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SPOKANE - Dayton came up against a state- championship quality team in St. George in Spokane Saturday. The bulldogs put up a good fight, but fell 9-0.

"St. George jumped out to a couple of early scores but our team settled in and played much stronger in the middle of the game," Dayton Coach DJ Frame said. "What was encouraging as a coach, was to see our team stick to the game plan, work hard and im­prove over the course of the game."

Frame said he asked the team to play hard to the end. "They did that without question," he said.

"I was very happy with play we got out of fresh­man Zech Bryan, who had to fill in for a senior defender."

Frame said his hat is off to St. George. "They have a quality program and a quality team. I would expect to see this team in state finals this year," he said.

The Bulldogs get to face St. George again Friday, this time on their home field. Then they travel to Yakima Saturday to face another state ranked team in Riverside.