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IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 3 months AGO
River Dog second baseman Zane Harden stands in the batter’s box waiting for a pitch against the North Spokane Dodgers on Sunday.
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A pair of Soap Lake defenders tackle an ACH ball carrier at Friday’s jamboree in Coulee City.
River Dog shortstop Cruz Martinez (12) catches a fly ball in foul territory for an out.
The Soap Lake defense lines up against the Curlew offense at Friday’s jamboree.
River Dog third baseman Anson Gustafson darts to third base against the North Spokane Dodgers on Sunday in Ephrata.
An ACH quarterback runs into the end zone after keeping the ball on an option play against the Wellpinit defense.
River Dog center fielder Jackson Carlos slides into third base to beat the incoming tag.
An ACH ball carrier runs with a wall of blockers towards the defense’s end zone.
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. | June 21, 2023 4:11 PM
COLUMBIA BASIN – Almira/Coulee-Hartline and Soap Lake wrapped up spring practices with a jamboree in Coulee City over the weekend, while the 18U Columbia Basin River Dogs hosted the Jerry Henderson Memorial Tournament in Ephrata. Check out these photos from the tow events over this past weekend.
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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.”