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Basin soccer roundup, Oct. 15-21
MOSES LAKE — The final week of Basin soccer is upon us, as teams battle for a spot in the postseason. See below how your favorite teams have fared.
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy gear up for district soccer
MOSES LAKE — The Ephrata Tigers, Othello Huskies and Quincy Jacks will be beginning their journey in the postseason with the opening round of the district tournament in the Central Washington Athletic Conference. The Huskies and Jacks will be hosting a win-or-go-home game while the Tigers will travel to play East Valley. While the Tigers game isn't a loser-out game, advancing with a win is still at the forefront of Ephrata Head Coach Gary Klepec's approach.
Mavericks show grit in 2-0 loss to Eisenhower
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Mavericks (4-9) were defeated 2-0 at home by the Eisenhower Cadets despite a gritty battle throughout the game. Head Coach Alysha Overland felt the tough loss. "It was a good game, a good game played by our girls," she said. "The second half, the girls came out with some fire. It hurts to lose that one. We're coming off a lot of momentum. The girls really wanted it, but I still think we're in a good spot. I'm optimistic for where we're headed." The Cadets earned both goals in the first half, scoring within the first three minutes after exploiting an opening in the Mavericks formation. The two teams went back and forth for about 27 minutes before Eisenhower found the net once more to give themselves a 2-0 lead at halftime. From there, the Mavericks defense took it to the Cadets, not allowing another goal. However, they were unable to capitalize on their own opportunities in the attack, including in the final minutes.
Basin volleyball roundup, Oct. 13-19
MOSES LAKE — Another week of Basin volleyball has come and gone. As the postseason inches closer, see below where your favorite teams stand.
Big Bend finds its grit as postseason race narrows
MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Community College Vikings (6-9) bounced back from their 3-0 loss on Friday to Spokane Community College with a gritty 3-2 win over Treasure Valley Community College on Saturday. "We start off sometimes a little slower than normal, sometimes it just takes us a little bit of time to get into our groove," Head Coach Lindsey Linthicum said. "Which I think is normal for a lot of teams. It just depends on the set, depends on the rotation. Once we started recognizing and seeing like, 'No, we're not letting this get away from us,' that's when we started stepping up and running different rotations that we knew were more on our side for just keeping things going positive for our program."
Warriors remain unbeaten behind Grindy’s five touchdown game
COULEE CITY — The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors (7-0) earned yet another dominant victory at home with 475 yards of offense leading to a 58-6 rout of the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats on Friday. “It went really well; (the) kids played well (and) we got off to a fast start,” Head Coach Brandon Walsh said.
Bobcats run wild in blowout of Eastern Washington
CHENEY — The Eastern Washington Eagles (2-6) fell in dominant fashion at home Saturday 56-20 to the Montana State Bobcats (6-1). Head Coach Aaron Best was candid in a postgame interview, according to EWU Athletics. “Our guys battled, and I thought we got some momentum on the surprise onside kick recovery, but it was a three-and-out right after. It seems to be a common theme to create momentum with a big play, but do not capitalize on it,” Best said. “On the defensive side, there were too many explosive plays and those explosives were touchdowns. A few of them were on third and fourth downs. It was not only explosives, but a conversion that ended in a touchdown.”
Gridiron roundup – Week 7
MOSES LAKE — We’re at the tail end of the 2026 regular season for Basin high school football. In week seven, several teams continued to build momentum for the postseason while other look to finish strong. See below how your favorite programs fared.
Knights remain unbeaten with shutout over Wahluke
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights (7-0) earned their fourth-straight shutout win on Friday with a 64-0 victory over the Wahluke Warriors (2-5).
Mavs season concludes after late rally falls short
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Mavericks (16-6) 2026 season came to an end after falling short 22-18 to the West Valley Rams on Saturday. The loss came in a play-in game for a state tournament spot after the Mavs originally suffered a 28-17 loss to Eastmont on Thursday in the district championship game. “We had a ton of errors, and we spotted them way too many runs,” Hofheins said. “We came back slowly in the last two innings, we showed some fight, but we had too big a hole to climb out of.”