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BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Oct. 8-15, 2025

CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months, 2 weeks AGO
by CALEB PEREZ
| October 8, 2025 12:10 AM

COLUMBIA BASIN — Student athletes now head into the second half of their season for fall sports as they prepare for the coming district and state tournaments. See where the local high school teams will be headed this week. 

Football 

Oct. 9 

Royal @ Prosser – 7 p.m. 

Oct. 10 

MLCA/CCS vs Oroville – 6 p.m.  
ACH @ Mary Walker – 7 p.m.
MLHS @ Post Falls – 7 p.m.
Othello vs Ephrata – 7 p.m.
Quincy @ Ellensburg – 7 p.m.
Soap Lake @ Entiat – 7 p.m.
Warden vs LRS – 7 p.m. 

Oct. 11 

Wahluke @ College Place – 6 p.m. 

Volleyball 

Oct. 8 

Soap Lake vs Wilson Creek – 6 p.m. 

Oct. 9  

MLCA/CCS @ Easton – 6 p.m.  
Soap Lake @ Thorp – 6 p.m.
ACH vs Valley Christian – 6:30 p.m.
Ephrata @ Ellensburg – 6:30 p.m.
LRS vs Colfax – 6:30 p.m.
MLHS @ Sunnyside – 6:30 p.m.
Othello vs Selah – 6:30 p.m.
Quincy vs East Valley – 6:30 p.m.
Royal @ Cashmere – 6:30 p.m.
Warden vs Columbia (Burbank) – 6:30 p.m. 

Oct. 10 

Soap Lake @ Entiat – 5 p.m. 

Oct. 11 

Royal @ Naches Valley – 1 p.m. 

Oct. 13 

Soap Lake vs Waterville-Mansfield – 6 p.m.
Wilson Creek vs Easton – 6 p.m. 

Oct. 14 

Wilson Creek vs Odessa – 6 p.m.  
ACH @ Wilbur-Creston/Keller – 6:30 p.m.
Ephrata @ Toppenish – 6:30 p.m.
LRS @ Upper Columbia Academy – 6:30 p.m.
MLHS vs Davis – 6:30 p.m.
Othello @ Prosser – 6:30 p.m.
Quincy @ Tri Cities Prep – 6:30 p.m.
Royal vs Wahluke – 6:30 p.m.
Warden @ Mabton – 6:30 p.m. 

Oct. 15 

MLCA/CCS @ Pateros – 6:15 p.m.
Warden vs River View – 6:30 p.m. 

Soccer 

Oct. 9 

Quincy @ East Valley – 6 p.m.
Royal @ Cashmere – 6 p.m.
Wahluke @ Wapato – 6 p.m.
Warden @ Cle Elum – 6 p.m. 

Oct. 11 

Ephrata @ East Valley – noon
Othello vs Quincy - noon
MLHS @ Sunnyside – 1 p.m.
Royal @ Naches Valley – 1 p.m.
Wahluke vs Zillah – 1 p.m. 

Oct. 14 

MLHS @ Davis – 4 p.m.
Othello @ Ellensburg – 4 p.m.
Ephrata vs Toppenish – 6 p.m.
Quincy vs Selah – 6 p.m.
Royal vs Wahluke – 6 p.m. 

Cross Country 

Oct. 8 

Warden @ EWAC League Meet No. 2, Cle Elum HS – 3:30 p.m.  
Quincy vs East Valley, Ellensburg @ Apple Ridge XC Course - 4 p.m.
Royal @ SCAC League Meet #2, Royal Golf Course – 4 p.m.
Wahluke @ SCAC League Meet #2, Ft. Walla Walla – 4 p.m. 

Oct. 9 

MLHS, Soap Lake, Warden @ Live Nation Invitational at the Gorge – 2 p.m. Ephrata vs Toppenish, Selah @ Apple Ridge XC Course – 4 p.m.
Othello vs Grandview, Prosser @ Othello Golf Course – 4 p.m. 

Oct. 11 

MLHS, Quincy @ Nike Hole in the Wall Invitational – 8:20 a.m.  
LRS, Othello, Wahluke @ Max Jensen Invitational – 9:30 a.m.
Ephrata @ Leavenworth Invite – 10 a.m. 

Oct. 15 

Royal @ SCAC League Meet #3, Wapato HS – 4 p.m.
Warden @ EWAC Week 3, Apple Ridge XC Course – 4 p.m. 

Softball 

Oct. 9 

MLHS vs Eastmont – 3 p.m., 5 p.m. 

Swim 

Oct. 9 

MLHS vs Eastmont – 5 p.m. 


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