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Chiefs ready for run at CBBN crown

MOSES LAKE — It was a youth movement for Moses Lake boys basketball a season ago.

ACH rolls Lummi in 1B state semis

BELLINGHAM — Civic Stadium was lights out literally and figuratively Saturday afternoon during the 1B state semifinals.

Chiefs ready for another run at the golden ball

MOSES LAKE — Jamie Loera and Abby Rathbun milled around an adjacent gymnasium, putting up shots before practice.

Basin roundup: Big Bend women rout EWU Club in season opener

MOSES LAKE — Callie Gronning gathered the opening tip and fired a bounce pass to a streaking Kelsey Foster for a layup.

Moses Lake ready to return to state title contention

MOSES LAKE — Hunter Cruz worked to escape from the bottom position against Dylan Morris.

Experienced sophomores lead Big Bend into 2017-18 season

MOSES LAKE — Roster turnover is something two-year community colleges must deal with year in and year out.

Griffith throws 3 TDs; Moses Lake falls to No. 9 G-Prep

MOSES LAKE — Brandon Griffith rolled to his right and — with the improvisational playground style that exemplified his two years at quarterback — found Brandon Stevens in the back of the end zone for the last of his three touchdowns late in the fourth quarter.

Prep roundup: Moses Lake hosts Gonzaga Prep in state playoffs

MOSES LAKE — For the third time in as many seasons, Moses Lake will host a first-round playoff game.

Four-year participant Anna Fair leads Moses Lake group into state meet

MOSES LAKE — Anna Fair is Moses Lake High School’s Associated Student Body president.

3 Chiefs ink letters of intent for D1 basketball

MOSES LAKE — Any kid that ever stuck with a sport dreamed of one day “going D1.”

Moses Lake eliminated from postseason by West Valley

YAKIMA — Moses Lake head coach Ric Char called it the game of Abigail Rosenow’s life.

Basin roundup: Moses Lake shuts out Eastmont, plays at West Valley for state berth

MOSES LAKE — There’s something about the friendly confines of Lions Field.

Basin roundup: Moses Lake girls swim third at districts

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake girls swimming totaled 300 points at the three-day district swim meet to finish third overall.

Krogh scores twice; Moses Lake eliminates Sunnyside

MOSES LAKE — Abby Rathbun grasped onto the goal netting, frustrated that another shot rolled just out of her reach.

Warden pulls away from pesky Naches Valley in district opener

WARDEN — Aubree Skone has upped her weight training during her junior year and the results are starting to pay off.

Moses Lake captures CBBN championship, finishes league unbeaten

MOSES LAKE — West Valley receiver Cameron Willey made a defender miss and raced up the right sideline, an almost certain touchdown in his sights.

You got served: Moses Lake racks up 17 aces in sweep of Sunnyside

MOSES LAKE — Krista Hutsell’s all black uniform signifying her libero status might as well have looked like the grim reaper to Sunnyside.

Battle of unbeatens to decide CBBN crown

MOSES LAKE — 6-0.

Prep roundup: Moses Lake slowpitch wins inaugural CBBN tournament

YAKIMA — Moses Lake slowpitch won the inaugural Columbia Basin Big Nine league tournament.

Rathbun's hat trick highlights senior night victory for Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The last two years of varsity soccer had been frustrating for goalie Erin Manly.

Haneberg catches 2 TDs; Moses Lake silences Wenatchee

WENATCHEE — Regardless of record, Wenatchee is always a marquee game on Moses Lake’s schedule.

Moses Lake narrowly defeated by league-leading Wenatchee

MOSES LAKE — Almost exactly a year ago Moses Lake and Wenatchee played in a winner-to-state game at the Apple Bowl.

Prep roundup: Moses Lake's Carpenter runner-up at CBBN meet

WENATCHEE — Moses Lake’s Camille Carpenter could not quite overtime Eisenhower’s Erica Simison in the second Columbia Basin Big Nine league meet in Wenatchee.

Moses Lake shuts out Davis in second half, earns win

MOSES LAKE — Abby Rathbun pointed toward the Moses Lake sideline and made a dead sprint to high-five everyone.

Late score propels Wahluke past Warden

WARDEN — Wahluke has a run-heavy offense.

Warden uses balance to knock off Connell

WARDEN — Warden junior defender Cathy Mendoza jostled Isle Enriquez down the field, keeping the Connell defender’s shot from having any real velocity toward the goal. Ellie Conahan made the routine save and Warden’s defense bounced back from a difficult trip to Benton City in a 4-1 victory against Connell.

Prep roundup: Moses Lake slowpitch sweeps first-place Wenatchee

WENATCHEE — Moses Lake slowpitch nailed down the No. 2 seed for the league’s final tournament after sweeping first-place Wenatchee.

Deep threat Kyler Haneberg highlights Moses Lake passing game

MOSES LAKE — Some idle chatter emanated from the sideline during Moses Lake’s practice.

Prep roundup: Moses Lake slowpitch sweeps its way into second place

YAKIMA — Moses Lake slowpitch swept an important doubleheader with West Valley.

Moses Lake records 5 takeaways, shuts out Davis

MOSES LAKE — Mario Yepiz had aspirations of a touchdown when a pass from Davis quarterback Angel Amenzola floated toward his eager hands.

Prep roundup: Moses Lake slowpitch sweeps Ike

MOSES LAKE — Sjuana Rose hit a combined 7-for-7 against Eisenhower and Moses Lake won both games 12-1 and 20-4.

Prep roundup: Balance leads Warden to win over College Place

COLLEGE PLACE — Warden had four different goal-scorers in a 5-0 win at College Place.

Abby Rathbun scores twice; Moses Lake handles Sunnyside 4-0

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake transformed Lions Field from 100 yards of turf to about 50 Tuesday night against Sunnyside.

Fuchs scores 3 TDs, Moses Lake pulls away from Eisenhower

MOSES LAKE — Sometimes a team needs a break to collect itself.

Prep roundup: Warden grinds out win against Royal

ROYAL CITY — Warden overcame travel and a new playing surface to outlast Royal 2-1.

Moses Lake's Abby Rathbun balances soccer and basketball the only way she knows how: hard work

MOSES LAKE — Denali Knowles greeted a soccer ball with her face during practice on Wednesday.

Prep roundup: Warden's Skone, Whitney record hat tricks in rout of Highland

WARDEN — If back-to-back games had any affect on Warden, it didn’t show in the scoreboard.

Slow starts plague Moses Lake in loss to Wenatchee

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake head coach Jennifer Gering exulted on the sideline after a one-handed block by Madi Crain tied the third set with Wenatchee 5-5.

Basin roundup: Moses Lake boys crack top five at Wenatchee Invitational

WENATCHEE — Strong races by Zachery Owens and Joshua Cooper helped Moses Lake boys cross country finish fifth at the Wenatchee Invitational.

Ephrata sprints to early lead, beats Ellensburg for first time since 2007

EPHRATA — The last time Ephrata beat Ellensburg most of the players were in Grid Kids or had not even started competitive football.

Prep roundup: Warden girls soccer continues to roll

WARDEN — Aubree Skone scored twice and assisted on two more goals as Warden beat Mabton 6-0.

Moses Lake hitters have big night in win over Davis

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake needed contributions from everyone on the floor to dispatch a scrappy Davis team.

Moses Lake unable to match West Valley in loss

MOSES LAKE — Soccer aficionados call the sport “the beautiful game.”

Prep roundup: Warden girls soccer cruises by Connell

CONNELL — Warden scored four goals in each half and beat Connell 8-2.

Moses Lake ready for inaugural slowpitch softball season

MOSES LAKE — Brooke Richardson was the Offensive Player of the Year in the Columbia Basin Big Nine during fastpitch softball season in the spring.

Ephrata routs Wapato in front of 1987 title team

EPHRATA — It was the first home game of the season at Kiwanis Field and the 1987 state championship team was in the house.

Basin roundup: Moses Lake's Abby Rathbun announces verbal commitment to University of San Francisco

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake’s Abby Rathbun will continue her basketball career in California.

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Warden takes state tournament qualifier Ki-Be to brink, loses in shootout

WARDEN — Warden wasn’t the team dog piling onto the grass field at the end of 90 minutes of soccer plus a shootout, but the afternoon was not without accomplishment.

Prep roundup: Warden girls soccer routs Wahluke 5-1

MATTAWA — Aubree Skone continued her scoring blitz with four more goals and Warden beat Wahluke 5-1.

Morgan Skone's circus shot ignites shutout of Eastmont

MOSES LAKE — Sometimes it’s a little better to be lucky than good.