The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG/PRESCOTT - A shortage of available gymnasiums between Prescott and Waitsburg means the boys and girls high school basketball teams alternate between early and late practices in Waitsburg while middle school students practice in Prescott. Neither coaches nor athletes are fans of the late practice schedule, but it became "the straw that broke the camel's back" when a proposed

- then rejected - solution to that problem resulted in the pending termination of the Waitsburg Prescott athletic combine.

Currently, high school teams meet in Waitsburg for early practice (3:30-5:30 p.m.) one...