Basin sports gallery Oct. 3-10
IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 2 months AGO
Wilson Creek sophomore Josie McMillan (2) leaps up to return a pass during the Devils’ loss last Monday.
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Wahluke senior Daisy Perez (left) intercepts a pass from a Connell player during the Warriors’ 2-1 loss on Tuesday.
Ephrata sophomore Sienna Addink taps the ball over the net during the third set of Ephrata’s 3-0 win over Prosser on Tuesday.
Warden junior Maira Zaragoza (6) pushes the ball upfield while on the attack in the Cougars’ 1-0 loss to Mabton on Thursday.
Moses Lake sophomore Maddy Bond serves the ball during the Mavericks’ 3-1 win over Eisenhower on Thursday.
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington’s Brody Boness (25) cuts past a defender during the Broncos’ 25-18 win over Chewelah on Friday night.
Ephrata junior Leslie Sanchez Guerrera stays on defense as a Selah player moves the ball upfield.
Othello's Alex Mendez (21) follows a block from Julian Alegria (44) to work his way through the Prosser defense during the Huskies' 28-17 win Friday.
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. | October 10, 2022 2:30 PM
Check out photos from this past week’s sporting events here in the Basin, including teams from Moses Lake, Ephrata, Warden, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington, Wahluke and Othello.
ARTICLES BY IAN BIVONA
Moses Lake boys qualify eight, girls send 11 to Mat Classic
MOSES LAKE -- Nineteen total Mavericks qualified to wrestle at the upcoming Mat Classic, with the Moses Lake girls team qualifying 11 wrestlers and the boys team sending eight wrestlers to the Tacoma Dome. The Moses Lake boys took second at districts, scoring 214.5 points at the tournament. Sunnyside won the district tournament with 278.5 points.
Basin wrestlers bound for state after districts
MOSES LAKE – District tournaments were held across the state on Friday and Saturday, where boys and girls wrestlers punched their tickets into next week’s Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Mavs defeat Sunnyside, finish third in league
Moses Lake enters districts with confidence as regular season fades
MOSES LAKE – The Mavericks closed out the regular season with a trip to Sunnyside on Thursday night, coming out on top of a closely contested game with a 67-66 win over the Grizzlies. “They’ve been playing better, scoring more,” Head Coach Craig Groth said. “We’ve been doing a little bit better job on defense in certain situations and winning games leading up to that. Even games we haven’t won, we’ve been in really close games. Our confidence is really good right now, we felt great going into the game.”