Basin girls basketball roundup, Jan. 19 – 24
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The Tigers’ Hannah Malone (5) passes the ball to a teammate as Jenevy Gudino (14) plays close defense. The Jacks defeated the Tigers 59-32 Friday.
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MOSES LAKE — As teams enter the final stretch of the regular season, not only are teams taking time to recognize their seniors, but many are battling for top seeding in their conferences. See below where your favorite teams stand and their current record.
Jan. 19
The Lions fell short on the road, 42-63
Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School (9-3) at Liberty Christian
Jan. 20
The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors earned a statement win on the road, 66-28
ACH (14-3) at Wellpinit
The Tigers were defeated on the road in a competitive game, 30-47
Ephrata (2-15) at Okanogan
The Lions bounced back with a home win, 72-12
MLCA/CCS vs La Salle
The Eagles earned a respectable road win, 43-25
Soap Lake (8-5) at Highland
The Cougars defended home court, 56-49
Warden (6-13) vs Columbia
Jan. 21
The Lions suffered a loss on the road, 37-62
MLCA/CCS at Pateros
Jan. 22
The Broncos took care of business at home, 63-41
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (13-4) vs Medical Lake
The Eagles stacked another win at home, 71-27
Soap Lake vs Easton
The Devils won a competitive game on the road, 42-36
Wilson Creek (13-4) at Cascade Christian Academy
Jan. 23
The ACH Warriors were dominant at home, 58-8
ACH vs Oroville
The Broncos suffered their fourth loss of the season, 38-47
LRS vs Liberty
The Mavericks lost on the road, 36-53
Moses Lake (4-12) at Sunnyside
The Huskies fell short on the road, 24-61
Othello (3-13) at Grandview
The Jacks earned a rivalry win over the Tigers at home, 59-32
Quincy (4-13) vs Ephrata
The Knights stacked another road win, 69-41
Royal (13-3) at Connell
The Wahluke Warriors fell short on the road, 34-72
Wahluke (1-15) at Zillah
The Cougars lost a competitive game at home, 40-53
Warden vs Tri-Cities Prep
The Devils won a competitive game on the road, 44-43
Wilson Creek at Odessa
Jan. 24
The ACH Warriors defended home court, 79-13
ACH vs Odessa
The Tigers suffered a loss at home, 18-64
Ephrata vs Selah
The Mavericks lost a competitive game on the road, 58-65
Moses Lake at Wenatchee
The Knights earned a strong win at home, 51-43
Royal vs Wapato
The Eagles earned a win at home, 47-27
Soap Lake vs Oroville
The Wahluke Warriors fell short on the road, 28-49
Wahluke at Naches Valley
The Cougars bounced back on the road, 43-32
Warden at Granger
The Devils were dominant at home, 54-10
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.