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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…
Mavs fall to West Valley in regular-season finale
MOSES LAKE – The Mavs will now have to play on the road in next week’s 2023 Columbia Basin Big-Nine tournament, having fallen to West Valley (Yakima) 7-0 and 5…
WSU's Ethridge signs one-year extension
PULLMAN – After guiding the Cougars to their first women’s Pac-12 tournament title, WSU Head Coach Kamie Ethridge signed a one-year contract extension to stay …
Seahawks begin off-season workouts on May 12
SEATTLE – The NFL announced the league’s voluntary off-season workout days on Thursday, with the Seahawks beginning as soon as May 12. Seattle’s rookie mini…
Huskies advance
OTHELLO – After Grandview tied the game with a goal in the final minutes of the second half, the Othello Huskies answered in penalties to defeat the Greyhounds…
Basin Sounders win second-straight title
LACEY – The Basin Sounders 2009 Girls won their second-straight state title at the 2023 Washington Cup last weekend, coming out on top of the U14 Bronze divisi…
Home run
Longtime Othello softball coach Rudy Ochoa was honored last week at the Huskies’ final regular season home game of the 2023 season. Ochoa is retiring at the en…
Basin sports schedule May 3-9
COLUMBIA BASIN – Welcome back to district tournament season! Eleven local teams begin their respective district tournaments in baseball and boys soccer over th…
PITCH RECAP: Basin boys soccer teams prep for postseason
COLUMBIA BASIN – Local boys soccer teams are preparing for postseason runs, as tournaments began on Monday with Ephrata playing Grandview in the Central Washin…
‘The godfather of softball’
OTHELLO – Wrapped around the Huskie’s doubleheader against Grandview on Friday was a day of celebration – first for the 10 seniors on this year’s varsity and j…
Warriors win SCAC East
MATTAWA – The Wahluke boys soccer team clinched the South Central Athletic Conference (East) with Thursday’s 8-0 win over Kiona-Benton, ending the regular seas…
Local fastpitch teams win tournaments
COLUMBIA BASIN – Two local fastpitch teams took home championships at tournaments in mid-April, as the Washington Rage 14U and 10U squads found success on the …
CWU athletes set PRs at Wildcat Open
ELLENSBURG – Along with honoring seniors, Central Washington track and field had 30 athletes set personal records and 11 titles were won at last weekend’s Wild…
Jacks win CTL title
QUINCY – The Jacks’ 1-0 win over Cascade (Leavenworth) on Tuesday wasn’t just the 11th-straight victory for Quincy – it also locked up the regular season Carib…
Kast sisters sign with BBCC
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School seniors Kali and Makiya Kast have signed to play basketball at Big Bend Community College...
Van Lith moving from Louisville to reigning NCAA champ LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisville transfer Hailey Van Lith is heading to reigning national champion LSU. The sought-after guard posted an image of herself …