Basin sports schedule Sept. 25-Oct. 1
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The Royal girls soccer team hosts Wapato and College Place in upcoming games on Thursday and Tuesday.
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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, Sept. 25
LRS cross country at St. George’s — 4 p.m.
Warden volleyball at Okanogan — 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 26
CWAC Meet No. 1 — boys and girls cross country meet at Rotary Park in Ellensburg, includes Ephrata and Othello. Begins at 4:30 p.m.
Ephrata girls soccer vs Moses Lake — 6 p.m.
Ephrata volleyball at Prosser — 6:30 p.m.
LRS volleyball vs Upper Columbia Academy — 6:30 p.m.
Moses Lake boys and girls cross country at West Valley (Yakima) — 3 p.m.
Moses Lake slowpitch softball vs Wenatchee (doubleheader) — 3:30 p.m.
Othello girls soccer vs Connell — 6:30 p.m.
Quincy boys and girls cross country vs Selah, Grandview — 4:30 p.m.
Quincy girls soccer vs Cascade (Leavenworth) — 6 p.m.
Quincy volleyball at Ellensburg — 6 p.m.
Royal girls soccer vs Wapato — 6 p.m.
Royal volleyball vs Wapato — 6:30 p.m.
Soap Lake football vs Wellpinit — 6 p.m.
Soap Lake volleyball vs Wilson Creek — 6:15 p.m.
Wahluke girls soccer at Naches Valley — 6 p.m.
Wahluke volleyball at Naches Valley — 6:30 p.m.
Wahluke football vs Cashmere — 7 p.m.
Warden girls soccer vs La Salle — 6 p.m.
Warden volleyball at Mabton — 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 27
ACH football at Curlew — 3 p.m.
Ephrata football at East Valley (Yakima) — 7 p.m.
LRS football vs Reardan — 7 p.m.
Moses Lake football vs Wenatchee — 7 p.m.
Othello football at Selah — 7 p.m.
Othello volleyball at Ferris — 7 p.m.
Quincy football vs Wapato — 7 p.m.
Royal football vs Zillah — 7 p.m.
Warden football at Columbia (Burbank) — 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 28
ACH volleyball vs Chesterton — 2 p.m.
Connell Invite — boys and girls cross country invite begins at 10:45 a.m., includes Moses Lake.
MLCA/CCS football vs Entiat — 6 p.m. at Lions Field.
Leavenworth Invite — boys and girls cross country meet begins at noon at Leavenworth Ski Hill, includes Ephrata.
Othello girls soccer vs Ephrata — noon.
Othello volleyball at Shadle Park — 7:30 a.m.
Quincy Volleyball Invitational Tournament — includes Ephrata, LRS, Royal and Wahluke. Begins at 8 a.m.
Quincy girls soccer at Ellensburg — noon.
Soap Lake volleyball vs Republic — 3 p.m.
Warden girls soccer vs Lake Roosevelt — 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 29
No events scheduled.
Monday, Sept. 30
Warden volleyball vs Othello — 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 1
ACH volleyball at Wilbur-Creston-Keller — 7:30 p.m.
Ephrata girls soccer vs Quincy — 6 p.m.
Ephrata volleyball vs East Valley (Yakima) — 6 p.m.
LRS cross country at Colfax — 4 p.m.
LRS volleyball vs Liberty (Spangle) — 6:30 p.m.
Moses Lake slowpitch softball at Davis (doubleheader) — 3:30 p.m.
Moses Lake girls soccer vs Eisenhower — 7 p.m.
Moses Lake volleyball at Eisenhower — 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS volleyball vs Entiat — 6:15 p.m.
Othello girls soccer vs Toppenish — 6 p.m.
Othello volleyball vs Ellensburg — 6:30 p.m.
Quincy volleyball vs Grandview — 6 p.m.
Royal girls soccer vs College Place — 6 p.m.
Royal volleyball vs College Place — 6:30 p.m.
Soap Lake volleyball vs Oroville — 6:15 p.m.
Wahluke girls soccer vs Kiona-Benton — 4 p.m.
Wahluke volleyball vs Kiona-Benton — 6:30 p.m.
Warden girls soccer vs Granger — 6 p.m.
Warden volleyball vs River View — 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek volleyball at Pateros — 5:30 p.m.
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