Basin Sports Schedule: Oct. 29 – Nov. 5
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Chloe Purdy from the Huskies prepares to serve during a matchup earlier this season. The Huskies will face Toppenish in the first round of the district tournament Thursday at 6 p.m.
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COLUMBIA BASIN – High school athletes around the basin are preparing for district tournaments as the regular season comes to a close. See where the local teams will be playing this week.
Football
Oct. 30
Ephrata (5-3) vs Grandview – 6 p.m.
LRS (2-6) @ Freeman – 7 p.m.
Othello (7-1) vs Quincy (1-7) - 7 p.m.
Wahluke (2-6) vs Connell – 7 p.m.
Royal (8-0) vs Wapato – 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 31
ACH (6-1) @ Wilbur-Creston-Keller – 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS (6-2) vs Soap Lake (2-4) - 7 p.m.
MLHS (8-0) @ Davis – 7 p.m.
Volleyball
Oct. 29
Othello (7-9) vs Toppenish – 6 p.m.
Ephrata (2-12) @ Grandview – 6 p.m.
Oct. 30
MLCA/CCS (10-7) vs Cascade Christian Academy/Pateros @ Entiat - 5 p.m.
MLHS (8-6) vs Eastmont – 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 4
Soap Lake (11-3) vs TBD @ Waterville-Mansfield – 5 p.m.
Soccer
Nov. 1
MLHS (7-4) @ Eastmont – 1 p.m.
Royal (10-3-2) vs TBA
Wahluke (9-6) vs TBA
Cross Country
Oct. 30
Warden @ District 5 2B/1B Championships, Apple Ridge XC Course – 1:30 p.m.
MLHS @ Big 9 District 5 Championships, Walla Walla Point Park – 2 p.m.
Oct. 31
LRS, Soap Lake @ District 6 1B/2B Regional Championship, Colfax Golf Club – 1 p.m.
Nov. 1
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy @ CWAC District Championships, Apple Ridge XC Course – 10 a.m.
Royal, Wahluke @ District 5 1A Championships, Apple Ridge XC Course – 3 p.m.
Swim
Oct. 30
MLHS @ District 5 Diving, Tony St. Onge Pool – noon
MLHS @ District 5 Swimming Prelims, Tony St. Onge Pool – 5 p.m.
Nov. 1
MLHS @ District 5 Swimming Finals, Tony St. Onge Pool – 11 a.m.
*Updates on schedules for district tournaments will be posted as they become available.
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.