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Rainier High School cheerleaders pose for a photo with the UCA spirit banana during the UCA camp at Great Wolf Lodge.
Rainier cheer team shines at annual UCA camp
Ten Rainier High School cheerleaders left the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) camp at Great Wolf Lodge in Centralia last week with hardware, knowledge and confidence heading into the … more
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Yelm's Jacob Tracy holds up the ball after a reception during a 14-0 loss to Bellevue Dec. 1, 2023, at Husky Stadium.
YHS offensive lineman commits to Boise State ahead of senior season
Jacob Tracy, a rising Yelm High School senior offensive lineman, announced July 4 his verbal commitment to Boise State University to continue his academic and athletic career. Tracy also … more
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Prairie Soccer Club poses for a photo during the Prairie Days Parade on June 22.
Prairie Soccer Club providing competition amid YCS athletics uncertainty
Prairie Soccer Club (PSC), based in Yelm, is gearing up for a fall season that may feature more students than usual. The club, which has served the Yelm community for nearly 40 years, has … more
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Yelm High School graduate Auto O'Neal rides a bull during a rodeo competition.
Recent YHS graduate O’Neal prepares for national bull-riding high school competition
Just over a month after graduating from Yelm High School, former student Auto O’Neal will soon depart to Rock Springs, Wyoming, to compete in the National High School Rodeo. He’ll leave … more
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Junie Smiley competes at the 2024 USATF Pacific Northwest Association Junior Olympics Track & Field Championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.
Local track athlete heading to Oregon for regional competition
Nathaniel “Junie” Smiley Jr., 9, Yelm, has qualified for the 2024 United States Track and Field (USATF) Region 13 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships at Mt. Hood Community … more
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Walter Authement Jr. gets bucked off a bull during the Roy Rodeo on June 2.
Yelm military bull rider working to turn hobby into profession
Walter Authement Jr. is proud to call himself an adrenaline junkie. The U.S. Army infantryman stationed in Yelm enjoys bungee jumping and used to practice parkour, including jumping and doing flips … more
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Northwest Junior Rodeo Association Queen Brooklynn Bell (left) and Princess Emma Gulley (right) pose with their hardware on Feb. 24.
Roy teen excels in high school state rodeo finals
Emma Gulley, the Northwest Junior Rodeo Association (NJRA) princess, competed in team roping, goat tying, breakaway roping and ribbon roping at the 2024 Washington State High School Rodeo state … more
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Texas' Jeremiah Nubbe competes in the hammer throw during a track and field meet this season. Nubbe, a Rainier High School graduate, is in two events at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championhsips this week at Hayward Field in Eugene.
College track and field: Nubbe generating plenty of buzz as Longhorns throwing star
EUGENE, Ore. – Glance at the list of All-American and Olympic throwers at the University of Texas and it is lengthy. It started with two-time Olympian Oskar Jakobsson in 1976 and 1980 and most … more
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Jordan Lasher launches himself over the bar during the WIAA’s 3A pole vault competitor on May 25 at Mount Tahoma High School.
Yelm’s Lasher sets 3A meet record with second-consecutive pole vault state title
One year ago, after securing his first 3A pole vault state championship with a measure of 15 feet, 6 inches, during his junior season, Yelm High School student Jordan Lasher set a goal to … more
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Rainier's girls track team, including Angelica Askey and Madison Ingram in front, high five their classmates during Rainier's track and field state sendoff on May 23.
OFF TO STATE!
Seventeen members of the Rainier High School track and field team are off to Yakima to compete in the 2B State Championship Meet this weekend.  Their classmates sent them off with a celebration … more
Gary Warnock, Chris Warnock, Chris Holterman and Steve Fittinger pose for a photo with Sgt. Justin Norton's green jacket and Medal of Courage at the Washington Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame induction banquet on May 4.
Former Rainier grad, Army sergeant posthumously inducted into Wrestling Hall of Fame
As Rainier High School wrestling head coach Chris Holterman perused the Washington Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in the winter of 2022, he was … more
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The Rainier High School girls track and field team celebrates after winning the 2B District 4 Championship at W.F. West High School on May 17.
DISTRICT CHAMPS: Rainier girls track and field claims 2B District 4 championship
Even though several athletes had just won the 4x400 relay moments prior, the Rainier High School girls track and field team still had enough energy to jog around the track with the 2B District 4 … more
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Heidi Cunningham walks with Yelm Wolf Pack assistant coach Brandi Robinson on the Yelm High School track on April 1.
Yelm Wolf Pack looking for growth ahead of new season
One of Yelm’s longest-tenured coaches is Sonia Wengelewski, who has coached the Yelm Wolf Pack for more than 37 years. The Special Olympics track and field team, composed of athletes with … more
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Yelm's Jonah Smith celebrates with head coach Gaylord Strand after he defeated Ferndale's Wyatt Strait in WIAA's 3A 285-pound state championship match on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Mat Classic XXXV.
State Champs!
The championship aspirations of two Yelm wrestlers came true when Madisyn Erickson, 120 pounds, and Jonah Smith, 285, ascended the top of the podium at Mat Classic XXXV this past weekend. Both went … more
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Head coach Jason Ronquillo speaks about his six college bound Tornado athletes at Yelm's signing day event on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
YHS football celebrates signing day; six seniors sign letters of intent
Family, friends, classmates and teammates gathered in the Yelm High School commons on Wednesday, Feb. 7, to celebrate six college-bound Tornados, who signed their national letters of intent (NLI) to … more
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Yelm's boys wrestling team took first place at it's 3A regional tournament on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Oak Harbor High School.
Yelm boys wrestling finishes in first place at regional tournament
Yelm High School’s boys wrestling team drove 154 miles to Oak Harbor High School for its 3A regionals tournament. After a long day of wrestling on Saturday, Feb. 10, the Tornados made the long, … more
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The Rainier Mountaineers celebrate after their 49-44 win over Adna in the 2B District 4 semifinals at Kelso on Feb. 13.
Rainier takes rubber match against Adna to clinch state bid
KELSO — One year after falling in the 2B District 4 semifinals, the Rainier Mountaineers were back, once again on the Kelso court and against a familiar league foe. On Tuesday, the … more
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Angelica Askey lets out a yell after the final buzzer sounds. Rainier defeated Adna, 49-44, on Feb. 13 to clinch a trip to state.
Mountaineers get revenge on Pirates in district semis to clinch state berth
All season long, the Rainier High School girls basketball team has locked in on preparing for February and March. Whether it was keeping the starters on the floor while up by 50 in non-league play or … more
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Yelm baseball's new head coach Dakota Hill was officially hired on Feb. 1. He played baseball for four seasons at Yelm prior to graduating in 2017.
Former YHS, Saint Martin’s athlete named Yelm’s head baseball coach
The Yelm Tornados baseball program did not take long to hire a new head coach following the resignation of Zach Miller in mid-January.   Dakota Hill, 2017 Yelm High School graduate and … more
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Junior quarterback Caylee Roberts throws a pass on Tuesday, Jan. 9 against the Lincoln Abes in Yelm's first girls flag football scrimmage.
YHS first girls football team debuts in Pierce County League
Yelm High School officially became the first South Sound Conference school to welcome a girls flag football team to its athletic branch, with the team making its debut on Jan. 11 against Franklin … more
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