BASIN SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: May 13, 2025
MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
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
ARTICLES BY MIKE MAYNARD
Correia reflects on making All-State team
COULEE CITY — Multiple basin athletes qualified to play in the All-State Baseball Series from June 27-28 in Yakima, with Almira/Coulee-Hartline graduate, Caden Correia being one of them. Correia said he was initially selected for a feeder game ahead of his state qualification. “I was at practice one day, and my head coach (Hunter Lee) came up to me and he’s like, ‘Hey, you got selected for an All State feeder game,’” said Correia. “I actually got invited to two, the Central Washington one and the Spokane one.” Correia said he decided to go with the Spokane feeder game since it was taking place at Avista Stadium and he had a desire to compete at that venue. Once he played there, Correia was informed that he was also selected to play for Team Baker in the All State games, an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up.
Quincy standout ‘Duckie’ Workinger returns home to lead Vikings womens wrestling
MOSES LAKE — Shannon “Duckie” Workinger was named the new head coach of women’s wrestling at Big Bend Community College on June 18, bringing one of the Basin’s own back to help build the next generation of women’s wrestlers. “I'm super excited,” Workinger said. “I spent some time wrestling at different places, and it feels really good to be able to come back to the community that I was born in and really establish more connections here and build on the ones that I already have, and just help grow our Basin into a great wrestling (community), even better than it already is, because we have some good wrestlers that come from here.”
ACH wrestlers earn All-American honors at women’s national duals
COULEE CITY — Karis Butler and Kyanna Garza from Almira/Coulee-Hartline earned All-American status after a strong showing in the 2026 Women’s National Duals in Westfield, Indiana that ran from June 16-20. “It feels really good,” Karis said. “It was very surprising last year when I got on here, and then this year they were like, ‘You can go to whatever weight class you want,’ and it made me feel very recognized for the hard work I've put in.” Wrestlers competed in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman throughout the four-day tournament. Karis competed in both earning a 7-1 record in freestyle and 4-3 in Greco-Roman. Throughout her path in the tournament, she noted a lot of growth as a wrestler came out of it.