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MOSSYROCK — Entering its regular season finale last October, Mossyrock sat at just 1-6 and were on a four-game losing streak.
The Vikings still had a shot at a postseason berth, though, as a …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/31/26
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LACEY — Defenses reigned supreme Saturday afternoon as the South Puget Sound Community College and Centralia College women’s soccer teams played to a 0-0 stalemate at the Regional Athletic …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/29/26
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The grind of summer workouts, weight lifting sessions and early fall practices are just about over. Regular season games in girls soccer plus cross country, swim and golf meets and even duals in …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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The volleyball season begins in earnest on Tuesday and with it comes a two-month journey to reach the Yakima Valley SunDome in November. Here are five players and three teams to keep an eye for 2026.
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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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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WINLOCK — Right before 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon, the Winlock Cardinals set their helmets in a straight line behind the end zone and began stretching and warming up together as a group.
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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TUMWATER — The expectation in Tumwater is clear: Win football games.
The T-Birds have done plenty of that for a while now, including the last three seasons, each of which ended with a trip to …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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TUMWATER — Officially, Black Hills took a step back last season. The Wolves won one fewer game last fall than they did in 2024, and they missed out on a postseason berth for the third year in a …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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NAPAVINE — For years, the football program of consistency and championship-esque aspirations in SW Washington has been Napavine High School.
Four straight trips to the Class 2B state title …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/26/26
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The Centralia College volleyball team picked up a preseason win on its home court on Tuesday, sweeping Olympic 25-22, 25-18, 25-20.
Meleseini Hutchings led the way offensively with 14 kills with …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/26/26
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LEBAM — Around the midway point between Menlo and Pe Ell sits the Lebam Post Office. More notably, behind the post office sits a field that will soon become a local youth softball field.
The …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/25/26
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ONALASKA — Over the last several years, deep runs into November have become common in Onalaska.
So when the Loggers were knocked out on their home field in the Round of 16 last fall?
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/25/26
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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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The Centralia College volleyball team rebounded from a five-set loss against Lane with a pair of three-set sweeps over Umpqua and Blue Mountain at the Blazer Classic Tournament over the weekend at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/23/26
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TENINO — When kickoff takes place in Week 1 against rival Rainier, it’ll officially mark two decades of being a coach for Tenino’s Darren Tinnerstet.
And he’s had to learn new tricks in …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/23/26
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OAKVILLE — Twelve players showed up to Saturday’s practice at Oakville High School. It could have been easy for new head coach Todd Gladsjo to have a relaxed practice, especially with no pads on …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/23/26
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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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TOLEDO — By the time practice began in earnest on August 19, it was the first time Mike Christensen felt the page-turning feeling.
The 2025 state championship game run happened. It gave the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/22/26
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Behind a pair of first half goals in game one and a second half shutout in game two, the Trailblazers secured regular season wins by beating Chemekta 3-1 on Tuesday and triumphing past Walla Walla …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/21/26
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ROCHESTER — When AJ Easley had a positional breakdown drill of his 50-plus guys on the roster, well over half of them went to running back. Now for a program that hammers the ball down the pipe …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/21/26
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