DW Falls to Columbia Burbank, 25-8

BURBANK—he Dayton-Waitsburg football team dropped its first game of the season Friday night on the road at Columbia-Burbank, 25-8

The Coyotes scored touchdowns in the first and second quarters to take a 13-0 lead going into the half. But the DW defense stiffened up in the third quarter and held CB scoreless.

“We came out tentative and confused with the Columbia-Burbank Defense,” said DW Coach Troy Larsen. “At half time we were able to coach the kids up on what CB was doing and had a really good third quarter.”

On the first play of the fourth quarter, DW freshman quarterback Lash Larue hit Brayden Miller for a 27-yard touchdown pass. Running back Damien Johnson ran in the two-point conversion to close CB’s lead to 13-8.

“Conditioning came into play in the fourth quarter, which halted our comeback,” said Larsen. CB scored twice in the fourth to close out the game.

“Defensively we need to concentrate and communicate to get to our correct spots; we are going to the wrong assignments which is leaving a lot of the field open for our opponents,” Larsen added. “Offensively we struggled blocking up front and that showed with CB collecting eight sacks and a lot of hurries.”

DW also fumbled the ball 10 times, but recovered nine of them.

Still, Larsen was pleased with much of what he saw Friday. “Defensively Jared Williams played his heart out and led the team in tackles with eight,” he said. “Jack Willis also tallied eight tackles from his defensive end position. Lash Larue went into the game at quarterback on our third possession and sparked the offense with 24 yards rushing and 104 yards passing. Both led the team.”

For the game, Larue completed nine of 20 pass attempts for 104 yards and one touchdown. He threw one interception.

Chris Andrews caught five passes for 51 yards, and Miller had three catches for 57 yards and a TD.

From the QB position, Larue had eight rushes for 24 yards. Johnson carried the ball 14 times for 19 yards, and miller had four carries for 15 yards.

“For DW the outlook for 2018 can still be good, since all of our mistakes are fixable and fundamental mistakes that we are causing,” Larsen said. “Athletically we are as talented as anyone.”

DW plays host to DeSales Friday night in Dayton, with game time at 7 p.m.

D-W: 0 0 0 8 — 8

C-B: 7 6 0 12 — 25

C-B — Debord 1 run (Schafer kick).

C-B — Schafer 3 pass from Good (Kick failed).

D-W — Miller 27 pass from Larue (Johnson run).

C-B — Good 1 run (Pass failed).

C-B — Garcia 28 pass from Martin (Pass failed).

D-W  /  C-B

First Downs: 8 / 9

Rushes/Yards: 36-(-21) / 33-114

Passing Yards: 107 / 115

Passes (att-comp-int): 10-22-2 / 12-23-0

Punts: 5-27.0 / 2-30.5

Fumbles/Lost: 10-1 / 2-0

Penalties: 10-95 / 7-70

Individual Statistics

RUSHING — D-W: Miller 4-15, Johnson 14-19, Evans 1-(-4), Larue 8-24, Andrews 1-2, Team 8-(-77); C-B: Debord 18-49, Garcia 1-2, Perez 4-16, Good 3-5-1, Schafer 2-5, Mullen 2-57, team 3-(-22).

PASSING — D-W: Evans 1-2-0, 3 yards, Larue 9-20-1, 104 yards, 1 TD; C-B: Martin 9-10-0, 95 yards, 1 TD; Good 3-13-0, 20 yards, 1 TD.

RECEIVING — D-W: Miller 3-57-1, Johnson 1-(-2), Andrews 5-51, Nichols 1-1; C-B: Schafer 5-59-1, Garcia 4-52-1, Mullen 2-7, Debord 1-(-3).