Runners from W.F. West, Rochester, Black Hills, Tumwater, and Rainier joined hundreds of other athletes Saturday at LBA Park for the Olympia Invite, kicking off the cross country slate in southwest …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/9/23
|
With less than two minutes remaining in the game, Black Hills led 14-9 and had North Thurston on the ropes with a third and long and less than two minutes to play in the game.
North Thurston …
more
By Matt Baide / For The Chronicle
|
9/8/23
|
The word “sweep” doesn’t quite accurately describe the match the Black Hills volleyball team found itself on the short end of Thursday, as the Wolves lost a non-league contest to 3A …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/8/23
|
That “new season” smell really wore off quick, didn’t it? After a summer of dreams and hopes and what-ifs, Week 1 made things a whole lot more solid. Now that we have actual games …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
9/7/23
|
The Black Hills volleyball team got itself into the win column after a tough start to the season, sweeping 1A Montesano 25-18, 25-14, 25-22 on the road Wednesday.
Ashley Harris led the way with …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/6/23
|
The Black Hills’ volleyball team dropped its season opener at North Thurston in straight sets, losing 25-14, 25-14, 25-7.
The Wolves couldn’t keep up with the Rams, who scored in …
more
By The Chronicle Staff
|
9/5/23
|
The Tumwater football team got off to a fast start Friday, blowing out Burlington-Edison 49-6 at Sid Otton Field.
The T-Birds scored 21 points in the first half, then added 21 more in the third …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/2/23
|
Sixteen area teams have broken the huddles on fall camp, and the 2023 season looms just on the other side of the month.
With that in mind, The Chronicle’s sports crew — Josh …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
8/31/23
|
It’s time for football, and it won’t stop being time for three months. One hundred sixteen games on the schedule for 16 local teams are on the docket, which can get understandably …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
8/30/23
|
Last season, the Black Hills and Tumwater volleyball teams met in a winner-to-state matchup at the 2A District 4 tournament.
While Tumwater took the first matchup earlier in the season, it was …
more
By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
|
8/29/23
|
For the first time in his career, Jaxsen Beck can drive himself to school before suiting up and driving the Black Hills’ offense.
“As a freshman and sophomore, you’d forget …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
8/29/23
|
Realignment may have been the dominating theme of the summer in the college football world, but it’s far from a stranger for local high schools. Come Saturday, 16 local teams will get going in …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
8/29/23
|
Months of prognostication finally give way to actual football games, as the 2023 season gets underway. Here’s what’s on tap for all of the local sides hitting the field this weekend.
…
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
8/29/23
|
This time last year at Black Hills, the mindset was “1-8 to State.”
Twelve months later, it’s about maintaining the success the 2022 season produced.
“For the kids …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
8/18/23
|
One crossed multiple time zones. One criss-crossed the state. One moved down the hall.
Three of the seven athletic director jobs in the 2A Evergreen Conference opened up in June, and three new …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
7/12/23
|
Thursday night in Brooklyn, Victor Webanyama led the latest draft class into the NBA, joining the league for next season. Just under 2,900 miles west at Black Hills High school, a similar — but …
more
By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
|
6/22/23
|
A handful of local runners and throwers got the chance to head across the Columbia to go to Eugene, Oregon for the Nike Outdoor National Championships at Hayward Field over the weekend.
…
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
6/19/23
|
Less than a week after getting shut out against an upstart Ocosta team in the 2B District 4 title game, and a year after falling in the 2B state title game in 2022, the Adna softball team got its …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
6/9/23
|
Saving his best stuff for last, Tristan Percival was a key cog in Adna’s late-season run from No. 11 seed to 2B state runner-up this spring.
The junior was the definition of …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
6/7/23
|
The Chronicle held its Athletes of the Year banquet on Tuesday night at Jester's Auto Museum and Events Center on Tuesday night.
It was the first time the event had been held in three …
more
Photo by Jared Wenzelburger / Chronicle photo editor
|
5/31/23
|