High School Sports
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Knights girls remain optimistic, despite semifinals loss
YAKIMA — The Royal Knights (22-5) fell short 42-27 in the semifinals of the 1A state basketball tournament to the …
ACH boys begin tournament run with title game rematch
COULEE CITY — Neah Bay ended Almira/Coulee-Hartline’s 25-game winning streak in last year’s 1B boys state championship game. The No. 8 seeded Warriors would love nothing more than to return the favor in the 2017 re…
Moses Lake girls prepare for fourth straight regional game
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake head coach Matt Strophy described his group as energized, but not excitable.
Run 'n' gun style part of Warden basketball's identity
In certain circles, they call it rezball. Some call it streetball. Whatever you want to call that transition-based game that forces tempo and turns loose the g…
Two Basin athletes recognized by the WIAA
Hunter Cruz, a junior from Moses Lake, and J.R. Deglado, a senior from Warden, were recognized as Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) athl…
Warden boys blast Connell, earn program's first state tournament berth
ZILLAH — The Warden boys were flying high in the locker room after their 70-54 victory over Connell in the SCAC district playoff game at Zillah Alumni Gym on S…
Hunter Cruz prevails in 2OT, wins first state title
TACOMA — Bracket shakeups, near constant blood timeouts in the semifinals and a championship bout against his good friend.
Othello teammates Reese Jones, T.J. Martinez win last-second championships
TACOMA — Reese Jones had visualized the moment of winning a state championship.
Prep roundup: Strong second half pushes Moses Lake past Wenatchee, on to state
MOSES LAKE — The ball swung from side to side, forcing the Wenatchee defense out of position. Jamie Loera drove baseline then kicked the ball out to a wide ope…
Othello sends its wrestlers off to state with style
OTHELLO — One by one they gathered, then in groups, kids, friends and family started collecting on the sidewalk in front of PJ Taggares Gymnasium on Thursday m…
Royal adds regional title, sends 9 wrestlers to state
ROYAL CITY – If there is one thing the boys on the Royal High School wrestling have learned, it's that every effort, no matter how seemingly small, counts.
Chiefs have high ceiling entering Mat Classic
MOSES LAKE — As long as Jaime Garza has wrestlers in the field Moses Lake is never out of title contention, as far as he’s concerned.
Warden can pack a punch with just seven wrestlers
WARDEN — Robert Arredondo marches to beat of a different drummer and the Cougar senior will have a chance to bang on it one more time when he leads a young gro…
Efrain Bedolla leads solid cast of Tigers into Mat Classic
EPHRATA — Ephrata head coach P.J. Anderson’s eyes lit up when Efrain Bedolla walked into his wrestling room for the first time.
Huskies send 7 to Tacoma Dome
OTHELLO — Competing in the same region as the top-ranked defending champion Toppenish, state berths would be precious commodities.
East side girls wrestlers ready to showcase their skills in the Tacoma Done
TACOMA - The Eastern Washington girls are done beating up on each other on this side of the mountain. Now, it's time to find out how things shake out in the br…