Sports Schedule Sept. 24-31, 2025
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Cynthia Velasquez from the Mavericks takes the ball downfield during a game earlier this season against Othello. The Mavs will be facing Ephrata and Eisenhower this week.
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COLUMBIA BASIN – The weather is cooling down but fall sports for our local athletes are red hot. Check out who the local high school teams will be facing this week.
Football
Sept. 25
Wahluke (1-2) @ Cashmere – 7 p.m.
Sept. 26
Ephrata (2-1) vs East Valley – 7 p.m.
LRS (1-2) @ Reardan – 7 p.m.
MLCA/CCS (2-1) @ Entiat – 7 p.m.
MLHS (3-0) @ Wenatchee – 7 p.m.
Othello (3-0) vs Selah – 7 p.m.
Quincy (0-3) @ Wapato – 7 p.m.
Royal (3-0) @ Zillah – 7 p.m.
Warden (3-0) vs Columbia (Burbank) - 7 p.m.
Sept. 27
ACH (1-1) vs Cusick – 5 p.m.
Volleyball
Sept. 24
Warden (0-3) vs Okanogan – 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek (2-3) @ Easton – 6 p.m.
Sept. 25
Ephrata (0-4) vs Prosser – 6:30 p.m.
LRS (4-0) vs Upper Columbia Acadamy – 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek (2-3) vs MLCA/CCS (2-5) - 6 p.m.
Othello (1-4) @ Connell – 6:30 p.m.
Quincy (0-4) vs Ellensburg – 6:30 p.m.
Royal (3-1) @ Wapato – 6:30 p.m.
Soap Lake (2-1) vs Entiat – 6 p.m.
Wahluke (0-4) vs Naches Valley – 6:30 p.m.
Warden (0-3) vs Mabton – 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 27
ACH (4-2-1) vs Odessa – 1 p.m.
Sept. 29
MLCA/CCS (2-5) vs Liberty Christian – 6:30 p.m.
Othello (1-4) vs Warden (0-3) – 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 30
ACH (4-2-1) vs Mary Walker – 5:30 p.m.
Ephrata (0-4) @ East Valley – 6:30 p.m.
LRS (4-0) @ Liberty (Spangle) – 6:30 p.m.
MLCA/CCS (2-5) vs Soap Lake (2-1) – 6:30 p.m.
MLHS (3-2) vs Eisenhower – 6:30 p.m.
Othello (1-4) @ Ellensburg – 6:30 p.m.
Quincy (0-4) @ Grandview – 6:30 p.m.
Royal (3-1) @ College Place – 6:30 p.m.
Wahluke (0-4) @ Kiona Benton – 6:30 p.m.
Warden (0-3) @ River View – 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Creek (2-3) vs Pateros – 6 p.m.
Soccer
Sept. 25
MLHS (4-0) vs Ephrata (1-2-1) – 6 p.m.
Othello (1-3-1) vs Connell – 6 p.m.
Quincy (4-1-1) @ Cascade – 6 p.m.
Royal (2-1-1) @ Wapato – 6 p.m.
Wahluke (2-2) vs Naches Valley – 5 p.m.
Warden (1-3) @ La Salle – 6 p.m.
Sept. 27
Ephrata (1-2-1) vs Othello (1-3-1) – noon
Quincy (4-1-1) @ Ellensburg – noon
Warden (1-3) @ Lake Roosevelt – 1 p.m.
Sept. 29
Othello (1-3-1) @ West Valley (Spokane) - 4 p.m.
Sept. 30
Quincy (4-1-1) vs Ephrata (1-2-1) – 6 p.m.
MLHS (4-0) @ Eisenhower – 7 p.m.
Othello (1-3-1) @ Toppenish – 6 p.m.
Royal (2-1-1) @ College Place – 6 p.m.
Wahluke (2-2) @ Kiona Benton – 6 p.m.
Warden (1-3) @ Granger – 6 p.m.
Cross Country
Sept. 25
MLHS @ Big 9 League Meet #1, Franklin Park, Yakima – 3 p.m.
Ephrata, Othello @ CWAC & MVL, Rotary Park – 4 p.m.
Sept. 26
Royal @ Hawk Invite, Walla Walla – 4 p.m.
Sept. 27
MLHS, Othello, Soap Lake, Warden @ Connell Invite – 10:45 a.m.
Quincy @ Bellevue Cross Country Invitational – 9 a.m.
Slow Pitch Softball
Sept. 25
MLHS (6-0) @ Wenatchee – 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m.
Sept. 27
MLHS (6-0) @ Juanita High School – noon
MLHS (6-0) vs North Creek @ Juanita High School – 2 p.m.
Swim
Sept. 27
MLHS @ King County Aquatic Center – 9 a.m.
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