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MABTON–It was a rough start for Dayton-Waitsburg's Lady Wolfpack last weekend with the White Swan Cougars coming to Waitsburg and running away with a 62-13 win, then the Lady Wolfpack trekking to Mabton for an equally disappointing 66-13 loss to the Lady Vikings.

Dayton-Waitsburg faced Oakesdale Tuesday evening of this week (results to appear next week) and will visit Goldendale of Friday then return to the Waitsburg court for a Saturday night contest with Granger.

The Lady Wolfpack struggled in both games that opened the 2021-22 basketball campaign for the combination program from the two Touchet Valley towns.

Senior forward Megan Forney led team scoring with nine in the White Swan game and scored five against Mabton. Makenna Barron hit four in against the Cougars and five in Mabton.

White Swan didn't waste any time taking dominance, jetting to a 24-5 lead in the first quarter and continuing its scoring binge in the second and third quarters to lead 56-8 going into the fourth quarter.

Wolfberger was White Swan's top scorer with 17 and L. Young scored nine.

The game at Mabton on Saturday night was also one where the Lady Vikings put doubt about the outcome aside early, scoring 20 in the first quarter and 27 in the second for a 47-8 halftime lead.

DW v White Swan (12-3)

DW 5 2 1 5-13

WS 24 16 16 6-62

DW (13) Megan Forney 9, Makenna Barron 4. Free throws: 2/11-18%.

White Swan (62) N. Sampson 8, S. Jackson 2, M. Flander 8, M. Bass 8, J. Scabbyrdbb 8, E. Bass 2, K. Wolfberger 17, L. Young 9, R. Wheeler 5. Free throws: 3/8-38%.

DW v Mabton (12-4)

DW 7 1 0 5-13

Mab 20 27 11 8-66

DW (13) Megan Forney 5, Teagen Culley 2, Makenna Barron 5, Sagelyn Kilts 1. Free throws: 2/8-25%.

Mabton (66) J. Chavez 8, A. Bonewell 2, K. Roetter 9, A. Moreno 9, J. Simpson 6, M. Galarza 13, A. Zavala 19. Free throws: 4/8-50%.