WAITSBURG – On Wed., Nov. 29, the Waitsburg School District announced that the first basketball game of the season, scheduled for Sat., Dec. 2, against Moses Lake had been cancelled. A notice posted on the district’s Facebook page said the cancellation was due to students unable to play due to academic ineligibility, health concerns, and other obligations.

Comments on the district Facebook page expressed frustration that the WIAA refused to approve a Dayton-Waitsburg basketball combine for this year.

“The league didn’t want to pull us from the schedule, but here we are . . . pullin...