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The 2026 HOKA John Payne XC Invitational, hosted Saturday, Oct. 3 in University Place, was a hotspot for personal records for Thurston County cross country runners.
At the top of the list of …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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10/4/26
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Week 4 in the Thurston County Youth Football League (TCYFL) season is reserved for rivalry week, which pins teams that, at the high school level, have been longtime enemies.
North Thurston Rams …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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10/3/26
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A lopsided first half got away from the Yelm football team in a 54-7 loss against Bethel Friday, Oct. 2.
Yelm trailed 26-0 through the first quarter and 54-0 at halftime. A running clock started …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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10/3/26
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TENINO — There are several words to describe a dominant athlete.
Beast. Dude. Dawg.
On Friday night, Tenino coach Darren Tinnerstet used a unique word to describe senior Parker Minerich.
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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10/3/26
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The Yelm volleyball team was swept by Sumner 25-20, 25-25, 25-14 at home Thursday, Oct. 1, sending the Tornados to 0-8 overall and 0-4 in South Puget Sound League play.
Yelm was led by Anna …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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10/2/26
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Rainier High School senior volleyball star Allyson Ooms couldn’t have imagined she’d be a Division I beach volleyball player when she started playing indoor volleyball as a fourth grader.
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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10/2/26
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If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. And that’s how the Mountaineers have operated for the last two weeks by sweeping every team they’ve faced, which included Thursday’s 25-13, 25-15, 25-13 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/1/26
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ROCHESTER — The week leading up to Allyson Ooms’ 18th birthday was quite strange.
Her Rainier Mountaineers played three non-league games — all wins in straight sets — and only practiced …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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9/28/26
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The Yelm and North Thurston high school cross country teams set the Blue Lake Regional Park course ablaze at the Nike Portland XC meet Saturday.
Yelm senior Marcos Andujar now holds the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/27/26
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It has already been quite the impressive season for Olympia senior running Ibrahima Diallo, but the star speedster added a broken record to his resumé.
Diallo set the school record for rushing …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/27/26
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ROCHESTER — All it takes is four words by Maddox Rodgers to his coaching staff on the Rochester High School football team’s sideline.
It’s a calm tone, but one with certainty of the end …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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9/26/26
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Rayanna Mustoe buried not one, not two, but all three goals for the Beavers en route to them defeating arch rival Rochester 3-0 on Thursday night at home to begin 1A Evergreen League play.
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/24/26
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It’s becoming quite the theme for the Mountaineers over the last week to win and sweep their opposition, the latest a 25-11, 25-20, 25-15 triumph over Montesano on Thursday night at home.
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/24/26
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In a potential changing of the guard atop the C2BL and District 4, the Riverhawks squeaked by the Mountaineers 29-31 to claim a league meet team title on their home course on Thursday afternoon.
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/24/26
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During a Yelm Community Schools Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10, YCS Superintendent Chris Woods provided an update on the investigation of Yelm High School’s head football coach, …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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9/24/26
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YELM — Six games into the 2026 season, Yelm first-year head volleyball coach Bailey Whalen knows her team is better than the standings show.
The completed schedule at the end of the season …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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9/24/26
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The Yelm volleyball team received what head coach Bailey Whalen described as a “wake-up call” about the caliber of the 4A South Puget Sound League Monday night.
Yelm opened its league …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/22/26
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RAINIER — Momentum shifts can happen quickly and be taken away just as fast.
Three separate times on Monday night it happened to the Rainier High School volleyball team. They would lead by …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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9/22/26
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Olympia High School sophomore sensation Quenton Lanese moved one step closer to running a sub-14-minute time Saturday at the Fort Steilacoom Invitational.
He won the boys gold race in 15 minutes …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/21/26
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Zander Bartell put the Mountaineers in front with his third touchdown of the night, then Michael Gerard recovered a stunning onside kick right after to give them a 22-14 triumph over the Ravens on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/19/26
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