BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Dec. 29, 2025 – Jan. 5, 2026
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Brady Jay from the Moses Lake Mavericks dribbles the ball toward the hoop during a previous home game this season. The Mavs will play on their home court this week against Ridgeline.
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COLUMBIA BASIN — High School athletes restart their seasons after the holiday break to play their final games of 2025 and first games of 2026. See where each of the local teams will be playing this week.
Boys Basketball
Dec. 29
Royal (4-0) @ Sacred Heart School, Saratoga, AZ – 10 a.m.
Quincy (2-6) vs Fort Vancouver @ Yakima Sundome – 11 a.m.
Wahluke (3-4) @ River View – 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 30
Quincy (2-6) vs La Center @ Yakima Sundome – noon
MLHS (6-2) vs Ridgeline – 6 p.m.
LRS (1-5) @ River View – 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek (5-3) vs Waterville-Mansfield – 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 2
ACH (4-0) @ Liberty Bell – 3:30 p.m.
Othello (2-6) vs Ephrata (1-6) - 7 p.m.
Quincy (2-6) @ Ellensburg – 7 p.m.
LRS (1-5) vs Northwest Christian – 7:30 p.m.
MLCA/CCS (7-0) @ DeSales – 7:30 p.m.
Warden (5-2) vs Reardan – 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 3
Ephrata (1-6) vs Ellensburg – 5 p.m.
Othello (2-6) vs Selah – 5 p.m.
Quincy (2-6) vs East Valley – 5 p.m.
Warden (5-2) @ Freeman – 5 p.m.
Royal (4-0) @ Zillah – 5:15 p.m.
Wahluke (3-4) @ Cashmere – 5:15 p.m.
ACH (4-0) @ Kettle Falls – 6 p.m.
Jan. 5
MLCA/CCS (7-0) vs Waitsburg – 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Dec. 29
Royal (5-1) @ Scottsdale Christian – 3 p.m.
MLHS (3-5) @ Walla Walla – 3:30 p.m.
Wahluke (0-7) @ River View – 5 p.m.
Dec. 30
Royal (5-1) vs The Bear Creek – 1 p.m.
MLHS (3-5) vs Ridgeline – 4:30 p.m.
LRS (5-1) @ River View – 5 p.m.
Jan. 2
ACH (3-1) @ Liberty Bell – 2 p.m.
Othello (1-6) vs Ephrata (0-7) - 5:30 p.m.
Quincy (3-6) vs Ellensburg – 5:30 p.m.
LRS (5-1) vs Northwest Christian – 6 p.m.
MLCA/CCS (6-1) @ DeSales – 6 p.m.
Warden (2-5) vs Reardan – 6 p.m.
Jan. 3
Ephrata (0-7) vs Ellensburg – 3:30 p.m.
Othello (1-6) vs Selah – 3:30 p.m.
Quincy (3-6) vs East Valley – 3:30 p.m.
Warden (2-5) @ Freeman – 3:30 p.m.
Royal (5-1) @ Zillah – 3:45 p.m.
Wahluke (0-7) @ Cashmere – 3:45 p.m.
ACH (3-1) @ Kettle Falls – 4:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Dec. 30
MLHS, Quincy @ Eastmont – 9 a.m.
Jan. 3
MLHS @ Tahoma HS – 8 a.m.
ACH, LRS @ ACH HS – 10 a.m.
Royal, Wahluke @ Cascade HS – 10 a.m.
Jan. 5
Warden @ Kittitas HS – 5 p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Dec. 29
Othello @ Clark County Events Center – 8 a.m.
Quincy, Royal @ Hanford HS – 8 a.m.
Dec. 30
Othello @ Clark County Events Center – 8 a.m.
Jan. 2
Ephrata, Royal, Wahluke, Warden @ Royal HS – 9 a.m.
Jan. 3
Ephrata, Quincy @ John R Rogers HS – 9 a.m.
ACH, LRS @ ACH HS – 10 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.