BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: May 20-24
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 months, 2 weeks AGO
Caitlin Decubber pitches for the Mavericks in a previous game against Eastmont. Moses Lake High School softball begins its push through the state tournament this week. Their first opponent is Issaquah on Friday.
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COLUMBIA BASIN – Local teams finish up their district tournaments and head off to state championships. Here’s the lineup for this week:
Tuesday, May 20
Soccer
Othello vs Franklin Pierce 6 p.m.
Quincy at North Kitsap 6 p.m.
Golf
MLHS Boys at 4A State Day 1 Hawks Prairie Golf Club, Lacey 7 a.m.
MLHS Girls at 4A State Day 1 Eagles Pride Golf Club, DuPont 7 a.m.
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Boys at 2A State Day 1 Riverside Golf Course 7:30 a.m.
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Girls at 2A State Day 1 Tumwater Valley Golf Course 8 a.m.
Wednesday, May 21
Golf
MLHS Boys at 4A State Day 2 Hawks Prairie Golf Club, Lacey 7 a.m.
MLHS Girls at 4A State Day 2 Eagles Pride Golf Club, DuPont 7 a.m.
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Boys at 2A State Day 2 Riverside Golf Course 7:30 a.m.
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy Girls at 2A State Day 2 Tumwater Valley Golf Course 8 a.m.
Thursday, May 22
Track
MLHS at CWD5 District Championships Day 1, Eastmont High School 4 p.m.
Friday, May 23
Soccer
Royal vs King’s @ Columbia (White Salmon) High School 4 p.m.
Wahluke vs Seton Catholic @ King's High School 5 p.m.
Softball
MLHS vs Issaquah at Columbia Playfields, Richland 9 a.m.
Ephrata vs Olympic at Carlon Park, Selah 11 a.m.
Ephrata vs Winner No. 6 with victory over Olympic 3:30 p.m.
Royal vs Cashmere/Rochester at Columbia Playfields, Richland 1 p.m.
Warden vs Adna High School at Gateway Complex Kiwanis Park, Yakima 10 a.m.
Tennis
Ephrata at 2A State Day 1, Nordstrom Tennis Center 8 a.m.
Royal at 1A State Day 1, Yakima Tennis Club 9:30
Track
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy at CWAC District Finals, Prosser High School 3:30 p.m.
Royal, Wahluke at District 5 1A Championships, Cashmere High School 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 24
Baseball
MLHS at Puyallup 1 p.m.
Othello vs R.A. Long at W.F. West HS, Chehalis 1 p.m.
Othello vs Winner No. 6 with victory over R.A. Long at W.F. West HS, Chehalis TBD
Royal vs Charles Wright/Life Christian at Funko Field, Everett 1 p.m.
Royal vs Winner No. 4 at Funko Field, Everett TBD
Warden vs Freeman at Lewis and Clark HS, Spokane 10 a.m.
Warden vs Winner No. 3 with win over Freeman TBD
Track
MLHS at CWD5 District Championships Day 2, West Valley High School 11 a.m.
Softball
MLHS at 4A State Day 2 with victory on Friday
Royal vs Winner No. 5 with victory on Friday
Tennis
Ephrata at 2A State Day 2, Nordstrom Tennis Center 8 a.m.
Royal at 1A State Day 2, Yakima Tennis Club 11 a.m.
Postseason schedules are subject to change. Stay up to date on local teams by visiting their athletics websites or finding them on the WIAA website.
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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.