KENNEWICK -- Houston Lillard likes what he sees so far.

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- There's winning ugly on the road. There's stealing a win on the road. And there's what the Huskies did on Sunday afternoon at Gill Coliseum, which falls somewhere in between.

YAKIMA -- Burbank grad Tiffany Idler hit 8 of 9 shots from the field for a game-high 23 points, lifting the Columbia Basin College women to a 65-60 win over Yakima Valley College at Sherar Gym in Yakima.

Saturday's smiles can give way to Sunday frowns in a hurry as regional wrestling glory gives way to grim determination for what lies ahead at state.

MATTAWA -- Warden and Othello were the big winners at the Eastern Washington girls regional wrestling tournament Saturday at Wahluke High in Mattawa.

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Boston Red Sox slugger Jacoby Ellsbury and World Cup soccer star Megan Rapinoe were big winners at the Oregon Sports Awards on Sunday night.

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No fans, no media, no scouts. The Best of the West voting is done by the insiders — players, management and broadcasters from the 10 clubs in the Western Conference of the Western Hockey League.

SPOKANE -- Brendan Shinnimin had two goals and an assist to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 5-3 victory Saturday over the Spokane Chiefs at Spokane Arena.

KENNEWICK -- Justin Pedley took it upon himself to make sure there would be no Southridge comeback on this night.

KENNEWICK -- Just because you are a returning veteran for the Tri-Cities Fever, that doesn't mean you are guaranteed a starting position.

KENNEWICK — The Kamiakin girls basketball team picked a good time to play their best offense of the season.

EUGENE, Ore. -- A different kind of frustration was felt outside Washington State's locker room at Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday afternoon.

FRISCO, Texas -- Alex Morgan tied it in the 88th minute and added the winner just before the final whistle in stoppage time to give the U.S. women's soccer team a dramatic 2-1 victory over New Zealand on Saturday in a chilly exhibition game at FC Dallas Stadium.

RICHLAND -- With apologies to Kipling, the biggest difference isn't always made by the high-point man. The player who can swing a game is often the one who thinks he can.

PASCO -- Delaney Hodgins scored 18 points and Bianca Gonzales played strong defense to spark the Chiawana girls basketball team to a 53-22 victory Saturday against visiting Richland in a District 5/6 Tournament semifinal game.

Domach Domach's clutch shooting helped Kennewick beat West Valley 68-64 on Saturday at the Lions' Den and advance to the Class 3A District 5/6 Tournament championship game against rival Kamiakin.

The Chiawana Riverhawks may not have cracked the top three at Saturday's Eastern Washington 4A regional tournament in Moses Lake.

Last weekend, Hanford senior Joe Traverso declared the CBBN 3A district tournament was tough enough to be its own regional.

Matt McCallum will get his shot at a fourth state medal. Cruz Del Angel will get a shot to go from state newbie to state champion.

SPOKANE VALLEY -- Carly Garland of Richland and Kiya Bjorge of Southridge qualified for the state all-around championships with quality finishes in the gymnastic regionals Saturday at Central Valley High in Spokane.

David Trimble and Davonte Lucket combined for 36 points to lead top-ranked Davis to a 66-43 win over Walla Walla in the Class 4A District 5/6 semifinal Saturday in Yakima.

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CLASS 2A DISTRICT 5/6

WALLA WALLA -- Libbie Jimenez had 13 points and MiKayla Ferenz added 10 more as the Walla Walla girls basketball team defeated Wenatchee 52-35 on Saturday in a Class 4A District 5/6 tournament semifinal.

EAST WENATCHEE -- The Hanford girls basketball team dropped a 50-44 road decision to Eastmont on Saturday in a Class 3A District 5/6 Tournament semifinal.

WAPATO -- Bailey Schroeder's 21 points and 10 rebounds wasn't enough as the Kiona-Benton girls basketball team lost 60-55 on Saturday to Granger in a Class 1A District 5 tournament semifinal at Wapato High.

Naches Valley hit six 3-pointers in the first quarter and had eight treys in the first half, bombing Kiona-Benton into submission en route to a 64-44Class 1A District 5 semifinal win Saturday in Wapato.

Liberty Christian shot the lights out Saturday in Richland, going 14-for-26 from 3-point range to wrap up the Southeast 2B regular season Saturday with a 64-57 win against Waitsburg-Prescott.

RICHLAND — Playoff comebacks are fairly routine. This one was rare.

RICHLAND — It's easy to forget Colette Gall is only a sophomore after watching her take control during Hanford's 53-39 win over Kennewick in the first round of the Class 3A District 5/6 tournament Friday in Richland.

In a heated battle between the top two teams in the U.S. Division, the Portland Winterhawks used a combination of speed, skill and solid goaltending to pull within one point of the Tri-City Americans in the standings.

KENNEWICK -- The Washington State Horse Racing Commission on Friday awarded Sun Downs Race Track of Kennewick six racing dates for the 2012 season -- likely the last two weekends of April and the first weekend of May.

The Richland girls basketball team rolled out a stifling defense Friday, a big change from a week ago against Davis.

Coach Pete Patitucci's last game at the helm of the Othello boys basketball program didn't disappoint.

The Kamiakin and Southridge gymnastics teams, along with individual gymnasts from Richland and Hanford, will perform in the regional championships today at Central Valley High School in Spokane.

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WENATCHEE -- Kylie Buterbaugh scored 15 points and Michaela George added 12 as the Wenatchee girls defeated Moses Lake 45-31 on Friday, ending the Chiefs' season in the first round of the Class 4A District 5/6 tournament in Wenatchee.

CWAC 2A

Kroft Sunderland had 20 points as Dayton won its first-ever Southeast 2B league championship with a 52-28 home victory against DeSales.

Esau Ibarra led three players in double figures for Echo, which topped visiting Arlington 68-44 in Oregon.

Othello jumped out to a four-point lead over defending state champion Deer Park after Friday's opening rounds of the CWAC/Great Northern League regional at West Valley High in Spokane.

Nick Peasley ran the length of the court and drained a 12-footer at the buzzer to lift Walla Walla on Friday to a 56-54 victory at Moses Lake in a Class 4A District 5/6 tournament elimination game.

BENTON CITY -- The Kiona-Benton girls basketball team got revenge for a season-opening loss and made their No. 1 seed hold up, knocking off visiting Zillah 58-53 on Friday in the first round of the Class 1A District 5 Tournament in Benton City.

YAKIMA -- West Valley jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the second quarter and rolled to an easy 64-22 victory over Eastmont in the first round of the Class 3A District 5/6 Tournament.