WA COLLEGE SPORTS SCHEDULE: March 5-12, 2026
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 months AGO
Kaliyah Evans from the Vikings dribbles the ball down the court during Big Bend’s final home game of the season. The Vikings begin their postseason run this weekend against Bellevue at the NWAC Championships.
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MOSES LAKE — As the seasons shift from winter to spring, so do the college sports as basketball heads into postseason and baseball gets deeper into early season competition. Check out where your favorite teams are headed this week.
BBCC
Women’s Basketball (26-3)
March 6 vs Bellevue @ Columbia Basin College, NWAC Championship Game 1, 10 a.m.
Baseball (2-8)
March 7 vs Skagit Valley, noon, 2:30 p.m.
March 8 vs Skagit Valley, noon, 2:30 p.m.
Softball (1-4)
Mach 6 vs Lower Columbia @ Pasco Sports Complex, 1 p.m. March 6 vs Clackamas @ Pasco Sports Complex, 3:30 p.m.
March 7 vs Skagit Valley @ Pasco Sports Complex, 12:30 p.m. March 7 vs Clark @ Pasco Sports Complex, 5:30 p.m.
CWU
Men’s Basketball (15-14)
March 5 vs Seattle Pacific @ GNAC Tourney, WECU Court, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (23-5)
March 6 vs SMU or MSUB @ GNAC Tourney, WECU Court, noon
Baseball (3-12)
March 7 @ Western Oregon, noon, 3 p.m.
March 8 @ Western Oregon, noon, 3 p.m.
Softball (5-13)
March 6 vs Northwest Nazarene, noon, 2 p.m.
March 7 vs Northwest Nazarene, noon, 2 p.m.
Track
March 6-7 CWU Home Opener
EWU
Men’s Basketball (13-18)
March 9 vs Weber State @ Big Sky Conference Tourney, Boise, ID, 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (14-17)
March 9 vs Northern Colorado @ Big Sky Conference Tourney, Boise, ID, 1:30 p.m.
Men’s Golf
March 8-10 @ Bandon Dunes Championship, Bandon, OR
Women’s Golf
March 8-10 @ SoCal Spring Invitational, Camarillo, CA
Women’s Soccer (0-0)
March 5 vs Gonzaga, 3:45 p.m.
March 12 @ WSU, 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Tennis (6-4)
March 6 vs Montana State, 10 a.m.
March 8 vs Montana, 10 a.m.
Gonzaga
Men’s Basketball (28-3)
March 9 @ WCC Championships – Semifinal, 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (22-9)
March 9 @ WCC Championships – Semifinal, 2:30 p.m.
Baseball (3-7)
March 6 @ Creighton, 4 p.m.
March 7 @ Creighton, noon
March 8 @ Creighton, 11 a.m.
March 10 @ Minnesota, 4:05 p.m.
March 11 @ Minnesota, 4:05 p.m.
Women’s Golf
March 9-10 @ Yale Invitational West
Men’s Tennis (5-2)
March 6 vs BYU @ Boise, ID, 9 a.m.
March 7 vs Idaho @ Boise, ID, 1 p.m.
March 11 @ UNLV, 3 p.m.
Women’s Tennis (5-5)
March 7 vs Montana State, 11 a.m.
March 11 @ Stanford, 10 a.m.
UW
Men’s Basketball (14-15)
March 7 @ Oregon, 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (20-9)
March 5 vs USC @ Big Ten Tourney, 9 a.m.
Baseball (3-9)
March 6 @ Indiana, 2 p.m.
March 7 @ Indiana, 10 a.m.
March 8 @ Indiana, 9 a.m.
March 10 vs Seattle U, 5 p.m.
Softball (16-6)
March 6 vs Northwestern, 6 p.m.
March 7 vs Northwestern, 7 p.m.
March 8 vs Northwestern, 1 p.m.
Men’s Golf
March 9-10 @ The Desimone Invitational, Daly City, CA
Women’s Golf
March 9-10 @ Juli Inkster Invitational, San Francisco, CA
Gymnastics
March 6 @ Southern Utah, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Tennis (6-6)
March 6 @ Northwestern, 4 p.m.
March 8 @ Illinois, 10 a.m.
Women’s Tennis (9-0)
March 6 vs Rutgers, 5 p.m.
March 8 vs Maryland, noon
WSU
Men’s Basketball (12-19)
March 6 vs Portland or Pepperdine @ Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV, 6 p.m.
March 7 vs TBD @ Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV, 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (7-24)
March 5 vs Seattle U @ Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV, noon
Baseball (5-6)
March 5 @ Texas State, 4 p.m.
March 6 @ Texas State, 4 p.m.
March 7 @ Texas State, 12:30 p.m.
March 8 @ Texas State, 10 a.m.
Men’s Golf
March 9-10 @ Desimone Invitational, Lake Merced Golf Club, Lake Merced, CA
Women’s Golf
March 9-10 @ Juli Inkster Invitational, San Francisco, CA
Wenatchee Valley
Baseball
March 7 vs Grays Harbor College
March 8 vs Grays Harbor College
ARTICLES BY CALEB PEREZ
BBCC eyes budget and spring enrollment
MOSES LAKE — During Big Bend Community College’s April 30 board meeting the college President, Sarah Thompson Tweedy, shared the counts for spring enrollment and Full Time Enrollment numbers for Spring of 2026 along with updates on where the budget sits. “We still have some work to do in terms of systematically going through our expenses and seeing how much of the requests that we have before us, how many of those we can put off,” said Thompson Tweedy. “There’s the opportunity to close that gap by reducing our expenses, but the challenge is, we’ve also had some expenses go up.” As of April 15, 2026 the spring quarter head count was up nearly 18% from 2025, but total FTE’s and state-funded FTEs were down 6.9% and 11.6% respectively, according to the board agenda.
Huskies best Tigers in OT
Othello moves on to second round of districts
OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies (11-5) extended their postseason push after earning a close 2-1 victory in overtime against the Ephrata Tigers (7-10) in the first round of the 2A district tournament. The game winning goal came in second overtime when Othello sophomore Samuel Marroquin knocked the ball into the back of the net. “It was a tough game, Ephrata is definitely a tough opponent, but I feel like we had prepared well for the week,” said Marroquin. “We definitely had a good game plan and we just gave everything. We knew if this was our last game we were going to go out with a bang.” The game was a tight battle from the very beginning as the Tigers and Huskies battled under the hot sun. Othello scored in the first half and maintained their lead in throughout, going into halftime 1-0.
BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: May 4-11, 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — The postseason has begun for high school athletes in our area with teams gearing up to compete against the best of the best. Check out where our local teams are heading this week.