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BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Dec. 22-29, 2025
COLUMBIA BASIN — Local athletes head into winter break and begin to slow competition, but will still be working ha…
‘You don’t need to be alone on Thanksgiving’
MOSES LAKE — If you need a place to go for thanksgiving, Rick Biery will have a hot meal and some company for you. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Biery said he will …
Holiday cheer comes to CBTech
MOSES LAKE — It got as low as 9 degrees Fahrenheit at the Grant County International Airport early Saturday morning, according to data from the National Weathe…
Bringing the energy
EPHRATA – After a whirling off-season where two head coaches were hired, the Ephrata boys wrestling team is ready to bring the energy to the mats this season u…
Shooting for the top
WARDEN – After the 2021-22 season ended in a 26-1 record and a state championship, this year’s Warden girls basketball team will look to keep the momentum goin…
Becoming recognizable
MATTAWA — Wahluke boy’s wrestling Head Coach Jose Marin wants the program to be recognizable not just around Mattawa, but around the region and state. “We w…
Quick turnaround for Royal
ROYAL CITY — Athletes playing multiple sports at a school is nothing new, but the difference at Royal is that many of its basketball players also play football…
Quincy girls look to get more wrestlers to state, despite format changes
QUINCY — Changes are coming to Washington girls high school wrestling in 2022-23, but Quincy coach Devan Silva said he’s optimistic about his team’s chances no…
Quincy boys basketball team wants to exceed expectations
QUINCY — Quincy High School boys basketball coach Scott Bierlink said the Jacks may very well exceed expectations in the 2022-23 season. “I’m optimistic tha…
Othello girls basketball team works to build on success
OTHELLO — Othello High School girls basketball coach Adolfo Coronado said he expects the Huskies to maintain, and even build on, the work they did last season.…
Othello boys wrestling looks to keep on improving
OTHELLO — The Othello High School boys wrestling team came a long way last season, and coach Rudy Ochoa II said he hopes to build on that success for the 2022-…
Lions aim to improve on state placing
MOSES LAKE — After placing sixth at last year’s state tournament, the Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School boys’ basketball team is looking t…
MLHS girls wrestling creates a legacy
MOSES LAKE — When David Peralez, a 2010 graduate of Moses Lake High School, signed on to coach the Maverick girls wrestling team last season, he had the idea i…
Broncos ride with experience into 2022-2023 season
RITZVILLE — The Lind-Ritzville boy’s basketball team will be full of familiar faces. With the Broncos not having any seniors on the roster last year, much of t…
‘At the end of the day, I’m a teacher first’
OTHELLO — Rudy Ochoa II said the influences that led him to a teaching career were all around him. His mom Gloria Ochoa was, and is, a counselor who works fo…
‘Special and moving’
WARDEN — Jessica Galster still can’t believe she’s a teacher sometimes. Even though she’s been teaching first grade at Warden Elementary School for five years.…