Week in sports: Sept. 19-25
IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years AGO
Moses Lake receiver Kyson Thomas pushes off Central Valley defenders to fight for extra yardage in the Maverick’s 25-22 win on Friday.
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Othello junior Stephanie Gonzalez (10) makes a pass to a teammate during the loss to East Valley (Yakima) on Thursday.
Royal’s Lance Allred shifts left to make a Lynden Christian defender miss during the Knight’s matchup against the Lyncs on Saturday.
Moses Lake senior Nathan Vlk pressures the Bear quarterback during the Maverick’s overtime win on Friday.
Moses Lake freshman Ava Swett swings at a pitch during the Maverick’s 10-0 win over Hermiston last Tuesday.
Warden players celebrate the team’s 25-8 win over Granger on Friday.
The Quincy defense wraps up a Brewster running back during the Jacks' 34-6 win over the Bears on 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 26, 2022 4:11 PM
COLUMBIA BASIN – Check out photos from this week’s athletic events here in the Basin, including a wild overtime win for Moses Lake and Quincy winning its second game of the season.
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.”