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Yelm High School first-year head football coach Tutu Tamaalevea has been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, due to what the school’s administration described as an “isolated …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/31/26
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Saint Martin’s women’s soccer head coach Scott Ford highlighted freshman Peyton Bowser back in the preseason as a player who could make an immediate impact in 2026.
It took her just two …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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8/29/26
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LACEY — The best way to find out what a team is made of is to throw them into the deep end of the pool to see if they can swim, or at least stay afloat.
South Puget Sound Community College’s …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/29/26
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Go ahead and circle Monday, Sept. 21 on the calendar. Rainier’s Allyson Ooms and Tenino’s Katen Burkhardt already have.
It’ll be the first time in three years the two South Thurston County …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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Jerry Striegel, a longtime head coach at Tenino and Rochester high schools whose coaching career spanned four decades, has died.
Striegel served as the head baseball coach at Tenino High School …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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8/25/26
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Just four short years ago, the Yelm Tornados football program wasn’t just part of Class 3A’s upper echelon.
It was the upper echelon.
Yelm stunned the national high school football …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/24/26
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The Evergreen State College volleyball team rolled to its first victory of the 2026 season Saturday, defeating Oklahoma Panhandle State 3-1 (25-22, 12-25, 25-22, 25-16) on the second day of the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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8/22/26
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RAINIER — Five-alarm fire warnings were ringing throughout the Rainier High School football team in 2025.
Losing the first four games of the season, and back-to-back fourth quarter leads wiped …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/22/26
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The Nyastrong Warriors Academy will be hosting free athletic agility camps every Sunday through Sept. 13.
Camps will be held in Tenino every Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
All public, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/20/26
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After a two-year hiatus, the Artesians and FC Olympia announced the return of indoor soccer to the Olympia community with new adult and youth leagues, as well as a September fundraising tournament. …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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8/19/26
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Fall sports are just around the corner, with football practices five days away and all other sports beginning practice in 10 days. Regular season action is less than four weeks away.
The 2025 …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/14/26
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/13/26
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Deer and elk hunters who bought a Washington multi-season application this year will have a chance to buy one of 3,137 remaining multi-season deer tags and 187 remaining multi-season elk tags in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/26
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We’re just four weeks away from the much-anticipated return of Friday Night Lights in Thurston County.
On Sept. 4, a dozen high school football teams in the county will begin their march …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/7/26
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The second and final day of the Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino crowned 17 championship teams Sunday, including five with current and former athletes from Thurston County.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/26/26
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Basketball players took a break from the intense 3-on-3 action to try their hand at the Capital City 3-Point Contest in Tenino on Sunday, July 26.
AJ Khehra won the 13-and-over contest, and …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/26/26
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Athletes from around Thurston County and Lewis County, both past and present, laced up their sneakers for the annual Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino on Saturday, July 25.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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Yelm High School graduate Trevontay Smith, currently a jumper for the University of Washington track and field team, showed off his hops as he won the 2026 Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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When Mike Perry was getting started as a firefighter in the late 1990s, first in his hometown of Yakima and then in Lacey, the fire service provided a home away from his home.
His fellow …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/24/26
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The Saint Martin’s University athletic department announced Wednesday the hiring of Bruce Jackson as the new head track and field and cross country coach. His first day as a Saint will be Monday, …
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By Nisqually Valley News Staff
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7/22/26
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