Basin Sports Gallery Oct. 17-22
IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 11 months AGO
Warden’s Brianalee Martinez (12, left) and Kaylee Erickson (3) smile during the Cougars’ match against Walla Walla Valley last Monday.
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Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington sophomore Camden Shaver serves the ball during the first set of the Broncos’ 3-1 win over Davenport.
Broncos senior Taylor Galbreath taps the ball over the net for a kill in the second set against Davenport on Tuesday.
Moses Lake senior Kathryn Pugh (left) blocks the ball during senior night on Tuesday for the Mavericks.
Moses Lake sophomore Maddy Bond raises her hand and prepares to serve against Davis.
Royal sophomore Ethan Ellis outstretches a College Place receiver to intercept a pass in the first quarter.
Royal senior quarterback Dylan Allred drops back and passes to a receiver in the end zone of the Knights’ 69-0 win on Friday.
Moses Lake senior Katelyn Kriete rounds third base during the Mavericks’ 18-2 state-clinching win over Davis.
Moses Lake senior Piper Bradshaw makes contact with a pitch for a single in the second inning against West Valley (Yakima).
The Wilson Creek back row awaits a serve by Riverside Christian on Saturday. The Devils won the match 3-1 to improve to 6-6 in league play.
Wilson Creek junior Jessa Bise leaps up while serving the ball in the fourth set of the Devils’ 3-1 win over Riverside Christian.
Ephrata quarterback Travis Hendrick (4) heads upfield during the Tigers' 20-17 win over Prosser 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 24, 2022 3:26 PM
Check out photos from some of this week’s sporting events, including Moses Lake, Warden, Royal, Wilson Creek and Lind-Ritzville.
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.”