WAITSBURG—Dayton-Waitsburg Football played Mabton High School at Mabton on Saturday, March 13, with a 1 p.m kickoff.

“The weather was almost too nice with the sun and 62 degrees outside,” said head coach Troy Larsen. “We had a starter go down in the first half with heat exhaustion and our conditioning was tested with the rest of the team playing for the first time with any sort of heat.”

After a slow start, Dayton-Waitsburg adapted and started to play better. Monte Pettichord started out 3-16 with two interceptions before getting out and finishing the day at 13-30-2-5 touchdowns (TD) and 2 int...