Basin sports schedule March 6-12
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Spring sports begin with Thursday’s Joe Dubsky Memorial Invite in Pasco, a boys golf tournament including Moses Lake and Othello.
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COLUMBIA BASIN — Spring sports arrive this week with golf, soccer, baseball and more taking over as priorities at schools across the Basin.
Wednesday, March 6
No events scheduled.
Thursday, March 7
Joe Dubsky Memorial Invite - boys golf tournament begins at 12 p.m., includes Moses Lake and Othello.
Friday, March 8
Quincy boys soccer vs Overlake - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 9
Ephrata baseball vs Orting, Quincy - 10 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
Ephrata boys soccer vs East Valley (Spokane) - 12 p.m.
Moses Lake boys, girls tennis vs Ellensburg - 12 p.m.
Moses Lake baseball vs Hazen - 12:30 p.m.
Moses Lake boys soccer at Lewis & Clark - 1 p.m.
Othello boys soccer vs Connell - 12 p.m.
Othello baseball vs Hazen - 3 p.m.
Quincy boys, girls tennis vs Ephrata - 11 a.m.
Quincy boys soccer at Tonasket - 11 a.m.
Quincy baseball vs Tonasket - 12:30 p.m.
Royal boys soccer vs Elma - 10 a.m. at Montesano High School.
Wahluke boys soccer at Montesano - 12 p.m.
Warden boys soccer vs Newport - 1 p.m.
Monday, March 11
Grandview Golf Invite - begins at 9 a.m., includes Ephrata and Royal.
Moses Lake boys golf at Walla Walla - 9:30 a.m.
Moses Lake Invite - girls golf tournament begins at 11 a.m. at the Moses Lake Golf and Country Club, includes Moses Lake, Othello and Warden.
Othello baseball vs Shadle Park - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12
Ephrata Icebreaker - boys and girls track and field meet at Ephrata, includes MLCA/CCS, Quincy, Soap Lake and Wahluke.
Ephrata boys, girls tennis at Chelan - 4 p.m.
Ephrata softball at West Valley (Yakima) - 4 p.m.
Ephrata boys soccer vs Moses Lake - 6 p.m.
Moses Lake boys, girls tennis at Sunnyside - 3 p.m.
Othello boys soccer vs Hanford - 6 p.m.
Quincy softball at Tonasket - 3:30 p.m.
Quincy boys soccer at Wenatchee - 7 p.m.
Royal boys soccer vs Connell - 6 p.m.
Wahluke baseball, softball doubleheaders at Columbia (Burbank) - 3, 5 p.m.
Warden boys soccer at Kiona-Benton - 4 p.m.
Warden baseball at Okanogan - 4 p.m.
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