OTHELLO – The Huskies picked up wins against Prosser and West Valley (Spokane) to improve to 6-1 in duals this winter, defeating the Mustangs 66-6 before taking down the Eagles 45-21 to close the night.
SELAH – After an opening-round loss to No. 12 seed Olympic, the No. 5 Othello Huskies rallied off five-straight wins to take home a third-place trophy at the 2A State Softball Tournament over the weekend.
Othello notched its second-straight top-three finish with an 8-2 win over Aberdeen in the third/fourth-place game on Saturday at Carlon Park.
SELAH – Down 2-1 to Selah in the Central Washington Athletic Conference district tournament game, the Vikings rallied off nine runs in the top of the fifth inning to take down Othello 11-1, sending the Huskies to a loser-out game in the District 5/6/8 Crossover against Clarkston.
“That was mostly our fault,” Othello Head Coach Rudy Ochoa said. “We made a couple of errors we shouldn’t have made … It just started snowballing. It seemed, after a while, it didn’t matter what we did.” .
EAST WENATCHEE – The final inning in Saturday’s fastpitch contest between Moses Lake and Othello saw two lead changes, including the walk-off hit by Maverick senior Ali Stanley that gave her team an 8-7 win over the Huskies.