Four districts announce new Mid Columbia Conference

Four districts announce new Mid Columbia Conference

Tri Cities and Walla Walla athletes will be playing in a new conference when the 2012-2013 school year begins.

Officials from Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, and Walla Walla school districts announced today that the new conference will be called the Mid Columbia Conference.

The districts announced on January 27 that they would be leaving the CBBN, citing economic circumstances and the desire to keep staff and students in class as the two primary drivers in the decision. The New Mid Columbia Conference will greatly reduce travel distance, which will both save districts money and require less lost instruction time.

The Mid Columbia Conference will consist of Pasco High School, Chiawana High School, Walla Walla High School, Kennewick High School, Kamiakin High School, Southridge High School, Richland High School and Hanford High School and will be a mixed 3A and 4A league.