BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Oct. 8-15, 2025
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Liana Sushik of the Soap Lake Eagles sends the ball over the net during last week’s matchup against Wilson Creek. The Eagles will face Wilson Creek again today, followed by Thorp on Thursday, Entiat on Friday and Waterville-Mansfield on Monday.
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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.
ARTICLES BY CALEB PEREZ
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.