Basin sports schedule Sept. 4-10
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Football action kicks off for teams across the Columbia Basin on Friday.
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COLUMBIA BASIN — The fall sports season kicks off Thursday for local teams, with Royal girls soccer and volleyball teams facing their first competition of the season.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
No events scheduled.
Thursday, Sept. 5
Royal girls soccer at Naches Valley — 6 p.m.
Royal volleyball at Naches Valley — 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 6
ACH football at Cusick — 7 p.m.
Ephrata football vs. Prosser — 7 p.m.
LRS football at Liberty (Spangle) - 7 p.m.
Moses Lake football at Rigby — 8 p.m. at Rocky Mountain High School in Boise, Idaho.
MLCA/CCS football at Sunnyside Christian — 7 p.m.
Othello football at Ellensburg — 7 p.m.
Quincy football vs. Selah — 7 p.m.
Royal football at Kiona-Benton — 7 p.m.
Soap Lake football at St. John-Endicott — 7 p.m.
Wahluke football at Naches Valley — 7 p.m.
Warden football at Medical Lake — 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 7
Ellensburg Invitational Relays — boys and girls cross country meet at Rotary Park, includes Ephrata, Othello, Wahluke and Warden.
Ephrata girls soccer vs. Cascade (Leavenworth) — noon.
LRS volleyball vs. Reardan — 1:30 p.m.
Moses Lake girls soccer at Post Falls — 10 a.m.
Moses Lake volleyball at Hermiston — 1 p.m.
Othello volleyball at West Valley (Spokane) — 1:45 p.m.
Quincy girls soccer vs. Davis — noon.
Royal volleyball at Connell — 1 p.m.
Royal girls soccer at Connell — 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 8
No events scheduled.
Monday, Sept. 9
LRS volleyball vs. Columbia (Burbank) — 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 10
Ephrata volleyball vs. Eastmont — 6 p.m.
Ephrata girls soccer at Eastmont — 7 p.m.
Moses Lake girls soccer vs. Othello — 7 p.m.
Moses Lake volleyball vs. Othello — 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS volleyball vs. Odessa — 6:15 p.m.
Quincy volleyball vs. Omak — 6 p.m.
Quincy girls soccer vs. Deer Park — 6 p.m.
Soap Lake volleyball at Republic — 4:30 p.m.
Wahluke girls soccer vs. Cashmere — 4 p.m.
Wahluke volleyball vs. Cashmere — 6:30 p.m.
Warden girls soccer vs. White Swan — 6 p.m.
Warden volleyball vs. LRS — 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek volleyball vs. Lake Roosevelt — 6 p.m.
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