BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: April 30 - May 7
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year AGO
The Moses Lake Mavericks baseball team faces the West Valley Rams in a double header Friday.
CALEB PEREZ/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
MOSES LAKE — The spring sports regular season is coming to a close. Be sure to attend some games this week to cheer on local athletes as they enter the postseason.
Wednesday, April 30
Golf
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Girls @ Black Rock Creek 11 a.m.
Track
Othello vs East Valley high School/Selah High School 3:30 p.m.
Wahluke @ Connell High School 3:30 p.m.
Tennis
Royal @ Cashmere High School 4 p.m.
Soap Lake vs Tonasket High School 4 p.m.
Wahluke vs Naches Valley High School 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 1
Baseball
Lind-Ritzville @ Liberty High School 4 p.m.
Warden vs Columbia High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Softball
ACH vs Lake Roosevelt High School 4 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville @ Liberty High School 4 p.m.
Quincy vs Grandview High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Warden vs Columbia High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Tennis
Ephrata @ East Valley High School 3 p.m.
Quincy @ Toppenish High School 3 p.m.
Royal @ Zillah High School 4 p.m.
MLHS @ West Valley High School 3 p.m.
Golf
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Boys @ Black Rock Creek 11 a.m.
Wahluke @ Desert Aire Golf Course 11 a.m.
Track
MLHS @ Sunnyside High School 3:30 p.m.
Soccer
Royal vs Highland High School 6 p.m.
Friday, May 2
Baseball
MLHS vs West Valley High School 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
Royal vs Naches Valley High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Softball
Ephrata vs Ellensburg High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
MLHS @ West Valley High School 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
Othello @ Toppenish High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Royal vs Naches Valley High School 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Track
Vanderholm Invitational @ Royal High School 3 p.m.
Soccer
Soap Lake @ Eastmont High School 5 p.m.
Wahluke vs College Place High School 6 p.m.
Warden @ Kiona-Benton City High School 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 3
Baseball
ACH @ Mary Walker High School 2 p.m.
Ephrata vs Ellensburg High School 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville @ Asotin Middle/High School noon, 2 p.m.
Othello vs Toppenish 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
Quincy vs Grandview High School 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
Softball
ACH @ Mary Walker High School noon, 2 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville @ Asotin Middle/High School noon, 2 p.m.
Tennis
Ephrata vs Toppenish High School 10 a.m.
MLHS @ Sunnyside High School 11 a.m.
Othello vs East Valley High School 10 a.m.
Monday, May 5
Golf
MLHS Girls @ Appletree Golf Course 11 a.m.
Warden @ Leavenworth Golf Course 2 p.m.
Softball
MLHS vs Othello High School 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6
Baseball
ACH vs Wilbur-Creston-Keller 4 p.m.
MLHS vs Eastmont High School 5 p.m.
Softball
ACH vs Wilbur-Creston-Keller 4 p.m.
Golf
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Boys @ Yakima Elks Golf & Country Club 10 a.m.
MLHS Boys @ Highlander Golf Course 11 a.m.
Royal Boys @ Black Rock Creek 11 a.m.
Warden Boys vs Tri-Cities Prep 10 a.m.
Warden Girls vs Cle Elum-Roslyn High School 10 a.m.
Tennis
MLHS vs Eisenhower High School 3 p.m.
Soccer
MLHS vs Eisenhower High School 6 p.m.
Track
Wilson Creek @ Bridgeport High School 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7
Tennis
Lind-Ritzville vs Newport High School 3:30 p.m.
Golf
Royal, Wahluke Girls @ Black Rock Creek 11 a.m.
ARTICLES BY CALEB PEREZ
BBCC eyes budget and spring enrollment
MOSES LAKE — During Big Bend Community College’s April 30 board meeting the college President, Sarah Thompson Tweedy, shared the counts for spring enrollment and Full Time Enrollment numbers for Spring of 2026 along with updates on where the budget sits. “We still have some work to do in terms of systematically going through our expenses and seeing how much of the requests that we have before us, how many of those we can put off,” said Thompson Tweedy. “There’s the opportunity to close that gap by reducing our expenses, but the challenge is, we’ve also had some expenses go up.” As of April 15, 2026 the spring quarter head count was up nearly 18% from 2025, but total FTE’s and state-funded FTEs were down 6.9% and 11.6% respectively, according to the board agenda.
Huskies best Tigers in OT
Othello moves on to second round of districts
OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies (11-5) extended their postseason push after earning a close 2-1 victory in overtime against the Ephrata Tigers (7-10) in the first round of the 2A district tournament. The game winning goal came in second overtime when Othello sophomore Samuel Marroquin knocked the ball into the back of the net. “It was a tough game, Ephrata is definitely a tough opponent, but I feel like we had prepared well for the week,” said Marroquin. “We definitely had a good game plan and we just gave everything. We knew if this was our last game we were going to go out with a bang.” The game was a tight battle from the very beginning as the Tigers and Huskies battled under the hot sun. Othello scored in the first half and maintained their lead in throughout, going into halftime 1-0.
BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: May 4-11, 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — The postseason has begun for high school athletes in our area with teams gearing up to compete against the best of the best. Check out where our local teams are heading this week.