DW Defeats TCP, 34-14, Moves on to State Quarterfinals

PASCO – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team won its tenth straight game Saturday, defeating Tri-Cities Prep for the second time this season, 34-14, at Edgar Brown Stadium here. The win puts DW into the quarterfinal round of the state 2B tournament.

The team will return to Edgar Brown this Saturday to take on Liberty Spangle, who were District 7 co-champions. The game begins at 4 p.m. Liberty beat EWAC runners up, Kittitas, 44-6, on Saturday.

Saturday's win featured three DW running touchdowns by Travis Crockett. In one of his best rushing performances of the season, Crockett carried the ball 17 times for a total of 236 yards.

On a windy afternoon, DW relied much more on its running game than it has in recent games.

Both teams started out slow, with DW getting on the board first with less than three minutes left in the first quarter. Quarterback Jacob Dunn connected with Cal Martin on a 12-yard scoring pass.

On DW's next drive, early in the second period, Crockett broke loose for a 69-yard touchdown run. A two-point conversion made it 15-0.

TCP came back with a late score in the second quarter to close it to 15-6 going into halftime.

Early in the third quarter, after a TCP fumble, Crockett ran the ball in from 15 yards out for his second score.

TCP scored again early in the fourth quarter to close the score to 22-14 after a two-point conversion.

DW answered on its next possession, as Crockett scored on a 47-yard run. Later in the fourth quarter, receive Tanner Bren hauled down a pass and scored from the TCP 47, to close out the scoring and build the DW lead to 34-14.

Dunn had a strong game passing, connecting on six of 13 attempts for 143 yards and two touchdowns. He threw one interception.

Martin caught three passes for 67 yards and a TD. Bren two passes for 55 yards and a touchdown.

DW forced four turnovers, including three pass interceptions.

TCP 0 6 0 8-14

DW 7 8 7 12-34

DW - Martin 12 pass from Dunn (J. Adams kick).

D-W - Crockett 69 run (Martin pass from Dunn).

TCP - Valencia 2 run (run failed).

D-W - Crockett 15 run (J. Adams kick).

TCP - Baker 10 run (Dickson pass from Baker).

D-W - Crockett 47 run (kick failed).

D-W - Bren 47 pass from Dunn (pass failed).

TCP DW

First Downs 14 10

Rushes-yards 40-157 35-267

Passing yards 192 143

Passes (att-comp-int) 26-12-3 15-6-1

Punts 2-37.5 4-29.3

Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-0

Penalties-yards 10-65 8-91

Individual Statistics

RUSHING - TCP: Valencia 13-41-1, Baker 25-111, Dickson 2-5; D-W: Kleck 5-12, Dunn 6-35, Martin 3-12 Crockett 17-236-3, Team 4-(-28).

PASSING - TCP: Baker 10-23-3 123 yards 0 TDs, Dickson 2-3-0 69 yards 0 TD; D-W: Dunn 6-13-1 143 yards 2 TDs, Crockett 0-2-0 0 yards.

RECEIVING - Valencia 3-25, Amato 4-53, Dickson 3-45, Dituri 2-69; D-W: Bren 2-55-1, Martin 3-67-1, Kitselman 1-21.