RECAP: 2022-23 Basin basketball season
The Warden Cougars left Spokane with a third-place trophy from the 2B Girls State Basketball Tournament, the second straight season that Warden has finished inside the top three at state.
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The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos upset No. 9 Adna and No. 2 Morton-White Pass en route to a fifth-place finish at the 2B Boys State Basketball Tournament.
In their first state appearance since 2009, the Othello Huskies left Yakima with a sixth-place trophy.
The MLCA/CCS boys and girls basketball teams made it to the state tournament in Spokane, with the boys making their second straight appearance inside the Spokane Arena.
The Moses Lake girls basketball team finished one game shy of reaching the 4A state tournament for the third straight outing.
With a young roster after graduating many starters from last year, the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors finished the 2022-23 season with a 14-9 record.
The 2022-23 Caribou Trail League regular season champion Quincy Jackrabbits advanced to the District 6/7 Crossover, eventually falling to Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 68-66.
Wahluke won the South Central Athletic Conference East’s regular season title this season, finishing the year with a 13-10 record.
Ian Bivona serves as the Columbia Basin Herald’s sports reporter and is a graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He enjoys the behind-the-scenes stories that lead up to the wins and losses of the various sports teams in the Basin. Football is his favorite sport, though he likes them all, and his favorite team is the Jets. He lives in Soap Lake with his cat, Honey. | March 10, 2023 1:30 AM
COLUMBIA BASIN – Of the 24 basketball teams in the Basin, five teams qualified for state competition and three ended up taking home hardware. With the 2022-2023 season now in the rearview mirror, see below for a recap of how local boys and girls teams fared this season.
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