Basin boys basketball roundup, Jan. 19 – 24
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The Jacks’ Erick Zepeda (3) looks for an open teammate during their game against Ephrata. Quincy defeated the Tigers 72-39 Friday.
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MOSES LAKE — The competition across the Basin is heating up as boys basketball can see the end of the regular season on the horizon. See below where your favorite teams stand and their current record.
Jan. 19
The Lions suffered their first loss of the season game on the road, 45-51
Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School (12-1) at Liberty Christian
Jan. 20
The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors earned a strong win on the road, 81-49
ACH (16-1) at Wellpinit
The Tigers were defeated on the road, 32-79
Ephrata (3-14) at Okanogan
The Lions stacked another win at home, 80-68
MLCA/CCS vs La Salle
The Eagles were defeated on the road, 39-50
Soap Lake (1-12) at Highland
The Cougars earn a statement win at home, 84-74
Warden (9-8) vs Columbia
Jan. 22
The Broncos fell short at home, 50-77
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (3-14) vs Medical Lake
Jan. 23
The Broncos suffered another loss at home, 54-62
LRS vs Liberty
The Mavericks fell short in a competitive road game, 68-73
Moses Lake (11-4) at Sunnyside
The Huskies fell short on the road, 75-95
Othello (6-11) at Grandview
The Jacks were dominant at home, 72-39
Quincy (5-13) vs Ephrata
The Knights earned a win on the road, 78-63
Royal (13-2) at Connell
The Wahluke Warriors fell short on the road, 37-86
Wahluke (8-8) at Zillah
The Cougars were defeated on the road, 44-77
Warden at Tri-Cities Prep
The Devils earned a road win, 61-47
Wilson Creek (11-5) at Odessa
Jan. 24
The ACH Warriors were dominant at home, 73-5
ACH vs Odessa
The Tigers suffered a loss at home, 33-62
Ephrata vs Selah
The Mavericks bounced back with a win on the road, 57-51
Moses Lake at Wenatchee
The Knights continued to stack wins, 67-51
Royal vs Wapato
The Eagles were defeated at home, 20-64
Soap Lake vs Oroville
The Wahluke Warriors were victorious on the road, 69-49
Wahluke at Naches Valley
The Cougars won a competitive game on the road, 52-48
Warden at Granger
The Devils earned a close win at home, 52-47
Wilson Creek vs Thorp
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.