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RICHLAND – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team rolled over Liberty Christian Friday, 56-12, to finish undefeated in Eastern Washington Athletic Conference league play. DW is now 8-0 in the league and 9-1 overall.

The team, which locked up the league championship with a win over Kittitas last week, will play Friday night in a crossover seeding game with the District 6 champions, Tonnasket. The game will be played in Brewster, Wash., and will start at 7 p.m.

Running back Ben Kleck scored three rushing touchdowns in the game against Liberty Christian, including two first quarter runs, of nine yards and three yards.

LC got on the board first, early in the first quarter, to take a 6-0 lead. After Kleck's first score, LC took the ensuing kickoff into the end zone on an 84-yard return.

That would be the extent of LC's scoring. Kleck's second TD late in the first gave DW the lead for good, 14-12.

DW got two more TDs in the second quarter. The first was on a 21-yard pass from quarterback Jacob Dunn to Nic Kitselman, and the second on a 48-yard Dunn pass to Travis Crockett, to give DW a 29-12 lead at the half.

DW scored four more touchdowns in the third quarter, including a spectacular 88-yard interception return by Crockett.

Kleck got his third TD early in the third, and Crockett's pick-six came on the next possession. Receiver Tanner Bren got on the board with a 26-yard TD pass from Dunn. Crockett finished DW's scoring with a 21-yard run late in the third.

For the game, Dunn was 12-18 passing for 304 yards and three TDs.

Kleck rushed 10 times for 28 yards and three TDs. Crockett had five receptions for 120 yards and a touchdown, and Bren had 2 catches for 77 yards and a TD.

D-W 14 15 27 0-56

LC 12 0 0 0-12

LC - Denhoed 5 run (pass failed).

D-W - Kleck 9 run (J. Adams kick).

LC - Denhoed 84 kickoff return (run failed).

D-W - Kleck 3 run (J. Adams).

D-W - Kitselman 21 pass from Dunn (Bren pass from Dunn).

D-W - Crockett 46 pass from Dunn (J. Adams kick).

D-W - Kleck 1 run (kick failed).

D-W - Crockett 88 interception return (J. Adams kick).

D-W - Bren 26 pass from Dunn (J. Adams kick).

D-W - Crockett 21 run (J. Adams kick). 

D-WLC

First downs 9 13

Rushes/yards 14-58 50-214

Passing yards 304 59

Passes (att-comp-int) 21-12-0 18-7-1

Punts 2-23.5 0-0.0

Fumbles-lost 3-0 1-1

Penalties 3-40 2-10

Individual Statistics

RUSHING - D-W: Kleck 10-28-3, Martin 2-4, Dunn 1-5, Crockett 1-21-1; LC: Denhoed 12-122-1, Cortes 6-17, N. Morgan 14-32, Hansen 6-16, Knode 2-12, Godwin 1-0, Sullivan 6-26, Bradford 1-0, Team 1-0.

PASSING - D-W: Dunn 12-18-0, 304 yards, 3 TDs, Miller 0-3-0, 0 yards; LC: Knode 6-17-1, 51 yards, Sullivan 1-1-0, 8 yards.

RECEIVING - D-W: Martin 3-62, Crockett 5-120-1, Kleck 1-24, Kitselman 1-21-1, Bren 2-77-1; LC: Godwin 1-10, Knode 1-8, N. Morgan 2-38, Hayden 2-12, Sullivan 1-(-9).