DW Falls to Soap Lake in Final Game, 34-14

WAITSBURG-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team played a crossover game against Soap Lake Friday in Waitsburg, and took a loss, 34-14. DW ended their season 2-8 overall and 2-5 in Eastern Washington Athletic Conference play.

The teams traded touchdowns in the first quarter, with quarterback Brayden Miller punching the ball in from two yards out to make the score 7-6.

Soap Lake scored twice in the second quarter to make the score 21-6 at the half.

In the third, running back Chris Andrews ran for a second DW touchdown, which closed the score to 28-14. In the fourth quarter, Andrews stopped an SL drive with an interception, but DW was unable to convert that to a score.

In his final game for DW, Andrews carried the ball 30 times for 182 yards and a touchdown. Damien Johnson had 10 carries for 22 yards, and Miller ran the ball eight times for 16 yards and a touchdown. Miller completed one of five pass attempts for four yards and no interceptions.

Soap Lake 7 14 7 6 – 34

Dayton-Waitsburg 6 0 8 0 – 14

SL – Cassedy 26 yard pass from Northrup (Soltero Kick).

DW – Miller 2 yard run (run failed).

SL – Tesluck 10 yard run (Soltero kick).

SL – Northrup 1 yard run (Soltero kick).

SL – Gruchulla 10 yard run (Soltero kick).

DW – Andrews 14 yard run (Johnson run).

SL – Tesluck 11 yard run (kick failed).

SL - DW

First Downs – 12, 14

Rushing yards – 41-206, 48-220

Passing yards – 98, 4

Passes (att-comp-int) – 15-6-1, 5-1-0

Punts – 3-49, 4-30

Fumbles-lost – 2-0, 0-0

Penalties-yards – 5-45, 7-73

Individual Statistics:

RUSHING – SL: Babak 12-76, Grachulla 7-34-1, Northrup 15-46-1, Foster 1-2, Tesluck 6-46-2; DW: Andrews 30-182-1, Miller 8-16-1, Johnson 10-22.

PASSING – SL: Northrup 6-14-0, 98 yards, 1 INT, Foster 0-1-0, O yards; DW: Miller 1-5-0, 4 yards.

RECEIVING – SL: Cassedy 4-73, Babak 1-17, Foster 1-8; DW: Puckett 1-4.