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High school sports schedule, April 13 through 20
Wednesday, April 13 3 p.m./5 p.m. - Quincy JV softball vs. Waterville-Mansfield at Waterville High School
Bloomsday race postponed because of COVID-19
SPOKANE — The annual race to welcome spring will have to be held in the fall this year.
Spring sports suspended after school closure announcement
Columbia Basin sports fields and courts will be empty for the foreseeable future after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced the mandatory closure of all K-12 schools statewide. The closure goes into effect March 17 and lasts until April 24, according to a tweet from Inslee.
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.