Dayton Girls Still Undefeated After Three New-Year Victories

DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team extended their winning streak to nine games this season, with wins last week over Ritzville, Tri-Cities Prep and White Swan. The Lady Bulldogs are 9-0 overall and 5-0 in Eastern Washington Athletic Conference League play.

Dayton was to travel to Pomeroy Tuesday night for a non-league game. They are scheduled to play Liberty Christian in Richland Friday night and host Mabton on Saturday.

Dayton 64, White Swan 38

On Saturday, Dayton hosted White Swan and coasted to an easy 64-38 win. Dayton jumped out to leads of 16-10 after the first quarter and 33-22 at the half.

The Lady Bulldogs took advantage of 24 white swan fouls, sinking 16 of 33 attempts from the free throw line. Shayla Currin was five-for-nine at the line, and Jenna Phillips and Josilyn Fullerton each sank three of four from the line.

Sidney Andrews led her team's scoring with 16 points. Fullerton added 15, and Phillips and Currin each had 13. Andrews pulled down seven rebounds, and Phillips had four assists. Dayton outrebounded White Swan 34-23.

White Swan 10 11 6 11 - 38

Dayton 16 17 16 15 - 64

White Swan - Taylor 0 0-0 0, Anderson 4 0-0 8, Ike 1-4 0-0 2, Bass 2 2-2 6, Carey 2 0-0 4, Zagelow 0 0-0 0, Cheney 5 3-4 16, Castileja 1 0-0 2; Team: 15 5-6 38

Dayton - Phillips 5 3-4 13, Andrews 6 4-13 16, Laughery 2 0-1 4, Wanlarbkam 1 0-0 2, Brincken 0 0-0 0, Fullerton 6 3=4 15, Currin 4 5-9 13, Patton 0-0 0-0 0, Bryan 0-1 1-2 1; Team: 24 16-33 64

3-point goals - White Swan 3 (Cheney 3), Dayton none; Total fouls - White Swan 24, Dayton 7; Fouled out - none; Technical fouls - none; Rebounds - White Swan 23, Dayton 34 (Andrews 7); Turnovers - N/A; Assists - Dayton 10 (Phillips 4)

Dayton 58, Tri-Cities Prep 19

On Friday night, Dayton traveled to Pasco and routed Tri-Cities Prep 58-19. The Lady Bulldogs exploded in the first quarter to take a 24-7 lead after one. They built their lead to 38-13 at the half.

Shayla Currin led the way for Dayton with 20 points. She also pulled down 15 rebounds. The Lady 'Dogs out-rebounded the Jaguars 41-15.

Sidney Andrews had 15 points for the game, and Alexis Wanlarbkam added eight. Jenna Phillips had seven points, along with eight assists.

Dayton 24 14 10 10 - 58

Tri-Cities Prep 7 6 4 2 - 19

Dayton - Phillips 2 3-4 7, Andrews 6 3-4 15, Laughery 0 0-0 0, Wanlarbkam 3-7 2-5 8, Brincken 0-2 0-0 0, Fullerton 3 0-2 6, Currin 9 2-6 20, Patton 0 0-0 0, Bryan 1 0-0 2; Team: 24 10-21 58

Tri-Cities Prep - Perez 0 0-0 0, Ghirardo 1 0-0 2, Dickson 1 1-2 3, Slahtasky 4 0-1 8, Coffey 1 0-3 2, Monteon 1 0-0 2, Long 1 0-2 2; Team: 9 1-8 19

3-point goals - none; Total fouls - Dayton 15, Tri-Cities Prep 16; Fouled out - Tri-Cities Prep (Dixon); Technical fouls - none; Rebounds - Tri-Cities Prep 15, Dayton 41 (Currin 15); Turnovers - N/A; Assists - Dayton 16 (Phillips 8)

Dayton 45, Ritzville 37

After a long Christmas break, and a one-day weather delay, the Dayton girls went on the road and beat Ritzville on Jan. 4, 45-37.

Both teams came out a bit cold, ending the first quarter in a 5-5 tie. Dayton Trailed at the half, 17-16. But the Lady 'Dogs got their offense going in the second half and pulled away for the win.

Dayton's veteran seniors all had strong games, as Shayla Currin, Sidney Andrews and Jenna Phillips each scored ten points. Josilyn Fullerton had nine, including a three-pointer.

Dayton out-rebounded Ritzville 25-15, with Andrews pulling down eight. Currin had five assists.

Dayton    5  11  14  15 - 45

Ritzville   5  12   11    9 - 37

Dayton - Phillips 5-13 0-2 10, Andrews 3-7 4-10 10, Laughery 0-1 1-2 1, Wanlarbkam 2-4 1-2 5, Brincken 0-0 0-0 0, Fullerton 4-7 0-2 9, Currin 3-17 4-8 10, Patton 0-0 0-0 0, Bryan 0-0 0-0 0, Griffin 0-0 0-0 0. Team 17-49 10-26 45.

Ritzville - Ziemer 2-3 0-0 5, O'Brien 0-2 0-0 0, Galbreath 4-7 2-5 12, Miller 0-3 0-0 0, Curtis 4-9 2-2 11, Yeager 0-0 0-0 0, Jantz 1-8 1-4 3, E. Gering 0-0 0-0 0, Harder 2-4 0-0 4, A. Gering 1-1 0-0 2. Team 14-45 5-11 37.

3-point goals - Dayton 1 (Fullerton), Ritzville 4 (Galbreath 2); Total fouls - Dayton 13, Ritzville 21; Fouled out - none; Technical fouls - none; Rebounds - Dayton 25 (Andrews 8), Ritzville 15; Turnovers - Dayton 8; Assists - Dayton 11 (Currin 5)