Wolfpack third in league heading into final weekend
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Dayton-Waitsburg parlayed its transition game into a 54-42 win over the Pomeroy Pirates here last week, taking a ten-point lead in the first quarter on a number of nearly uncontested layups, like this one by Ryland Kilts (4), with Pomeroy Jett Slusser (20) and Ollie Severs (12) also pictured.
DAYTON–After soaring ahead on unanswered transition baskets, the DW Wolfpack boys survived a couple come-back attempts and wrested a 54-42 non-league win away from the Pomeroy Pirates January 17.
DW is 3-3 in league, 7-5 overall with the final regular-season weekend coming up which will shake out the final league standings. Friday the Wolfpack roams to River View, Saturday they journey to Columbia-Burbank and Monday, Jan. 31, hit the road to Warden. Thursday, Feb. 2, WWVA visits for Senior Night and the final league game of the season.
Columbia-Burbank is 7-0 and first in league standings. TriCities Prep is second with a 7-1 record and DW is in third, ranked ahead of Warden at 3-3. River View is 1-6 and WWVA 0-8.
Dayton-Waitsburg is 30th in the WIAA's RPI standings. Brewster is number one with a 13-4 record.
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Wolfpack guard Spencer Hansen (2) scored 17 in the DW win against the Pirates last week, sharing game-high honors with Ryland Kilts. Here Hansen drives to the hoop guarded by Trevin Kimble (22) with Pirate Trace Roberts (42) following for a possible rebound.
In the non-league game with Pomeroy, the Wolfpack jumped to an 8-0 lead on baskets by Gage Holm, Ryland Kilts, Monte Pettichord and Spencer Hansen, all transition buckets.
Pomeroy fought back for a 20-10 first-quarter score, then continued rolling with 12 unanswered points to knot it at 22-22 on efforts of Trevin Kimble and Ollie Severs.
Benny Bryan scored in the third to regain DW's lead, he and Hansen combining to give DW a 37-29 lead going into the final quarter.
But DW won the fourth 17-13 without a gap-closing challenge by the Buccaneers.
Dayton-Waitsburg 54, Pomeroy 42 (1/17)
DW 20 2 15 17-54
Pom 10 12 7 13-42
DW (54) Spencer Hansen 17, Gage Holm 2, Ryland Kilts 17, Benny Bryan 7, Monte Pettichord 9, Wyaitt Booth 2. Free throws: 1/2-50%. FG(2)-22/39-56%. FG(3)-3/14-21%.
Pomeroy (42) Braedon Fruh 2, Ollie Severs 12, Jett Slusser 11, Trevin Kimble 7, Brodie Magill 2, Boone Schmidt 2, Trace Roberts 6. Free throws: 10/14-71%. FG(2)-10/31-32%. FG(3)-4/12-33%.