Last season, Rochester sent out its 2025 senior class with a bang. After splitting a league title with Montesano, the Warriors finished fourth in the district tournament before rattling off three straight wins at state to reach the state title game and finish second, their highest finish in program history.
It’ll be a new core looking to lead Rochester back to the state tournament in 2026, though, as only three players from last year’s crew are back in the fold this spring.
Charlie Culp picked up a hit in the Warriors’ season opener, and Addi Morgan is expected to make her season debut in a couple of weeks when she returns from an injury. Other than that, Josie Nygard is the only other player with varsity experience.
Rochester coach Joni Guerrero acknowledged that there will be some growing pains, but added that she is excited to see how this fresh group can grow and develop over the course of the spring.
Tenino, on the other hand, has nearly everyone back, as the Beavers lost just one senior from last year’s group that went 5-15 overall.
Katen Burkhardt was a first-team all-league player, while Chloe Grayless, Macie Scharber, and Jaeleen Woodward earned honorable mention nods and lead the senior core alongside Tamara Snodderly.
Plenty of younger Beavers are looking to make the leap as well. Kylie Gonia, Georgia Gore, and Preslee Fisher were all varsity starters as eighth-graders last spring, and a leap from those three to go along with contributions from the upperclassmen could propel Tenino to its first postseason appearance since 2023.
