CONNOR VANDERWEYST
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Prep roundup: Ephrata wins non-league game with West Valley
EPHRATA — Ephrata knuckled down defensively and beat West Valley 12-3 in a non-league game.
Prep roundup: Bats carry Chiefs to wild win in Wenatchee
WENATCHEE — With a score that resembled football more than softball, Moses Lake outlasted a Wenatchee rally to win 21-15.
Valdez's gem, timely bats help Moses Lake beat Wenatchee
MOSES LAKE — Location, location, location.
Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake pitchers dominate in Sunnyside sweep
SUNNYSIDE — Savannah Ashley pitched a two-hit shutout, Gina Skinner threw a perfect game and Moses Lake handled Sunnyside 13-0 and 17-0.
Chiefs run win streak to five after sweep of Sunnyside
MOSES LAKE — March 25 feels like a lifetime ago.
Prep roundup: Othello tennis takes non-league tilt with Connell
OTHELLO — Othello tennis took a break from CWAC play for a tilt with Connell.
After weather delay, Moses Lake takes care of Sunnyside 17-0
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake brought the thunder — literally and figuratively.
Columbia Basin roundup: Hunter Boyd joins Wenatchee AppleSox
WENATCHEE — Moses Lake native Hunter Boyd will have an opportunity to play summer ball with the Wenatchee AppleSox, the team said in a statement on Monday.
Richardson's two home runs, seven RBI help Moses Lake complete sweep
MOSES LAKE — “That’s gone,” a Davis coach murmured from inside the dugout as Brooke Richardson’s third-inning home run sailed over the center field wall.
Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake sweeps twin bill of Davis
YAKIMA — Moses Lake took two from Davis on Friday to salvage a series win 13-11 and 16-2.
Columbia Basin roundup: Big Bend splits with WVC
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend scored four runs in the seventh inning to win its opener against Wenatchee Valley 7-4.
Draven Nevarez etches his place in Moses Lake history
MOSES LAKE — The throw felt good out of Draven Nevarez’s hand when he released the javelin.
Big bats lead Davis over Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Austin Valdez and the defense behind him breezed through the first three innings.
Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake completes season sweep of Eastmont
MOSES LAKE — Quintz Whitaker likes to break the regular season down into segments.
Columbia Basin roundup: Local wrestlers compete in out-of-state tournaments
MOSES LAKE — Two weeks.
Othello returns to form, beats East Valley in shootout
OTHELLO — Head coach Bernie Garza pointed to his heart in the post-game huddle.
Columbia Basin roundup: Warden runs win streak to six games
WARDEN — Ashlyn Yamane was a combined 6-for-6 in Warden's doubleheader sweep of Royal 25-2 and 8-1.
Columbia Basin roundup: Big Bend baseball swept at Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA — Big Bend opened NWAC East play with two losses at Walla Walla.
Columbia Basin roundup: WIAA makes tweaks to basketball's RPI formula
RENTON — The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association made a few changes to its RPI formula for prep boys and girls basketball.
Prep roundup: Late goal sinks Moses Lake's comeback bid
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake was on the wrong end of a frenetic final 20 minutes and lost to Davis 3-2.
Prep roundup: Seniors help Moses Lake salvage split with West Valley
MOSES LAKE — Tia Radach hit the ball hard all day — it just usually was right at someone.
J.R. Delgado, Jamie Loera receive AP all-state honors
J.R. Delgado knew he had to get better.
Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake's Elly Johnson first in discus at Ray Cross
EPHRATA — Moses Lake thrower Elly Johnson began her quest toward a state championship in the discus at the Ray Cross Invitational.
Prep roundup: Moses Lake softball wins CBBN opener
YAKIMA — Moses Lake made a statement Wednesday in Yakima.
Prep roundup: Moses Lake unable to rally against West Valley
MOSES LAKE — Ezekyel Ochoa stared down West Valley's Spencer Froula from the pitcher's mound.
Columbia Basin roundup: Auggie Francis' big day paces Big Bend
MOSES LAKE — Auggie Francis drove in six runs and Big Bend rallied to beat Washington State Club 17-6 in eight innings.
Columbia Basin roundup: Chiefs softball loses twice
MOSES LAKE — With some roster turnover, head coach Mike Hofheins wanted to try some new things in two non-league games.
Chiefs lose a pair at home
MOSES LAKE — There's nothing like starting the season against two quality teams to prepare for league play.
Slugfest, darkness cuts short Warden's doubleheader
WARDEN — It was a good litmus test.
Prep roundup: Solid play helps Warden sweep CE-R
WARDEN — Warden had practiced less than five times outside.
Prep roundup: Alfaro, Jones lead Othello past Ellensburg
OTHELLO — Chris Alfaro and Reese Jones scored two goals each in a non-league victory against Ellensburg 5-2.
Second half barrage leads Moses Lake past Ferris
MOSES LAKE — It had been nearly two hours of game time before Moses Lake got its first goal of the season. So a hearty celebration was a must.
Moses Lake softball looks to reload, not rebuild
MOSES LAKE — Every player that saw significant time in the field and in the batter’s box for Moses Lake was all-league a season ago.
Chiefs finish fifth at 4A state tournament
TACOMA — Tied 43-43 against Bellarmine Prep with enough time for one shot, Jamie Loera streaked across the court, caught the inbounds pass, spun and shot.
Columbia Basin roundup: ACH girls win opening-round game against Yakama Nation Tribal
SPOKANE — Almira/Coulee-Hartline did not let sickness or an early tip-off stand in the way of a fast start in its first-round game at the 1B Hardwood Classic.
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Moses Lake enters state tournament on a high
MOSES LAKE — The last practice in the Chiefs’ gym wasn’t the somber type.
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Jamie Loera’s 25 lead Moses Lake into state quarterfinals
MOSES LAKE — Ellie Mayo was trapped on the perimeter.
Moses Lake faces tall order in Richland
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake head coach John Hohman was his usual wisecracking self when asked about Richland’s 7-foot-3 center Riley Sorn.
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.
Othello teammates Reese Jones, T.J. Martinez win last-second championships
TACOMA — Reese Jones had visualized the moment of winning a state championship.
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.
Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake boys swim meets goals at state
FEDERAL WAY — Entering the state swim meet, Moses Lake had two goals: to break 100 points and finish in the top 10 as a team.
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 open Ellie Mayo who got a shooter's roll on a 3-pointer from the top of the key. Mayo's shot was the exclamation point on a stellar second half in which the Chiefs outscored the Panthers 32-18.
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.
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.
Zach Phillips' 28 lead Moses Lake into district semis
MOSES LAKE — “Attack” was the buzz word after Friday’s loss to Davis.
Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake loses to Davis, drops to No. 3 seed
MOSES LAKE — The size and strength of the Davis front line out-matched Moses Lake in its regular season finale.
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ELLENSBURG — TJ Martinez, Othello’s 195-pounder, bent over to catch his breath and readjust his knee brace.
Moses Lake stifles Davis on senior night
MOSES LAKE — Jessica Olson, Taylor Stevens, Maggie Strom and Alexya Sandmann had played together for years and years.