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By Ken Graham
The Times 

Dayton Girls Notch Two Wins with Late Rallies; On to State

Lady 'Dogs move on to state tournament, face Mabton Friday in Yakima

 

Doug Johnson

Dayton's Jenna Phillips pulls up for a jumper during Friday night's game against Lind-Ritzville-Sprague. Phillips led her team in scoring with 16 points on Friday.

SPOKANE – The Dayton girls' basketball team earned a trip to the state tournament over the weekend with two wins at the District tournament here. The victories gave Dayton the third seed coming out of Districts.

On Friday night, the Lady Bulldogs took on a Lind-Ritzville-Sprague team that beat them earlier this year, and looked to be headed to defeat again. Struggling to get anything going on offense, the Dayton team trailed 20-14 at the half, and was still down by six, 29-23, after three quarters.

A three-point shot by Madison Mings and clutch free-throw shooting by Jenna Phillips capped...



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