MLHS tennis victorious over Eisenhower
MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 2 months AGO
Coach Jay Dickinson talks with his players between sets during doubles competition.
MIKE MAYNARD/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake boys (9-4) and girls (9-4) tennis were victorious against the Eisenhower Cadets. The boys forced a shutout 7-0 win while the girls held their own with a 5-2 victory. Head coach Jay Dickinson was enthusiastic about the outcome of this match, considering it was much closer when they last met earlier this season.
“We seem to kind of feel like we're peaking at the right time, which is kind of hard for a long season. Sometimes it wears on you a little bit. So, I’m pretty proud of that,” he said.
Dickinson noted the remarkable difference between each time they played, for instance, no matches went to a third set for either team this go around.
Caleb Dickinson and Colin Stanberry were paired together for the first time in doubles competition and thrived. They were victorious 6-2 in the first two sets.
Senior Elise Miles had a strong performance in singles competition. She was victorious in two sets, winning each 6-1 and 6-0.
“I talked to her afterwards and said, ‘that's what we've seen in you,’ and I think she showed her full potential,” Dickinson said.
As the season has developed, Dickinson has watched his team grow and hone their skills. Part of what has enabled that is the mentality he has coached his players to have. He believes in treating each match like it's a district match.
As the Mavericks move forward, they remain focused on doing what they can to land a top-two seeding for districts to be able to send more players. They will have to go through schools like Eastmont, Wenatchee and West Valley (twice), but Dickinson is confident in his team to get the job done.
They will go on the road to play Eastmont today.
ARTICLES BY MIKE MAYNARD
Maverick's trainer shares tips for safe summer conditioning
MOSES LAKE — With August on the horizon, the return of local high school athletics is drawing closer by the day. Lily Rodriguez, who serves as the athletic trainer at Moses Lake High School, shared some tips for how athletes can prepare for outdoor sports amidst heat and fluctuating air quality. "They need to start slowly entering into the heat as well," Rodriguez said. "They need to be acclimated (to the heat). It takes about 10 to 14 days of slow and gradual increase in activity. The first thing that they got to start doing is physical conditioning."
Eastern Washington BMX tracks team up for Race for Life fundraiser
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake BMX will be participating in the Race for Life fundraiser the first weekend of August. A nationwide event, Eastern Washington BMX entities are adapting it into a four-track series across Walla Walla, Columbia Basin, Spokane and Moses Lake, President of Moses Lake BMX Jeff Niehenke said. "We try to see who can raise the most money amongst the tracks," Niehenke said. "We have a traveling trophy that goes along with that for bragging rights. Along with that, we also do a four-race series for the riders, and we have end-of-series awards for those who get the most points through those four races."
Mavericks wrestlers gain national experience in Fargo
MOSES LAKE — Eli Anderson and Conner Duvall from the Moses Lake Mavericks wrestling program recently returned from Fargo, North Dakota for the 2026 US Marine Corps Junior nationals. "I think I performed good," Anderson said. "But I don't think I performed my best; I could have done better in my last match to make it further."