Basin girls basketball roundup, Jan. 26 – Feb. 2
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The Mavericks’ Reese Char (22) dribbles the ball around a Ridgeline defender earlier this season.
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MOSES LAKE — As the regular season wraps up, local teams are looking to finish strong. In the last week, teams have made progress toward the postseason. See below where your favorite team stands and their current record.
Jan. 26
The Lions fell short on the road, 33-37
Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School (11-4) at Kittitas
Jan. 27
The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors fell short at home, 38-56
ACH (15-4) vs Garfield-Palouse
The Broncos suffered a loss on the road, 41-48
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (14-5) at Colfax
The Lions bounced back on the road, 47-34
MLCA/CCS at Entiat
The Huskies defeated a league rival on the road, 40-26
Othello (4-14) at Ephrata (2-17)
The Jacks were defeated at home, 14-96
Quincy (4-15) vs Ellensburg
The Knights were victorious on the road over the Wahluke Warriors.
Royal (16-3) at Wahluke (1-18)
The Eagles were dominant on the road, 59-15
Soap Lake (11-6) at Thorp
The Cougars defended home court, 56-46
Warden (7-14) vs Mabton
Jan. 28
The Eagles stacked another win for the season, 57-47
Soap Lake vs Odessa
Jan. 29
The ACH Warriors defeated the Cougars at home, 61-24
ACH vs Warden
The Lions defeated the Devils on the road, 54-26
MLCA/CCS at Wilson Creek (15-6)
The Knights earned a statement win on the road, 49-31
Royal at Cashmere
Jan. 30
The Tigers fell short on the road, 16-64
Ephrata at Ellensburg
The Broncos earned a competitive road win, 60-57
LRS at Freeman
The Mavericks suffered a loss on the road, 37-48
Moses Lake (4-14) at West Valley
The Huskies were defeated on the road, 19-80
Othello at Selah
The Jacks fell short on the road, 32-48
Quincy at East Valley
The Eagles continued their winning ways at home, 57-33
Soap Lake vs Entiat
The Wahluke Warriors were defeated on the road, 20-63
Wahluke at Wapato
The Devils earned a close win on the road, 36-31
Wilson Creek at Oroville
Jan. 31
The Mavericks lost a close game at home, 51-57
MLHS vs Eisenhower
The Knights stacked another win on the road, 59-31
Royal at Naches Valley
The Wahluke Warriors suffered a loss at home, 32-67
Wahluke vs Connell
Feb. 2
The Eagles fell short on the road, 35-70
Soap Lake at Pateros
The Devils took the win on the road, 59-32
Wilson Creek at Easton
ARTICLES BY MIKE MAYNARD
Correia reflects on making All-State team
COULEE CITY — Multiple basin athletes qualified to play in the All-State Baseball Series from June 27-28 in Yakima, with Almira/Coulee-Hartline graduate, Caden Correia being one of them. Correia said he was initially selected for a feeder game ahead of his state qualification. “I was at practice one day, and my head coach (Hunter Lee) came up to me and he’s like, ‘Hey, you got selected for an All State feeder game,’” said Correia. “I actually got invited to two, the Central Washington one and the Spokane one.” Correia said he decided to go with the Spokane feeder game since it was taking place at Avista Stadium and he had a desire to compete at that venue. Once he played there, Correia was informed that he was also selected to play for Team Baker in the All State games, an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up.
Quincy standout ‘Duckie’ Workinger returns home to lead Vikings womens wrestling
MOSES LAKE — Shannon “Duckie” Workinger was named the new head coach of women’s wrestling at Big Bend Community College on June 18, bringing one of the Basin’s own back to help build the next generation of women’s wrestlers. “I'm super excited,” Workinger said. “I spent some time wrestling at different places, and it feels really good to be able to come back to the community that I was born in and really establish more connections here and build on the ones that I already have, and just help grow our Basin into a great wrestling (community), even better than it already is, because we have some good wrestlers that come from here.”
ACH wrestlers earn All-American honors at women’s national duals
COULEE CITY — Karis Butler and Kyanna Garza from Almira/Coulee-Hartline earned All-American status after a strong showing in the 2026 Women’s National Duals in Westfield, Indiana that ran from June 16-20. “It feels really good,” Karis said. “It was very surprising last year when I got on here, and then this year they were like, ‘You can go to whatever weight class you want,’ and it made me feel very recognized for the hard work I've put in.” Wrestlers competed in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman throughout the four-day tournament. Karis competed in both earning a 7-1 record in freestyle and 4-3 in Greco-Roman. Throughout her path in the tournament, she noted a lot of growth as a wrestler came out of it.