Current and former Othello softball players gather around Head Coach Rudy Ochoa, in red, for a photo during a ceremony honoring the longtime coach’s final regular season home game. Ochoa is retiring at the end of the 2023 season after a 27-year career at Othello.
April 29, 2023
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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 junior varsity squads, then for longtime head coach and Washington State Coaches Association Hall of Fame member Rudy Ochoa. After a celebration held in between games for the seniors – including Camryn McDonald, Makiah Galindo and Natalie Martinez off the Othello varsity squad – Othello students, alumni, fellow coaches, administrators and fans gathered around the softball field for a ceremony for Ochoa’s final regular season home game as head coach of the Huskies...