DW COMBINE-DW was eliminated in the opening round of the WIAA Boys State Basketball tournament on Saturday, February 25. The team lost 53–35 to Lind-Ritzville-Sprague at Cheney High School on Saturday, February 25.

The LRS Broncos scored first on a 3-point shot and led 6-0 before DW got on the scoreboard on a free-throw by Monte Pettichord. The Wolfpack continued to trail throughout the first quarter.

A 3-point shot by Pettichord, a 2-point basket by Spencer Hansen, and free-throws by Pettichord put the Wolfpack ahead 17-14 at the start of the second quarter. LRS came back and had a 24-21 lead at halftime.

It was a low-scoring third quarter with both teams applying defensive pressure and missing shots. The Broncos took over in the fourth quarter out-scoring the Wolfpack 20-8 in a wild, fast-paced game. The Wolfpack played hard to the end but lost in the loser-out contest 53-35.

This was the first appearance in the state tournament by the DW Combine. It will also be the last, as the combine ends at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Three seniors, Pettichord, Gage Holm, and Benny Bryan ended their high school careers playing for the Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack. Hansen scored 10 points, Holm scored five and rebounded 10, and Ryland Kilts and Blake French scored two points each. Pettichord finished the game with 16 points and seven rebounds.