DW Cruises to Win at Lyle, 52-0

LYLE, Wash. – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team took a four-hour-plus bus ride down the Columbia River gorge on Friday and came away with a 52-0 win over Lyle-Wishram.

The win puts DW in a tie for first place with Kittitas in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference. Each team has a 3-0 league record. DW is 4-1 overall.

"It was nice to have a great game on the road," said DW Coach Troy Larsen. "They have a very young team; a lot of freshmen and sophomores," he said of L-W. "Our defense got great penetration and really dominated them."

After kicking off to start the game, DW forced a Lyle fumble on the third play, and Ben Kleck, playing free safety, picked up the loose ball and ran it in from the 20-yard-line for the game's first score.

Kleck, playing in his second game since coming back from a knee injury, scored again on DW's next drive, on a 9-yard run, as his team built an early lead. The team would score four more times in the first half, including a 14-yard run by quarterback Jacob Dunn, two rushing TDs by running back Travis Crockett and a seven-yard passing TD from Dunn to receiver Nick Kitselman.

The score at the half was 40-0. With the 40-point lead, the running clock rule went into effect.

"I put our starters in to start the second half, hoping they could get one long drive in," Larsen said. "But they scored quickly." Kitselman caught a 39-yard pass from Dunn for the team's seventh touchdown.

With a 46-0 lead early in the third quarter, and the running clock, Larsen played his reserves the rest of the game.

"It was good to give the younger kids a chance to get some playing time," Larsen said, but with the clock running, the second half went quickly. DW scored once more, on a 3-yard run by backup running back Chris Philbrook in the fourth quarter.

For the game, Crockett rushed for 101 yards on six carries, including two touchdowns. He also caught one pass or 13 yards. After four games played, Crockett now has over 1,000 total offense for the season.

Running back Cal Martin carried the ball four times for 32 yards, and Kleck had three carries for 16 yards and a touchdown. Philbrook had nine carries for 28 yards and one touchdown.

Kitselman caught three passes for 54 yards and two TDs. Martin had two catches for 48 yards, and Hayden Wooldridge caught one pass for 31 yards.

DW's defense held L-W to only two first downs in the game, and a total of 84 yards offense. They also recovered five L-W fumbles.

Larsen said he's been particularly pleased with Kitselman's play. "Nick had three key catches, two for scores," Larsen said. "And he's doing a great job playing corner for us on defense."

DW hosts a 3-1 Mabton team on homecoming night Friday in Dayton.

"They're a running team and they're very fast," Larsen said of Mabton. "It should be a great game."

Dayton-Waitsburg 52  Lyle Wishram 0

Dayton: 20 - 20 - 6 - 6 - 52

L-W: 0    - 0   -0  - 0  - 0

D-W:  Kleck fumble recovery 20 yard run  (kick failed).

D-W: Kleck 9 yard run (Kleck run, 2 pt.)

D-W: Dunn 14 yard run (kick failed).

D-W: Crockett 41 yard run (kick failed).

D-W: Crockett 9 yard run (kick failed).

D-W: Kitselman 7 yard pass from Dunn (Dunn run, 2 pt.).

D-W: Kitselman 39 yard pass from Dunn(kick failed).

D-W: Philbrook 3 yard run (kick failed).

D-W - Lyle Wishram

First Downs: 12 - 2

Rushes/yards: 31-224,  10-31

Passing Yards: 192 - 53

Passes (atts-compl-int): 18-9-0,  17-4-1

Punts: 2-28.5,  4-34.5

Fumbles: 3-2, 5-5

Penalties: 8-73, 6-35

Individual Summary:

Rushing D-W: Crockett 6-101-2, Martin 4-32, Kleck 3-16-1, Dunn 2-20-1, Philbrook 9-28-1, Wooldridge 1-33, Miller 2-3, Team 6-(-17). Lyle Wishram: Montoya 6-10, Ostrander 2-18, J. Leslie 1-0, Dorr 1-0, D. Leslie 2-15, McCullough 2-3, Team 4- (-35).

Passing D-W: Dunn 5-14 109 yards, 2 TD's, Miller 4-4 93 yards. Lyle Wishram: Ostrander 4-15 53 yards, D. Leslie 0-2 0 yards.

Receiving D-W: Kitselman 3-54-2, Kleck 1-42, Crockett 1-13, Martin 2-48, Nichols 1-4, Wooldridge 1-31. Lyle Wishram: Quintero 2-47, Flock 1-3, D. Leslie 1-3.

Eastern Washington Athletic

Conference Football

Standings After Five Weeks

League Overall

Kittitas 3-0 4-0

Dayton-Waitsburg 3-0 4-1

Tri-Cities Prep 2-1 4-1

Mabton 2-1 3-2

DeSales 1-2 2-3

Liberty Christian 1-2 1-3

Lyle-Wishram 0-3 1-4

White Swan 0-3 0-5

Games played Friday, Sept. 30

Dayton-Waitsburg 52, Lyle-Wishram 0

Tri-Cities Prep 32, White Swan 28

Mabton 18, DeSales 13

Kittitas 20, Liberty Christian 14