Lady ‘Dogs Sweep Holiday Tourney

DAYTON- The Dayton girls' basketball team won both games in their home holiday tournament over the weekend. The Lady 'Dogs dominated LaCrosse-Washtucna Friday night, 46-16 and then won Saturday's championship game against Elgin easily, by a score of 54-33.

"It was kind of nice to knock off some rust from the holiday layover," said coach Clayton Strong. "Everybody had a chance to play and got lots of minutes."

Madison Mings had a huge game against Elgin, scoring 20 points. She made eight of 16 shots from the floor, including a three- pointer, and shot three of four from the foul line. Freshman Sidney Andrews had the hot hand Friday night, with 13 points.

"The girls started off not wanting to play defense," Strong said of his team's effort on Friday. "But in the second half we played more with our feet and were able to get out and run.

"We were really able to break out of the shooting doldrums we were in before Christmas," Strong said, summing up the team's successful tournament showing.

The Dayton girls play again Saturday at home, in a league game vs. Asotin.