RITZVILLE – After a one-day weather delay, the Dayton boys’ basketball team made the trip to Ritzville, but came away with a loss, 49-38.

The Bulldogs came out strong, and led after one period, 10-9, but couldn’t handle the Ritzville offense in the second quarter, and trailed at the half, 27-18.

Trystan Willis led Dayton scoring with nine points. He also led his team with nine rebounds. Tanner Bren had eight points, and Ben Kleck, seven. Willis, Kleck and Cal Martin each sank a three-point shot.

Trystan Willis came off the bench and did a great job for us,” said Dayton coach Will Hutchens. “His rebounding was one of the reasons we stayed in the game.”

Dayton got into some foul trouble against Ritzville, committing 19. Martin fouled out.

Dayton   10   8   12   8 — 38

Ritzville   9   18   8   14 — 49

Dayton — Helm 2-6 0-0 4, Dieu 1-4 0-0 2, Martin 1-8 1-4 4, Wilkening 2-2 0-0 4, Willis 3-9 2-2 9, Kleck 3-7 0-2 7, Bryan 0-1 0-0 0, Bren 4-17 0-2 8; Totals 16-52 3-10 38

Ritzville — Bartz 4-9 1-3 9, Yaeger 0-2 0-0 0, Nelson 1-4 0-0 2, Thompson 3-11 0-1 6, Gering 2-4 0-2 6, Smith 4-6 3-7 11, Kelly 1-7 2-3 4, Ziebell 1-4 1-2 3, Shields 4-9 0-0 8; Totals 20-50 7-18 49

3-point goals — Dayton (Martin, Willis, Kleck), Ritzville (Gering 2); Total fouls — Dayton 19, Ritzville 12; Fouled out — Dayton (Martin); Technical fouls — none; Rebounds — Ritzville 36 (Smith 8), Dayton 35 (Willis 9); Turnovers — Ritzville 18, Dayton 16