Basin sports schedule Jan. 8-14
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The Royal boys and girls basketball teams host College Place on Friday night. Games begin at 5:45 p.m. in Royal City.
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MOSES LAKE – Check out this week’s sports schedule for high school athletics across the Columbia Basin, including bowling, competitive cheerleading, basketball, swim and dive and wrestling events.
Wednesday, Jan. 8
ACH boys wrestling at Oroville – 6 p.m.
ACH, LRS girls wrestling at Deer Park – 4 p.m.
Moses Lake girls, boys wrestling at Eisenhower – 6, 7 p.m.
Quincy girls, boys basketball vs Toppenish – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 9
Ephrata girls, boys wrestling vs Selah – 6, 7 p.m.
Moses Lake bowling at West Valley (Yakima) — 3 p.m.
MLCA/CCS girls, boys basketball vs Liberty Christian – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Othello boys, girls wrestling at East Valley (Yakima) — 7 p.m.
Quincy girls, boys wrestling at Ellensburg – 6, 7 p.m.
Royal boys wrestling vs multiple opponents – 6 p.m.
Warden girls, boys wrestling vs Okanogan – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Wilson Creek girls, boys basketball at Cascade Christian – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 10
ACH girls, boys basketball vs Chesterton – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Braided 64 – girls wrestling tournament at Kelso High School, begins at 3:30 p.m. Includes Ephrata, Moses Lake and Royal.
Ephrata boys wrestling at River City Duals – 1 p.m. in Post Falls, Idaho.
Ephrata girls, boys basketball at Toppenish – 5:30, 7 p.m.
LRS girls, boys basketball vs Liberty (Spangle) — 6, 7:30 p.m.
LRS wrestling at Rainier – 7 p.m.
Moses Lake girls, boys basketball vs Eastmont – 5:30, 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS boys basketball at Oroville – 6 p.m.
Othello girls, boys basketball at East Valley (Yakima) — 5:30, 7 p.m.
Royal girls, boys basketball vs College Place – 5:45, 7:15 p.m.
Soap Lake girls, boys basketball at Entiat – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Wahluke girls, boys basketball vs Cashmere – 5:45, 7:15 p.m.
Warden boys wrestling vs Tonasket – 6 p.m.
Warden girls, boys basketball at Granger – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 11
ACH girls, boys basketball at Mary Walker – 4:30, 6 p.m.
Braided 64 – girls wrestling tournament at Kelso High School, begins at 8 a.m. Includes Ephrata, Moses Lake and Royal.
Connell Invitational – girls wrestling tournament at Connell High School, begins at 10 a.m. Includes Othello, Wahluke and Warden.
Crusader Classic – boys wrestling tournament at Northwest Christian (Colbert). Begins at 9:30, includes ACH.
Ephrata boys wrestling at River City Duals – 8 a.m. in Post Falls, Idaho.
Jeremiah Schmunk Memorial Tournament – boys wrestling tournament at Warden High School, begins at 10 a.m. Includes Wahluke and Warden.
LRS girls, boys basketball at Colfax – 4:30, 6 p.m.
LRS wrestling at Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial tournament – 9 a.m. at Rainier High School.
Moses Lake girls, boys basketball at West Valley (Yakima) — 4:30, 6 p.m.
Othello girls, boys basketball at Toppenish – 3:30, 5 p.m.
Quincy girls, boys basketball at Prosser – 3:30, 5 p.m.
Royal girls, boys basketball at Kiona-Benton – 3:45, 5:15 p.m.
Wahluke girls, boys basketball at College Place – 3:45, 5:15 p.m.
Warden girls, boys basketball at Mabton – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 12
No events scheduled.
Monday, Jan. 13
No events scheduled.
Tuesday, Jan. 14
ACH girls, boys basketball vs Valley Christian – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Ephrata girls, boys basketball vs Prosser – 5:30, 7 p.m.
LRS wrestling vs Liberty (Spangle) — 6 p.m.
Moses Lake bowling vs Davis – 3 p.m.
MLCA/CCS girls, boys basketball vs Entiat – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Othello girls, boys basketball vs Wenatchee – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Quincy girls, boys basketball vs Grandview – 5:30, 7 p.m.
Royal boys wrestling at Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) — 6 p.m.
Soap Lake girls, boys basketball vs Wilson Creek – 6, 7:30 p.m.
Wahluke girls, boys basketball at Kiona-Benton – 5:45, 7:15 p.m.
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