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The Lady Mule junior varsity won two of their three games this past week, losing to Morton/White Pass 59-40 and Pe Ell 37-18 and Adna 44-42 in overtime on Tuesday.

The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team ended the 2011-12 regular season with two losses that left them in a sixth place finish in Central League standings.

The Mules trailed 8-7 early on against Morton-White Pass Tuesday night, but that was MWP’s only lead of the night as the Mules nonchalantly rolled to a 63-44 victory over the visiting Timberwolves in the Mules' final home game of the season.

The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team came up short last weekend in games with two Central League basketball teams.

Yannik Kruetter finished off Tuesday night’s decisive fourth quarter with an emphatic dunk, and Wyatt Parker erupted for a season-high 35 points as the Mules rolled to a 72-56 victory over the visiting Mossyrock Vikings.

The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team won one game and lost another in tight Central League basketball this past week.

The Wahkiakum Mule boys Tuesday night game at Winlock was postponed due to snow. The Mules will make up the game on Saturday, 3 p.m.

On January 14 the Wahkiakum Mule wrestlers traveled up to Hoquiam for their girls and boys team tournaments.

Last Wednesday night’s game against the Pe Ell Trojans was one that Coach Bill Olsen and his staff hope was just a fluke, a one-time occurrence resulting from the absence of senior and leading scorer Wyatt Parker (out - coach’s decision).