bren 3-32