Dayton Boys Split at M-F

MILTON-FREEWATER - The Dayton Bulldogs played hard against a tough Mac-Hi team, losing the opening round of the Mil­ton Freewater Open Invite tournament Friday night, 50-32. The Bulldogs trailed by only two at the half, 23- 21, but were outscored 18-7 in the third quarter, as the Pioneers pulled away.

Logan Hays led Dayton's scorers with eight points, followed by Ian Smay and Ben Kleck with six each. Cruz Ramirez was domi­nant on the boards, pulling down 12 Rebounds.

In Saturday's loser's bracket game, Dayton dom­inated Helix, winning 41- 26. Zach Waggoner led the scoring with 12 points, followed by Ben Kleck with nine and Logan Hays with eight.

The Bulldogs played their first game on the season on December 3 in Pomeroy, losing to the Pi­rates 57-34, in a non-league game. The 'Dogs started out slow, with four points in the first period and eight in the second. They trailed 28-12 at halftime.

Zach Wagonner paced the Dayton team with 12 points, while Ben Kleck put up seven. The bulldogs hurt their cause with 21 turn­overs for the game.

This week the Bulldogs continued their season with a rematch Tuesday night at home against Pomeroy.

On Saturday they travel to rival Waitsburg-Prescott, followed by a game in Fin­ley against Riverside Sat­urday.