IAN BIVONA
Ian Bivona serves as the Columbia Basin Herald’s sports reporter and is a graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He enjoys the behind-the-scenes stories that lead up to the wins and losses of the various sports teams in the Basin. Football is his favorite sport, though he likes them all, and his favorite team is the Jets. He lives in Soap Lake with his cat, Honey.
Recent Stories
Mavs wrestlers take down Eastmont
MOSES LAKE – After traveling to tournaments over the weekend, both Moses Lake’s boys and girls wrestling teams opened their league schedules with road duals against Eastmont on Wednesday. Moses Lake’s girls team won Wednesday’s dual 60-24, while the boys team won 57-30 over the Wildcats.
Basin hoops roundup: Local squads compete in non-league action
MOSES LAKE — With winter sports now in full swing, boys and girls basketball teams across the Columbia Basin have tipped off their 2024-25 seasons. Read along for a look at how local teams have fared through the early weeks of the regular season.
Lions open season at 2-1 mark
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School Lions earned their second win of the season on Monday night, going on the road to take down Cascade (Leavenworth) 58-40 in the team’s second non-league matchup of the season. MLCA/CCS has opened the year with a 2-1 record.
BASIN WRESTLING REPORT: Local teams open 2024-25 season
MOSES LAKE – The 2024-25 wrestling season kicked off last week, with several local teams traveling across the region to different tournaments.
GALLERY: 2024 Basin football season
MOSES LAKE – The 2024 football season came to an end across the state last weekend, with six teams earning state championships at Husky Stadium in Seattle. Read along for a look at how teams finished this season, and who won titles in each classification.
Huskies win first dual, take second at Deer Park tourney
OTHELLO – Between a season-opening dual against Ellensburg on Thursday and traveling to their first tournament over the weekend, the Othello boys wrestling team stayed busy through the end of last week. The Huskies first defeated the Bulldogs 51-24 in the Thursday dual before taking second at the Deer Park Invitational on Saturday.
Cougars’ Gutierrez scores 1,000th point in season opener
WARDEN – With a 1,000th point scored during the game, and despite a late comeback effort, Warden was unable to overcome a nearly 20-point deficit in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s season-opening basketball game against Naches Valley, falling 74-62 to the Rangers.
Five in a row
Knights surge in second half, defeat Seton Catholic 61-28 for state title
SEATTLE – Tied at 21 through the first 24 minutes, the top-seeded Royal Knights outscored No. 2 Seton Catholic 40-7 in the second half of Friday’s 1A State Football Tournament championship game, defeating the Cougars 61-28 to claim their fifth consecutive championship.
Cougars fall to Naches Valley in season opener
WARDEN – Thursday night’s season-opening basketball game between Warden and Naches Valley saw the Rangers take advantage of Cougar miscues down the stretch of the fourth quarter, dropping Warden to 0-1 with a 74-62 loss.
Quest for the crown
Knights to face Seton Catholic for 1A championship
ROYAL CITY – Players on teams across the state dream of hoisting a state championship trophy at the end of a long season; for the two teams remaining in the 1A State Football Tournament – the No. 1 seed Royal Knights and No. 2 Seton Catholic – those dreams are still alive.