DW COMBINE—The Wolfpack boys’ basketball team got their first win of the season at Highland High School on December 19.  The boys hit forty-five percent of their three-point shot attempts, had six team steals, and no turnovers winning 62-30.

Spencer Hansen scored 18 points; he connected on four three-pointers. Rylan Kilts made three three-pointers and scored 15 points.

Monte Pettichord and Blake French scored eight points each. Wyaiit Booth and Gage Holm each made a three-point basket, Benny Bryan scored four points, Lucas VanHoose 2 points, and Ruben Yutze hit a free-throw for a point.

 1   2   3   4  Total

Dayton/Waitsburg 10 18 20 14 62

Highland 7 4 13 6 30

The Wolfpack girls basketball team also got their first win of the season against Highland High School. It was their first win in over two years.  Coach Dirk Hansen is happy with the girls continued improvement in defense and looks forward to the second half of the season. Peyton Benevides scored 11 points, and Makenna Barron scored 10 points to lead the Wolfpack to a 39-21 win.