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Big Bend’s Anna Yarbro named to All-Region First Team
Prep all-league teams included
Basin roundup: Odessa boys complete undefeated season with 1B state championship
SPOKANE — Odessa completed its bid for an undefeated season and won the Class 1B state championship 62-36 against Yakama Tribal.
CBBN all-league wrestling teams
Boys Wrestling
Moses Lake’s Clark named Player of the Year
Girls basketball
Basin roundup: No. 1 Odessa boys advance to state quarterfinals
SPOKANE — Top-ranked Odessa remained undefeated and advanced to the 1B state quarterfinals after beating Oakesdale 65-32.
CWAC all-league teams
Girls wrestling
Big Bend men, women lose season finale
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend fell to Walla Walla 75-67.
SCAC East all-league teams
Girls basketball
Prep roundup: MLCA girls win district title
EAST WENATCHEE — Head coach Josh Kast said winning a district championship was “a long time coming” for his group of girls.
Basin roundup: Yarbro posts massive stat line in Big Bend win
WENATCHEE — Big Bend women’s basketball showed fight at the tail end of its season by beating third-place Wenatchee Valley 67-66 on the road.
Adult hockey tournament begins
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Freeze Hockey Tournament begins today at 5:30 p.m. at the Moses Lake Ice Rink.
Prep roundup: MLCA girls capture league championship
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Christian Academy girls basketball secured a Central Washington B league championship and No. 1 district seed after defeating Entiat 53-25.
Prep roundup: Wahluke loses district opener at Zillah, 84-43
ZILLAH — Wahluke lost its first postseason game to South Central Athletic Conference West champion Zillah 84-43.
Basin roundup: ML bowler Haley Rogers places 2nd in state
UNIVERSITY PLACE — Moses Lake junior Haley Rogers made a run at a state bowling championship, ultimately finishing second overall to Samantha Dolan of Emerald Ridge; Rogers totaled 1,157 pins to Dolan’s 1,186.
3 local children advance to state in shooting contest
MOSES LAKE — A trio of Columbia Basin children — all from the same family — showed off their shooting stroke at the district level of the Hoop Shoot.
ML swimmer Washburn recognized by WIAA
RENTON — Moses Lake junior swimmer Zach Washburn was selected as a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Athlete of the Week recently.
Odessa football latest champ to be honored by BBCC
MOSES LAKE — Odessa football will be the latest state champion to be honored by Big Bend Community College.
Prep roundup: Ephrata boys win on senior night
EPHRATA — Ephrata boys basketball picked up the win on senior night after a strong fourth quarter helped the Tigers pull away from Grandview, 53-32.
ML’s Haley Rogers places 4th in districts, qualifies for state bowling
WENATCHEE — Moses Lake girls bowling was a tiebreaker win away from competing as a team at the District 6 Championships.
Basketball roundup: Ephrata boys beat East Valley on half-court shot
Ephrata won dramatically over East Valley in overtime, 68-65, before dispatching rival Quincy, 78-59.
Prep roundup: MLCA stays in league lead after win against Easton
EASTON — Moses Lake Christian maintained its first-place spot in the Central Washington B (CWB) league with a win at Easton 66-38.
Prep roundup: Moses Lake girls bowling needs tiebreaker win to reach districts
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake’s path to the District 6 Championships got a little more difficult Tuesday after a 3-2 loss against Eisenhower.
Basin roundup: Moses Lake girls take over first in CBBN
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake girls basketball took over sole possession of first place in the Columbia Basin Big Nine after beating Sunnyside 65-43.
Prep roundup: Royal boys basketball falls to Cashmere
CASHMERE — Royal was unable to match Cashmere’s outside shooting and lost 58-31.
Basin roundup: Othello boys basketball edged by East Valley
East Valley 53, Othello 47
Wrestling roundup: Moses Lake takes 5th at Viking Invite
LAKE STEVENS — Moses Lake fell just a half a point behind host Lake Stevens and finished fifth overall at the Viking Invite
Prep roundup: Ephrata boys lose to Toppenish in 2OT
TOPPENISH — Ephrata went shot-for-shot with unbeaten Toppenish but ultimately lost in double overtime 93-87.
Basin roundup: Moses Lake’s Washburn wins 200 freestyle at Kentridge Invite
FEDERAL WAY — Moses Lake swimmer Zach Washburn won one event, placed second in another and qualified for state in both at the Kentridge Invitational.
Wrestling roundup: Pair of locals win Kelso Invite championships
KELSO — The Columbia Basin put two wrestlers at the top of the podium at the Kelso Invitational, the largest girls wrestling tournament in the state.
Prep roundup: MLCA offense stifled in loss to Touchet
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Christian could not find enough offense consistently and lost a non-league game to Touchet 41-26.
Prep roundup: Warden girls basketball stifles Lake Roosevelt
Girls basketball
Prep roundup: ACH girls lose to rival Odessa
COULEE CITY — Almira/Coulee-Hartline managed only 12 points from the second quarter on and lost to Odessa 48-25.
Wrestling roundup: ML’s Tanguma wins tournament championship in California
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Moses Lake represented the Pacific Northwest well at the El Cajon Invitational by placing second out of 30 teams.
Prep roundup: ML boys win league opener
Boys basketball (Saturday)
Prep roundup: Quincy concedes too many pins in loss to Wapato
QUINCY — Quincy won five matches, however, it conceded too many pins and forfeits in a 45-21 loss to Wapato.
Prep roundup: Moses Lake girls stifle Kamiakin in win
KENNEWICK — Moses Lake clamped down defensively to beat Kamiakin 64-22.
Prep roundup: Ephrata boys basketball stifles Cashmere in season opener
EPHRATA — Ephrata boys basketball has been known to play with pace and rain jumpers on its opponents.
Basin roundup: Royal football romps past Wahluke
ROYAL CITY — Undefeated Royal football was met with little resistance in its South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) East opener with Wahluke.
Prep roundup: Ochoa, McLean pitch combined shutout against Sunnyside
SUNNYSIDE — Ezekyel Ochoa and Evan McLean stifled Sunnyside en route to a 10-0 win for Moses Lake in six innings.
Columbia Basin roundup: Big Bend's McCord player of the year
MOSES LAKE — Jacob McCord ended his sensational sophomore season at Big Bend by being named the 2017 Baden NWAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year.