Basin sports schedule Dec. 7-13
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The Warden Cougars boys and girls basketball teams have their first home games of the season on Friday against Highland.
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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. | December 6, 2022 4:24 PM
COLUMBIA BASIN – Winter sports season is in full swing here in the Basin, with all 12 local schools back in action this week. Check out this week’s sports schedule below.
Wednesday, Dec. 7
Lind-Ritzville boys basketball vs Asotin - 6:30 p.m.
Moses Lake girls, boys wrestling vs Sunnyside - 6, 7 p.m.
Royal girls basketball at Newport - 6 p.m.
Quincy boys wrestling at Wapato - 5 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 8
Ephrata boys wrestling at Ellensburg - 7 p.m.
Moses Lake boys swim and dive at Eastmont - 4 p.m.
Soap Lake boys basketball vs MLCA/CCS - 7:30 p.m.
Othello boys wrestling vs Selah - 7 p.m.
Quincy, Warden, Ephrata girls wrestling at Okanogan - 6 p.m.
Wahluke, Warden boys wrestling at Granger tournament - 5 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 9
ACH girls, boys basketball vs Valley Christian - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Ephrata girls, boys basketball vs Wahluke - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville girls, boys basketball at Medical Lake - 5:45, 7:30 p.m.
Moses Lake boys basketball vs Ellensburg - 7 p.m.
Moses Lake girls basketball at Ellensburg - 7 p.m.
Moses Lake boys wrestling at Inland Empire Invite - 4:30 p.m.
Quincy girls, boys basketball vs Omak - 5:45, 7:15 p.m.
Wahluke girls, boys wrestling at Granger tournament - 9:30 a.m.
Warden boys wrestling at Granger tournament - 9:30 a.m.
Warden girls, boys basketball vs Highland - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek girls, boys basketball at Riverside Christian - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Big Bend women's basketball vs Peninsula - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 10
ACH girls, boys basketball at Lake Roosevelt - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Ephrata boys wrestling at West Valley Wrestling Invite - 8 a.m.
Lind-Ritzville girls, boys wrestling at Liberty (Spangle) - 9:30 a.m.
Moses Lake boys wrestling at Inland Empire Invite - 9 a.m.
Moses Lake girls, boys basketball at Davis - 4:45, 6:30 p.m.
Othello girls, boys basketball at La Salle - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Othello boys wrestling vs Royal, Quincy, Moses Lake, others - 10 a.m.
Quincy girls, boys basketball at Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) - 4:30, 6 p.m.
Royal girls, boys basketball vs Chelan - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Soap Lake girls, boys basketball vs Waterville-Mansfield - 2:30, 4 p.m.
Warden girls, boys basketball at Goldendale - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Warden girls wrestling tournament - hosting Ephrata, Moses Lake, Quincy and 17 other teams. Begins at 10 a.m.
Big Bend women's basketball vs Northwest Indian College - 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 13
ACH girls, boys basketball vs Manson - 6, 7:30 p.m.
ACH wrestling at Ephrata - 5 p.m.
Ephrata girls, boys basketball at Shadle Park - 5:30, 7 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville girls, boys basketball at Liberty (Spangle) - 6, 7:30 p.m.
MLCA/CCS girls basketball vs Pateros - 6 p.m.
MLCA/CCS boys basketball vs Wilbur-Creston-Keller - 7:30 p.m.
Othello girls, boys basketball at Connell - 6, 7:30 p.m.
Quincy girls wrestling vs Othello, Ephrata, Warden, Wahluke, others - 5 p.m.
Quincy girls, boys basketball at Cashmere - 5:45, 7:15 p.m.
Warden girls, boys basketball vs Royal - 6, 7:30 p.m.
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