Basin girls basketball roundup, Dec. 30 – Jan. 5
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The Mavericks’ Ella Wiltbank (24) passes the ball to her teammate during their game against Ridgeline.
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MOSES LAKE — The halfway point of the season for girls basketball is upon us. As league play kicks off, every team is looking to make a run. See below where your favorite teams stand and their current records.
Dec. 30
Lind-Ritzville (7-2) at River View
The Broncos earned a dominant win on the road, 63-35
Moses Lake (3-7) vs Ridgeline
The Mavericks fell short at home, 23-65
Royal (8-2) vs Bear Creek
The Knights were dominant against a 1A rival, 65-28
Wilson Creek (8-3) vs Warden (2-9)
The Devils defend home court from the Cougars, 41-39
Jan. 2
ACH (6-2) at Liberty Bell
The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors took a road win, 54-27
Lind-Ritzville vs Northwest Christian
The Broncos suffered a loss at home, 47-66
Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School (7-1) at DeSales
The Lions earned a strong road win, 48-39
Othello (2-7) vs Ephrata (2-8)
The Huskies earned a tough win over the Tigers, 57-40
Quincy (3-8) at Ellensburg
The Jacks fell short on the road, 19-69
Warden vs Reardan
The Cougars fell short at home, 38-48
Jan. 3
ACH at Kettle Falls
The ACH Warriors earned a dominant win on the road, 60-31.
Ephrata vs Ellensburg
The Tigers were defeated at home, 15-69
MLCA/CCS at Columbia
The Lions lost a competitive road game, 36-47
Othello vs Selah
The Huskies fell to the Vikings at home, 29-67
Quincy vs East Valley
The Jacks bounced back with a win, 61-59
Royal at Zillah
The Knights fell short on the road, 39-55
Wahluke (1-10) at Cashmere
The Wahluke Warriors fell short on the road, 11-47
Warden at Freeman
The Cougars were defeated on the road, 23-67.
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.