Weekend prep roundup: Royal shuts out Connell, 56-0
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Football
Royal 56, Connell 0
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights won their last district game handily Friday, trouncing Connell High School 54-0. Luke Bergeson made three touchdowns, while Avery Ellis, Edgar Delarosa, Kaleb Hernandez, Gunnar Anderson and Elijah Jenks each made one. Derek Bergeson led in passing yards with 209, and Ellis led in rushing with 92 yards.
Ephrata 21, Prosser 28
The Ephrata Tigers trailed one touchdown behind the Prosser Mustangs most of Friday’s game. A two-point conversion put them ahead by one point briefly in the fourth quarter, but Prosser returned the move and defeated the Tigers by 8 points. Travis Hendrick led in passing yards with 104, and Cole Hertz led in rushing with 146 yards. The loss leaves Ephrata at 4-5 for the season.
Other scores:
Soap Lake 20, Entiat 38
Othello 45, Quincy 0
Moses Lake 56, West Valley 17
Warden 13, River View 39
Warden 20, Tri-Cities Prep 35
Wahluke 0, Kiona-Benton 6
Girls soccer
Quincy 2, Cascade 3
Othello 2, Selah 3
Othello 0, Prosser 1
Moses Lake 3, Eisenhower 1
Quincy 9, Warden 1
Volleyball
Ephrata 3, Grandview 0
Othello 0, Prosser 3
Soap Lake 0, Bridgeport 3
Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian 3, Wilson Creek 1
Warden 3, Dayton/Waitsburg 0
Warden 3, River View 0
Warden 0, Walla Walla Valley Academy 3
Warden 0, Columbia 3
Wahluke 3, Royal 1
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Signing off
Moses Lake Fire Chief Brett Bastian retires after 33 years
MOSES LAKE — A 33-year era ended as Moses Lake Fire Chief Brett Bastian retired Friday. His tenure as firefighter and then chief was celebrated at a small party at the Moses Lake Civic Center. “Chief’s first day of work was April 20, 1992,” said MLFD CARES Coordinator Heather Kok. “The population of Moses Lake at that time was about 12,000 people. Today we're at 25,000, roughly. The jurisdiction for the Moses Lake Fire Department was nine square miles. Today it is 23-ish square miles … They had 14 career firefighters, which is roughly the amount of firefighters that we have on an average day today. The number of apparatus that they had at the time was one engine, one wildland truck (and) a command vehicle that was shared ... Today we have five engines, two ladders, three wildland vehicles, two tenders and a handful of special technology vehicles. And a lot of that has been done in the last five years. So congratulations, Chief. That’s a huge win for our crew.”
Mary Poppins to host children’s tea party
MOSES LAKE — She’s practically perfect in every way, and next month, some children will get to enjoy her magic in person.
Moses Lake museum to showcase preschool artists
MOSES LAKE — The 200-plus artists whose work will go up this week at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center draw their inspiration from many giants in the field: Picasso, Mondrian, Kahlo. What they have in common is that they’re all 3-5 years old.