BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Dec. 1-8, 2025
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 months AGO
Kyre Wiltbank from the Mavs makes his way up the court during a matchup last season. The Moses Lake Mavericks’ first matchup of the season will be on the road against the Ephrata Tigers on Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA BASIN — Winter sports in the basin begin this week with local athletes taking to the court and the mat as they aim for success this season. See where our local teams will be playing this week.
Football
Dec. 5
Royal vs Cashmere @ Husky Stadium, Seattle – 3 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Dec. 2
Ephrata vs MLHS – 7 p.m.
Othello @ Omak – 7:15 p.m.
Wahluke vs Tri-Cities Prep – 7:15 p.m.
Quincy @ Sageview – 7:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek vs Columbia – 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 3
MLCA/CCS vs Entiat – 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 4
Othello vs Connell – 7 p.m.
Warden @ Naches Valley – 7:15 p.m.
MLHS @ Kennewick – 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 5
MLHS vs Ferris – 7 p.m.
Quincy vs La Salle – 7 p.m.
Warden vs Cle Elum – 7 p.m.
Wahluke vs White Swan – 7:15 p.m.
Ephrata @ Chelan – 7:15 p.m.
LRS @ Davenport – 7:30 p.m.
Soap Lake vs Waterville-Mansfield – 7:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek @ Entiat – 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 6
MLCA/CCS @ Oroville – 4 p.m.
Warden vs LRS – 5 p.m.
Quincy vs Lakeside – 5 p.m.
Wahluke vs Wapato – 5:15 p.m.
Soap Lake vs Nespelem – 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Dec. 2
Ephrata vs MLHS – 5:30 p.m.
Othello @ Omak – 5:45 p.m.
Quincy @ Sageview – 5:45 p.m.
Royal @ Chelan – 5:45 p.m.
Wahluke vs Tri-Cities – 5:45 p.m.
MLCA/CCS vs Touchet – 6 p.m.
Wilson Creek vs Columbia – 6 p.m.
Dec. 3
MLCA/CCS vs Entiat – 6 p.m.
Dec. 4
Othello vs Connell – 5:30 p.m.
MLHS @ Kennewick – 5:45 p.m.
Warden @ Naches Valley – 5:45 p.m.
ACH vs Waterville-Mansfield – 8 p.m.
Dec. 5
Quincy vs Omak – 5 p.m.
MLHS vs Ferris – 5:30 p.m.
Warden vs Cle Elum – 5:30 p.m.
Ephrata @ Chelan – 5:45 p.m.
Wahluke vs White Swan – 5:45 p.m.
LRS @ Davenport – 6 p.m.
Soap Lake vs Waterville-Mansfield – 6 p.m.
Wilson Creek @ Entiat – 5 p.m.
Dec. 6
MLCA/CCS @ Oroville – 2:30 p.m.
Warden vs LRS – 3:30 p.m.
Quincy vs Lakeside – 3:30 p.m.
Wahluke vs Wapato – 3:45 p.m.
Soap Lake vs Nespelem – 4:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Dec. 2
MLHS vs Ephrata – 5 p.m.
Royal @ Cle Elum – 5 p.m.
Dec. 4
Warden @ Burbank – 5 p.m.
Quincy vs Selah – 6 p.m.
Ephrata @ Grandview – 6:30 p.m.
Othello @ Ellensburg – 7 p.m.
Dec. 6
Warden @ Ocosta – 9 a.m.
MLHS @ Kennewick – 9:30 a.m.
Royal @ Kennewick HS – 9:30 a.m.
Ephrata @ Davis – 10 a.m.
Girls Wrestling
Dec. 2
Royal @ Cle Elum – 6 p.m.
Quincy vs Cashmere – 6 p.m.
Dec. 4
Othello @ Ellensburg – 6 p.m.
Quincy vs Selah – 6 p.m.
Ephrata @ Grandview – 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 6
Royal @ Kennewick HS – 10 a.m.
Ephrata @ Eastmont – 10 a.m.
MLHS @ Eastmont – 10 a.m.
Warden @ Liberty – 10 a.m.
Swim
Dec. 4
MLHS vs Wenatchee – 5 p.m.
Bowling
Dec. 2
MLHS @ West Valley – 3 p.m.
Dec. 4
MLHS vs AC Davis – 3 p.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.