Basin sports schedule Oct. 9-15
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The Soap Lake volleyball team travels to Easton on Thursday and hosts Thorp on Tuesday. The Eagles are 7-2 this season.
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MOSES LAKE – Check out this week’s sports schedule for high school athletics across the Columbia Basin, including cross country, football, girls soccer, girls swimming and diving, slowpitch softball and volleyball events.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
Moses Lake swim and dive at Eastmont – 4 p.m.
Warden girls soccer vs Cle Elum-Roslyn – 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 10
ACH volleyball at Chesterton – 6 p.m.
Ephrata girls soccer vs East Valley (Yakima) - 6 p.m.
Ephrata volleyball vs Ellensburg – 6 p.m.
Moses Lake cross country vs Pasco, Quincy – 2 p.m. at the Gorge Ampitheatre
Moses Lake slowpitch softball at Eastmont (doubleheader) - 3 p.m.
Moses Lake swim and dive at Davis – 4 p.m.
Moses Lake volleyball vs Sunnyside – 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS volleyball vs Thorp – 6:30 p.m.
Othello volleyball at Selah – 6 p.m.
Quincy volleyball at East Valley (Yakima) - 6 p.m.
Royal girls soccer vs Cashmere – 6 p.m.
Royal volleyball vs Cashmere – 6:30 p.m.
Soap Lake volleyball at Easton – 6 p.m
Wahluke girls soccer vs Wapato – 4 p.m.
Wahluke volleyball vs Wapato – 6:30 p.m.
Warden volleyball at Columbia (Burbank) - 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek volleyball at Odessa – 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11
ACH football vs Columbia – 7 p.m.
LRS volleyball vs Warden – 7 p.m.
Moses Lake football vs Post Falls – 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS football at Pateros – 4:30 p.m.
Quincy football vs Ellensburg – 7 p.m.
Royal football vs Prosser – 7 p.m.
Soap Lake football at Oroville – 5 p.m.
Wahluke football vs College Place – 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 12
Max Jensen/Richland Invitational – cross country meet begins at 9:30 a.m., includes LRS and Othello
Moses Lake girls soccer at Sunnyside – 1 p.m.
MLCA/CCS volleyball vs Republic – 1:30 p.m.
Quincy girls soccer vs Othello – noon
Royal cross country at Apple Ridge Run Invite – 11 a.m.
Nike Hole In The Wall XC Invitational – cross country meet at Lakewood High School, starts at 8:20 a.m. Includes Ephrata and Moses Lake
Wahluke volleyball at Zillah – 11 a.m.
Wahluke girls soccer at Zillah – 11 a.m.
Ephrata football vs Othello – 6 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 13
No events scheduled.
Monday, Oct. 14
No events scheduled.
Tuesday, Oct. 15
Ephrata girls soccer at Toppenish – 6 p.m.
Ephrata volleyball vs Toppenish – 6 p.m.
LRS volleyball at Upper Columbia Academy – 6:30 p.m.
Moses Lake girls soccer vs Davis – 7 p.m.
Moses Lake volleyball at Davis – 7 p.m.
Othello girls soccer vs Ellensburg – 6 p.m.
Othello volleyball vs Prosser – 6:30 p.m.
Quincy girls soccer at Selah – 6 p.m.
Quincy volleyball vs Tri-Cities Prep – 6 p.m.
Soap Lake volleyball vs Thorp – 6 p.m.
Wahluke girls soccer vs Royal – 6 p.m.
Wahluke volleyball vs Royal – 6:30 p.m.
Warden volleyball vs Mabton – 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek volleyball vs MLCA/CCS - 6 p.m.
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