Basin soccer roundup, Sept. 24-30, 2026
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Piper Uebelacker (6) pushes the ball upfield as the Huskies advance their attack against Selah Tuesday.
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MOSES LAKE — Basin soccer concluded September play this week, and now teams are starting to turn their focus to a strong finish to the season as the state tournament begins to peak over the horizon. See below how your favorite teams fared in the last week of games.
Ephrata Tigers (2-5-2)
Sept. 26
At Pullman, tied 2-2
Sept. 29
At Grandview, won 2-1
Moses Lake Mavericks (1-7)
Sept. 26
At Eisenhower, lost 6-0
Sept. 29
Vs Wenatchee, lost 8-0
Othello Huskies (2-4)
Sept. 24
At Quincy, lost 1-0
Sept. 29
Vs Selah, lost 3-2
Quincy Jacks (9-1)
Sept. 24
Vs Othello, won 1-0
Sept. 26
Vs AC Davis, won 3-1
Sept. 29
At Ellensburg, lost 4-1
Royal Knights (8-1-1)
Sept. 24
At Cashmere, lost 2-0
Sept. 26
At Connell, won 9-1
Sept. 29
Vs Zillah, won 4-0
Wahluke Warriors (4-4)
Sept. 24
Vs Zillah, lost 1-0
Warden Cougars (1-6)
Sept. 24
At Tri-Cities Prep, lost 8-0
Sept. 30
Vs Brewster, lost 8-0
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Royal’s Grant Wardenaar commits to Central Washington University
ROYAL CITY — Though high school basketball is still a couple of months away, it wasn’t a bad time for Knights all-time leading scorer Grant Wardenaar to announce his commitment to the Central Washington University Wildcats. “They started recruiting me (after) my sophomore year, and then we've just been in touch since then,” Wardenaar said. “Coach (Brandon) Rinta was always calling me – probably two times a week since, like a few months ago. It felt good to kind of wrap up (recruitment) and know what I'm going to do after high school and just have a plan.”
Basin soccer roundup, Sept. 24-30, 2026
MOSES LAKE — Basin soccer concluded September play this week, and now teams are starting to turn their focus to a strong finish to the season as the state tournament begins to peak over the horizon. See below how your favorite teams fared in the last week of games.
Eagles sweep Hornets, extend win streak to four
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake Eagles (5-4) earned a dominant 3-0 win over the Oroville Hornets, extending their win streak to four straight, with the last three coming in straight sets. “Oroville is a very scrappy team. We just watched them last week reverse sweep Wilson Creek, so we knew that they were going to be tough,” Head Coach Erin Fletcher said. “Our goal was to come in and just put it away. We didn't necessarily do that the third set, but those first two sets we did do a good job of trying to come out and be aggressive early on, handle what we could on our side, and try to put the game away early.” The Eagles were determined to start fast in the first set, which they did by being the first to score five points, Fletcher said. From there, they cruised to a 25-14 set win. They continued to dominate on the court, only allowing four points by the Hornets in set two as they won that as well. However, Oroville showed they weren’t going away quietly, giving the Eagles a battle in the third set, but Soap Lake managed to pull away 25-21 to seal the three-set win at home.