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Taking a minute to smell the roses before the spring schedule hits the ground runnin'

The transition is always such a whirlwind and even though it doesn’t much look like spring out there, we hit the ground running because you know the spring schedule is on its way.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Royal boys roll on to the SunDome for the second straight year

ELLENSBURG — When you win three consecutive 1A state football championships and hold the longest active winning streak in the country at one point, it’s hard to get too rattled on any other stage.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Royal Knights return to SunDome to finish what they started

YAKIMA — “The Dome is where the champions play,” said senior Sawyer Jenks, following No. 9 Royal’s victory at the regional play-in game to return to the 1A Hardwood Classic for the second consecutive season to chase the dream on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Othello wrestling tradition pays off with another great 2A state tournament

OTHELLO — Champions are not born, they are made. They are forged in the dragon’s breath, in rooms where temperatures loom near triple digits.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Boys wrestlers take on challenges of 32-man at Mat Classic

OTHELLO — More people have been invited to the dance, but it’s still going to be the same ol’ intense run to the top shelf of the podium when Mat Classic XXXI begins on Friday with 32-man brackets in 14 weight classifications.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Mat Classic has its challenges for area girls wrestlers

OTHELLO — The stage has been set for quite some time, now it’s a matter of dealing with a new dynamic and a 32-wrestler bracket at the Girls Mat Classic XXXI this weekend at the Tacoma Dome.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal boys run away from Naches Valley in SCAC District tournament

ROYAL - The word came down before the SCAC 1A District game against Naches Valley that Royal senior Owen Ellis needed 48 points to surpass 1,500 career points.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Othello wrestlers qualify 10 for Region 4 tournament

OTHELLO — This time of year, the Othello wrestling tradition comes down off the walls and into the room to help prepare the next wave of Huskies on their way to the Mat Classic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

No. 5 Ephrata eliminates Othello with win on Senior Night

EPHRATA ­— The stakes were high for the Othello Huskies, needing a win and help to slug their way into the CWAC District tournament Tuesday night in the Jungle.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Othello girls qualify for CWAC District Tournament for first time in nine years

EPHRATA — Macy Hampton settled into a 19-point night, overcoming a slow start in Tuesday night’s all-important game against Ephrata.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Warriors were a step ahead of the Runnin' Vikes all night

MOSES LAKE ­— Monday night’s NWAC East showdown was a game of simple mathematics going far beyond the garden variety, “one more than the other guys,” equation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Warden boys hold off Wahluke in SCAC East action

WARDEN — Jack Hardman launched his 6-foot-5 frame high in the air to swat Wahluke guard David Ramirez’s shot, bringing the crowd to its feet as time ticked down. The Warriors chased down the loose ball, rotated it around to Logan Marlow on the wing, who buried the 3-pointer to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Othello's Hampton joins Huskies 1,000-point club, despite loss

OTHELLO — The fairy book ending to Macy Hampton’s night would have been to come off the screen out on the wing and bury the game-winning 3-point shot as time ran out, that’s the way Josh Tovar drew it up during the timeout with 11.4 seconds remaining in the Huskies’ …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Wahluke boys never do catch up in loss to Yakama Tribal

MATTAWA — The Wahluke Warriors (5-3) got rolled up in rez ball, falling behind early to Yakama Tribal, and never catching up in their 89-71 nonleague loss to the Eagles.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Royal's Jenks named AP 1A Player of the Year

The Associated Press has selected a player from Royal City as its 1A Player of the Year twice in the past three years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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