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Eagles ranked eighth in Big Sky 2026 preseason poll
CHENEY — The Eastern Washington Eagles football team was ranked eighth overall in the Big Sky Conference preseason coaches and media polls, according to a statement by the Big Sky. According to EWU Athletics, the Eagles garnered 70 points in the coaches' poll, seven behind Idaho for seventh and 22 ahead of Weber State in ninth. In the media poll, the Eagles earned 246 points, behind Southern Utah, which earned 273, and ahead of ninth-place Cal Poly with 168.
Ephrata duo selected to Tillage All-Star team
EPHRATA — Mitchell Johnson and Isaiah Davis from the Ephrata Tigers baseball club (16-9-1) have been selected to join the Tillage League All-Star 18U team. "I was excited to play on a team of people I didn't know," Johnson said. "I've never played for a team where I don't know anyone playing for it, so that was cool. Then I heard that one of my teammates was going to be on the team a little bit later as a late addition, so that was cool. I'm glad I got to do it with him too."
Reds intentionally load bases for slumping Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh, who makes Francona pay
SEATTLE (AP) — On paper, the move made plenty of sense. The Cincinnati Reds trailed the Seattle Mariners 3-0 in the seventh inning and were on the verge of watching their deficit grow. The Mariners had runners at second and third, so Reds manager Terry Francona ordered lefty Caleb Ferguson to intentionally walk Dominic Canzone to load the bases.
Washington OG's win Northwest title, earns national tourney bid
MOSES LAKE — The Washington OG's adult softball team has brought home the 2026 Jim Sherman Memorial Northwest championship after a 6-1 run in Salem, Oregon. With the win, they will represent the Northwest in January when they travel to Florida for a national tournament. "It was the first time that we've done that and gone that far," Head Coach Rudy Perales said. "We've kind of been knocking the door because we went to Reno last year and we took second. So, to come back this year and actually win it was pretty exciting."
Washington wins Allstate Big Ten women's championship
SEATTLE — The University of Washington women's sports programs combined efforts have led to them being recognized as the inaugural Allstate Big Ten Women's Championship Series. This award measured conference finishes across all Big Ten women's sports for the 2025-26 academic year, according to UW Athletics. "Winning is in the DNA of Washington," said Director of Athletics Pat Chun in an interview with the Big Ten Network. "Having success across the board is something that's critically important to us."
Cougars golfer reflects on overcoming hardships of WSU career
PULLMAN — After Hannah Harrison’s freshman season with Washington State Women's Golf, she asked herself one simple question: What am I doing here if I am not playing good golf? Harrison had to sit down and talk with her parents. She remembers telling them she does not want to play golf anymore. She could not go on with it for another three years. Harrison could not have seen this drift from the sport coming. Ever since she was in middle school, collegiate golf has been her goal. Yet being a division one golfer put a strain on her relationship with the sport. She did not perform as well as she hoped during the fall season and for the first time in her career, she felt performance anxiety on the course.
Mavericks wrestlers gain national experience in Fargo
MOSES LAKE — Eli Anderson and Conner Duvall from the Moses Lake Mavericks wrestling program recently returned from Fargo, North Dakota for the 2026 US Marine Corps Junior nationals. "I think I performed good," Anderson said. "But I don't think I performed my best; I could have done better in my last match to make it further."
FISHING REPORT: Largemouth fishing excellent, smallmouth good at Potholes
MARDON — Largemouth bass fishing has been excellent this week. Fish top water baits early and late and have a Senko or C-tailed worm rigged and ready to follow up on missed fish. Throw 1/2-ounce skirted jigs, swim jigs, chatter baits and Texas-rigged plastics. Fish in 1-20 feet of water. Lots of 1- to 3-pound fish are being caught with a few in the 4- to 5-pound range. Anglers have also been reporting catching channel cats in the shallows while targeting largemouth. Smallmouth bass fishing has been good this week. Fish 5-20 feet using Ned rigs, 4-inch Senkos, drop shot rigs, lipless crankbaits and tubes. Fish the rock piles around Goose Island and along the face of the dam and up Lind Coulee.
Eastern Washington BMX tracks team up for Race for Life fundraiser
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake BMX will be participating in the Race for Life fundraiser the first weekend of August. A nationwide event, Eastern Washington BMX entities are adapting it into a four-track series across Walla Walla, Columbia Basin, Spokane and Moses Lake, President of Moses Lake BMX Jeff Niehenke said. "We try to see who can raise the most money amongst the tracks," Niehenke said. "We have a traveling trophy that goes along with that for bragging rights. Along with that, we also do a four-race series for the riders, and we have end-of-series awards for those who get the most points through those four races."
Maverick's trainer shares tips for safe summer conditioning
MOSES LAKE — With August on the horizon, the return of local high school athletics is drawing closer by the day. Lily Rodriguez, who serves as the athletic trainer at Moses Lake High School, shared some tips for how athletes can prepare for outdoor sports amidst heat and fluctuating air quality. "They need to start slowly entering into the heat as well," Rodriguez said. "They need to be acclimated (to the heat). It takes about 10 to 14 days of slow and gradual increase in activity. The first thing that they got to start doing is physical conditioning."
