MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake trailed the Bulldogs most of Tuesday night’s game, but the Mavericks stood strong down the stretch of the fourth quarter to ride out to a 50-44 win over Pasco.
SOAP LAKE – The Eagles dominated in transition during Tuesday’s 86-26 win over Pateros, forcing Billygoat turnovers early in the game to jump out to an impressive lead.
“It was all the fastbreak points and us moving the ball,” Soap Lake senior Andrey Sushik said. “I feel like we could have moved the ball a little better on moving the ball and a little on defense, but overall I think we played good.”
COULEE CITY – Up by eight at the end of the third quarter, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos held the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors to just six points over the final eight minutes of Saturday’s non-league matchup in Coulee City to win 52-39.
LRS picked up its second win of the season, having defeated Kittitas 72-45 the night prior.
SEATTLE – For the fourth consecutive season, the Royal Knights finished the season on top of the 1A classification on the gridiron.
No. 1 seed Royal defeated No. 2 Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 49-7 in Friday afternoon’s 1A State Football championship game in Seattle.
“Even in the crowd as kids, you’ll see it happen, and then when it’s your chance you don’t want to mess it up,” Royal junior Lance Allred said. “You put in all the work in the off-season and then you go and win it like this – it’s awesome.” .
WARDEN – Both the Warden girls and boys basketball teams opened their 2023-24 seasons at home against the Cashmere Bulldogs Tuesday night, suffering close losses that came down the final stretch.