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DAYTON-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team hosted DeSales on Friday night, but couldn't overcome the Irish offense, or their own penalties, and took the loss, 34-8.

DW was hit with 16 penalties in the game, including a rash of flags in the second quarter, which stifled their offense and led to 19 unanswered Irish points that quarter. DW also lost six fumbles in the game and was intercepted three times.

"We need to protect the ball and not let negativity change our attitudes and effort," said DW Coach Troy Larsen. "We let the officials get to us and started to play out of character in the second quarter. I felt we came back in the third quarter again and played well after half and finished the game still playing hard."

DeSales led 26-0 at the half. DW was scoreless until late in the game, after DeSales had built a 34-0 lead. Split back Brayden Miller scored on a 21-yard run late in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Lash Larue ran in the two-point conversion.

We led the game in a lot of the statistical areas, but we shot ourselves in the foot with penalties and turnovers," Larsen said. "Johnny Wyatt played in his first football game and had a great one, with two interceptions and two receptions. Damian Johnson had a breakout game at running back, with over 100 yards, and Brayden Miller started to run the ball really well. Outside of the second quarter, the defense played well, with Jared Williams leading the way from linebacker."

For the game, Johnson carried the ball 20 times for 112 yards rushing. Miller carried the ball 11 times for 85 yards.

Larue had 55 yards passing on six completions out of 18 attempts. He also threw three interceptions. Miller had two receptions for 30 yards, and Wyatt Caught two passes for three yards.

DW travels to White Swan Friday night for the second of six road games this year.

DeSales: 7 19 0 8 - 34

DW: 0 0 0 8 – 8

DeSales – Scheel 31 pass from McCaw (Campos kick).

DeSales – Rizzuti 17 run (Campos kick).

DeSales – Mahan 4 run (kick failed).

DeSales – Mahan 48 pass from McCaw (run failed).

DeSales – Scheel 52 pass from McCaw (Mahan run).

DW – Miller 21 run (LaRue run).

DeSales – DW

First Downs: 10/12

Rushes/yards: 24-65, 49-204

Passing yards: 187/55

Passes (att-comp-int): 24-9-4, 18-6-3

Punts 4-25, 3-31

Fumbles-lost: 0-0, 7-6

Penalties: 5-26, 16-130

Individual Statistics:

Rushing – DeSales: Rizzuti 9-40, Mahan 14-36, Team 1-(-11); DW: Johnson 20-112, Miller 11-85-1, LaRue 15-25, Team 3- (-18).

Passing – DeSales: McCaw 9-23-3, 187 yds, 3 TDs, Mahan 0-1-1; DW: LaRue 6-18-3, 55 yds, 0TDs.

Receiving – DeSales: Scheel 5-120-2, Mahan 3-65-1, Richards 1-2: DW: Miller 2-30, Wyatt 2-3, Finney 1-15, Johnson 1-7.