MLHS earns first at Appletree Golf Course
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
Moses Lake High School's Quintin Whittall, shown here while participating in a 2022 golf meet when he was a freshman, is back on the course again this year. Wittall and his teammates took first at a tourney in Yakima Monday.
FILE PHOTO
YAKIMA – Moses Lake Mavs boys golf team took first place in Monday’s tournament at Appletree Golf Course in Yakima.
“That Appletree’s a tough course,” said Mavs coach Terry Melbye. “There's a lot of trees and hills in there and there is a ton of water everywhere on that course.”
Mason Bradford of the Mavs shot for par on the day despite the conditions, with the team overall beating the competition by at least 11 strokes, said Melbye.
“Things went well; it was awfully windy out there,” said Melbye. “I think it was 14 miles an hour with gusts up to 21.”
Getting to play a tough course was a good experience for the young golfers as they got to experience a course outside of their usual environment, said Melbye.
“It was a good match; it was a windy day, and I think they had a great time,” said Melbye.
The Mavs are looking especially competitive this year as the JV squad has also been able to come up strong and is looking to get their chance on getting to play Varsity next year, said Melbye.
“The team is looking real good and it’s pretty competitive with the Varsity matches there,” said Melbye. “We have some JV golfers that are really putting the pressure on varsity to take their spots, which is kind of nice, so the Varsity golfers feel the pressure.”
The Mavs will look to take their competitive spirit to Quincy on Thursday at 3 p.m. and will play at the Moses Lake Golf Club on March 31.
2025 Mavs Varsity Golf
Mason Bradford
CJ Mathis
Drayson Nighswonger
Quintin Whittall
Grady Walker
Roman Jenks
Jonah Heaps
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.