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BASIN SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: May 13, 2025

MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 months, 2 weeks AGO
by MIKE MAYNARD
| May 13, 2025 3:00 AM

COLUMBIA BASIN – The regular season for Basin softball has concluded with schools like Royal and Almira/Coulee-Hartline sitting at the top of their leagues.  

May 2  

The Knights were victorious in their doubleheader against the Rangers.  

Naches Valley at Royal 

Final score 3-8, 4-15 

The Mavs took care of business against the Rams in their doubleheader.  

Moses Lake at West Valley 

Final score 14-2, 9-7 

The Tigers split their doubleheader against the Bulldogs.  

Ellensburg at Ephrata 

Final score 10-6, 2-13 

May 3 

The Broncos split their doubleheader against the Panthers.  

Lind-Ritzville/Sprague at Asotin 

Final score 5-2, 4-5 

The Warriors forced a shutout in both games against the Chargers.  

Almira/Coulee-Hartline at Mary Walker 

Final score 19-0, 7-0 

May 5 

The Mavs were victorious over the Huskies.  

Othello at Moses Lake  

Final score 2-10 

May 7 

The Huskies shut out the Toppenish Wildcats. 

Toppenish at Othello  

Final Score 0-10 

The Tigers suffered a competitive loss to the Red Devils  

Ephrata at East Valley 

Final Score 2-3 

May 9 

The Mavericks split their doubleheader against the Eastmont Wildcats.  

Eastmont at Moses Lake  

Final Score 9-6, 3-13 

May 10 

The Huskies defeated the Bulldogs but fell short by one point to the Red Devils.  

Othello at Ellensburg  

Final Score 12-2 

Othello at East Valley 

Final Score 8-9 

The Knights were victorious in both games against the Pioneers and the Mountain Goats.  

Omak at Royal 

Final Score 1-0 

Chelan at Royal  

Final Score 18-2  

The Tigers fell short to the Vikings.  

Ephrata at Selah  

Final Score 3-5 

Current Records 

ACH 14-4 

Ephrata 18-10 

LRS 6-15 

Moses Lake 15-6 

Othello 12-12 

Quincy 0-20 

Royal 15-2 

Wahluke 1-18 

Warden 11-10 

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