Royal girls end two-game skid with win over Goldendale

ROYAL — The Royal girls ended a two-game skid on Saturday to go into the holiday break with a 4-4 record and a chance to make some headway in the SCAC East when they come out the other side of the holiday.

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Royal runs past Goldendale

ROYAL CITY — It was a weird little three-game swing going into the holiday break for the Royal boys basketball team.

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Ephrata withstands Warden rally in non-league dual

WARDEN — It'd been a decade since Warden and Ephrata went straight up against each other, which made Wednesday's dual a nice little blast from the past right before the Christmas break.

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Royal boys build big lead, beat Warden

WARDEN — The thing about Royal vs. Warden, it doesn't matter if it's your place or theirs or down at the school yard on the steel-net hoops, both teams tend to get after it.

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Huskies take Prosser to the final shot in 71-70 loss

OTHELLO — The thing about one-point ball games is that the focus is always on the end. Timeouts called within seconds of each other, diagrams on the dryboard, the band, the crowd, the energy on the floor when the scrap is on.

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No. 2 Toppenish rolls over both No. 5 Ephrata, Quincy in CWAC wrestling action

QUINCY — Quincy wrestling coach Greg Martinez still thinks his team will surprise some people down the trail, but what was not a surprise is just how good Toppenish really is.

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Ruben Martinez returns to his Othello roots at Schutte Invitational

OTHELLO — It seemed only right that the old school was there on Saturday night at the Leonard Schutte Invitational at PJ Taggares Gymnasium in Othello.

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Othello wrestling wallops Wapato in CWAC home dual

OTHELLO — Ugly sweater Tuesday was a little hard on the eyes, but Othello’s 60-15 victory over Wapato was a thing of beauty.

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Othello wins third consecutive Leonard Schutte Invitational

OTHELLO — The circle is what they have in common. It’s continuous, no beginning, no end.

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Runnin' Vikings want to turn it loose at the Big Bend Classic

MOSES LAKE — They roll into this weekend weekend’s Big Bend Classic at DeVries Activity Center riding high, having opened the NWAC season winning four of the first five games.

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Tanguma, Villanueva back up rankings with competitive match

MOSES LAKE — The circle tends to get a little smaller when you step into it in front of the hometown Moses Lake faithful with the VIP couch just steps away, the state championship banners all but waving in the wind like the Stars and Stripes on Memorial Day.

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Ephrata girls stay close in loss to Connell

EPHRATA — Connell sophomore Madison Smith scored eight of her game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter and the Eagles made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 25 seconds to hold off Ephrata 36-31 in Tuesday’s nonleague girls game in The Jungle.

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Tigers run away from Connell

EPHRATA — Ephrata coach Brandon Evenson and Connell’s Jim Jacobs have been around each other so long that their collective basketball mindset is like they are having interchangeable parts to the same game plan.

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Big Bend women lose first game of season

MOSES LAKE — There’s a reason why they play a bunch of these games.

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Big Bend wrestlers get first NCWA Northwest dual win

MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Vikings threw in a little bit of homegrown flavor into the stew to win their first NCWA Northwest dual on Thursday night at DeVries Activity Center.

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Q&A with Moses Lake swimming great Nick Jarman

MOSES LAKE — Nick Jarman was considered the best all-around swimmer to ever come out of Moses Lake. He was a finalist in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 breaststroke all four years and was named the Eastern Washington swimmer of the year in 1999.

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Ephrata, Royal show off talented squads at jamboree

EPHRATA — The good news is the Columbia Basin has not seen the last of Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame coach Ruben Martinez. The bad news is that Martinez is sidelined with some medical issues for the next couple of weeks.

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Extra work is what makes Isaiah Perez a champion

OTHELLO — The first thing that grabs his attention as he walks into the room at PJ Taggares Gym is the Othello wrestling history on the board, the names, the championship teams, the commitment to excellence.

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Othello wrestlers ready to make their move

OTHELLO — The record board in the room says they wrestle for championships, how they get there is one match at a time. The Othello Huskies will start their road to the Mat Classic at the Bob Mars Tournament in Kennewick on Saturday.

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End of an era

MOSES LAKE — The Colville players turned and held their arms in the air toward the far sidelines as Indians fans rose in triumphant cheer as time ticked down on the longest active winning streak in the nation.

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ACH, Royal roll into their state semifinal games with a head of steam

Considering the fact the defending 1B state champion Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors set the new eight-man state records for most points scored in the championship game (84) and the most total yards (722) in a title game last year at the Tacoma Dome, it shouldn’t seem that far out-of-reach.

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Washburn ready to make the level change to Junior nationals

To watch his movements through the water is a thing of beauty, like watching a trout glide through a rippleless pool. His stroke efficiency is truly poetry in motion.

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Knights tied for longest winning streak in nation with win over Mt. Baker

ROYAL — Inside linebacker Jack Diaz saw the ball laying there on the ground like a big, ol' brown Easter egg, scooped it up on the Mt. Baker 15-yard line and rumbled 85 yards down the far sideline for the touchdown in the defining moment of Saturday afternoon's 55-6 victory …

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No. 1 Royal rolls into 1A Quarterfinal game against No. 9 Mt. Baker

ROYAL — One-game-at-a-time is as much a part of Royal tradition as the fact they haven’t lost in 52 straight games. But it’s that commitment to excellence and attention to detail that has the three-time 1A state champions on the fast track to the Tacoma Dome again this season.

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Big Bend men bigger, more athletic in 2018-19

MOSES LAKE — North Idaho College didn’t even win the NWAC East last season, but the Cardinals got hot at the right time and won their first Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament.

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Loomis leads Warriors with a big game against Tekoa-Rosalia

COULEE CITY — The defending 1B state champion Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors faced Tekoa-Rosalia two years ago on their way to a state title. They’re hoping some of that karma rolls over with Saturday’s 66-6 win over the Timberwolves.

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Knights notch another shutout against Riverside

ROYAL — The the tail lights coming down Dodson Ave. into the Royal Slope numbered 25-30 strong as they made their way through the darkness of the countryside.

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Big Bend, Moses Lake coaching legend Pete Doumit passes away

MOSES LAKE — Longtime Columbia Basin resident Pete Doumit was many things to many people. He had a special way of making everyone in the room feel as if they were the most important person in his life.

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Defendng 1B state champion ACH Warriors ready for another run

COULEE CITY — The closer a team can play to home this time of year the better, and winning Saturday afternoon’s game against Tekoa-Rosalia will go a long way to another home game for the defending 1B state champion Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors.

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No. 1 Royal hosts Riverside in 1A Round of 16 Friday

ROYAL — The three-time 1A state champions don’t look much past the next opponent, and coach Wiley Allred, who will be inducted into the Washington State Football Coaches Hall of Fame this year, isn’t about to mess with the mojo anytime soon.

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Moses Lake volleyball advances in 4A District 6 playoffs

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake senior Renee Ohs did everything, but sing the national anthem. Oh wait, she did that too to jump-start the Chiefs’ 25-9, 25-18, 25-8 victory over Sunnyside at the 4A District 6 play-in game.

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Royal flexes muscle against Naches Valley in SCAC Crossover Playoff game

ROYAL CITY — Just when Naches Valley thought it couldn’t get any worse.

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La Salle upends Warden for SCAC District No. 1 seed

ROYAL — La Salle scored its second goal within two minutes of the first one and it was like yanking the plug from the bathtub and watching all the Warden energy run down the drain Thursday night at the SCAC district championship game at David Nielsen Stadium in Royal.

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Unbeaten Warden sets up another showdown with La Salle in SCAC district title match

WARDEN — Warden set up another run at La Salle for the SCAC district championship on Thursday at Royal with a big win over Cle Elum-Roslyn (11-4-1) on a night were temperatures dipped below 50 degrees.

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Royal's Kaden Jenks on the mend after season-ending injury

Football at its highest level is such a violent collision that it’s not so much if a player will be injured as to when that injury will happen.

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Ephrata secures No. 3 seed, will travel to West Valley

MOSES LAKE — It never did turn into smash mouth football, but when Ephrata pushed, Toppenish didn't push back and that little bit of physicality was enough to set everything in motion in Saturday's Central Washington Athletic Conference game for third place at Lions Field in Moses Lake.

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Bateman becomes first Moses Lake diver to win 4A District 6 championship

MOSES LAKE — Sometimes not knowing just how close things are is a good thing.

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Chiefs qualify three relays, seven individuals for Saturday's finals at the 4A District 6 meet

MOSES LAKE ­— All you can do is go out there and swim faster than you ever have before. Time tends to sort the rest out in a hurry.

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Bateman, Tolley head over heels in love with diving

MOSES LAKE — Her time management skills are almost as impressive as her degree of difficulty. But it’s that balancing act that makes Moses Lake senior Bethany Bateman a top contender to return to the 4A WIAA State Swim and Dive Championships at Weyerhauser King County Aquatics Center in November.

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Ephrata secures CWAC North No. 2 seed, Othello eliminated  

ROYAL CITY — Ephrata senior Trenton Kleyn didn’t have to run through his pre-read progression very long once he saw running back Tony O’Neel lined up wide on a linebacker in the coverage.

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Warden secures No. 3 in SCAC East with big win over Wahluke

WARDEN — The Warden secondary picked Wahluke quarterback Sebastian Soto four times in the first half and seven total. The Cougars offense fed off the defensive energy, the defense fed off the offense, which scored 30 points in the first quarter, and Friday night's SCAC East game was over before …

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Quincy goes down slugging against Ellensburg

QUINCY — The night started with two or three different scenarios for the Central Washington Athletic Conference postseason picture. Not one of them included the Quincy Jacks.

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Big Bend volleyball runs out of momentum in 3-1 loss to Yakima Valley

MOSES LAKE — The Vikings had a little momentum going their way, winning the second set of Wednesday's NWAC East volleyball match at DeVries Activity Center to even the match with Yakima Valley (10-21, 3-7 NWAC East).

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Columbia Basin Media Group brings home a record 25 awards

YAKIMA — In an ever-changing industry where technology is quickly overriding the human touch, the Columbia Basin Media Group showed its ability to change with the times, yet hold to good old-fashioned values with community and professional pride, winning 25 awards in the 2018 annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association competition, …

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Garza Jr. gives Othello big win at Ellensburg with last-second field goal

ELLENSBURG — There wasn’t a quiet place in Ellensburg’s Andreotti Field Friday night with homecoming and one of the biggest Central Washington Athletic Conference football games of the year on the line.

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Moses Lake swimming Senior Night something special

MOSES LAKE — For Moses Lake freestylers Cora Dana and Lacy Johnson, Thursday's Senior Night at the Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams was more like the end of an era than one last Columbia Basin Big Nine dual with Eastmont.

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Othello junior Isaiah Perez has drawn interest from Harvard to Stanford and all points in between

OTHELLO — When you’re working toward a far away dream, sometimes it seems like you have all the time in the world to get there. Then all of a sudden, the time is now and that dream is becoming closer to reality.

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Othello in playoff picture after beating Quincy

OTHELLO — As it stands right now, the rest of the Central Washington Athletic Conference is still chasing unbeaten Selah (13-0, 6-0 CWAC).

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Royal separates itself from Connell in matchup of ranked teams

ROYAL CITY — Logan Gomez doesn’t exactly have a Von Miller-like speed rush coming off the edge, but the 6-foot, 240-pound Royal senior, who’s played on two 1A state championship teams, knows how to make due with technique and a bull rush.

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Voss earning her stripes as woman football referee

Books are good sources of information, but sometimes if you can just see it being done, watch the actual process, the human brain can pick it up a little faster than – see chart, page 8.

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Odessa builds big lead over ACH, wins battle of top teams

COULEE CITY — It was deja vu all over again for the defending 1B state champions in Thursday night's battle of No. 1 vs No. 2 at the Brick House in Coulee City.

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Nielsen, Griner have big hitting night to lead Big Bend over Wenatchee

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend got a big hitting night from Sadie Nielsen and Payson Griner. The 5-foot-11 middles combined for 29 kills and the Lady Vikings served up a 3-1 victory over Wenatchee Valley to snap a three-game skid 18-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-18 Wednesday night at DeVries Activity Center.

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Ephrata shuts down Quincy for wind-blown CWAC victory

QUINCY — The crosswind was blowing so hard a ball in the air would move five, six yards. And anything in the box thrown up waist-high to the crossbar was a goalkeeper’s nightmare during Tuesday night’s wind-blown Central Washington Athletic Conference girls soccer match at Quincy.

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Cubs special assignment scout Jason Cooper throws light on the MLB postseason

MOSES LAKE — Just the fact that it took an extra game to decide both the National League Central and West Divisions, is a pretty good indicator this year’s Major League Baseball postseason will be something to remember.

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The bet: Who goes farther in the playoffs, Harwood's Rockies or Cooper's Cubbies?

It’s going to happen sooner than we thought, but the bet is on.

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Ephrata defense shuts down Othello in key CWAC game

EPHRATA — When Ephrata cornerback Chase Lus out-leaped Gage Pruneda on a fade route for the pass interception in the end zone on the Huskies’ opening drive, it sent a message loud and clear of the defensive effort to come in Friday night’s Central Washington Athletic Conference matchup at Kiwanis …

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Moses Lake settles things early in slowpitch doubleheader with Davis

MOSES LAKE — Michelle Turner tripled to get the party started and the defending District 6 champion Moses Lake Chiefs scored five runs on seven consecutive hits to open the first game of Thursday's doubleheader with Davis.

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Big Bend goes down in three to North Idaho

MOSES LAKE — The fact that Big Bend went five sets with North Idaho College at the Crossover Tournament earlier in the year indicates the Vikings program has come a long way in a short time.

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Ulyanchuk, Nielsen get a second chance to live the dream at Big Bend

MOSES LAKE — Dennis Ulyanchuk walked into the DeVries Activity Center looking for a place to shoot some hoops during an open gym and ending up jumping in with the Big Bend team. Couple buckets here, couple of buckets there and he started drawing some attention.

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Ephrata goes straight down the middle to beat Othello 3-0

EPHRATA — The Tigers’ student section was in rare form and the Ephrata volleyball team kicked up its heels with a 3-0 victory over Othello Tuesday night in The Jungle.

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Othello shuts out Quincy in CWAC North opener

OTHELLO — As long as Roger Hoell walks this earth, the Othello Huskies (2-2, 1-0 CWAC North) will pound the rock with a power running game, and Friday night’s 43-0 win over Quincy in the Central Washington Athletic Conference North opener at Husky Field was no different.

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Escamilla has first-half hat trick, Warden blasts Kiona-Benton 10-1 

WARDEN — Warden midfielder Ashlyn Yamane followed the through ball into the no man's land between the offensive front line just outside the goalkeeper box 10 minutes into the second half of Thursday night's SCAC East match with Kiona-Benton.

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Big Bend Athletic Hall of Fame set to usher in Class of 2018

MOSES LAKE — The day is set to honor the deeds and the people and teams that took Big Bend Community College to a new level of athletic excellence and the college will usher in its Hall of Fame Class of 2018 on Saturday at the ATEC Building, beginning at …

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Turf or no turf, Warden stays course in 2-nil victory

ROYAL CITY — It really didn’t take the Warden girls long to make the adjustment from playing on the natural grass they’re used to at home to the turf at David Nielsen Stadium.

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Prosser blows past Ephrata 62-14

EPHRATA — It hadn’t been a particularly good night. The Ephrata Tigers were on the wrong end of a beat down, they’d been playing under the running clock rule since midway through the third quarter.

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Wilson Creek holds off late Moses Lake Christian charge

MOSES LAKE — Sometimes a strong service can set up a momentum establishing run and that’s exactly what Wilson Creek sophomore Gracie Bise, opening Thursday night’s Central Washington 1B match with Moses Lake Christian.

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Soap Lake volleyball presses Okanogan in 3-0 nonleague loss

SOAP LAKE — Once they figure out who they are a little bit, they’ll have a better idea where they’re going. But until then, the Soap Lake volleyball team will just have to chase down every ball, return everything they can and see how it all comes out in the …

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Big Bend standout, Warden grad Tyson Yamane will pitch at Whitworth University

SPOKANE — The good thing about NCAA Division III is that there is no national letter of intent. With no signature of commitment on the dotted line, a guy is free to change his mind.

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Royal rolls Othello in nonleague clash

OTHELLO — Last week in the season opener, the Royal Knights scored on the first offensive play from scrimmage. It took the three-time defending 1A state champions a little longer on Saturday night in Huskies Stadium in Othello.

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Moses Lake girls near the top at home invite

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake cross country coach Larry Dagnon isn’t one for bold predictions, but he went on record in the preseason saying he thought his girls team is going to shock the world.

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Hawaii calls and the Moses Lake cross country team is ready to hang loose 

OAHU, Hawaii — They go in search of sea turtles and a spiritual experience of sorts, taking on the elevation changes, the backwoods, the humidity, sea level and whatever else the rugged, but beautiful terrain of Oahu at the Kualoa Ranch will throw at them.

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Young Moses Lake girls swim team will learn on the fly

MOSES LAKE — Tony St. Onge has had some who’s who of swimming teams at Moses Lake High School over the years. But this season, his girls team is more “who,” with 30 of his 43 participants being first-time swimmers.

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Young Chiefs volleyball stand up in 3-1 loss to Ferris

MOSES LAKE — The thing is Moses Lake is not exactly a hotbed for summer club volleyball, so when the Chiefs go up against teams from Spokane, Tri-Cities or Yakima, they’re facing players that have been going year-round.

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Royal extends winning streak to 42 straight with rout of 2A Ellensburg

ROYAL CITY — The three-time defending 1A state champion Royal Knights scored on the first offensive play of the game when Sawyer Jenks slung it wide to receiver Angel Farias, who put it on Gage Christensen for a 56-yard touchdown.

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WIAA implements football seeding committee to sort out playoff picture

It’s just been a matter of waiting for the smoke to clear. With a certain crispness in the air and fall on the way, it’s time for high school football to take center stage.

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Royal's Jenks named starting quarterback at Weber State University

OGDEN, Utah — Every father’s nightmare is that call in the middle of the night to tell the family of an accident on the road.

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Quincy football coach cites safety concerns in forfeiting 2018 opener to Zillah

QUINCY — Quincy head coach Wade Petersen decided to err on side of caution with his 2018 football season opener on Friday night against Zillah.

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The Jenks boys do right by Royal City football

ROYAL CITY — Sawyer Jenks wouldn’t be the first brother trying to play his way out from under the long shadow cast by an older brother.

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Bull riders cut loose to wrap up 75th annual Moses Lake Roundup in style

MOSES LAKE — It was a bull rider’s night at the finale of the 75th annual Moses Lake Roundup and they did not disappoint an estimated record crowd of 5,000 Columbia Basin rodeo fans on longtime Roundup bullfighter Rowdy Barry’s last stand.

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Bareback bucking horse Big Easy wins this round with former world champion Steven Peebles

MOSES LAKE — The night was hot and the wildfire smoke that hung in the air, thick as Louisiana gumbo for most of the day had settled some.

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Moses Lake Roundup has top six bull riders in the world scheduled

MOSES LAKE — It’s one thing to say the 75th annual Moses Lake Roundup will feature some of the best rodeo cowboys in the world. But it’s another to say it will feature three of The Very Best in the world when the rodeo kicks off Thursday night and runs …

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'The heart of American rodeo'

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River Dogs out of World Series

JAMESTOWN, NY - The thing about raising smart kids from the Columbia Basin is that they could do the math prior to Wednesday’s final pool play game with the Ohio Valley region champions from Crown Point, Ind.

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The Moses Lake Roundup, 75 years in the making

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Warden roper Dylan Beck wraps up high school career on the big stage

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — It’s not how, it’s how fast. Time is the only thing that matters on the timed event end of the rodeo arena.

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Soap Lake's Herrera places second at NHSFR

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The thinking part of bull riding pretty much stops once a guy gives the nod and the chute flies open.

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Wilson Creek hydroplane racer lives his life at full throttle

WILSON CREEK — Chances are if you drive by Kurt Myers’ garage most any night during the week you’ll see the lights on and a guy turning a wrench, getting something ready for the weekend.

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There's a place in the world for Babe Ruth League

Growing up in Colorado the summer baseball world had a certain pecking order. I played Little League from the time I could swing a bat until high school.

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River Dogs fall in World Series opener

JAMESTOWN, NY — There’s always a number. The box score is full of them, but there’s always one number that tells the tale.

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Golf scramble raises about $12,000 for Chiefs wrestling

The fairways looked a little like 106-pound match in full scramble mode with arms flailing, carts going in all directions and laughter over errant shots, but that’s what it looks like when wrestlers golf.

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Mi Casa Market has something for everybody

MOSES LAKE — The sounds of a Mariachi filled the air from a local radio station set up for the grand opening at 723 Third Ave. Trucks and cars honked as they drove by, hands waving out the window at the crowd gathering in the parking lot.

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The Dogs are back in town, on the trail of another Senior Babe Ruth World Series championship

JAMESTOWN, NY — The official program reads that Columbia, Wash., is representing the Pacific Northwest Region. But then again, so does the record book every time they win a national title. It makes no difference, the Dogs are back in town and they’re on the trail of another Senior Babe …

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The Columbia Basin can hold its own in baseball tradition say Cooper, Boruff and Boyd

It’s baseball.

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75th Moses Lake Roundup Bob Ottmar will be there in spirit

MOSES LAKE — It’s hard to call Moses Lake a rodeo town, because it’s probably not. But its rodeo is rich in tradition and western heritage.

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'The Voice of the Rodeo'

MOSES LAKE — At one point in the night, he is the voice of gentle reason, like talking to that favorite uncle at the family reunion. But when the time is right, he can change gears and bring the high octane when the bull riders take center stage.

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Clowning achievement JJ Harrison ready to do some walkin' and talkin' at Moses Lake Roundup

MOSES LAKE — He might have gotten his Ph.D. in post hole diggin’, but rodeo clown JJ Harrison is one of the smartest guys out there on the rodeo trail and certainly one of the funniest comedian barrelmen in the business.

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Moses Lake wrestling fundraiser golf tournament Aug. 4 at the Links at Moses Pointe

MOSES LAKE — Work in the offseason is why Moses Lake wrestling is one of the winningest programs in Washington state.

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Azevedo wins WJGA District 4 golf championship at Moses Lake Golf Club

MOSES LAKE — Richland’s Gabe Cach had five birdies on the final day, but still didn’t have enough in the tank to chase down first-day leader Patrick Azevedo for the Washington Junior Golf Association District 4 championship on Tuesday at the Moses Lake Golf Club.

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River Dogs No. 1 hold off River Dogs No. 2 to win Babe Ruth League state championship 

EPHRATA — Sometimes you eat the dog, sometimes the dog eats you. Or in the case of the Northern Washington Babe Ruth League state championship game, the Columbia Basin River Dogs just sort of chewed on each other for awhile in a game where the lead changed hands five times …

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LocalTel expands into Grant County market

MOSES LAKE — Residential and business internet provider LocalTel is big enough to offer 24-hour customer service, yet small enough to make it personal. With that, the Wenatchee-based business decided to enter the Moses Lake market, providing a great deal of its services to rural customers.

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Stunt rider to awe at Roundup

MOSES LAKE — They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression and equestrian trick rider Jessica Blair Fowlkes has a way of just blowing a rodeo audience’s mind.

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Wilson Creek tie-down roper finishes 21st at National Junior High Finals Rodeo

HURON, S.D. — He's just 14 years old, but when it comes to sitting in the saddle, rope in hand, waiting for the calf to break, Kass Newman is a seasoned veteran.

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River Dogs combine rosters for postseason run

MOSES LAKE — Columbia Basin manager Randy Boruff calls the 2018 team as deep as any team in River Dogs history.

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'Man' of the Year

MOSES LAKE — Sometimes the behind-the-scenes is more important than the The Show itself.

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Signorelli named to USA TODAY High School Sports All-USA Washington Baseball Team

Columbia Basin Big Nine Player of the Year Dominic Signorelli of Moses Lake added another accolade to the growing list when the Chiefs senior was named to the USA TODAY High School Sports All-USA Washington Baseball Team.

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Viking baseball has five players moving on to four-year programs

MOSES LAKE — Producing quality young men and quality student-athletes is as much a part of Big Bend baseball tradition and what happens on the field.

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No headline

SEATTLE — Their journey at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle was a dream, playing at the University of Washington soccer stadium, being a part of ESPN’s global coverage and marching into Husky Stadium during the opening ceremonies with an all-star cast, including Pacific Northwest dignitaries Seahawks linebacker …

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Cruz's strip sack helps East win East-West All-State Classic

SPOKANE — Hunter Cruz is a game-changer, always has been.

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Pita Pit serves it up fresh in Moses Lake

The Pita Pit Corporation has a cookie-cutter approach, if you will, creating its restaurants with similar design and business format. But owner Pam Leseman says her operations in Ephrata and now Moses Lake have their own unique style.

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Spuds score five runs in the seventh to beat Spokane

BOISE, Idaho — What goes around comes around and the Central Washington Spuds were able to turn the table to win their first game of the AAA American Legion tournament in Boise, Idaho on Thursday with a 5-4 win over the Spokane Bandits.

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Royal's Christensen ends his career with style

ROYAL City - Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway topped off a Hall of Fame career with a storybook ending that’s tough to top, riding off into the sunset after winning a Super Bowl and the Super Bowl most valuable player.

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Cruz has one more football game

SPOKANE — He’s got one more, uno mas.

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West Coast League's roots come Back to the Basin 

WENATCHEE — The more I’m around Columbia Basin baseball, the more I am impressed with this hotbed of local talent. Everywhere you look, the connection somehow comes Back to the Basin.

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Othello star Alix Garcia getting married, then off to play Big 12 ball at Oklahoma State

OTHELLO — As the bumper sticker goes, “When one door closes, another one opens. But those hallways are a drag.”

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Walleyes give up big lead early

MOSES LAKE — Eastmont hit six runs in the first three innings and the Central Washington Walleyes never did get things back on track during Monday night’s 8-3 AA American Legion loss at Larson Playfield.

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River Dogs White make strong showing at Palouse Summer Series

PULLMAN — With the Columbia Basin River Dogs select team selections right around the corner on July 2, members of the River Dog White team made a strong showing in finishing second in their pool at the Palouse Summer Series this past weekend with a 3-1 record.

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River Dog Blue shows moxie

EPHRATA — Despite a summer of players bouncing back and forth within the organization, players missing games because of graduation, basketball camps or other excused absences, the Columbia Basin River Dog Blue team still had enough competitive edge to go out and win the High Desert Classic on Sunday at …

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Colville Fuels Half-Sun Travel Plaza humming along

MOSES LAKE — It’s been a little over 15 months since the Confederated Tribes of the Colville opened Colville Fuels Half-Sun Travel Plaza of the southwest corner of South Wanapum Drive and West Lakeshore Drive.

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AppleSox coach thinks Hunter Boyd has the stuff to pitch at the next level

WENATCHEE — It seems like Hunter Boyd has spent a lifetime in one dugout or another over the course of his illustrious baseball career. Lately he’s been living in his uniform and sleeping on the bus playing for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the West Coast League, but he wouldn’t have …

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Smokiam Equestrian Team wins reigning competition

MOSES LAKE — Callie Guenther of the Smokiam Equestrian Team won the reigning competition over the weekend at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Regional Finals at Grant County Fairgrounds.

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Spokane runs away from River Dogs

EPHRATA — Tristan Garland made a spectacular over-the-shoulder, diving catch in the left-center power alley to deny an extra base hit. Austin White pitched his way out of a jam with runners on first and third and no outs without giving up a run. Zac Berryman drove in a run …

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MLHS grad Boyd handed no decision in AppleSox loss to Falcons

WENATCHEE — Hunter Boyd (1-1, ERA 5.55) of Moses Lake pitched into the fourth inning of Monday night’s West Coast League game against Kelowna, striking out three of the first four batters faced in the rubber game of the Wenatchee AppleSox (4-7) first home series of the season against the …

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Kady and Bentley help Team Washington at the Pacific Northwest Invitational

MOSES LAKE — The cheers and screams echoed from the stands almost simultaneously to when the announcer introduced Kady Didtel and her horse Bentley as they entered the arena Friday afternoon at the Pacific Northwest Invitational at Ardell Pavilion at the Grant County Fairgrounds.

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Racers flock to Soap Lake Regatta

SOAP LAKE — It’s a water sport, so the morning rain did little more than prime the racers and race fans at the sixth annual Soap Lake Chamber of Commerce Hydro Regatta Saturday.

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Pepsi-Pak sweeps Central Washington Spuds at Larson Playfield

MOSES LAKE — It’s been whirlwind of adjustments in the early going for the Central Washington Spuds and Thursday night’s AAA American Legion doubleheader with the Yakima Valley Pepsi-Pak reflected a team trying to settle in with the dust.

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Scenes from Moses Lake High School's 2018 graduation

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Sponsorships available for Newspapers in Education Golf Tournament

MOSES LAKE — If helping to raise money to keep Columbia Basin students engaged in their community and show significantly greater interest in their local government or current affairs isn't enough, there is the chance to win airfare, two nights at the Pebble Beach Lodge and three rounds of golf …

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Spuds open the AAA American Legion season Thursday at Larson Playfield

MOSES LAKE — He’ll know more after Thursday’s AAA American Legion season opener at Larson Playfield, but Spuds manager Robert Haensel likes what he sees.

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River Dogs joining forces to form select team

EPHRATA — The Columbia Basin 16-18 Babe Ruth League talent pool runs long and deep with strong baseball tradition.

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Walleyes ready to take new season to a different level

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Walleyes will take advantage of new blood and old school when they open the AA baseball season against Wenatchee Monday at 5 p.m. at Larson Playfield.

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Moses Lake baseball recognized with coach of the year, pitcher of the year and player of the year

Moses Lake put the buzz back in the ballpark with its return to the 4A state baseball tournament for the first time since 2015.

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Big Bend baseball's run ends in NWAC consolation bracket

LONGVIEW — Big Bend sophomore Cody Banks waited his entire community college career to reach the big stage, to get his swings in the tournament.

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Warden finishes in tie for fifth at the 1A state softball tournament

RICHLAND — T-shirt inscriptions are plenty at softball tournaments, but one seemed to capture the spirit of the Warden Cougars as they went in search of their first 1A state championship at Columbia Playfield in Richland over the Memorial Weekend.

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Lane eliminates Big Bend from NWAC Baseball Championships

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Big Bend can't find timely hits in loss to Edmonds in NWAC Tournament opener

LONGVIEW — Big Bend hasn’t been to the NWAC Baseball Championships in 15 years, but they looked right at home on the big stage in Thursday’s 2-0 loss to Edmonds in the opening game at David Story Field in Longview.

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Othello's Patrick Azevedo finishes fifth in 2A Boys State Golf Tournament

RICHLAND — Defending state medalist Patrick Azevedo from Othello had his sights set on going low on Wednesday after finishing the first round in a tie for 10th at the 2A Boys State Championships at Columbia Point Golf Course in Richland.

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Kenedee Peters makes the shot of the tournament to win third 2A state medalist honor

RICHLAND — Kenedee Peters not only won her third 2A state medalist honor in the past four years, she hit the shot of the tournament on the finishing hole, leaving no questions asked as to why she’ll be playing Pac-12 golf next fall.

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Ephrata's Peters leads 2A girls state tournament, Othello's Azevedo 10th in boys event

RICHLAND — This is Washington State University commit Kenedee Peters’ last time around as a high school player and the two-time state medalist from Ephrata is putting as much effort into having fun as she is in winning the 2A state tournament at Horn Rapids Golf Course in Richland.

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Moses Lake surrenders four-run lead in bottom of the seventh to lose to Wenatchee in state quarterfinals

SPOKANE — This one’s going to hurt for a good, long while. The swag that carried the Moses Lake Chiefs (17-5) to the Columbia Basin Big Nine league championship and to within three outs of the state semifinals disappeared when they needed it most.

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Ephrata's Anthony Evans, Quincy's Tyson Thornton qualify in three events for 2A state track meet

EPHRATA — Ephrata senior Anthony Evans is going back to the 2A state track and field championships one last time.

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Big Bend wins West Super Region, headed to the NWAC Baseball Championships for first time since 2002

MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Vikings weren’t even ranked in the May 9 NWAC Baseball Coaches poll, but they kept pushing forward under the radar, clinching the No. 3 spot in the East Region in the last week of the regular season.

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Ephrata senior Anthony Evans ranked third in the state overall in the 400 meters

EPHRATA — It took Ephrata senior Anthony Evans less than a month to become the fastest 2A 400-meter runner in the state, and now he has his sights set on taking his game to the next level on Friday at the Region IV 2A Track and Field meet at Kiwanis …

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Great Northern League/CWAC Glue-In/Subregionals give locals one more chance at 2A state tennis tournament

PULLMAN — The road to the 2A state tennis championships at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle takes one more turn on Saturday with the Great Northern League/CWAC Glue-In/Subregionals on Saturday at Pullman High School.

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Heaverlo says the buzz is back in Columbia Basin baseball

MOSES LAKE — The baseball circle of life in the Columbia Basin is a continuous cycle, with no beginning, no end, just an ongoing journey, depending on where you jumped on.

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Golf roundup: Ephrata's Peters finishes 13th at U.S. Open qualifier

SEATTLE — Washington State University commit Kenedee Peters just keeps climbing the ladder.

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Miller comes up big in Royal's 1-nil victory over Brewster

ROYAL CITY — There’s a downside to playing bunker defense with 10 in the box and it cost Brewster in Tuesday’s 1A state tournament opener at David Nielsen Memorial Stadium.

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Wenatchee erases three-run Moses Lake lead to win district championship

MOSES LAKE — It’s never good watching the out-towners hoist the championship trophy on your mound, dancing around making all that noise. But the good news is, the Chiefs (17-4) will live to see another day.

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'Old Guys' loving every minute of it

MOSES LAKE — As the story goes, when Jimmy Morris showed up in at the Double-A Orlando Rays clubhouse at the age of 35, one of the first questions he was asked was, “Are you the old guy?”

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Locals set for the 2A District 5/6 boys golf tournament at Lakeview Golf & Country Club

SOAP LAKE — Local knowledge on any golf course is like money in the bank. But like any investment, it only pays off if you execute.

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Big Bend earns NWAC Tournament berth for first time in 15 years

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend first-year manager Jameson Lange doesn’t lose track of any given situation during the course of a ballgame. His attention to detail and game awareness makes him a player’s coach through and through.

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Royal holds off Highland to advance to SCAC 1A District 5 soccer final

ROYAL CITY — The good news is, Royal goalkeeper Ty Miller has played 638 minutes without surrendering a goal, dating back to April 20 when Wahluke scored inside of the final two minutes.

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Moses Lake baseball coach Donnie Lindgren is a man of constant motion

MOSES LAKE — First-year Moses Lake skipper Donnie Lindgren only has two speeds — fast and stop.

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Ochoa delivers in Big Bend's sweep over Treasure Valley

MOSES LAKE — Cinco de Mayo, Sophomore Day, RBI single, run scored — pick one, it was all good for Big Bend sophomore Daniel Ochoa from Moses Lake.

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Aaliyah Escamilla's walk-off secures Warden's sweep over Kiona-Benton

WARDEN — Warden sophomore Aaliyah Escamilla doesn’t like to be crowded.

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Royal defense dominates Granger in first round of district opener

ROYAL CITY — Royal soccer coach Jens Jensen was appreciative of the 75-degree evening weather for Thursday’s 1A District 5 boys soccer tournament opener with Granger, not so much because his team scored seven second-half goals to beat the Spartans 9-nil to advance.

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Falstad shuts down Prosser, Tigers advance to district semifinals

EPHRATA — Tigers right-hander Gunnar Falstad flirted with a no-hitter going into the fourth inning, riding on the wave of Bo Hesse’s perfect game against Quincy in the CWAC regular season finale on Saturday.

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Alvarado's no-hitter leads Moses Lake to first league title since 2014

MOSES LAKE — Senior Jordan Rios stood answering questions after Tuesday’s 15-0 victory over Eisenhower, featuring Vance Alvarado’s no-hitter, when first-year manager Donnie Lindgren burst into the dugout shouting, “We did it, we did it. Gather round, Chiefs on three.”

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Peters-Kwon miss the cut at the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship

TARZANA, Calif. — They might be rising stars on the Washington state high school golf scene. Both are headed to NCAA Division-I programs in a Power 5 Conference, but there is still work to do for Kenedee Peters of Ephrata and her partner Brittany Kwon from Bremerton.

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Royal City's Adam Martinez, Michael Rojas opening doors for other Hispanic players to follow

ROYAL CITY — Michael Rojas has the opportunity to do something special, as well as be something special by becoming the first Royal High School athlete to receive a NCAA Division I scholarship to a Power 5 conference.

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Big Bend baseball in must-win situation after dropping NWAC East doubleheader to Spokane

MOSES LAKE — In the NWAC East, there’s No. 2 Yakima Valley (36-6, 18-2 NWAC East) and there’s No. 6 Spokane (29-9, 16-4) and then there’s rest.

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Ephrata sophomore Bo Hesse pitches perfect game against Quincy

EPHRATA — You might want to write this name down, Bo Hesse.

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Moses Lake sweeps Wenatchee, takes over first place in CBBN

MOSES LAKE — First-year Moses Lake head coach Donnie Lindgren took his hat off, rubbed his forehead, then realigned it again Friday night at Larson Playfield after the Chiefs swept Wenatchee with a dominant display of baseball that included an eight-RBI single game by senior Cody Goodwin in the second …

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Ephrata earns a CWAC district tournament berth with 1-0 win over Othello

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers have been in loser-out mode for so long they just seem to thrive on it. With Thursday’s 1-nil win over Othello, the Ephrata boys soccer team is finally in, in the CWAC district tournament that is.

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Mya Spencer has earned her respect in a game called life

EPHRATA — If public speaking were an athletic event, Ephrata junior Mya Spencer couldn’t get out of her own way.

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Quincy brings Basin Challenge Cup back home with 3-1 victory over Ephrata

EPHRATA — The tackles had that extra pop. The fight for the 50-50 ball was just a little more intense and play in the box was as if their life depended on it.

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No. 2 Yakima Valley takes two from No. 8 Big Bend

MOSES LAKE — Anyway you look at it, the numbers just didn’t add up in Big Bend’s favor in Saturday’s NWAC East doubleheader with Yakima Valley.

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Ephrata holds on in offensive showcase to sweep Othello

OTHELLO ­— Coors Field had nothing on Huskies Field and Saturday’s CWAC doubleheader proved to be a launching pad and an offensive showcase for both programs.

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Royal soccer team extends winning streak to six with win over Wahluke

ROYAL CITY — The ring of honor symbolized a true sign of sportsmanship when Wahluke and Royal players joined hands in a circle at midfield during a moment of silence prior to the SCAC East match Friday night at David Nielsen Stadium to honor Royal senior Silvestore Beltran, who passed …

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Prosser walks off field, forfeits CWAC match to Ephrata with six minutes remaining

EPHRATA — It went in the books as a 4-nil Ephrata victory, but Tuesday’s Central Washington Athletic Conference soccer match at Tiger Field was anything but ordinary.

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Kallstrom becoming a rising star on the NAIA baseball horizon

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — To say Josh Kallstrom has settled in at the next level is a little like saying, “Yeah, Aaron Judge can play a little bit.”

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No headline

EPHRATA — Anthony Evans did a little Deion Dance at the finish line after running a personal best (50.00 seconds) to win the 400 meters.

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Big Bend sweeps Blue Mountain for third home NWAC sweep in April

MOSES LAKE — Daulton Kvenvold finally slid in under a tag safely, having been thrown out at second base twice, eluding the sweep of Blue Mountain catcher Dustin Durflinger to score in the bottom of the seventh inning in the second game of Wednesday’s NWAC doubleheader.

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Prosser walks off field, forfeits CWAC match to Ephrata with six minutes remaining

EPHRATA — It went in the books as a 4-nil Ephrata victory, but Tuesday's Central Washington Athletic Conference soccer match at Tiger Field was anything but ordinary.

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Ephrata's Jakob Oxos headed to Dakota Wesleyan University to play football

MITCHELL, S.D. - Ephrata standout Jakob Oxos is ready to take his game to the next level.

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Quincy stays in CWAC soccer hunt with 4-0 victory over Othello

OTHELLO — Quincy had Selah on the ropes earlier in the season and failed to put the Vikings away. On Saturday, they left nothing to chance with a 4-nil victory over Othello to keep pace in the Central Washington Athletic Conference playoff chase.

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Chiefs hold Gargus in check, sweep Davis

MOSES LAKE — There wasn’t even the slightest hint of bad luck in the air on Friday the 13th at Larson Playfield.

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Connell handles wind, Warden in SCAC East soccer action

WARDEN — Connell’s youth movement scored twice in the second half and the Eagles handed Warden its third consecutive shutout with a 4-nil loss Thursday afternoon in SCAC East action.

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Selah comes back to beat Ephrata in seventh inning

EPHRATA — Zac Berryman’s back is a little sore at this point in the season, sore enough to keep him out of team wind sprints after the game Tuesday night as the temperatures dipped to 50 degrees.

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Othello's Kyler Villarreal headed to Walla Walla to play basketball

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East Valley clips Ephrata on late goal

EPHRATA — Ephrata matched up well with the East Valley speed up top. But the Tigers just couldn’t catch the break they needed to beat the CWAC co-leaders in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Tigers Field.

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Jameson Lange developing character as well as baseball talent at Big Bend

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Work ethic, focus, mound mojo, Big Bend pitchers Tyson Yamane, Blake Collier have it all

MOSES LAKE — One wanted to get out of Dodge and the chance see some different sights. The other decided to stay a little closer to home. Combined, Big Bend Community College sophomore Tyson Yamane and freshman Blake Collier have turned into quite the one-two punch in first-year manager Jameson …

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Big Bend gets in a Luckey hit to sweep Columbia Basin

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend got lucky.

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Alvarado takes no-hitter into seventh inning, shuts down Eastmont 5-1

MOSES LAKE — No one ever sees what Moses Lake junior Vance Alvarado does to get ready for game day. Not really.

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Ellensburg sweeps Ephrata to stay in CWAC baseball hunt

EPHRATA — They’ll know a little more about the Central Washington Athletic Conference next after a doubleheader with Othello. But for the time being, the Ellensburg Bulldogs are right there in the mix with Saturday's sweep over Ephrata at Johnson-O’Brien Stadium

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Ephrata Tigers dominate both girls, boys divisions at Best of the Basin track meet 

QUINCY — The Best of the Basin competitors had the best of both worlds at Thursday’s track and field meet at Jaycee Stadium.

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Big Bend sweeps Walla Walla with two by the 10-run rule

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend hasn’t swept Walla Walla in four or five years, but the NWAC East front-runners would love to make it standard operating procedure.

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Toppenish takes the wind out of Othello's sails with 4-1 CWAC victory

OTHELLO — There was plenty of wind, it’s just that Toppenish freshman Rivaldo Ceja’s goal three minutes into the second half took it all out of the Othello sails and the Wildcats handed the Huskies their first loss of the season Tuesday night at Huskies Stadium.

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Big Bend softball team drops two to TVCC, ends skid on Saturday against BMCC

MOSES LAKE — Talk about your bad days. The Big Bend softball team found a way to extend that two-game losing streak to four games after blowing up in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader with Treasure Valley.

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Othello sweeps Quincy to start seven-game CWAC road trip

QUINCY — The Othello Huskies extended their winning streak to four games with a sweep on the road at Quincy Saturday as they head into an important stretch of the Central Washington Athletic Conference schedule.

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Peters shoots 79 on a blustery day to lead Ephrata girls golf past Cascade

SOAP LAKE — Two-time 2A state medalist Kenedee Peters of Ephrata stood on the fringe of the par-5, 450-yard, 18th green at Lakeview Golf and Country Club Thursday as the twilight faded into the sunset.

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Young Soap Lake baseball team still looking for answers

SOAP LAKE — Dark storm clouds loomed large on the horizon as the weather rolled in, dropping first those big fat raindrops, then settling into a steady drizzle.

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Ephrata beats Cheney for third win of the season

EPHRATA — It’s the next man up for Ephrata baseball coach Jason Laugen and the Tigers gave him a little taste of how that’s going to work.

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Big Bend places three players on the all-tournament team, finishes third at NWACs

EVERETT — It’s hard to say if the Big Bend Community College women’s basketball team was punching above its weight this postseason, taking out a No. 1 and a No. 2 seed at the NWAC women’s basketball championships before falling to the eventual champions.

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McKeown's 45 leads Walla Walla over Big Bend in NWAC semifinal game

EVERETT — Walla Walla guard Cierra Jo McKeown had four different looks at setting the NWAC Tournament individual game scoring record in the final minute, but couldn't find the stroke one more time.

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Chiefs open non-league baseball schedule with 2-0 start

MOSES LAKE — Donnie Lindgren told his team if they moved Josh Williams over to third after the pitching change in the bottom of the ninth, he was calling for the squeeze play.

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Moses Lake boys fall to Eisenhower in CBBN tennis slugfest

MOSES LAKE — He’ll worry about Jack Yount and the Wenatchee Panthers another day. But for the time being, Moses Lake senior Canon Gregoire settled into his match with Thomas Oplinger of Eisenhower in the first match of the Columbia Basin Big Nine schedule on Thursday afternoon at Moses Lake …

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Big Bend women ready to climb the mountain in NWAC semifinal against Walla Walla

MOSES LAKE — It’s going to take a gigantic effort, one of historical standards. But that’s why they roll out the rock, hit the buzzer and let these things get decided on the court.

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Othello Jamboree gives local softball teams a chance to dust the rust and get ready

OTHELLO — For Cle Elum-Roslyn it was a chance to see grass for the first time this season, and for Othello and Warden, Tuesday's jamboree at Othello was a chance to dust the rust and kick start the competitive juices, because it all gets rolling this week

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Still dancing: Big Bend women reach NWAC Final Four

EVERETT — At the end of the day, it was just a bunch of young women and a coach that told them they belonged.

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Big Bend closes on 21-3 run, upsets top-seeded Grays Harbor

EVERETT — Hailey Garrity sat on the stationary bike on the track above the floor Thursday evening at the 2018 NWAC women’s basketball championships getting loose before Big Bend’s tournament opener with Grays Harbor.

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Young Jacks looking to prove themselves against the CWAC heavy-hitters

QUINCY — A year ago, the Quincy Jacks upset No. 7 East Valley in the CWAC tournament and that’s the peg coach Andy Harris is going to hang his hat on as his young team tries to slug its way out of the middle of the pack into playoff contention …

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Moses Lake gears up for 2018 campaign

MOSES LAKE — “The goal is always to win, but Donnie’s mentality is that we’re definitely going to state,” Moses Lake senior Jordan Rios said as the voice of his new head coach reverberated throughout the Chiefs baseball complex on Tuesday afternoon. “He believes, we want to win, it’s a …

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Coach Garza thinks Othello boys soccer team better than last year 

OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies training is so intense, coach Bernie Garza’s biggest concern is beating up on each other in practice. But that intensity is what he hopes will take the Huskies back to the top of the Central Washington Athletic Conference again this year.

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Big Bend women's team going to The Dance 

MOSES LAKE — They don’t travel in the Grateful Dead tour bus. In fact, they don’t even travel in a tour bus at all.

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Almira/Coulee-Hartline boys take Sunnyside Christian to mat, fall in 2OT

SPOKANE — The No. 8 seed wasn’t even supposed to be there. Yet there they were, Saturday night on the Spokane Arena floor, all heart and determination, riding on the thought that good things come to those who work for it.

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ACH girls roll to fourth place at the 1B Hardwood Classic

SPOKANE — The Almira/Coulee-Hartline girls left nothing to chance in Saturday’s 1B Hardwood Classic, racing to a 22-5 lead and rolling up Mountain View Christian 69-24 to finish fourth.

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Royal boys reap rewards of hard work, finish fourth in 1A Hardwood Classic

YAKIMA — They bought in and it paid off.

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ACH girls advance to 4th place game in 1B tournament

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Royal wins historic first game at 1A Hardwood Classic

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Royal boys can't bring down the House

YAKIMA — The Royal faithful were on their feet for the final two, three minutes. The Knights did everything they could for an encore performance Thursday morning in the opening game of the 1A Hardwood Classic at the Yakima SunDome.

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Yaks knock Big Bend out of tournament running

YAKIMA — Big Bend opened up an 11-point lead with a little under 15 minutes remaining, but just couldn’t slam the door on Yakima Valley Wednesday night at Ellwood Crosier Court in Yakima.

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Lady Vikings headed to tournament

YAKIMA — If you felt like the earth stood still there for a moment, like some sort of karma ripple in the space-time continuum around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday night, it was probably the shock waves coming out of Ellwood Crosier Court in Yakima.

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Basketball roundup: Tournament time changes everything

The price of poker just went up for four area high school basketball teams and the Big Bend men and women.

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Moses Lake swim records, the times they are a changin'

I’m going to put the disclaimer right up front. Tony St. Onge started it. The Moses Lake swim coach told his guys to clear the mind and just swim.

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ACH boys cleaned, pressed in regional loss to Sunnyside Christian

YAKIMA — The good news is, Almira/Coulee-Hartline still has time to reboot. The bad news, the Warriors haven’t looked that shell-shocked in years.

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Despite loss to Treasure Valley, Big Bend men still alive for NWAC tournament berth

MOSES LAKE — It’s not like the bubble burst on Big Bend’s season with Saturday’s 98-92 NWAC East loss to Treasure Valley at DeVries Activities Center.

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Big Bend women move into final NWAC Tournament spot with one game to go

MOSES LAKE — All aboard! The Big Bend Community College travel bus to The Dance is now boarding.

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Big Bend women knocking on the NWAC tournament door

MOSES LAKE — It’s been a long, long drought since a Big Bend women’s basketball team has qualified for the NWAC Tournament.

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Runnin' Vikes control their own NWAC Tournament destiny

MOSES LAKE — When the going gets tough, the tough play H-O-R-S-E.

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Royal Knights have one more stop before going to the SunDome

ROYAL CITY — The SunDome or Bust bus the Royal Knights have been riding all season makes one more stop in Ellensburg on Saturday afternoon for a 1A regional round game with Bellevue Christian.

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No frills ACH girls ready to take another run in 1B tournament

COULEE CITY — Almira/Coulee-Hartline coach Mike Correia calls his bunch a no frills, no sparkles, no bells and whistles, working-class team. They just pick up their hammer and go to work.

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ACH boys face No. 1 Sunnyside en route to 1B state tournament

COULEE CITY — Two years ago the Almira/Coulee-Hartline boys went undefeated into the 1B championship game where the hammer finally fell in a loss to Neah Bay.

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Brews & Tunes features local musicians, breweries

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Downtown District is a melting pot of businesses, history, a small business environment at its finest from the brick store front at Settler’s Country Market, the clock tower at a Third Street intersection, with restaurants and a little bit of everything.

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Chiefs set two new school records, finish ninth at WIAA state swimming, diving championships

FEDERAL WAY — Moses Lake senior Ander Molitor thought about it for a minute as the mayhem of the WIAA state swimming and diving championships all around him.

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Moses Lake coach Tony St. Onge tells his guys, 'Clear your mind and just race'

FEDERAL WAY — You can talk about the A-game or the X-factor all you want, but Moses Lake swim coach Tony St. Onge has only one last bit of advice for his guys, “Just swim.”

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Pizza Factory franchises available in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — There’s going to be a new slice in town and a new business opportunity when Pizza Factory expands into the Moses Lake market in the upcoming months.

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Johns, Spencer lead a salty Ephrata group to the Tacoma Dome

EPHRATA — Tiger junior Clay Johns picked his spot well, opened up his game and put together one of his best tournaments of the season last week in winning the 2A Region 4 championship at 113 pounds.

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Othello boys, girls ready to do big things with small numbers

OTHELLO — They’ve been climbing the mountain together, step by step, ledge by ledge. They have won district championships and now regional titles.

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Quincy sending a small, powerful group to the Dome

QUINCY — The Quincy wrestling contingent is small in force, but strong in quality and the Jacks are hoping to showcase the progress they’ve made this season at Mat Classic XXX at the Tacoma Dome.

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Royal football coach named Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award national runner-up

You can smooze ‘em. You can tell ‘em they’re the greatest. You can use the big headlines when they win, and still they’d rather take their son to the Super Bowl.

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Othello's Melo, Perez and Ephrata's Johns win 2A Region 4 championships

SPOKANE VALLEY — It’s Othello tradition to send its wrestlers off to the Mat Classic with a big to-do outside of PJ Taggares Gym every year. There is a sense of community pride, tradition and a year ago a couple of hundred friends and family sent the most recent gladiators …

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Othello holds off Warden to win Girls Regional wrestling championship

SPOKANE VALLEY — Othello girls coach JJ Martinez has said it for years, “The Central Washington Girls Wrestling League has some of the meanest, nastiest wrestlers in the state.”

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The love of fishing hooks Stottlemyre, Graser up one more time

OROFINO, Idaho — Their love of the game and their love of fishing was the guiding force that reunited Seattle Mariners pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. and long-time local fishing guide Rick Graser of Moses Lake for a day to remember, fishing for steelhead on the Clearwater River.

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Royal Knights turning basketball culture around with a little swag

ROYAL CITY — In 1975, Gerald Ford was in the White House. Elton John’s “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” ushered in the new year at No. 1 on the charts. A postage stamp cost 10 cents and the price of gas was 53 cents a gallon.

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Moses Lake Christian boys, girls basketball teams fall to Riverside

MOSES LAKE — Despite a rather poor rebounding and free-throw shooting night, the Moses Lake Christian Lions had a chance to win in the end on Senior Night.

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Runnin' Vikes put all five starters in double figures to beat Spokane

MOSES LAKE — It’s not everyday where a coach looks at the halftime stat sheet and sees his opponent is shooting 71.4 from 3-point range, and he thinks “We got ‘em right where we want them.”

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Ephrata defense shuts down Ellensburg; Tigers advance to face Selah on Thursday

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers got the growl on early with a lockdown, endline-to-endline defense that rattled Ellensburg from the opening whistle in Tuesday’s CWAC district tournament opener.

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Generation Z kids are cool

Upon further review, Generation Z kids are cool.

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Othello girls win sub-regional wrestling championship

WARDEN — If the Girls Wrestling Sub-Regionals on Saturday were a Broadway stage production, you would say the Othello Huskies hit their mark.

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Moses Lake boys set three new District 6 records, crown seven district champions

MOSES LAKE — Wenatchee filled the podium with all its depth and talent, but the Moses Lake Chiefs let them know who owned the top shelf Saturday afternoon at the NCWAA 4A District 6 boys swimming and diving championships at Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams.

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Moses Lake qualifies 18 for district finals

MOSES LAKE — For 11 events, the day cruised along like Michael Phelps pulling through the water for the Moses Lake boys, which qualified 18 guys for the finals of Saturday’s NCWAA 4A District 6 swimming and diving championships at Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams.

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Maximus Zamora making his own noise coming from a strong Moses Lake wrestling family

MOSES LAKE — In some ways, Wednesday’s Moses Lake wrestling practice was a step back in time, tracing the footsteps to what’s led them to 18 state championships dating back to 1959.

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Ephrata girls topple East Valley on senior night

EPHRATA — The East Valley Red Devils scored 21 points in the final eight minutes or it wouldn’t have even been as close as it was in Tuesday night’s CWAC clash with Ephrata.

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Tiger boys score 25 in the final period to run away from East Valley

EPHRATA — When it came time to step on the gas, the Ephrata Tigers still had plenty in the tank, banging down four 3-point goals on the night en route to a 70-52 run away over East Valley Tuesday night in CWAC action.

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Runnin' Vikes, Coyote Kids, Unified ball, it's all in there

The first month of the New Year is over and I thought it’d be a good time to turn the notebook over, shake it and see what falls out.

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Kiona-Benton scores 47 in the second half to roll over Warden

WARDEN - It’s games like this that make a ballclub glad there’s another one the next night. Kiona-Benton rolled into town, took a 13-point lead by the half, and handed Warden a 78-49 SCAC East loss on Friday night.

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Moses Lake swimmers closing the gap on Wenatchee; Washburn sets butterfly record

MOSES LAKE — Don’t be surprised if Zach Washburn doesn’t come back next year and win the 100-yard butterfly in 50 seconds just to prove a point.

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Ephrata standouts Martin, Berryman headed to Walla Walla

EPHRATA — The next level is warming up in the bullpen for Ephrata standouts Madison Martin and Zac Berryman, who both signed a letter of intent to play at Walla Walla Community College this fall.

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Huerta's last-second 3-pointer sinks Yakima Valley; Big Bend men win third straight

MOSES LAKE — Koby Huerta was something like 0-for-December from 3-point range after going into the NWAC schedule shooting 49.4 percent from beyond the arc.

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Othello rolls over Warden to win fourth consecutive Central Washington Girls Wrestling title

WARDEN — Othello senior Elizabeth Giles stood under the dome light one more time as the Warden announcer muttered her name in mono tone, before reaching deep inside for a booming, enthusiastic ring-announcer bellow of her opponent Nakisha Guerra’s name that reverberated throughout the gym and brought Cougar fans to …

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Big Bend women's basketball is in good hands

Tracing back the footsteps of the Big Bend Community College women’s basketball coaches over the past 30 years is intriguing to say the least.

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Moses Lake Youth Hockey Winter Classic begins on Friday

MOSES LAKE — It’s not exactly a line in the sand, more like a blue line on the ice. But the Moses Lake Coyotes under-12 team, coming off the program’s first-ever Washington state youth hockey state championship as 10-year-olds, will defend the home ice this weekend when some of the …

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Quincy scoring ice cold in loss to East Valley

QUINCY — East Valley held Quincy scoreless for a five-minute stretch from the last four minutes of the first half through a minute and a half into the third quarter to run away 56-32 in Saturday night’s CWAC boys basketball game at Woodworth Court.

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East Valley girls turn it loose in the second half to run away from Quincy

QUINCY — Ivania Chavez was 3-of-7 from the floor, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range, to finish with seven points for the Quincy girls in their 54-21 loss to East Valley Saturday night at Woodworth Court.

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AHC girls still looking for some consistency, down Curlew 73-42

COULEE CITY — The Almira/Coulee-Hartline girls have won their last four games by a combined score of 279-123, so Friday night’s 73-42 dismantling of Curlew was pretty much expected.

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Warriors ready to make a late-season run

COULEE CITY — The sign on the wall in the gym at Almira/Coulee-Hartline High School reads: “I have 99 problems, but my game isn’t one of them.”

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Unified Basketball is so much more than just a game

OTHELLO — The parking lot was full Wednesday night outside Taggares Gym, the sounds of the school band filled the gym, echoing down the corridor throughout the building.

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Knights hold off Othello in Columbia Basin barnburner

ROYAL CITY — The Royal defensive philosophy was a simple one, “Anybody by Kyler Villarreal takes the last shot.”

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Hampton scores 33, but Royal girls roll down the stretch

ROYAL CITY — Othello junior Macy Hampton had a career night, pouring in 33 of the Huskies 55 points. But Royal countered with a 24-point second quarter to beat the Huskies 69-55 in non-league action Tuesday night.

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Account set up for Mary Laughlin

There is a Mary Laughlin Cancer Donation Fund set up at Umpqua Bank in Moses Lake for anyone who wants to help the Pop’s In & Out Drive-In owner

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We can only hope Moses Lake-Othello wrestling history continues to repeat itself

Sometimes it drives the locals crazy when I show up at some hated rivalry that dates back to before man discovered fire and tell 'em I don’t have a preference to the outcome.

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Trusting the In & Outs of God's plan

Mary Laughlin has always rolled with the idea that God’s plan is better than anything she could ever come up with.

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Big Bend goes cold from 3-point range in loss to Walla Walla

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend big man Miles Brown had a career best, finishing with 17 points and 17 rebounds. But the Runnin’ Vikes shot a dismal 15.8 percent from the arc and let a game where the lead changed hands six times in the final 13 minutes slip away …

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Callie Gronning scores 14 in Lady Vikes loss to Walla Walla

MOSES LAKE — Callie Gronning finished with a team-high 14 points, but the Big Bend women were no match for the Walla Walla Warriors, who shot 60.2 percent from the floor in the first half, to win running away 91-62 Saturday afternoon at DeVries Activity Center.

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Othello handles Ellensburg for fourth CWAC dual win of season

OTHELLO — Othello senior Juan Martinez jumped up off the mat after taking down Dustee Burvee of Ellensburg in the final four seconds to win the 152-pound match Thursday night and took off for the far end of PJ Taggares Gym.

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Different Cruz, same result as Moses Lake rolls over Othello

OTHELLO — Moses Lake wrestling fans are used to seeing the name Cruz in the headlines. Hunter Cruz, the No. 1-ranked 160-pounder in the state, made short work of Eric Gomez, pinning the Othello sophomore in the 170-pound bout to seal the Chiefs a 42-18 win over the Huskies Wednesday …

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Othello boys basketball working toward a turnaround

Reese Jones sat in a car parked outside PJ Taggares Gym with the heater blowing full blast last winter, waiting for wrestling practice to start.

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Moses Lake-Othello dual is a showcase of proud wrestling history

I spent a great deal of time covering Pat Whitcomb’s wrestling program over at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

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Stowers has 34 to lead Runnin' Vikes past Blue Mountain

PENDLETON, Ore. — DeAngelo Stowers has been a nice stash of cash the Runnin’ Vikes go to for a little something extra when they need it. The 6-foot-1 sophomore from Upland, Calif., was money on Saturday night when it was all hands on deck.

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Prosser girls roll over Othello, Hampton has 11 for the Huskies

OTHELLO — Othello junior Macy Hampton made two free throws to finally break the spell, but the damage had already been done with an 18-0 Prosser run in the second quarter.

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Othello boys go three overtimes before falling to Prosser

OTHELLO — Trevor Hilmes left the floor with blood streaming from his nose, pooling in his hands, only to return after a short stop at the trainer’s table. Kyler Villarreal scored 13 of his game-high 41 points in overtime, including a four-point play to tie it in the first overtime.

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Othello takes down Ephrata in CWAC wrestling action

OTHELLO — The expected shootout between ranked 113-pounders proved to be the pivotal turning point in Thursday’s Central Washington Athletic Association wrestling match at Pete Taggares Gym.

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Big Bend men shoot just 20.6 from 3-point range in loss to Wenatchee Valley

MOSES LAKE — When you live by the sword, you die by the sword, or in this case the dagger. The Big Bend Runnin’ Vikes shot just 20.6 percent from 3-point range during Wednesday night’s NWAC East home opener against Wenatchee Valley and saw their three-game winning streak end with …

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BBCC to honor Royal football team Wednesday night at DeVries Activity Center

Royal City has since shifted over to wrestling by now, some of the guys are playing basketball, but that third consecutive 1A state football championship still looms large in the collective memory on the Royal Slope.

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Runnin' Vikes take a 3-game winning streak into NWAC East opener with WVC

GRAYS HARBOR — They’ve had 12 games to get their legs under them and figure some things out, now the work starts for the Big Bend Runnin’ Vikes. First-year Big Bend head coach Mingo Scott is hoping Friday’s 82-69 victory over Grays Harbor is the kick-start they need going into …

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Othello hangs on to beat Ephrata in OT

EPHRATA — Othello guard Jonathan Garza scored just four points in the second half, but his basket off the glass in overtime helped the Huskies do something they haven’t done since the 2008-09 season.

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Big Bend's Graves, Lane inducted into the NWAC Hall of Fame

MOSES LAKE — The end game never is to go out and become a legend.

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Moses Lake wins Royal Invitational

ROYAL CITY — Warden 220-pounder Martin Dominguez stood behind the scorer’s table Wednesday evening as the Royal Christmas Tournament unfolded.

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Royal boys fall in overtime

ROYAL CITY — Angel Farias went up strong on the offensive glass to haul in a rebound. He turned and slung it out to Corbin Christensen as he was fouled in the play.

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The Best of the Best in 2017 was pretty good

We’re closing in on another trip around the sun and the Columbia Basin athletes and coaches did not disappoint when it came to athletic achievement in 2017.

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Lions run away from Moses Lake freshmen in non-league action

MOSES LAKE — Wednesday night’s game between Moses Lake Christian Academy and the Moses Lake High School freshman team was a nice little match-up between programs that don’t often get a chance to play one another.

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Jakob Oxos just another hard-working guy from Ephrata

EPHRATA — Ephrata senior Jakob Oxos has taken enough bus rides over the course of his high school playing career to stretch the tape from here to CenturyLink Field.

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Connell pulls away from Warden in the fourth quarter

WARDEN — The Warden Cougars closed the gap to three points with a pair of Dreyton Martinez free throws with a little over five minutes remaining in Tuesday night’s SCAC East game with Connell.

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Jayda Harmon touched so many lives

EPHRATA — I’ve gotten to know the good people of the Columbia Basin over the past couple of years and come to enjoy the personalities of each community.

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Tigers stay the course to beat Prosser in CWAC boys action

EPHRATA — On a night where they used more Vicks VapoRub in the locker room than heat balm, the Ephrata Tigers showed a little grit on the home floor Saturday night, playing through sickness and overcoming a slow start to beat Prosser 71-58 and keep pace in the Central Washington …

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Prosser girls run away from Ephrata

EPHRATA — Ephrata girls coach Aaron Ross through his head back, signifying what a night, as Avery Mickelsen fired a no-look pass to where she thought Madison Martin would be on the wing.

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Lady Vikings dazzle Langara

MOSES LAKE — Watching the Big Bend motion offense is a lot like watching the magician work the shell game at the carnival. Round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows.

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Royal's Wiley Allred to join Coaches Hall of Fame

ROYAL CITY — Royal football coach Wiley Allred is the kind of guy that still thinks of his former coach and friend Bob Nielsen as “Mr. Nielsen.” He made that respect perfectly clear when he introduced him as a member of the Washington State Coaches Hall of Fame back in …

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Prep roundup: Chiefs are third at 36th annual Tri-State

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — Moses Lake moved through the first day of the 36th Tri-State wrestling tournament, the longest continually running invitational tournament in the Northwest, in great shape.

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Quincy wrestlers hold off Selah for a big CWAC win at home

Wrestling

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Local businesses bone up on new sick leave rules

MOSES LAKE — The critical message coming out of this week’s business seminar on implementing the upcoming changes to paid sick leave requirements under Initiative 1433 - document everything.

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Chiefs defeat Lake Stevens in nail-biter

In a clash of two of the most storied wrestling programs in Washington state, it seemed only fitting that Thursday’s dual between No. 3 Lake Stevens and No. 10 Moses Lake went down to the last man standing.

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Chiefs boys swim tradition goes on

MOSES LAKE — The 2014-15 Moses Lake boys swimming and diving team was the record setters, posting five of the 13 school records on display at the Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams.

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Moses Lake boys swim records could come tumbling down this season

“… And the beat goes on … ”

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Othello wins second consecutive Leonard Schutte Invitational

OTHELLO — Third-year Othello wrestling coach Rudy Ochoa II took his time in answering whether the 2017-18 Huskies were a better dual team or a tournament team.

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Big Bend men fly by Fairchild 104-63

MOSES LAKE — The high flying Runnin’ Vikes hit the century mark for the third time in four games in Friday night’s runaway victory over Fairchild Air Force Base in the first of the two-game Military Appreciation Games over the weekend at DeVries Activity Center.

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Quincy wrestlers roll over Ephrata to start off CWAC schedule

EPHRATA — Quincy junior Eliseo Valdovinos thought about it for a minute. “Efficient,” he said. “We wrestled efficiently tonight.”

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Basin people making new publisher's transition easier

MOSES LAKE — Media industry veteran and small business entrepreneur Caralyn Bess grew up 45 minutes outside of New York City and spent most of her life living up and down the Eastern seaboard, working in places like Orlando, Spartanburg, S.C., and Hendersonville, N.C.

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Eagles defense turns Billygoats away in the end

SOAP LAKE — Pateros’ Ethan Wall went up and swatted Isaiah Ewing’s shot as the Soap Lake big man drove the lane with 30 seconds remaining with a chance to put the Eagles up by four in the waning seconds of Tuesday’s non-league game at Soap Lake.

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Soap Lake girls make late charge, fall to Pateros

SOAP LAKE — Sophie Janikowski hit three of her five 3-point goals in the fourth quarter and the Soap Lake Eagles closed hard with a 9-0 run in the final eight minutes of Tuesday’s non-league girls basketball game, but Pateros made free throws down the stretch to win 31-26.

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Othello wrestling room has an all-star cast of assistant coaches

Just standing there looking up at the record board in the Othello wrestling room is enough to inspire the guys working hard to carry that tradition forward.

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Royal adds one more 1A state championship to the list with victory over Meridian

TACOMA — The 1A clash of the titans turned out to be everything it was billed to be Saturday afternoon in the Tacoma Dome, going right down to the last man standing.

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ACH wins second 1B state football championship in three years

TACOMA — Almira/Coulee-Hartline senior Payton Nielsen couldn’t have scripted a better 18th party if he would have leaned over and whispered in Santa’s ear.

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Quincy ekes past Warden to open wrestling season

WARDEN — Quincy junior Nate Ramirez picked his spot with a reversal at the end of the second period to take a two-point lead into the final period of Thursday night’s non-league dual with Bryce Martinez of Warden.

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Huskies, Jacks working to change the culture of boys basketball

It’s a new season with a clean slate and the Othello and Quincy boys basketball teams are ready to change the culture surrounding two programs that finished at the bottom of the Central Washington Athletic Conference last season.

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Battle of unbeatens ready to slug it out for 1A state football championship

ROYAL CITY — This is the one they want.

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1B state football championship features two of the best quarterbacks in the state

COULEE CITY — Football fans love looking at the numbers, but the only one that really matters at the end of the day is having one more than the other guy and that’s the approach the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors will take into the 1B state championship game.

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Ephrata boys return size and 3-point shooters for another run in the CWAC

EPHRATA — They can run, they can shoot the 3-ball and their big on the blocks. The Ephrata boys basketball team goes into the 2017-18 season with a veteran group and are ready to take the next step.

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C'mon Knights fans, let's go 'Searching for Mighty Mouse'

I was wandering the sidelines at David Nielsen Stadium during the Freeman game, Royal's first step toward a third consecutive 1A state championship. I got to thinking about something assistant coach Jeremy Scroggins said on the sidelines.

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Small-town football fans bring the noise

“ … Educated in a small town,

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Royal defense smothers Newport, Knights earn third straight trip to the Tacoma Dome

MOSES LAKE — The key to the whole shooting match was to contain the elusive Newport quarterback Koa Pancho.

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ACH football team takes on Lummi Nation in 1B state semifinal

COULEE CITY — The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors won a 1B state championship two years ago in 2015, but this year’s team has a different character and the season has a different feel to it, head coach Brandon Walsh said.

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Columbia Basin 2A wrestling programs ready to challenge Toppenish for the top spot

When you wrestle in the Central Washington Athletic Conference all roads go through Toppenish on the Confederated Tribes of the Yakama reservation.

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Royal faces elusive Newport quarterback in 1A semifinals

ROYAL CITY — And then there were four.

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Kimbro needs to learn two words prior to playing Alabama wheelchair basketball, 'Roll Tide'

I was in Colorado a couple years back and was exposed to the wheelchair community a little bit through my sister Renee Lee’s Adaptive Recreation Opportunities programs at the City of Fort Collins.

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Moses Lake boys swim team is a bonafide contender in the CBBN

MOSES LAKE — The lanes at the Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams looked like a military parade ground, regimented distances between participants pushing through the water with drill team precision. When they were done, the guy in the wheelchair on the deck got on the microphone, calling out instruction …

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ACH comes out firing on all cylinders, crushing Naselle in 1B quarterfinal

MONTESANO — Scoring 40 points in the first quarter, 60 in the first 24 minutes, has a way of making any visiting team feel all warm and fuzzy.

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Royal throttles Okanogan to move one step closer to Tacoma Dome

WENATCHEE — The two-time defending state champion Royal Knights took another step on their journey back to the Tacoma Dome with a 49-0 dismantling of previously unbeaten Okanogan in the 1A quarterfinal game Saturday night at the Apple Bowl in Wenatchee.

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Battle of unbeaten Royal, Okanogan should be a game for the ages

ROYAL CITY — That lonesome train whistle Columbia Basin 1A football fans have been hearing in the far off distance all year is finally here.

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ACH Warriors head west to take on Naselle in 1B quarterfinals

COULEE CITY — If the No. 5 Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors had to go any further west to play Saturday’s 1B state quarterfinal game, they’d drive right into the Pacific Ocean.

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Runnin' Vikes will shift the offense into high gear this season

MOSES LAKE — There's no one way to get it done in the game of basketball. But if the Big Bend Community College Runnin' Vikes are going to be successful this season they're going to have to, well run.

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Ephrata's Peters is one of many great athletes dealing with Type 1 Diabetes

This time of year where the trick or treat candy tends to blend in with the candy corn of Thanksgiving, it takes everything I have to make it past the bowls stacked high on every desk. Sometimes I make it, sometimes I don’t for which I get to pay the …

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ACH dismantles Colton to advance to 1B state tournament

COULEE CITY — Sometimes a swift kick in the pants is enough to right the course.

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Farias returns sixth punt of season for a touchdown, Knights roll over Freeman in 1A state tournament

ROYAL CITY — Freeman punter Desmond Parisotto had seen enough film to know who he was kicking to in Friday night’s 1A state playoff game at David Nielsen Stadium.

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Royal, ACH ready to make their run into the football playoffs

It’s tournament time where anything can happen, but that’s what makes the whole thing worth playing.

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ACH opens 1B state volleyball tournament against Firm Foundation Christian

COULEE CITY — During the 1B state basketball championships last year, Almira/Coulee-Hartline junior Gabi Isaak and senior Tiffany Boutain were a part of the Warriors team that put ACH on the map when they upended eight-time state champion Colton in the semifinals.

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It's official, Peters signs national letter of intent to play golf at Washington State

EPHRATA — It’s Pac-12 golf. Just the mention of her future brings a beaming smile to the Ephrata senior’s face.

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Royal star Kaden Jenks preparing to play big-time college football

OGDEN, Utah — Kaden Jenks is a winner.

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Big Bend baseball standout Dustin Knight moves back to the Basin

The amount of baseball talent that’s come through the Columbia Basin over the years has been nothing short of mind boggling.

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Ol' Kaden what's his name comments on little brother Sawyer Jenks

ROYAL CITY — Could just be my humble opinion, but if Royal quarterback Sawyer Jenks keeps on keepin’ on the way he is at the helm of the Knights’ football machine, we just might be saying ol’ Kaden what’s his name one day.

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Royal extends winning streak to 37 with win over La Salle District 5 1A SCAC Crossover

ROYAL CITY — When you’re riding high on the seventh-longest winning streak in the country, it’s fairly certain you can score in a variety of different ways.

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Royal's Kay Lester leads Columbia Basin contingent at WIAA state cross country championships

PASCO — Royal senior Kay Lester came through the gate into the staging area after finishing 22nd in 19 minutes, 45.90 seconds in the Class 1A girls race at the WIAA state cross country championships Saturday at Sun Willow Golf Course.

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Moses Lake qualifies most state cross country runners in past 31 years

MOSES LAKE — There’s one more.

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Moses Lake runners ready to climb the mountain

It’s go time.

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Odessa ground game grinds ACH in comeback

ODESSA — At the end of the night, it’s hard to believe Almira/Coulee-Hartline led by 24 points and didn’t win the 1B Northeast league championship on Friday against Odessa.

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Ephrata falls to Prosser in CWAC third-place game

GRANDVIEW — During the third week of the non-league schedule, Prosser put the ball on the ground four times and gave up two interceptions in a loss at Othello.

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Selah shells Othello for the CWAC championship

GRANDVIEW — Sometimes the GPS leads you down some lonesome road to a vacant lot and, then has the audacity to say, “you have arrived at your destination.”

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Chiefs qualify seven individuals, three relays for championship finals at districts

MOSES LAKE — It’s pretty simple at this point in the season. If you want to compete in the Washington state swimming and diving championships at the King County Aquatic Center Nov. 10-11, you have to finish in the top two in the district meet or meet the state qualifying …

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Columbia Basin Elite Volleyball Club holding tryouts

Before they can change the volleyball culture, they have the set the foundation and that’s what the Columbia Basin Elite Volleyball Club in Moses Lake hopes to do.

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Ephrata hits overdrive early, eliminates Prosser from 2A District 5-6 playoffs 

EPHRATA — This is the time of year coaching staffs are hoping to find another gear and the Ephrata Tigers hit overdrive in the first five minutes, eliminating Prosser 7-1 in Tuesday afternoon's loser-out 2A District 5-6 playoff game at Tiger Field.

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Positive energy can go a long ways

I was standing on the sidelines of the Othello homecoming game Friday night watching this ball boy trying to spin the ball on his finger. That's too tempting, gotta get a shot of that.

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Big Bend volleyball team stands tall in the face of adversity

Attitude is just about the only thing in this world a person can control.

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Othello rolls into CWAC championship game with win over Toppenish

OTHELLO — Sam Azevedo was out there on an island with Toppenish knocking on the door with third-and-7 on the Othello 29 with four minutes remaining and the game hanging in the balance.

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Wenatchee runs away with CBBN League Swim championships, Moses Lake third

MOSES LAKE — A year ago, Wenatchee dominated the Columbia Basin Big Nine League swimming and diving championships and Moses Lake was the best of the rest.

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Roseanna Sales of Moses Lake is one of four photographers at the National Finals Rodeo

In the folklore story of Cinderella and the glass slipper, a young woman comes from humble beginnings, overcomes adversity and rises to a level of happiness she could only imagine.

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Moses Lake slowpitch softball team takes a couple from Davis

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake slowpitch softball team extended its winning streak to 10 games with a sweep of Davis on Tuesday afternoon.

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Sometimes building character stinks, but Big Bend volleyball team still slugging

Streaks in the left-hand column are the things legend are made of, and streaks on the “L” side make for good late-night talk show wisecracks.

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Lindgren finally gets his shot as Moses Lake baseball skipper

MOSES LAKE — Long-time Columbia Basin coach Donnie Lindgren has patiently waited his turn to manage the Moses Lake baseball program.

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No. 1 Royal holds off No. 2 Connell 24-21

ROYAL CITY — Royal wide receiver Corbin Christensen stood in the west end zone watching Knights fans pour from the grandstands onto the field following Friday night’s battle of the top-ranked 1A football teams.

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CWAC co-leader Ellensburg rolls over Quincy

QUINCY — Central Washington Athletic Conference co-leader Ellensburg has a showdown with co-leader Selah on Tuesday, so the Bulldogs (8-3, 7-0 CWAC) could ill afford to take their foot off the gas with their match with Quincy on Saturday.

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No. 2 ranked West Valley sweeps Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — Just the presence of 6-foot-5 West Valley middle blocker Shea Rubright hovering in the middle of the court was enough disrupt the Moses Lake game plan Thursday night.

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Royal runner Kay Lester likes breaking through the mental barriers of distance running

ROYAL CITY — The beauty of cross country is that it doesn’t matter if you come from Los Angeles or Royal City, start the clock, stop the clock — what do ya got?

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Othello holds onto final CWAC volleyball playoff spot

OTHELLO — Sometimes it’s easier to deal with the bangers teeing off on every shot than it is against the dink and dunkers throwing it into the soft spot in the defense. But the Othello Huskies dealt with it all the same in their 3-0 victory over Wapato in CWAC …

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Royal football off to unreal start

ROYAL CITY — There’s good. There’s scary good and then there’s whatever’s going on in Royal City.

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Ephrata wins Battle of Basin to keep playoff hopes alive

EPHRATA — Jakob Oxos set the Battle of the Basin trophy down on the bench in the locker room Friday night. He and fellow Ephrata senior Blake Larkin plopped down next to it on both sides as Tiger teammates gathered round and the cellphone cameras clicked away, capturing the moment …

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Yakima Valley smothers Big Bend's effort in 3-0 NWAC East victory

MOSES LAKE — They swing. They dive. The scramble. They fly around, but at the end of the day, 6-foot-1 still has the advantage over 5-4.

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Winning Nike Invite Division 3 meet has Moses Lake cross country striving for more

Last year, the Moses Lake boys knocked on the door at the elite Nike Portland Invite, finishing third in a meet featuring the best cross country runners in the Pacific Northwest.

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Ephrata sweeps Othello, stays unbeaten in CWAC play

EPHRATA — It all came down to passing in Tuesday night’s CWAC volleyball match in The Jungle.

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Local connections to Major League playoffs make baseball fun

The Boys of Summer are about to embark on another chase for a world championship and the baseball world is waiting to see who emerges as this year’s Mr. October.

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Othello downs previously unbeaten Ephrata

OTHELLO — DJ Guzman went into the season as a three-year starter at quarterback for the Othello Huskies.

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Ephrata girls soccer team wins inaugural 'Jayda Game'

EPHRATA — The scoreboard read 4-1. Ephrata junior Mya Spencer followed Thursday’s five-goal effort by scoring all four goals against Grandview on Saturday.

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Ephrata, Othello to play for first place in CWAC North tonight

The preseason glance at the CWAC North schedule, Sept. 29 didn’t seem like a particularly important date.

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Ephrata volleyball team keeps pace in the CWAC with win over Toppenish

EPHRATA — Outside hitter Madelen Owens went up and blasted a left-handed kill on match point to punctuate the Ephrata Tigers 3-0 victory over Toppenish Thursday night.

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Walla Walla whacks Big Bend 3-0

MOSES LAKE — Once it started going south, it spiraled out of control in a hurry in Big Bend’s 3-0 loss to Walla Walla Community College Wednesday night at DeVries Activities Center.

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Young Othello soccer team still looking for an identity

OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies graduated nine seniors, four of which are playing community college ball. So it seems only fitting this year’s young soccer team is still searching for an identity in the early going.

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Another Jenks, same old Royal passing attack

As the story goes, 11-year-old Derek Carr walked across the stage at the Radio City Music Hall in 2002 when his older brother David was selected No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft, shook then-commissioner Paul Tagliabue’s hand and told him, “I’ll be back.”

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Oregon women's basketball coach Kelly Graves got his start at Big Bend

I’m always fascinated as I scroll down the list of players that came from humble beginnings to become the larger than life icons that fill our television screens, streaming devices and other assortment of social media these days.

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Othello dismantles Quincy in CWAC North opener

QUINCY — Othello’s night opened and ended with the spectacular in its 46-0 rout against Quincy in the CWAC North opener at Jaycee Stadium Friday night.

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ACH runs away from Yakama Tribal 48-0

COULEE CITY — Gage Burchill returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown. Three plays later, Sean Syth added a 43-yard pick six to the mix.

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Warden experience too much for Wahluke in SCAC East match

WARDEN — Warden outside hitter Amanda Contreras stepped back from the net on one of those balls headed for no-man’s land, swung her left arm like a Rafael Nadal forehand, throwing a topspin dart back at the Wahluke defense during Thursday night’s SCAC East match.

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Big Bend takes BMCC to five sets in NWAC opener

From the outside looking in, the world will judge the Big Bend Community College volleyball team by its win-loss record, which shows just one win in the past 41 matches.

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Big Bend will honor All-Sports Hall of Fame inductees on Saturday

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College is honoring its own with the inaugural Big Bend All-Sports Athletics Hall of Fame banquet Saturday night at the Masto Center, where 14 individuals and four teams will be honored as part of the 2017 induction class.

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Royal cross country is more than a sport, it's family

ROYAL CITY — Maybe it says something about the work ethic they have here on the Royal Slope.

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Moses Lake diving tradition features Generation Next

I didn’t get a chance to see Heather Carbon on the 3-meter springboard, but used to love to watch her pole vault.

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Cooper first in Washington to earn 'Trail of the Saber' Award

MOSES LAKE — Joshua Cooper has always known a little something about honor, discipline, faith and courage. It’s the way he was raised.

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Othello defense generates 6 turnovers, Huskies win first game of season

OTHELLO — Patrick Azevedo took a page from Richard Sherman's playbook, sneaking a peek in the Prosser offensive backfield as the Mustangs lined up in the red zone with just under four minutes remaining in the first half of Friday's non-league game at Huskie Stadium.

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Ephrata girls soccer team wins first match of the season

EPHRATA — Tiger striker Corinna Cole knew her 15 seconds of glory started the second the ball left Amidy Gallagher’s foot.

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Missed penalty kick is the difference in Tigers' 3-2 loss to Cashmere

EPHRATA — It’s not like they’ve played much soccer so far this fall with all the wildfire smoke playing havoc with the schedule.

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Moses Lake outlasts Eastmont in five sets

MOSES LAKE — They were toast.

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If you listen, hickory shafted golf clubs still have a tale to tell

I took that dream golf vacation to St. Andrews, Scotland back in 2005, played nine of 14 days and visited everything with a stick and a golf ball out front.

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Chiefs run tough in Moses Lake Invitational

MOSES LAKE — After a week of running up and down the halls at school because the air quality was too poor to get any work done outside, it just felt good to get out and blow the jets out, stretch it out and run the first cross country meet …

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Chiefs fans get their white on for the cause

MOSES LAKE — The sun broke through a smoke-filled haze for the first time in three days, like a breath of fresh air, Friday night as Moses Lake football fans gathered at Lions Field.

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Kenedee Peters, Brittany Kwon win U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier medalist honors

WOODBURN, Ore. — Kenedee Peters and Brittany Kwon made birdie on the first hole of the playoff hole to secure medalist honors at the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier Thursday morning at OGA Course in Woodburn. Ore.

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Swimmer Anna Fair ready for fast times at Moses Lake High School

Moses Lake senior Anna Fair walked through the doors at the Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams, set her gym bag down, took a deep breath and got ready to go to work.

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Big Bend takes a step in the right direction in loss to Grays Harbor

MOSES LAKE — Hailey Miller chased a ball to within a few steps of the doors leading to the lobby, making a diving save to keep it alive. Libero Laurissa Kisler hurried over to send the ball back over the net during Wednesday’s NWAC volleyball match at DeVries Activity Center.

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Friday Night Lights are off and running

The lights shine bright on Friday night and despite the fact that summer was all too short, high school football took center stage on the eve of the Labor Day weekend.

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Connell upends Othello in football season opener

CONNELL — To borrow a Yogism, it was deja vu all over again.

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Tigers big up front, long at receiver this season

Playing with swag isn’t something that’s taught, it comes from winning and that’s been the missing ingredient with Ephrata football the past couple of seasons.

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Quincy football 'light years ahead' of last season

Last season was the year of change for the Quincy football team with a new head coach and a last-minute change at quarterback.

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Ephrata girls soccer team opens 2017 season at Cascade

EPHRATA — The good news is, the Ephrata girls soccer team returns 10 of 11 starters. The bad news, it’s the same old CWAC and everybody is chasing Selah again in 2017.

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Huskies ready to step into CWAC's upper echelon

There’s a quiet confidence that’s a part of the Othello football tradition. It starts with discipline in the weight room and carries over onto the practice field, and eventually on game night.

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Almira/Coulee-Hartline eyes deep playoff run in 2017

When Brandon Walsh sat three starters down last season after a violation of team rules, it wasn’t about laying down the law.

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Big Bend volleyball ready to change the culture with new NWAC season

MOSES LAKE — They are laying the groundwork to something good, changing the culture, and seeing if they can’t earn a little respect in the Northwest Athletic Conference East Region this season.

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Ephrata receivers will create matchup problems with smaller defensive backs

EPHRATA — Ephrata coach Jay Mills must have pulled through the CWAC drive-through, leaned out the window and said, “Super size me.”

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Randy Boruff wins prestigious Lefty Gomez National Volunteer of the Year Award

EPHRATA — The fact that Babe Ruth League, Inc. has close to two million volunteers nationwide makes the selection all that much more prestigious.

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New CWAC football alignment is a great idea

I like the new conference alignment in the Central Washington Athletic Conference because it gives a little regional flare to the non-league football schedule and throws a little parity into the mix.

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Moses Lake Warriors bring home gold medal

EVERETT — When the word came down that the road to the Special Olympics Washington Summer Games state softball championship went through the Tri-City All Stars, hearts sunk, fears rose and that feeling of impending doom circled the Moses Lake Warriors like a tornado moving across the open prairie.

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Peters defeats No. 1 seed to advance to final of PNGA Junior Girls Amateur Championships

FLORENCE, Ore. — Kenedee Peters punctuated her run to the championship match with a wave of the magic wand, chipping in on No. 14 to beat No. 1-seeded Cassie Kim of Yakima in one semifinal Thursday afternoon at the 62nd PNGA Junior Girls Amateur Championships at Sandpines Golf Links in …

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Tyler Bingham takes early lead in bull riding on Day 1 of rodeo

MOSES LAKE — The 74th annual Moses Lake Roundup promised world-class talent on world-class bucking stock and Thursday night’s action lived up to the hype.

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Ephrata's Peters advances to quarterfinals

FLORENCE, Ore. — The thing about playing golf on the coast, weather dictates and sometimes the biggest opponent is Mother Nature.

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Moses Lake Roundup features a who's who of world-ranked rodeo talent

MOSES LAKE — After seven decades of organizing one of the best rodeos in the country, the Moses Lake Roundup committee knows how to put on a class affair.

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Peters seeded No. 4 at PNGA Junior Girls Amateur Championships

FLORENCE, Ore. — Three swings is all that separate the top six Pacific Northwest junior girls golfers going into Wednesday’s Round of 16 at the 62nd PNGA Junior Girls Amateur Championships at Sandpines Golf Links in Florence, Ore.

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Rodeo storytellers are important

Rodeo lost a couple icons over the past year with the passing of longtime announcer Hadley Barrett and the “Duke of Chutes,” stock contractor Harry Vold.

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No headline

EPHRATA — If you'd told Randy Boruff at the beginning of the season his young club would finish third at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series, he'd have taken it.

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CB River Dogs head to semifinals

EPHRATA — They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but 18-year-old right-hander Kaeden Murphy seemed to know the old ones pretty well.

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River Dogs moving closer to historic first meeting in the World Series

EPHRATA — The possibility of the two Columbia Basin River Dog teams meeting in the Senior Babe Ruth League World Series seemed like a faraway dream when it all started on Saturday, like the wildfire smoke hovering in the wind.

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Ephrata's Peters playing most consistent golf of her career

AURORA, Ore. — Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters’ bid to qualify for the LPGA Safeway Open Aug. 31-Sept 3 came up a bit short at the Portland Classic Amateur at Langdon Farms Golf Course on Wednesday.

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Work pays off for River Dogs

EPHRATA — All week during practice before the Senior Babe Ruth World Series the Columbia Basin River Dogs worked on bunt situations and putting pressure on the opponents.

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Moses Lake River Dogs bring down Vancouver 5-0

EPHRATA — Moses Lake River Dogs second baseman Emmitt Tatum shook his head after Saturday’s loss to Mid-County from Nederland, Texas.

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Columbia Basin River Dogs take Cape Cod 6-3

EPHRATA — Dakota Fingar wasn’t seeing the ball all that well the night before, so he went back to basics in the cage with the tee and worked on his stroke. He focused on seeing the laces of the ball and getting a level swing.

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Cooper comes home for World Series opening ceremonies

EPHRATA — What a spectacular setting it was on opening night at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series. Tournament officials rolled out the red carpet for the best Babe Ruth League players in the country, and took the time to honor the Columbia Basin’s best and brightest.

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Moses Lake River Dogs beat Tucson

EPHRATA — Moses Lake assistant River Dog coach Donnie Lindgren called out from the dugout, “Get dirty, have fun.”

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River Dogs win first game of series

EPHRATA — Nick Lopez and Arcenio Martinez gave the Columbia Basin River Dogs the 1-2 punch they needed offensively. Joe Taylor and Ethan Etter came up with the play of the day on defense and the host team broke into the win column with 3-2 victory over Surry County from …

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Tomás Garcilazo prepared to wow rodeo crowds

MOSES LAKE — Tomás Garcilazo shares the charro history and his heritage with his audiences as much as he just plain wows crowds across the globe.

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Peters finishes fourth at the WJGA 16-18 girls state tournament

RICHLAND — On a day where the leader came back to earth, Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters just couldn’t get off the skid to chase her down Thursday on the final day of the Washington Junior Golf Association 16-18 state tournament.

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River Dogs' history still brings a smile to Ryan Doumit's face

EPHRATA — For a guy that’s played on baseball’s biggest stage, in places like Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati or out west in Dodger Stadium, Ryan Doumit from Moses Lake still has a passion for his hometown Babe Ruth League team and the history behind the …

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New bridges at Rocky Ford Creek make great stretch of trout water safer

EPHRATA — Access to one of the best fisheries in central Washington just got a little safer with the installation of two new foot bridges to the trails on both sides of Rocky Ford Creek, a fly-fishing holy water north of Moses Lake, at both the upper and lower ends …

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Peters remains in third at the WJGA 16-18 girls state golf tournament

SUNNYSIDE — The field was narrowed to the top seven, but barring incredible collapse, the Washington Junior Golf Association 16-18 girls state championship is Therese Warner’s to lose.

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National Night Out draws hundreds to McCosh Park

MOSES LAKE — Washington State Patrol officer Justin Cloud peeked to his left in anticipation as the kids lined up in front of the dunk tank Tuesday evening at McCosh Park.

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Peters third after first round of WJGA state tournament

RICHLAND — The temperatures skyrocketed and the scores plummeted on Tuesday at the Washington Junior Golf Association state tournament at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland.

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Senior Babe Ruth World Series brings the country to the country

The honor is all ours.

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Patrol pooches

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Police Department is closing in on its newest phase of law enforcement in the community and local businesses are helping push the project over the top.

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River Dogs ready to take a run at Senior Babe Ruth World Series championship

EPHRATA — It’s not exactly the show, but it is the national showcase for some of the best baseball talent in the country.

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The man in the can

MOSES LAKE — He’s worked the National Finals Rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, the Pendleton Roundup and many of the major outdoor rodeo events over the course of his 43-year career.

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Hunter Boyd making a name for himself in the West Coast League

It wasn’t all that long ago when Hunter Boyd pitched the Columbia Basin River Dogs into the championship game at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series with a dominating performance in the semifinals.

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Q&A with The Cadillac Three's Neil Mason

Nashville trio The Cadillac Three has played The Gorge before and their return to the legendary setting overlooking the Columbia River on Saturday is always a highlight on the summer tour schedule.

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Small rodeos are the heartbeat of American rodeo

They don’t call it The Daddy. It doesn’t have a one-word association like Calgary or Houston or even Pendleton.

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Peters makes it to the semifinals of the 116th PNGA Women's Amateur

RENTON — Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters established herself a rising star on the women’s amateur golf horizon with a top-20 finish at the Women’s U.S. Open sectional qualifier last month.

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Firefighter fundraiser July 29 at Sun Lakes

SOAP LAKE — The thing about fire fighting in the Columbia Basin, departments never know when their services will be called into action. They need to be prepared for anything from wildfires to rock climbing or water rescue and everything in between.

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It's always an honor for Queen Emma to bring in Old Glory

MOSES LAKE — The honor is all hers, says 2017 Miss Moses Lake Roundup Emma Gunderson.

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Basin Babe Ruth teams not done yet

As fast as it’s flying by, there’s still plenty of summer left, at least according to the to-do list.

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Ephrata wins 13-year-old state title

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers steamrolled through the field at the North Washington Babe Ruth 13-year-old state tournament, scoring 42 runs in three games.

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Alvarado hits walk-off to lead River Dogs to Senior Babe Ruth state championship

EPHRATA — On a day where they played three games in nine hours, the Columbia Basin River Dogs and Basin Rockhounds saved the best for last.

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Moses Lake 14-year-olds win North Washington Babe Ruth state championship

EPHRATA — At the end of the day, you almost forgot it was these same two teams that had the 10:30 p.m. start on Wednesday when it took 12 hours to play four baseball games in the tournament opener at the North Washington Babe Ruth League 14-year-old state tournament at …

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Herrera qualifies for the National High School Finals Rodeo in bull riding

SOAP LAKE — Bull riding has a way of making a cowboy out of you in a hurry. The bull only has to win a couple of times before you figure out making it to the whistle makes more sense than the alternative.

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Moses Lake wrestling golf fundraiser could be a way to continue the healing

I had a chance to spend a little time with the Zamora family last summer at the Moses Lake Wrestling Golf Tournament and I got to thinking about something Pete told me.

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People behind the scenes make ML Roundup great

MOSES LAKE — Rodeo by committee: ain’t that the truth?

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Walleyes beat Jr. Beetles in eight innings

MOSES LAKE — You don’t always know what you’re going to get with a bunch of young guys. But the Moses Lake Walleyes showed a little moxy when it mattered, winning the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader 6-5 in extra innings in 17U action against Yakima.

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Peters sets Desert Aires GC course record in tournament win

MATTAWA — Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters checked one more thing off the bucket list last week at the WJGA District 4 Sub-District No. 3 tournament at Desert Aire Golf Course.

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Ephrata's Peters ninth at IMG Junior World Championship Qualifier

TUMWATER — Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters’ bid to dance again on the world stage again came up five strokes short over the weekend at the IMG Junior World Qualifier at the Tumwater Valley Municipal Golf Course.

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Spuds' ninth-inning charge comes up a run short in 7-6 loss to Mt. Spokane

MOSES LAKE — The sign on the dugout wall reads, “We will either find a way, or make one.”

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Summer's here, but let's take a quick look back in reflection

It’s official, summer’s finally here. St. Jean Baptiste Day (Quebec) was on Saturday and (Eid) al Fitr began at sundown on Sunday. Now that we’ve gotten those major holidays out of the way, we can really get ‘er going.

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CW Spuds end tournament run with loss to hosts

MISSOULA, Mont. — Central Washington ended its trip to Montana with a pair of losses to tournament host the Missoula Mavericks.

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River Dogs win High Desert Baseball Classic

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Tunstall shuts down Gonzaga Prep in Spuds opener at tournament

MISSOULA, Mont. — Cade Tunstall threw a complete game, shutout for Central Washington and the Spuds blanked Gonzaga Prep 2-0 in the first game of the Missoula Mavericks Memorial Tournament on Thursday.

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Moses Lake senior is gone, but not forgotten

MOSES LAKE — There’s no real understanding of what’s expected or how to deal with it. There’s just the raw emotions and the knowledge that a brother, a friend, a young man has left this world all too young.

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Columbia Basin Roundup: Peters finishes 15th at elite USGA Junior Qualifer

KENT, Wash. — Kenedee Peters of Ephrata bogeyed four of the last five holes on the front nine and went on to finish with a round of 80 Tuesday at the USGA Girls Junior Qualifier at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent.

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Walleyes come back to split with Flames

MOSES LAKE — The beauty of baseball is that you play so many games, you can just throw the bad ones out and try and play better in the next one.

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The kid from U-fraida is making a name for herself

The more I’m around Kenedee Peters the more I am impressed.

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River Dogs win the Apple Valley 17 Youth Tournament

WENATCHEE — Tristan Garland went 4-for-4 with a home run and the Columbia Basin River Dogs turned loose the bats in the championship game to beat Mount Vernon to win the Apple Valley 17 Youth Tournament on Sunday.

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Othello Seahawks House gets a visit from 12 Tour

OTHELLO — The sun shone bright on the three-bedroom, 2,200-square-foot, two-story on East Oak in this small farming community in central Washington.

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Taking the next steps Seahawks offensive linemen ready for second NFL season

OTHELLO — The 2016 season was a baptism of fire for two rookies on the Seattle Seahawks offensive line. But they are hoping that experience will develop moving forward.

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Newspapers in Education Golf Tournament raises close to $16,000 to promote newspapers in local schools

MOSES LAKE — The Ninth Annual Newspapers in Education Golf Tournament at the Moses Lake Golf Club brought out the very best in community support, raising close to $16,000 for the NIE program, which is aimed at keeping students engaged in their local, state and national news while promoting the …

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Ephrata's Peters finishes 20th at Women's U.S. Open qualifier

WOODBURN, Ore. — Kenedee Peters was neither intimidated nor flustered when she made triple bogey four holes into the opening round at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifier at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore.

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Seahawks 12 Tour dance party is coming back around

Jennifer and Michael Homer of Moses Lake just might be able to pull off another “Parents of the millennium moment,” with their daughter Jessy and again this summer if they work things right.

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River Dogs use two big innings to beat Rockhounds

EPHRATA — The Columbia Basin River Dogs opened the bottom half of the sixth inning with three straight hits, including a double by Joe Taylor and a two-run single by Arcenio Martinez to blow the game open in Thursday night’s 13-2 victory over the Columbia Basin Rockhounds in Senior Babe …

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Seahawks 12 Tour coming to Othello on Father's Day

RENTON — The Seattle Seahawks announced the summer 12 Tour, presented by Safeway, and the big news for the Columbia Basin is that it will feature a stop at Lions Park in Othello at noon on June 18.

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Summer ball builds baseball culture

I was sitting in the press box at Huskies Field in Othello and got to talking with the kid running the scoreboard about Columbia Basin River Dog history. I brought up the 1999 Major League Draft class at Moses Lake and he just smiled.

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Power of the powwow comes to Soap Lake

SOAP LAKE — When the people dance, they stay connected: One earth, one Mother, moving to the heartbeat of the drum.

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Basin athletes end spring sports well

Spring has sprung and a lot of guys and gals around the Columbia Basin will be moving on to the next stage of their lives. Some will be going to college, others will be entering the workforce.

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Othello softball reaches Day 2 of state tournament

SELAH — Othello lead-off hitter Cayleen Garza turned a 2-2 fastball in the bottom of the seventh and drove it deep. It was one of those rubber-neck moments for Tumwater pitcher Savannah Owen, by the time she located it, the ball had cleared the left-center field fence by 20 feet.

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Othello freshman Patrick Azevedo surges to state title

SPOKANE — Othello freshman Patrick Azevedo looked down for a minute searching for the right words to describe the moment. Finding none, he looked up, then out to the The Creek at Qualchan Golf Course like maybe the links would provide the answer.

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Kenedee Peters pulls away from field to capture second state championship

SPOKANE — While Othello freshman Patrick Azevedo was busy winning the boys 2A state golf championships medalist honors in a back nine shootout over at The Creek at Qualchan. Ephrata junior Kenedee Peters enjoyed a leisurely stroll to her second 2A girls medalist state championship at Indian Canyon Golf Course …

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Ephrata's Peters one back of lead after Day 1

SPOKANE — Ephrata junior Kendee Peters stepped out from the trees on the par-4, 280-yard ninth hole and sized up her errant tee shot from the fairway. She hadn’t even made the turn Tuesday morning at the girls 2A state golf championships at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane and …

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Talking with New Millennial kids is pretty cool

There used to be a time when I didn’t interview high school players. They didn’t understand that whatever they said was fair game for print even if it was so-and-so is a jerk or that school stinks.

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Newspapers in Education golf tourney coming

MOSES LAKE — In this day and age where people are gathering their news information online through a cellphone or electronic device, the Columbia Basin Herald is promoting the importance of print newspapers with its Ninth Annual Newspapers in Education Golf Tournament June 15 at the Moses Lake Golf Club.

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Martinez's walk-off sends Othello to state tournament

OTHELLO — Othello senior Dominique Martinez had a chance to slam the door in the top of the seventh inning of Saturday’s CWAC/GNL crosser game with West Valley, but two uncharacteristic errors and a timely hit suddenly put the defending 2A defending champions behind the eight-ball when the Eagles regained …

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5 Huskies qualify for state tennis championships

EPHRATA — The last match of the day played out on the verge of the spectacular with points extended with running forehands, smashes pounded so hard they left the court and bounced off down the street, and good old fashioned toe-to-toe tennis at the net.

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Prep roundup: Area golfers qualify for 2A state championship

SUNNYSIDE — Ephrata senior Sean Couture has been working hard to get his game dialed in all spring, and he finally found the groove on the back nine on Wednesday at the CWAC District 5-6 at Black Rock Creek Golf Course in Sunnyside.

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Othello's Zoee Roylance preps for district final

OTHELLO — Taking on life’s challenges is what develops that personal character that stays with you a lifetime.

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Ephrata's Kenedee Peters is playing the best golf of her career

SOAP LAKE — Storm clouds hovered on the horizon, trying to decide where to unload the torrential downpour headed this way. A fine mist filled the air Tuesday afternoon at Lakeview Golf & Country Club as big raindrops began to fall. You know, those big fat ones that leave a …

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The town they helped put on the map is still home to Garbe, Doumit and Cooper

Thirty years ago Pete Doumit taught them that wins and loses are soon forgotten, what matters most in life is the person you become.

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Talking baseball with the Doumits is almost as cool as talking with Yogi Berra

I love talking baseball with baseball guys. Not that I know baseball, but I love talking with guys who do.

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Othello soccer falls to Cheney 1-0 in crossover match

OTHELLO — A black pickup truck sat in the dirt parking lot on 7th Street across from Husky Stadium. As the people walked across the street to their cars and filed out, this truck sat isolated, alone in its vigil.

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Ephrata has some quality performances at CWAC District 5-6 track meet

QUINCY — Sprinter Mya Spencer and hurdler McCall DeChenne set the tone for the day for the Ephrata, but the CWAC District 5-6 track and field meet belonged to the Ellensburg girls and the Selah boys Friday afternoon at Jaycee Stadium.

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Big Bend baseball coach Pete Doumit says goodbye to coaching after 45 years

MOSES LAKE — If you've played baseball in Moses Lake over the past four decades, chances are you played for Pete Doumit at some point in your life.

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Washington state staff talks Cougar athletics in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The Washington State University tour rolled into town Thursday evening to talk Cougar athletics and stir up the fan base for future events.

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Big Bend softball sweeps North Idaho for first time in program history

MOSES LAKE — Vikings Field proved to be the Pacific Northwest launching pad Wednesday afternoon when Big Bend swept North Idaho College for the first time in program history in a doubleheader that featured a combined eight home runs.

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Othello baseball advances to crossover game

OTHELLO — The No. 5 Othello Huskies baseball team advanced to the crossover game for the first time since 2009 with an 11-6 victory over No. 6 Quincy Tuesday night at Huskie Field.

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2A District 5-6 girls tournament features two of the best at Lakeview Golf & Country Club

I remember getting the assignment last year, “We want you to go down to Richland and cover the 2A girls state golf tournament at Columbia Point Golf Course.”

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Othello sweeps Quincy on senior day

OTHELLO — Dominique was dominating. Martinez, who is headed to the University of Hawaii next fall, struck out nine of the first 10 batters faced en route to a no-hit, shutout in the first game of Saturday’s CWAC doubleheader against Quincy.

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Peters shoots personal best 70 to lead Ephrata girls golfers to CWAC victory

SOAP LAKE — Ephrata junior Kenedee Peters watched her three-foot putt for par roll toward the cup on the par-3 seventh hole at Lakeview Golf and Country Club Thursday afternoon. It had a little right-to-left break in it, tracked right up the lip, then defied gravity and spun out.

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Big Bend splits with league-leading Columbia Basin

MOSES LAKE — Anytime you can take one from the league leaders that's a reason to tip your cap and keep on slugging.

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No. 5 Huskies eliminate No. 4 Tigers in first round of 2A District 5-6 tournament

EPHRATA — In the visitor's dugout, Othello senior Abel Gomez enjoyed the moment with his teammates, having scattered just three hits, going the distance in the No. 5 Huskies 3-1 victory over No. 4 Ephrata Wednesday afternoon in the first round of the 2A District 5-6 playoffs at Johnson-O'Brien Stadium.

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Reese Jones scores in 80th minute to lift Othello over Ephrata in District 5-6 soccer tournament 

EPHRATA — Othello senior Reese Jones told himself, today is not going to be my last game.

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Big league ballplayers come from everywhere

Every guy you see in a Major League uniform was a superstar at his high school or local Babe Ruth or American Legion program on their way to the bigs.

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No. 1 seed Selah sweeps Othello in final CWAC doubleheader

OTHELLO — How do you keep the intensity level up all the way to the end? That’s the $64-dollar question, from the bigs to the Basin, and it’s a question first-year Othello head coach Sonny Garza needs to answer as his young Huskies head into the District 5-6 playoffs next …

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Moses Lake's late charge falls short against Sunnyside

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake crowd rose to its collective feet Friday night, almost willing the ball into the net, as Anthony Cortez gathered the ball in space and broke one-on-one with Sunnyside defender Jose Ramirez, pushing into the box.

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Vikings drop NWAC East doubleheader to Walla Walla

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake’s Nate Ball stroked his second home run of the season and Big Bend scored two runs in the eighth, but came up a run short of earning the split with a 9-8 loss to Walla Walla in the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader.

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Othello boys, girls track teams flex some muscle at CWAC meet

OTHELLO — The Othello youth movement flexed some muscle on Thursday at the CWAC track and field meet at Husky Stadium.

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Warden shuts down Kittitas in a non-league softball game

WARDEN — There's always temptation to have a drop-off in effort with a non-league game in the middle of the week, but the young Warden softball team stayed the course on a blustery day to beat Kittitas 7-2 for their 11th win of the season.

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Ephrata wins the Battle of the Basin in a shootout

QUINCY — Ephrata senior Jirvin Espinoza took a deep breath and stared into the box during Tuesday night's CWAC shootout at Jaycee Stadium in Quincy. If he buried the shot, the Tigers would not only win the Battle of the Basin trophy, but keep pace to host a home game …

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Accountably is important

I’m not going to sit here and be so insensitive to say that I know what it’s like to be abused. But there is such a thing in this world called accountability.

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Ephrata, Othello split key CWAC doubleheader

EPHRATA — With the way the Central Washington Athletic Conference is shaking out, Ephrata and Othello just might see each other again on May 3 in a District 5-6 loser-out game to open the playoffs.

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Ephrata boys win Quincy Invitational, Royal girls second

QUINCY — The Ephrata boys won just three events at the 15-team Quincy Invitational on Saturday, but carried the day with depth points, winning by 20 points over second-place Omak.

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Huskies lose non-league match to Highland

OTHELLO — Non-league games this late in the season are more about pride than anything else. Reese Jones’ attempt to tie it with 10 seconds remaining went wide, left and time ran out on the Othello Huskies comeback attempt in a 2-1 loss to Highland (7-2) of Cowiche Thursday evening …

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Warden's Delgado commits to Spokane men's basketball

WARDEN — Warden senior J.R. Delgado got a little taste of what it’s like to play with the best his senior season, leading the Cougars on a historic run to their first ever trip to the Class 1A state tournament at the Yakima SunDome, earning the South Central Athletic Conference …

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Othello's Velazquez headed to Walla Walla to play soccer

OTHELLO — Nikki Velazquez is one of a dying breed. As three-sport athletes gave way to specialization and year-round focus in one arena, the Othello senior loves to get her game face on, no matter what the sport.

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Soap Lake baseball shuts down Manson

SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake starter Colton Minoletti went the distance and the Eagles blew the game open with six runs in the sixth inning to beat Manson 9-2 in Tuesday’s Central Washington 2B game at Bob Nacke Field.

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Othello golfers have it rolling

Golf has a way of driving me crazy. True, it’s a short drive, but it’s crazy nonetheless.

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Othello pitchers throw perfect game, no-hitter to shut down Toppenish

OTHELLO — A plunked batter and a base on balls were the only thing that kept it from being back-to-back perfect games for Othello pitchers and first cousins Dominique Martinez and Audisey Sauceda in Saturday’s CWAC sweep of Toppenish.

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Ephrata beats Othello in OT for CWAC road win

OTHELLO — Othello did everything but finish. Ephrata did just enough to win and both teams walked away from Thursday night’s CWAC soccer match wondering what the heck just happened?

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Prep roundup: Othello succumbs to East Valley's bats

YAKIMA — The Othello pitching struggles continued in a 17-7 loss in six innings to CWAC leaders East Valley (11-1, 10-0 CWAC).

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West Valley sweeps Moses Lake in CBBN tennis action

MOSES LAKE — There’s not a lot of chinks in the West Valley armor and Moses Lake tennis coach Rich Gregoire was counting on a strong performance from his doubles teams in Tuesday’s Columbia Basin Big Nine match-up.

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Mariners spring training with your grandson, priceless

Spring is in the air and a young man’s fancy turns to ... baseball. Maybe not, but since it’s not summer yet we’ll talk about baseball anyway.

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Huskies drop CWAC doubleheader to Ellensburg

OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies lost a little traction in the Central Washington Athletic Conference coming out of spring break, giving up two in a doubleheader to Ellensburg on Saturday at Husky Field.

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Moses Lake beats West Valley in a shootout

MOSES LAKE — Eddie Reyes knelt down on the end line away from the noise, away from his teammates. The Moses Lake soccer fans that would eventually break out into the chant, “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie,” respected his time to himself as he prepared for the shootout Friday night at Lions …

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Ephrata scores two goals in two-minute span to down Mabton in non-league action

EPHRATA — Ivan Garay played for Ephrata High School back in 2003 when the Tigers had a 16-game winning streak and played with a little swag. He wants his guys to get a taste of that success, but sometimes you have rattle the cage to get the competitive juices flowing.

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Cascade blasts Ephrata in non-league softball action

EPHRATA — Becca Helsley roped a single to right-center field, rounded first base and kept going, trying to make something happen. The Tiger third baseman was thrown out at second base to end the game, but at least she went down swinging in Tuesday’s 16-1 non-league loss to Cascade.

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Hockey stars come from somewhere, maybe even the Moses Lake Hockey Association?

I don’t even remember where they came from, but I wished I would have thrown these treasures into the box when I left the job. I had some old hockey media guides from the Western Hockey League, the kind of things you hang onto because they’re cool.

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Othello baseball team sweeps Grandview to stay in CWAC hunt

OTHELLO — With East Valley clinging to a one-game lead in the CWAC standings and three teams chasing hard just one game back, the Othello Huskies can ill afford to lose at home.

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Ephrata puts on a clinic at the Best of the Basin track and field meet

QUINCY — The wind was brutal. The weather was warm, so welcome to track and field in the Columbia Basin. But the Best of the Basin track and field meet Thursday afternoon was a nice showcase of talent and a chance to get some work in.

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East Valley hands Othello tennis teams first losses of season in real slugfest

OTHELLO — Husky seniors Tanaya Andersen and Katie Walker have been playing together long enough to know how to knuckle down when the match turns into a slugfest.

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Selah hands Ephrata first CWAC loss, 18-4

EPHRATA — Baseball’s a numbers game and they all stacked up against the Ephrata Tigers in Tuesday night’s 18-4 CWAC loss to Selah.

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Male barrel racers learning to ride like a girl

I had to laugh out loud talking to Best of Barrels Only owner Bobo McMillan the other day about the 11th annual Sand Cup Futurity and Divisional Barrel Race coming to the Kenny Ardell Pavilion.

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Othello downs previously unbeaten Lakeside, loses to Ephrata

OTHELLO — Reese Jones smiled for a minute as he thought about whether or not thrower-inner was actually a word. Close enough.

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Othello, Quincy split CWAC doubleheader

OTHELLO — When you split a conference doubleheader on the road, you walk away with a little bit of satisfaction. Same holds true if you come back to win the late game to salvage a conference split at home, it beats the alternative.

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Othello sports roundup

OTHELLO — It doesn't get much stranger than scoring 35 runs in a high school varsity baseball game, but maybe it was all the pent up anger over the wrestling season.

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Ephrata boys win non-league CWAC golf match by 23 strokes

SOAP LAKE — The challenge was twofold for the field of 2A golfers trying to find the groove Thursday afternoon at the CWAC non-league match at Lakeview Golf & Country Club in Soap Lake.

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11th annual Sand Cup Futurity, Divisional Barrel Race to feature best riders, horses in country

MOSES LAKE — Bull riders have the Professional Bull Riders circuit. The roughstock guys have their specialty events. The Columbia Basin will have the opportunity to see some the best barrel racers in the western United States compete at the 11th annual Sand Cup Futurity and Divisional Barrel Race at …

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Quincy holds onto the Battle of the Basin trophy, ties Ephrata 2-2

EPHRATA — The Battle of the Basin traveling trophy will stay with Quincy despite the fact Ephrata played them straight up in a 2-2 tie Tuesday evening at Ephrata.

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You never know where the next superstar will come from

The funny thing about amateur sports is that you never know who you’re watching. Most of the time it’s just a bunch of local kids or some weekend warrior. But every now and then, one comes along that makes you stand up and take notice.

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Eisenhower attack finally wears Moses Lake down

MOSES LAKE — The first goal right before the half was one of those “stuff happens” kind of things. Eisenhower midfielder Ian Reynoso slipped in off the left wing and hit a nice header off a free kick that cleared the Moses Lake wall.

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Othello softball sweeps Ephrata to open season

EPHRATA — Everybody has work to do at this point in the season, but for the local softball teams it was just nice to be playing on dirt that didn’t stick to the bottom of the cleats.

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Moses Lake wins Othello Invite; Huskies ready to take the next step in CWAC

OTHELLO — In a conference where the top two teams finished first and second at the Class 2A state championship, where the state medalist Morgan Baum of East Valley and Kenedee Peters from Ephrata both shot under par on the final day, you let well enough alone and work on …

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Moses Lake U10 Coyotes bring home the gold

PASCO — The fact they were playing against hockey clubs from Spokane, Seattle and the Tri-Cities made it interesting. The fact they went in as the No. 1 seed put the bullseye squarely between the M and the L.

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Area track and field athletes step out at Ephrata Icebreaker meet

EPHRATA — It’s early yet, but defending 100-meter hurdle 1A state champion Maggie Delay was in fine form Tuesday afternoon, winning the 100 hurdles by nearly a second at the Icebreaker Invitational to help Royal win the nine-team girls meet by a mere two points.

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Spring sports in name only

We almost made it.

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Othello ushers in Sonny Garza era with a win in the bottom of the ninth

OTHELLO — Arcenio Martinez dug in against Bellingham reliever Joe Knutson in the bottom of the ninth with one out and Gage Pruneda representing the winning run standing on third base.

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Othello boys win opener against Naches Valley with offensive showcase

OTHELLO — The Huskies scored their first goal of the 2017 season two minutes into Saturday’s match with Naches Valley and showcased a little offense in a one-sided 8-0 victory.

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Quincy drops baseball season opener 10-0 to Cheney

QUINCY — Quincy senior Cody Kehl looked in midseason form with a double and a triple to go along with a quality start on the mound, but the young Jacks (0-1) never did string more than one or two hits together in Friday’s 10-0 loss in the season opener to …

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Moses Lake Hockey Association U10, U12 teams playing in state tournament in Tri-Cities

MOSES LAKE — They’re not just born into the NHL, although some might beg to differ. They come from somewhere and pee wee hockey players from the Moses Lake Hockey Association are hoping to start their journey well at the Washington state hockey tournament this weekend in Pasco and Kennewick.

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Othello boys soccer opens season Saturday at home against Naches Valley

OTHELLO — The Othello boys soccer team took a pretty good hit during the offseason when starting goaltender Jose Chairez tore an anterior cruciate ligament to miss his senior season.

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Othello softball team ready to take another run at the 2A state championship

OTHELLO — Rudy Ochoa II stood in the batter’s a box systemically pounding ground balls to the infield, each position making the predetermined play. Then he lifted fly balls to the outfield, watching their throws to various bases.

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ACH girls have tournament to remember

SPOKANE — They call it March Madness for a reason and the uncertainty of tournament time is what makes basketball this time of year fun.

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Warrior boys win 1B third-place game in double overtime

SPOKANE — The ball stalled on the Pomeroy rim, wavering with the fate of a game already in its second overtime hanging in the balance.

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Warden boys fall to La Center in overtime of 1A consolation bracket

YAKIMA — A Warden Cougar briefcase leaned up against the wall in the dark corridor just outside the locker room. Down the hallway, Warden head coach Wes Richins was glancing through the final box score, not really paying attention, but it was something to do while he gathered his thoughts …

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ACH girls run out of gas in 1B state championship game

SPOKANE — The Almira/Hartline-Coulee girls will forever be remembered as the team that ended Colton’s run of State 1B championships at eight straight on Friday. But the giant killers just didn’t have anything left in the tank in Saturday’s 51-29 loss to Republic in the championship game.

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Warden rallies to win state opener

YAKIMA — Warden senior Adam Richins laid out for a loose ball, diving across the floor to tip it to J.R. Delgado who took it to the other end for the lay-in. It was that kind of effort that helped the No. 7 Cougars (18-7) make Warden school history with …

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Warden boys finally getting their chance to play in the SunDome

WARDEN — The wait is finally over. The No. 7 Warden Cougars (17-7) will finally make their debut at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

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ACH girls play Yakama Tribal in 1B tournament loser-out-game

COULEE CITY — The road doesn’t get any easier from here on out, but the good news is that the Almira/Hartline-Coulee girls are still playing.

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ACH boys riding on a 21-game winning streak into 1B state quarterfinals

COULEE CITY — Almira/Hartline-Coulee coach Graham Grindy just laughed. The last time he said, “Anything can happen,” his No. 8-seeded Warriors upended top-seeded Neah Bay in double overtime.

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Richins family enjoying the historic Warden boys basketball run together

I’ve always wondered if coaching your child is a blessing or a curse. My dad never did know how to yell at other people’s kids so he turned up the volume on me, until I finally pointed out I’m not the one messing up.

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Othello's Alix Garcia hitting well down south

COOLIDGE, Ariz. — The first thing he did was cut the free flowing locks that hung down to his shoulders in high school. It’s more of a job now and image is important.

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Moses Lake falls to Richland in regional round of Hardwood Classic

PASCO — Moses Lake coach John Hohman and Richland’s Earl Streufert have been playing this chess match for years, going all the way back to when they were both sophomore coaches.

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Warden boys almost pull 1A upset, lose 61-55 to No. 2 seed

MOUNT VERNON — The Warden Cougars certainly didn’t play like a team in their first regional round of the 1A Hardwood Classic Saturday afternoon at Mount Vernon High School.

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ACH boys begin tournament run with title game rematch

COULEE CITY — Neah Bay ended Almira/Coulee-Hartline’s 25-game winning streak in last year’s 1B boys state championship game. The No. 8 seeded Warriors would love nothing more than to return the favor in the 2017 regional round on Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

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ACH girls face Republic in the regional game of the 1B state tournament

COULEE CITY — The road to the 1B Girls Harwood Classic goes through Republic for the No. 6 Almira/Hartline-Coulee girls.

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Run 'n' gun style part of Warden basketball's identity

In certain circles, they call it rezball. Some call it streetball. Whatever you want to call that transition-based game that forces tempo and turns loose the gunners on the perimeter, it’s as much a part of Warden basketball as the air they breath.

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Former Big Bend coach Chris Carlson makes return appearance to DeVries Activity Center

I wrote the story when Chris Carlson became the North Idaho College women’s head basketball coach back in 2004. It’s hard to believe it’s been 13 years, but time marches on for those of us that used to listen to Pete Townsend singing, “Hope I die before I get old.”

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It's a good day to wear Cougar Blue

WARDEN — It’s not exactly the Luv Ya Blue Houston Oiler fans made famous back in the mid-’70s, but the idea is the same.

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Warden boys blast Connell, earn program's first state tournament berth

ZILLAH — The Warden boys were flying high in the locker room after their 70-54 victory over Connell in the SCAC district playoff game at Zillah Alumni Gym on Saturday to earn a berth to regionals.

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Othello sends its wrestlers off to state with style

OTHELLO — One by one they gathered, then in groups, kids, friends and family started collecting on the sidewalk in front of PJ Taggares Gymnasium on Thursday morning. La Familia, oblivious to the chill of the day, gathered to send this generation of wrestlers off to the Tacoma Dome for …

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Big Bend women take a late run at North Idaho College, but come up short

MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend women stormed out of the timeout with just under three minutes left in Wednesday's Northwest Athletic Conference game like an army of five with its marching orders.

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East side girls wrestlers ready to showcase their skills in the Tacoma Done

TACOMA - The Eastern Washington girls are done beating up on each other on this side of the mountain. Now, it's time to find out how things shake out in the bright lights at the Mat Classic XXIX in the Tacoma Dome Friday and Saturday.

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Warden can pack a punch with just seven wrestlers

WARDEN — Robert Arredondo marches to beat of a different drummer and the Cougar senior will have a chance to bang on it one more time when he leads a young group to Mat Classic XXIX at the Tacoma Dome on Friday and Saturday.

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Who says daddy's little girl can't kick butt?

Sugar and spice and everything ... yeah right. Who says daddy's little girl can't kick butt? I’m old enough to remember when Title IX was ushered in and a lot of wrestling programs went to the chopping block to make room for women’s athletics.

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Othello girls qualify 8, Warden move 7 on to girls state wrestling tournament

MATTAWA — Warden freshman Aaliyah Escamilla got up off the mat when the final buzzer sounded, turned and took a running leap into the arms of Cougar assistant coach Mario Hernandez, who was standing there at mat-side.

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Delgado scores 32 to lead Warden past Granger in first round of 1A District 5 playoffs

WARDEN — Warden senior JR Delgado hung back on the left wing waiting for the moment, a little like Richard Sherman sneaking a peek into the offensive backfield. When Granger point guard Andre Castro sent the pass to his side of the zone defense, the 6-foot-3 small forward launched into …

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Othello wrestlers Jones and Martinez ready for one more run at a 2A state championship

OTHELLO — Names like two-time state champion Freddie Flores (2005-06), Lucas Garza (2013), Anthony Barrera (2013) and Matt Jordan (2011) came up. Guys like Reuben Lopez (2010), Armando DeLeon (2010) and Phillip Ontiveros (2006) and the others on the long list of excellence still have their place in the room …

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Pateros perimeter shooting too much for Moses Lake Christian

MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake Christian Academy senior Ben Cabellero scored 11 of his game-high 26 points in the second quarter, but the Lions just didn’t have an answer for Pateros’ perimeter game in Tuesday night’s 57-42 loss.

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Pateros girls roll past Moses Lake Christian with big third quarter

MOSES LAKE — Pateros came into Moses Lake trying to keep pace with CWB-leading Entiat (16-2, 11-0) and played like a team currently with the No. 2 seed.

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New guy in the CBH Schwartz department

The beauty of this job is that it’s ever changing. Just when you think you have things figured out … let’s just say, guess again.

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Moses Lake boys swimmers set 2 district records, win 7 championship races at 4A District 6 meet 

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake coach Tony St. Onge went wheeling by nine events into Saturday’s NCWAA 4A District 6 Boys Swim and Dive Championships in Moses Lake.

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Ephrata boys secure home playoff game with 65-49 win over Quincy

EPHRATA — Ephrata shooting guard Jakob Oxos poured in seven 3-pointers en route to a game-high 23 points. Point guard Cameron Clark hauled in nine of his 15 rebounds in the second half and chipped in 16 points in the Tiger’s 65-49 Central Washington Athletic Conference victory over Quincy to …

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Ephrata girls beat Quincy in regular season finale

EPHRATA — Junior Avery Mickelsen scored nine of her game-high 13 points in the first quarter and the Ephrata girls basketball team rolled past Quincy 57-26 in the final Central Washington Athletic Conference regular season Friday night.

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Prep roundup: Cutforth scores 27 to lead Othello past Quincy in CWAC boys basketball action

OTHELLO — Othello senior Trenton Cutforth had a Senior Night to remember, wrapping up his final home game with 27 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Huskies past Quincy in a real Central Washington Athletic Conference shootout.

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Moses Lake swimmers put 21 in the finals at the NCWAA 4A District 6 meet

MOSES LAKE - The road to the state swimming and diving championships starts now. You have to swim well here in order to get there and the best swimmers and divers jockeyed for position in the preliminaries of the NCWAA 4A District 6 boys swimming and diving championships at Tony …

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Royal's Jenks signs National Letter of Intent to play at Weber State University

ROYAL – Royal senior Kaden Jenks’ strong ties to his spiritual beliefs and family were an important factor into one the biggest decisions of his young life.

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Big Bend women fall to Wenatchee Valley in overtime

MOSES LAKE — When you’re in the middle of a six-game losing streak, you could use a little luck to get things back on track.

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CWAC-leading Selah boys get to Othello early in 80-53 victory

OTHELLO — In the boxing world, they call it getting caught.

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Hampton scores 20 in Othello girls loss to Selah

OTHELLO — The future is bright for the Othello girls basketball team, although Tuesday night’s 53-30 loss to Selah wasn’t too shiny.

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Chef Tak teaching Americans art of Japanese cuisine

MOSES LAKE — Their journey brought them to the Columbia Basin two months ago where they hope to teach lessons of a faraway land and maybe even learn a few of their own while they are here.

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Ephrata girls use a 16-0 run to run away from Othello

EPHRATA — Ephrata went on a 16-0 run to end the third quarter and held Othello to just one fourth-quarter field goal to win Saturday night’s Central Washington Athletic Conference (CWAC) girls basketball game 52-30.

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Ephrata boys hold off Othello, 70-61

EPHRATA — This time last year, the medical team was taking Othello big man Trenton Cutforth from the floor with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and ruptured meniscus that he suffered during the Central Washington Athletic Conference (CWAC) game against Ephrata.

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Wenatchee holds off Moses Lake to win Big Nine boys swimming title

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake boys swimming and diving team threw everything it had at Wenatchee in the final meet of the regular season. But at the end of the day, the Chiefs just didn’t have an answer for the Panther’s depth.

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Cupid's Market coming to ML Feb. 11

MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin could see temperatures rocket all the way up to 40 degrees next week before the next winter blast rolls in.

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Chamber to spearhead a new summer festival

MOSES LAKE — When it comes to summertime in Moses Lake it doesn’t take much coercion to find another reason to party.

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WinCo Foods expects to hire 170 people

MOSES LAKE — The much anticipated opening of WinCo Foods in Moses Lake means 170 new jobs are coming to the Columbia Basin.

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Close to 250 jobs coming to Moses Lake

We’ve already burned through the first month of 2017 and there’s big changes on the horizon.

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FLIGHT DELAY

MOSES LAKE — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. moves into the new year with yet another delay in the first delivery of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

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Othello girls win third straight Central Washington Girls Wrestling title

WARDEN — Tuesday night’s Central Washington Girls Wrestling quad match at Warden had a weird vibe to it, but in the end it was the same result as it’s been all year.

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Half-Sun Travel Plaza hosting job fair on Wednesday

MOSES LAKE — Besides Sportsman’s Warehouse expecting to hire 50 employees for its new store in Moses Lake, there are even more job opportunities for Columbia Basin residents.

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'Passion is not trainable' Sportsman's Warehouse interview process draws a crowd

MOSES LAKE — The stream of people coming in was as steady as the Columbia River is wide. The wait for the opening of the Sportsman’s Warehouse in Moses Lake is nearly over and people wanting to join the team converged on the Best Western Plus Lakefront Hotel on Saturday …

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St. Brigid's Brewery tap room is cool place to get a cold one

MOSES LAKE — Tom Wytko has been a home brewer since the late '80s. He and his wife Whitney saw a need and decided to go for it.

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Business as usual? We'll have to wait and see

Will 2017 be business as usual? The world is waiting to see if business will ever be the same with the new administration and a president that promises his Twitter account will remain as active as his policy changes.

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Wheat growers scheduled to meet with Gov. Inslee on key issues

OLYMPIA — Members of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers will meet with more than 50 legislators and agency heads from both sides of the aisle.

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Sportsman's Warehouse to hire 40 to 50 for Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The 22,878-square-foot Sportsman’s Warehouse building at 1020 North Stratford Rd. is moving closer to the grand opening on Feb. 23 and the business, which caters to the needs of outdoor enthusiasts, is looking to hire 40 to 50 store employees.

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Business Expo braves the elements with a big success

MOSES LAKE — Outside, the latest of the winter storms painted the streets like a frozen scene from Disney on Ice. Inside the community building at the Grant County Fairgrounds the Winter Carnival featured the best and the brightest of the Columbia Basin business community as it gathered for the …

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That's how she rolls Charlene Sanislo loves bowling for Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The environment is one of flashing lights and hushed conversations. To say you can hear a pin drop goes without saying, because in actuality, you can hear them banging off the walls.

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Othello girls wrestling first at home invitational

OTHELLO — Othello coach J.J. Martinez took the mic and turned emcee at the end of the night, handing out the medals at the podium at the Lady Huskies Invitational. The package to each individual champion included a medal, a T-shirt and a homemade burrito that looked like it weighed …

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Second Time Silver creates new family heritage pieces

Heritage means something to Second Time Silver owner Katherine Whitney. She loves to hear the stories that shaped people’s lives, the influences that made a difference, to work with bits and pieces of someone’s family history.

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Moses Lake bowlers roll past Davis on 'Senior Night'

MOSES LAKE — Charlene Sanislo sat down in front of the pile of Starburst candies on the alley side table that have been a part of coach Carolyn Johnson's tradition, not quite sure what her emotions were telling her.

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AWB Legislative Day will address critical topics to economic future

OLYMPIA — Hundreds of business leaders are expected to take part in the Association of Washington Business’ annual Legislative Day and Hill Climb Jan. 17 at Hotel RL in Olympia to discuss a wide range of topics critical to the economic climate in Washington state.

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Tigers pour in 14 threes to upend Jacks

QUINCY — Anytime the Ephrata Tigers can turn it into a 3-point shooting contest, they have the hands down advantage and Quincy never stood a chance in Friday night’s Central Washington Athletic Conference boys basketball game to open the new year.

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Warden second at Jeremiah Schmunk Invitational

WARDEN – Championships come and go. Champions graduate, but one thing is certain when you wrestle for Warden High School, you compete with honor and you wrestle with heart.

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Tiger girls off and running in CWAC with win over Quincy

QUINCY — The Ephrata girls outscored Quincy 23-2 in the second quarter to set the tone in Friday night’s Central Washington Athletic Conference basketball game and stayed focused throughout their 58-27 victory to open the second half of the season.

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Bark Avenue is the newest dog grooming salon downtown

MOSES LAKE — Lindsey Zunker and Sarah Greenwalt come from different backgrounds. One is from Richland, the other from the small town of Odessa. One has past business experience, the other is a first-time business owner.

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Othello pulls away from Ephrata, earns road win

EPHRATA — The Othello theme song sounds like a broken record, but to tell you the truth the soundtrack is making some pretty good noise.

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The Brave New World ain't all bad

I should have seen it coming, given the fact that we now have a definition called the Millennials (also known as Generation Y, Generation Me, Echo Boomers, Peter Pan Generation) for the 30-somethings that grew up with the whizmos and gizmos of the 21st century.

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Minimum wage increase will drive all costs up

MOSES LAKE — The fact is, everyone could use a little more money. But the debate on whether Initiative 1433 is going to do more harm than good is only starting to heat up.

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Tigers wrap up 2016 second at the Cat Classic

EAST WENATCHEE — There are tournament teams and there are dual teams, and the Ephrata Tigers are hoping their second-place finish at the 13-team Paul Reason Memorial Cat Classic on Friday will springboard them into the Central Washington Athletic Conference dual schedule after the first of the year.

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Ephrata boys, girls rout Othello

OTHELLO — Othello is a good team and the last thing Ephrata wanted was to let them hang around long enough to get hot. The Tigers (6-3, 4-3) went on a 11-4 run to open the third quarter to run away from the Huskies 66-42 in their final Central Washington …

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Columbia Basin wrestlers hold their own at the Royal Rumble wrestling tournament

ROYAL CITY — Reardon came ready to rumble, eking out a championship by virtue of pins Wednesday at the Royal Rumble wrestling tournament.

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Actress Carrie Fisher, another shooting star leaves us in 2016

“Saw a shooting star tonight, and I thought of you …” I don’t know how I will feel when Bob Dylan finally leaves this world, but I thought of his words as I started thinking of all the fallen stars that have left us in 2016. The list seems so …

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Prosser's pace too much for Quincy

QUINCY — It was just one of those games where too much to not enough pretty much sums it up and you move on to the next one on Thursday night.

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Chamber's Business Expo like After Hours 'on steroids'

MOSES LAKE — It looks like winter in the Columbia Basin with the latest winter storm dusting the area with a new layer.

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Quincy girls unable to handle Prosser's size

QUINCY — The Quincy girls just didn’t have an answer for the Prosser size in the paint during Tuesday night’s Central Washington Athletic Conference game coming out of the Christmas break.

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Half-Sun Travel Plaza plans a soft opening

MOSES LAKE — It doesn’t seem all that long ago when Confederated Tribes of the Colville elder Barb Aripa, a direct descendant to Chief Moses, blessed the site at the southwest corner of South Wanapum Drive and West Lakeshore Drive.

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Family Farm Alliance will take on new challenges in ag, irrigation at conference

Family Farm Alliance will celebrate its 29th anniversary Feb. 23-24 in Las Vegas with outside-the-box presentations and discussions from the West’s most effective grassroots irrigated agricultural organization.

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U.S. Cattlemen's Association requesting update on the status of trade negotiations with China

The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association is requesting an update on the status of trade negotiations with China in relation to the exportation of U.S. beef from Secretary Tom Vilsack. USCA trade committee co-chair Chasmine Nelson issued the following statement:

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No headline

MOSES LAKE — You could hear it coming, like a storm on the distant horizon, like wind blowing through the buffalo grass.

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Caring about others is not a sign of weakness

I once had a friend tell me, “Don’t mistake my compassion as a sign of weakness.”

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Othello wrestlers host 2A champ Toppenish, travel to 4A runner-up Moses Lake

OTHELLO – What a week the Othello sports scheduler has dialed up for the Husky wrestling team.

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Third MRJ arrives at GC International Airport

MOSES LAKE — The third Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp MRJ regional jet rolled up the 65,000-square-foot hangar at Grant County International Airport as light dwindled and the temperatures dropped Monday evening about 4:30 p.m.

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Soap Lake handles Moses Lake Christian for fifth victory

SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake assistant coach Austin Chamberlin made the strongest move in the paint Saturday afternoon, proposing to his girl Hailey Boyd during the halftime intermission. Hailey said yes and the Eagles (5-1, 4-1) rolled to a 48-13 victory over Moses Lake Christian.

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Soap Lake remains disciplined, beats MLCA

SOAP LAKE — The Eagle girls stayed on point and remained disciplined in winning their second game of the season with a 47-11 victory over Moses Lake Christian on Saturday at Soap Lake.

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Signs of the season

It’s a simple house in a simple neighborhood, but it comes to life with the spirit of Christmas, family and all that goes with the holiday season.

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Ephrata girls roll to CWAC victory over Selah

EPHTATA — The plan was to not let Central Washington Athletic Conference player of the year Adriel Willis beat them and the Ephrata Tigers did just that in their 58-45 victory over the Vikings Friday night.

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Tigers bomb Vikings with 22 3-point field goals

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers rained down 22 3-point field goals and pushed hard toward the century mark in Friday’s 95-70 victory over Selah in Central Washington Athletic Conference action.

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U.S. Cattlemen support new Interior Secretary

The United States Cattlemen’s Association will lend its full support to President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Rep. Ryan Zinke to the position of Secretary of the Interior, according to USCA vice president Bert Paris.

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Affordable Mini Storage has room for all that extra stuff

MOSES LAKE — If you have stuff.

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Moses Lake swimmers qualify three individuals and a relay for state meet

MOSES LAKE — In a game where tenths of a second make all the difference in the world, it still sounds funny when swimmers say, “breathing slows you down.” But whatever works.

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CBH Facebook Live ushers in a new way of doing things

All right, I admit. I am slowly crawling into the 21st century now that we’re 15 years into it.

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CBH Facebook Live adds new dimension to the news

MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Herald is taking its news gathering process to another level with the addition of CBH Facebook Live broadcasts.

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Cattlemen's Association pushing hard to outline priorities

The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) is pushing hard to outline U.S. cattle producers’ priorities for the upcoming year and years to come with letters to both current and incoming administrations.

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Moses Lake Coyotes score 3 goals in 2 minutes in 5-3 loss to Lewiston

MOSES LAKE — It took 32 minutes for all hell to break loose, but when it finally did there was flurry of pucks in the net Saturday morning at Larson Recreation Center.

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Othello wins team title at Schutte Invitational

OTHELLO — You hear that? That’s Othello banging on the door. It’s early yet and nobody cares what you did in December, but the Husky wrestling team sent a message to the Washington state Class 2A that they are coming.

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USDA provides loan fund to Northwest Native Development Fund

COULEE DAM — The Northwest Native Development Fund (NNDF) has been granted access to a $20 million Community Facilities loan fund from USDA Rural Development, and a $2 million grant from Northwest Area Foundation to support tribal community facilities projects.

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Moses Lake photographer recognized in photo contest

SPOKANE — How ya gonna keep them down on the farm? Maybe you make them famous on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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Unstoppable

MOSES LAKE — It’s the surface you can hardly stand on. Here in Moses Lake it’s made solid by the 17-degree temperatures that sometimes take your breath away. The chill of the night sets the tone for streaming breath that turns to fog under the exertion of it all.

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Town Hall meeting to discuss beef checkoff bill today

MOSES LAKE — Senators Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, and Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, will be hosting town hall meeting today to reintroduce a bill to increase the beef checkoff in Washington state.

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Ephrata erases big deficit to beat Quincy

QUINCY — The Ephrata Tigers found a way to put the breaks on a runaway freight train and turn things around in Thursday’s Central Washington Athletic Conference wrestling dual in Quincy.

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Family is forever

I recently experienced the death of an uncle. I made one of those fly in on Friday, fly out on Monday trips to Denver, which was enough to remind me God bless the minimal traffic we have here in the Columbia Basin.

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Elks Hoop Shoot on Saturday at Frontier Middle School

MOSES LAKE — No matter where you go in the country, an Elks Lodge is right around the corner. The Elks Club has been doing good things for good people for as long as anybody can remember.

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Family Farm Alliance Conference to tackle critical water issues

MOSES LAKE — The conference might be in Las Vegas, but the 29th annual Family Farm Alliance Conference will tackle some critical issues near and dear to the Columbia Basin when the west’s most effective grassroots irrigated agricultural organization meets Feb. 23-24 at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino.

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CWAC wrestlers ready to take a run at Toppenish

Thing about wrestling is, it’s just two men and a circle. Start the clock, let’s see what you have.

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Jenks, Christensen and the Knights are knocking on destiny's door

ROYAL — There’s a quiet confidence in the air when the Royal Knights take the field. They play with a little bit of swag and a little bit of humility. They’re the kind of guys that’ll send you elbows over tea kettle, then help ya up when the whistle blows.

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Rotary Foundation wins national award

MOSES LAKE — The Rotary Foundation and local chapters have been a driving force behind community projects for the past 100 years. But it’s always nice when someone notices. The Association of Fundraising Professionals recognized The Rotary Foundation with its annual Award for Outstanding Foundation.

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Salt of the earth Knights ready for anything

MOSES LAKE — I used to cover this basketball team in Cheyenne that made Wyoming sports history with a 23-0 run to a state championship.

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Moses Lake in the running for jet manufacturing site

MOSES LAKE — It will be a while before Moses Lake finds out whether or not the Eagle has landed, but Grant County International Airport is in discussions as a possible site for a Boston company looking at locations in Washington to manufacture a supersonic jet.

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Connors, Lemargie recognized for roles in Basin Project

Warden’s Steve Connors and Richard Lemargie from Ephrata were recognized by the Columbia Basin Development League for playing key roles in the development of the Columbia Basin Project (CBP), according to a CBDL press release.

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Department of Financial Institutions taps woman to run banking division

Roberta Hollinshead will become the first woman in history to lead the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Division of Banks when she assumes responsibilities on Thursday.

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Small Business Saturday a smashing success

Cyber Monday might be a big hit, ordering merchandise from the comfort of your living room, but according to the survey released by the National Federation of Independent Business, more shoppers reported visiting their local independent businesses on Small Business Saturday than ever before.

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No headline

SPOKANE — Royal quarterback Kaden Jenks stood at midfield Saturday afternoon at Gonzaga Prep throwing 50-yard warm-up passes to Corbin Christensen standing on the goal line. They went down in perfect spiral and came back a little wobbly.

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Made in Moses Lake has a little something for everyone

MOSES LAKE — Made in Moses Lake, in the Smith-Martin Building downtown, offers a variety as vast and wide open as the Columbia Basin itself.

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Washington Wheat Growers oppose breaching Snake dams

The Snake River dams are part of the Columbia-Snake River System, a 465-mile river waterway that is the top wheat export gateway in the United States and the third-largest grain export gateway in the world.

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Basin growers expect changes with new administration

MOSES LAKE — President-elect Donald Trump’s road to the White House was based, in part, on strong support for rural America. The New York City real estate mogul doesn’t have a record on agriculture policy, but he has vowed to keep the farm bill together, go big on infrastructure, slash …

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Moses Lake Coyotes open hockey schedule on Saturday

MOSES LAKE — The 2016-17 season will be the last time around for some of the Moses Lake under-18 hockey team. The Moses Lake Coyotes open the 2016-17 season on Saturday with two games against the Everett Jr. Silvertips at the Larson Activity Center.

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Second MRJ-90 arrives at Grant County International Airport

MOSES LAKE — The Mitsubishi Regional Jet No. 1 arrived at Grant County International Airport in late September to global recognition and a press conference in both Japanese and English, so television crews and reporters could send the breaking news back to Japan.

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Royal defense shines in 41-12 victory over La Salle in 1A playoffs

ROYAL CITY — Black Friday isn’t until after the Thanksgiving holiday, but the defending 1A state champion Royal Knights celebrated early with a 42-12 victory over La Salle in the quarterfinals.

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Odessa-Harrington runs away from ACH in 1B state quarterfinals

SPOKANE — Almira/Coulee-Hartline senior Kameron Goetz stood in the middle of a dejected Warrior locker room following Saturday’s 60-28 loss to Odessa-Harrington in the Class 1B state quarterfinals.

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Moses Lake author Jan Thacker's second novel coming soon

MOSES LAKE — Once you enter through the red door into a world of wonder, into the theatre of the mind that is Moses Lake author Jan Thacker’s realm, you’ll find tales of triumph where hope overrides despair, where humor supersedes all and God’s plan doesn’t seem quite so mysterious.

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Mason's Place is about family and a better downtown

MOSES LAKE — The sign on the wall reads: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” The picture on the counter of her mom and dad reminds Heather Mason what’s important.

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Thinking small and local on Small Business Saturday

MOSES LAKE — With counterparts like Black Friday and Cyber Monday convincing shoppers to spend big money on big deals during the holiday season, the American Express Corporation launched the idea that Americans need to think small.

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Support your local economy on Small Business Saturday

I wasn’t born in a small town, as John Mellencamp so profoundly captured in the song by the same name, but I get his drift. Metro areas and larger cities cater to the masses with a little bit of this and a lotta bit of people.

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Washington labor market still improving

The national unemployment rate increased to 4.9 percent in October, but Washington state’s labor market continues to improve, according to a new report from the Employment Security Department.

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Wilson Creek, Ritzville Grade School receive NW Farm Credit grants

MOSES LAKE — The Town of Wilson Creek and Ritzville Grade School in the Columbia Basin will receive grants from Northwest Farm Credit Services, which awarded more than $265,000 to 170 projects in rural communities across Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

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Building boom Residential, commercial construction thriving in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — Residential construction in Moses Lake is ramping up with the addition of a new 129-unit apartment complex project going in on a 6.3-acre lot at 760 Central Ave.

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Royal defense carries the day in win over Colville

ROYAL CITY — Royal coach Wiley Allred will tell you it’s a new day with a new team, they aren’t trying to defend anything. The Knights are just trying to win a 1A state championship.

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ACH sets up rematch with Odessa-Harrington with win over Pomeroy

POMEROY — What a difference a fortnight makes.

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SR-281 makes 'Critical Rural Freight Corridor' list

QUINCY — The timing couldn’t be better. On Tuesday, America put a guy in the White House that has expressed interest in development and infrastructure.

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Voters in Grant County ready to move on with Trump's election

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Baptist Church pastor Dennis Fountain leaned back in his chair at the Red Door Cafe Wednesday afternoon and smiled, exchanging a card, which read “Consider Him,” for a business card.

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Chiefs swimmers ready to make coach St. Onge change his tune

The Moses Lake Chiefs aren’t just content with qualifying for the Class 4A state swimming and dive championships. If coach Tony St. Onge will be singing a different tune on Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

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Grant County's nonfarm employers provided 1,010 fewer jobs in 2016

MOSES LAKE — According to a Grant County Labor Area Summary, nonfarm industry employment preliminary estimates show Grant County’s nonfarm employers provided 1,010 fewer jobs in September 2016 than in September 2015 — a downturn of 3.4 percent.

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A roll on the wild side

MOSES LAKE — With names like Wenzday Thumpday, PTellHer Pain, WreckingBall or even Mauly Mormon, it’s hard imagine they hit like a girl. But these women are hell on wheels and they love the rough and tumble sport called roller derby.

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Ephrata's Ethan Green fourth in 2A boys state cross country race

PASCO — The early morning fog burned off and the sun burst through, almost on cue, as the state’s elite distance runners gathered at Sun Willow Golf Course in Pasco on Saturday.

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Quincy shuts out Grandview in season finale

QUINCY — Kaeden Murphy couldn’t buy a break, not even on Senior Night.

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Moses Lake runners ready to turn it loose at state cross country meet in Pasco

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake senior Zak Bishop stretched out wearing a T-shirt from the Idaho state cross country meet during Wednesday’s training as reminder.

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REC Silicon lays off estimated 70 employees

MOSES LAKE — The indications were there in July when REC Silicon scaled back operations at the Moses Lake facility. On Wednesday, it took cost-cutting measures to the next level, laying off an estimated 70 employees. Qualified employees were offered an optional early retirement incentive, others were laid off. According …

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Working together Grant County Port Districts meeting beneficial to all

EPHRATA — Working together is easier said than done, but Grant County port district commissioners are taking advantage of a unique situation and a county where there are 10 port districts.

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Eden Salon, Inc. staff learns from celebrity hair stylist Nick Arrojo

MOSES LAKE ? When you have a chance to learn from the best, it's hard to pass up. So it was off to the Big Apple for a series of seminars with celebrity hair stylist Nick Arrojo for a Moses Lake business woman and her staff.

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Moses Lake qualifies two individuals, relay for 4A state swim meet

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake 200-yard freestyle team secured its spot at the Washington Class 4A state swim meet with a superb swim on Saturday at the District 6 swimming and diving championships at the Moses Lake pool.

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No. 2 ACH Warriors fall from 1B unbeaten ranks

COULEE CITY — The good news is, it's better to lose now than two weeks down the road. The bad news is that Almira/Coulee-Hartline's unblemished record was just trashed in Friday night's battle between Class 1B ranked teams.

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USDA EZ Loans help beginning farmers obtain capital

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making its bid to streamline the loan process to help beginning and underserved farmers obtain the capital they need to get their operations off the ground.

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Silverbow Honey files Chapter 7

MOSES LAKE — The parking lot is barren as the open country on the sand dunes. Wind blows through empty spaces marked employee parking, pushing little whirlwinds through the fallen leaves from nearby trees.

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SGL recognized at business summit

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers in Moses Lake was one of five Washington manufacturers recognized for leading the way on innovation, environmental excellence and operational ingenuity by the Association of Washington Business Institute at its annual Manufacturing Summit.

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'Everyday mom' to compete for Mrs. World in Korea

MOSES LAKE — “In representing my country, I’m showing that everyday moms, from a small town, can make a difference,” said Moses Lake mother of seven Natalie Luttmer. “That’s what I’m doing at Mrs. World, representing your average, everyday mom.”

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Warden senior teaches us all to be grateful for what we have

The NFL player’s stance on taking a knee during the national anthem in public protest to perceived excessive force by police officers against minorities created a national firestorm, some for, some against.

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Othello advances to CWAC semifinals with 3-1 victory over Prosser

OTHELLO — Victoria Cantu scored 55 seconds into the match. Nikki Velazquez scored her 31st and 32nd goals of the season and Jenelle Garza was a rock in net for the Othello Huskies, who took one step closer with a 3-1 victory over Prosser in a loser-out Central Washington Athletic …

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Parton new EDC board president

MOSES LAKE — Longtime Ephrata recreation director Ray Towry has accepted an offer to become the new city manager in Sweet Home, Ore. He has also officially submitted his resignation as the president of the board of directors of the Grant County Economic Council.

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Boys & Girls Club talent show puts creativity on display

MOSES LAKE — The afternoon was filled with excitement. The house lights dimmed low as a string of white Christmas lights on the wall behind the stage set an ambiance for the performers and audience.

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Warden beats River View with late touchdown pass

WARDEN — Tanner Skone had run for two touchdowns and passed for another at this point. But he’d also thrown four interceptions, including two drive-killers on the goal line.

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Port, EDC discuss benefits of Grant County overseas

MOSES LAKE — Representatives from Grant County joined the “Choose Washington” delegation on the world stage at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition, which featured an estimated 700 exhibitors from over 35 countries at the event organized by the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies.

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Windermere, Advantage merge operations

MOSES LAKE — There is some moving and shaking going on in the Moses Lake real estate community with the merger of Windermere Real Estate K-2 Realty LLC of Moses Lake and Advantage Real Estate of Moses Lake.

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Moses Lake girls finish second at the Big Nine swim championships

MOSES LAKE — When it comes to Columbia Basin Big Nine swimming, there's Wenatchee and then there's the rest of ‘em.

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Today's runners should know who paved the way

I realize the “Running Boom” done boomed, and I’ll be the first to tell you I can’t name a single American distance runner in the past 20 years. Well, except for Galen Rupp, who became the first U.S. man to take the podium since 1964 after winning the silver medal …

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North Idaho takes down Vikings at NWAC East

COEUR d’ALENE — Wednesday night’s Northwest Athletic Conference East match was the tale of two teams headed in opposite directions.

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New business construction projects moving right along

MOSES LAKE — Construction crews on three major projects in Moses Lake are pressing forward with hopes of completion before the weather in central Washington turns.

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K.J. Wright, Seahawks help with medical mission to Nigeria

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Medical Team is doing its part to make the world a better place and the Seattle Seahawks and their fans are helping fund those efforts.

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Gregg, Owens lead Chiefs in final Big Nine cross country meet before districts

MOSES LAKE — The endgame is to be one of the top two teams at the District 6 cross country meet next week in Wenatchee. If Tuesday’s Columbia Basin Big Nine No. 2 meet at Blue Heron Park is any indicator, the Moses Lake girls are on the verge of …

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Washington receives $4.3 million specialty crop grant

Washington will receive $4.3 million in federal specialty crop grant funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a recent report.

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Carlie Gregg is stepping out as a rising cross country star

MOSES LAKE — When you see her in her everyday school clothes she tends to look small, kind of like a high school freshman. That smile, which is sweet, is going to be dynamite when the braces come off.

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RainWise Inc. a featured vendor at event in Brazil

Growing populations, along with growing concerns for the world’s food security, affect quality of life on a global scale.

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Port, EDC among state delegates at Japan aerospace event

Washington state has developed into a leading global hub for the aerospace industry and a seven-person delegation with the Washington State Department of Commerce is in Tokyo to convince the world of that fact today at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition.

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Moses Lake Cyclery ready to roll

MOSES LAKE — Remember your first bike? The wind in your face, that first taste of freedom. A Moses Lake business woman wants to keep that spirit alive.

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Maybe it's time to go off the menu for a new president

Back in December, I was amused with a political cartoon of a little kid writing a letter to Santa Claus: “Dear Santa, please bring me more presidential candidates, I don’t like any of ‘em.”

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Water dominates discussion between governor, Othello mayor

OTHELLO — Declining groundwater throughout the Columbia Basin and how municipalities are impacted were the key topics of discussion during Gov. Jay Inslee's 1 1/2-hour meeting with Othello mayor Shawn Logan and his staff on Saturday.

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NFL, players doing something to bring about social change

In this day and age of instant access, Americans’ attention span tends to move on to the next thing as quickly as exchanging Smartphones for the newest and shiniest new one.

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Battle of the Badge is about bragging rights for a good cause