Week in sports: Sept. 6-12
IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years AGO
Ephrata’s Lexie Diem prepares to serve during Ephrata’s 3-0 win over Cascade last week.
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Quincy’s Adelina Perez (3) looks to make a play on the ball during the Jacks’ 1-0 loss to Wahluke.
Wahluke’s Yaria Gonzalez (18) chases after a loose ball during the Warrior’s 1-0 win over Quincy
Royal’s Juan Morales (71) lines up at defensive end during the Knights’ 14-0 shutout win over Othello on Friday.
Othello quarterback Maddox Martinez (7) passes the ball while being wrapped up by a Royal defender.
Royal quarterback Dylan Allred (5) takes the ball upfield on a quarterback run.
Quincy’s Kenny Thompson (33) fights to gain extra yards through two Ephrata defenders.
Ephrata running back Tyler Raine (1) powers through a Quincy defender.
Moses Lake's Kyson Thomas (5) pivots during a punt return in Friday's game with Kamiakin.
Isaiah Jackson-Moreno (81) scores during the Moses Lake-Kamiakin football game 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. | September 13, 2022 1:00 AM
COLUMBIA BASIN — Check out some photos from last week’s sporting events here in the Basin.
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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.”