CBC men’s, women’s basketball teams in thick of postseason playoff races
We’re about three weeks away from the Northwest Athletic Conference men’s and women’s community college basketball championships, which will be held at Columbia Basin College for the third consecutive year.
If the season ended today, both CBC’s men’s and women’s teams will qualify for the tournament, as the top four in each region qualifies.
On Saturday, Feb. 15, the Hawks women routed Wenatchee Valley 75-36. Ezrah Ray scored a team-high 23 points and grabbed 10 points for CBC; while Sadie Turner added 22 points.
The CBC men fell to WVC 82-66, despite Coleton Hansen scoring 25 points for the Hawks.
See the latest standings below:
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NWAC EAST
Through games of Feb. 15
Walla Walla 10-1 East, 21-4 overall
Spokane 8-3, 21-5
CBC 5-5, 14-8
Treasure Valley 5-5, 9-13
Yakima Valley 5-6, 11-12
Big Bend 4-7, 10-16
Blue Mountain 3-8, 8-18
Wenatchee Valley 3-8, 8-18
Saturday, Feb. 15
Big Bend 72, Blue Mountain 69
Treasure Valley 84, Spokane 68
Wenatchee Valley 82, Columbia Basin 66
Yakima Valley 93, Walla Walla 89
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Spokane at Big Bend, 7 p.m.
Treasure Valley at Walla Walla, 7 p.m.
Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 7 p.m.
Yakima Valley at Columbia Basin, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NWAC EAST
Through games of Feb. 15
Big Bend 10-1 East, 21-5 overall
Walla Walla 10-1, 20-5
Treasure Valley 8-2, 18-6
CBC 5-5, 12-9
Spokane 4-7, 9-12
Wenatchee Valley 3-8, 10-12
Yakima Valley 3-8, 8-16
Blue Mountain 0-11, 4-18
Feb. 15
Big Bend 68, Blue Mountain 66
Columbia Basin 75, Wenatchee Valley 36
Treasure Valley 88, Spokane 62
Walla Walla 78, Yakima Valley 50
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Spokane at Big Bend, 5 p.m.
Treasure Valley at Walla Walla, 5 p.m.
Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 5 p.m.
Yakima Valley at Columbia Basin, 5 p.m.
Bowling
The Kamiakin girls placed second as a team Saturday, Feb. 8, at the WIAA 4A girls state bowling tournament at Bowlero in Tukwila.
The Braves — who won the state 4A team title in 2024 — rolled a total of 7,433 pins. But Skyview of Vancouver had 7,708 pins to take the title.
Individually, Bonney Lake’s Jayden Thayer was top individual with a six-game series of 1,232 pins. That included four games of 204 or better.
Still, the Mid-Columbia was well represented in the top third of the field of 98 bowlers who rolled at least one game. They were:
15, Alyssa Martinez, Kamiakin, 1,045 pins;
19, Grace Lynn Hubbert, Kamiakin, 1,019;
22, Samantha Martinez, Kamiakin, 1,015;
23, Ali LeMieux, Richland, 1,013;
24, Miley Lakey, Richland, 1,010;
27, Sadie Fredrickson, Pasco, 1,001;
29, Clara Demarest, Kamiakin, 990;
32, Lilliana Martinez, Kamiakin, 980.
Signings
Before the Columbia Basin College baseball team plays its first official game of the season, Hawks sophomore Lance Anderson already has his plans following the 2025 season.
Anderson, CBC’s shortstop, has committed to playing in 2026 for the Saint Peter’s University Peacocks — an NCAA Division I school located in Jersey City, N.J., that plays in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Anderson hit .250 last season for the Hawks, who went 34-19 on the season. He also had 29 RBIs and 18 stolen bases.
But his slick fielding up the middle was a big key to CBC’s success. He had a .960 fielding percentage over 201 total chances.
▪ Walla Walla Community College’s softball team has received letters of intent from two current Mid-Columbia high school seniors — Walla Walla High School’s Annalicia Delarosa, and Southridge’s Faith Hickman. They’ll begin play in the 2025-26 season.
Prep basketball
Prosser senior Lay’lee Dixon has been a big part of the Prosser girls basketball program since she was a freshman. Now a senior, Dixon surpassed the 1,000-point mark earlier this season for the Mustangs.
She did it on Dec. 14 against Ephrata.