Basin sports schedule Feb. 5-11
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Almira/Coulee-Hartline’s girls basketball teams travels to Curlew Wednesday for a game in the Northeast 1B League Tournament.
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MOSES LAKE – Check out this week’s sports schedule for high school athletics across the Columbia Basin, including basketball, swim and dive and wrestling events.
This schedule will be updated online as teams progress through their respective playoff brackets.
Wednesday, Feb. 5
ACH girls basketball at Curlew – league playoff game begins at 6 p.m.
LRS boys, girls basketball at Upper Columbia Academy – 6, 7:30 p.m.
MLCA/CCS girls basketball at Touchet – 5 p.m.
Warden boys basketball at Kittitas – district playoff game begins at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 6
Columbia Basin Big 9 Boys Swimming and Diving Championships – 5 p.m. at Moses Lake.
Ephrata girls, boys wrestling vs Quincy – 6, 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS girls basketball at Easton – 6 p.m.
Othello girls, boys wrestling vs Prosser – 6, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 7
Eastern Washington Athletic Conference League Tournament – boys wrestling tournament at Warden, begins at noon
Ephrata girls, boys basketball vs Toppenish – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Moses Lake girls, boys basketball at Eastmont – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Othello girls, boys basketball vs East Valley (Yakima) - 5:30, 7 p.m.
Royal girls, boys basketball at College Place – 5:45, 7:15 p.m.
Wilson Creek girls, boys basketball at Waterville-Mansfield – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Columbia Basin Big 9 Boys Swimming and Diving Championships – 11 a.m. at Moses Lake
Girls 1A/2B/1B Sub-District 5 South Tournament – 11 a.m. at Warden, includes Royal, Warden and Wahluke
LRS wrestling at Northeast 2B League Tournament – 10:30 a.m.
Moses Lake boys wrestling at Columbia Basin Big 9 District Championships – 11 a.m. at West Valley (Yakima)
Moses Lake girls wrestling at Columbia Basin Big 9 District Championships – 11 a.m. at Eastmont
Moses Lake girls, boys basketball vs Davis – 4:30, 6 p.m.
Northeast 1B vs Southeast 1B Mixer – boys wrestling tournament begins at 10:30 a.m. at ACH
South Central Athletic Conference Championship – boys wrestling tournament at Connell, includes Royal and Wahluke
Sunday, Feb. 9
No events scheduled.
Monday, Feb. 10
No events scheduled, subject to change.
Tuesday, Feb. 11
No events scheduled, subject to change.
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