Columbia Basin prep sports

Swimming

Wenatchee proves its worth, tops Moses Lake

Tony St. Onge knew Wenatchee was going to outswim Moses Lake on Thursday and the Panthers proved it with a 117-74 win over the Chiefs in the final meet of the season.

"Our team did perform well and we had several season best times against tough competition," St. Onge said. "Coaches do like to see athletes step up and perform their best against tough competition."

Dylan Grigg qualified for districts for Moses Lake in the 100-butterfly, bring the total qualified swimmers for Moses Lake to 16. The Chiefs will also take four divers.

Mario Polito scored first in the 50- and 100-freestyle and Jeff Warner finished first in the 100-butterfly. Eric Butterfield scored Moses Lake's only second-place finish in the meet in the 500-free.

"Wenatchee had the top end as well as the depth and demonstrated pretty clearly the advantage of year - round training versus seasonal training," St. Onge added.

Moses Lake now prepares for districts on Feb. 4 at Central Washington University.

Wrestling

Ephrata benefits from Cascade forefeits

For the Ephrata Tigers to win, they pretty much just had to show up. The Tigers got 24 points off off four Cascade forfeits and took the match 56-17.

Ephrata got a great match out of Jake Horn at 103, said head coach Dave Laird. Horn beat Luczynski soundly 14-2, avenging a 6-0 loss to Luczynski earlier in the season.

"He was more confident going into this one," Laird said. "He's been wrestling well and he got on a roll. He looked really good. "

Laird said he is looking forward to having a healthy lineup for districts next Saturday at Cashmere.

"I think we can do well and qualify some wrestlers to regionals," he said.

103 Jake Horn (Ephrata) beat Jake Luczynski 14-2

112 Taylor Orteg (Cascade) won by techinical fall over Kort Laughlin

119 Nic Ruff (Cascade) won by fall in 2:15 over Tony Louthan

125 No match

130 Dallas Hintz (Ephrata) won by fall in 5:25 over Narciso Alvarez

135 Zak Brissey (Ephrata) won by forfeit

140 Mark Radnick (Ephrata) won by fall in 2:41 over Dylan Emmons

145 Gunnar Kallstrom (Ephrata) won by fall in 5:18 over Kevin Dodson

152 Ryan Cross (Ephrata) beat Jack Dodson 18-5

160 Jake Torgeson (Ephrata) won by forfeit

171 Blake Jensen (Ephrata) won by forfeit

189 James Bush (Ephrata) won by fall in :48 over Rene Pina

215 Travis Norberg (Ephrata) won by forfeit

275 Trevor Powers (Cascade) won by fall in 5:48 over Dan Heldt

Othello clinches share of first in CWAC South

Othello topped Kiona-Benton 44-27 on Senior Night to guarantee a share of first place in the CWAC South.

"Having a share of (first place) is a big goal," said Othello head coach Ruben Martinez. "We were predicted to finish third and we picked it up toward the end of the season."

Starting out at 215, the Huskies wanted a win early to set the tone. They got one thanks to a strong outing by Oscar Suarez, Martinez said. Suarez battled for a 10-9 decision over Daniel Gonzales.

Matt Garza scored three points in the third round and shut out Troy Cunningham in an important win at 103. Othello went on to win the next six matches to secure the win.

"There were some close matches," Martinez said. "The kids stepped it up. We didn't give up any pins that we'd been giving up earlier in the season. They did the job."

Othello hosts the district tournament next Friday and Saturday.

103 Matt Garza (Othello) won 3-0 decision over Troy Cunningham

112 Conrad Garza (Othello) pinned Brandon Ashley at 5:31

119 Don Cantu (Othello) pinned Justin Hunt at 1:43

125 Jack Calvert (Othello) won 8-2 decision Jeff Slape

130 Teddy Montemayor (Othello) pinned Kyle Hagins at 1:35

135 Phillip Ontiveros (Othello) won by technical fall over Jerry Haug 21-6

140 Freddy Flores (Othello) won by pin over Hayden Walsh at 1:34

145 Jose Gonzalez (Ki-Be) won by pin over Alex Ochoa at 2:"221

152 Tony Chapin (Ki-Be) won by pin over Eddie Barajas at 3:41

160 Ryan Phipp (Ki-Be) won by pin over Marcos Quezada at 1:36

171 Jacob Johnston (Othello) won by pin over Tommy Small at 1:59

189 Johnny Rivera (Ki-Be) won by forfeit

215 Oscar Suarez (Othello) won by 10-9 decision over Daniel Gonzales

275 Jose Prado (Ki-Be) won by 6-2 decision over Michael Carmona

Boys basketball

Pateros on top after overtime

Derek Dietzen was a rebound shy of a double-double.

The Moses Lake Christian Academy also came up shy against Pateros, falling 69-63 in overtime. Dietzen led the Lions with 24 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Pateros was led by Dustin Zahn, who had 21 points in the game.

Josh Munoz had 11 points and five rebounds, Elijah Timofeyev had seven points and 10 rebounds and Billy Porter had seven points in the loss for the Moses Lake Christian Academy.

Girls basketball

Lady Eagles top Easton-Thorp

Soap Lake fought through a sputtering offense to beat Easton-Thorp and improve to 5-5 in North Central B league play.

Trailing after the first quarter, the Lady Eagles held Easton-Thorp scoreless in the second and took a 10-9 lead into halftime.

"We played good interior defense," said Soap Lake head coach Tony Blankenship. "We clamped down on their post players."

Their offense came alive in the second half thanks to better ball movement, Blankenship said.

Michelle Marthini had a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Kali Nielsen had 12 points and five steals. Irina Babak added nine points off the bench.

Soap Lake is in sole possession of second place.