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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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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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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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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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OLYMPIA — Dakota Lyons had one thought as she watched the first strike of her first at-bat scurry by her.
“Gosh, I wish I would’ve swung at that.”
Lyons, a soon-to-be Napavine High …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/11/26
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Pressure builds diamonds.
Janess Blackburn, a 2025 Rainier High School graduate and rising sophomore at Saint Martin’s University, has faced a handful of high-pressure situations in her short …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/30/26
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Brooklynn Bell, a ninth grade homeschooled student from Rainier, punched her ticket to the 78th annual National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the breakaway roping …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/16/26
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When Taylor Tobin was a freshman for the W.F. West High School softball team, she was going toe-to-toe with some of the best pitchers in the Evergreen Conference. Tobin’s sophomore year? Same …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/15/26
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When it took the floor at the Hub City Classic in Centralia over the weekend, the Napavine girls basketball team looked a little different than it has in recent memory.
Gone are five seniors, …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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6/15/26
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Almost two weeks after celebrating on the field with the state championship trophy, bleached hair visible for everyone to see, one thing stuck with Napavine’s Cal Bullock the most.
“Just the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/12/26
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EUGENE — Before every hammer throw, Jeremiah Nubbe points to the sky as he steps into the ring.
The University of Virginia senior and 2022 Rainier High School graduate didn’t always …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/10/26
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YAKIMA — Just before 8 p.m. on Friday night, both Pe Ell/Willapa Valley and Napavine lost their state quarterfinals against Toledo and Liberty (Spangle).
They had only moments to dwell on …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/23/26
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YAKIMA — The 2B State Softball Tournament began on Friday morning in Yakima, and NUMBER of teams punched their tickets to the state quarterfinals with victories.
No. 2 Toledo, No. 3 Adna, No. …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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One week after winning league titles, the Adna boys and Rainier girls track and field teams finished on top again in Centralia on Thursday, taking home district titles at the 2B District 4 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/26
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Rainier’s Lily Peralta finished as the runner-up in the 1B/2B Girls State Golf Championships in Liberty Lake on Wednesday, finishing the two-day tournament with a score of 147, good for 7-over par.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/26
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We’ve reached the final two-week stretch of the 2025-26 prep sports season and the competition, like the weather, is heating up.
State tournaments for softball and baseball begin this week for …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Charlie Myers was pitching for the Pirates’ junior varsity team last season. One year later, she earned the C2BL’s top honor.
The southpaw was Adna’s top pitcher all season, was a key …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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One of the best two-way players in the C2BL this spring left with the top honor, chosen by the coaches that watched him weekly.
Napavine senior Cal Bullock earned the league’s MVP award after …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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The blood, sweat, tears and hard work of two Rainier High School (RHS) seniors has officially paid off, as Lily Peralta and Anika Plowman signed for their golf and volleyball careers, respectively, …
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By Jacob Dimond / For The Chronicle
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5/18/26
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