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 …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/29/23
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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.
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/29/23
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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 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/28/23
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It was only for about 40 plays, but the W.F West football team returned to the field for the first time since its semifinal loss, playing at a jamboree in Kelso. Joining the Bearcats were the Skyview …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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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 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/22/23
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The whiteboard at the front of the W.F. West gymnasium topped with “Welcome to the 2023 Volleyball Season!!” wasn’t the only feature of the Bearcats’ first practice that …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/21/23
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Last year’s W.F. West football team — which matched the best finish in school history with a run to the 2A state semifinals — set a new standard in the Mint City.
Then, just …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/16/23
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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 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/16/23
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TENINO — W.F. West may have been the defending Battle on the Blacktop champions. And Kevin Schultz may have helped start the whole tournament five years ago — and proceed to win it twice …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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7/30/23
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Centralia College men’s soccer coach Noel Vazquez went out and bought a trophy for the inaugural Blazer Cup. Then, Centralia High School boy’s soccer coach Noel Vazquez led his squad to …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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7/30/23
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In May of 2021, Tyson Guerrego, Brandon White, and Dakota Hawkins walked down a street in Pullman together.
That was a bit more special of a three-year reunion than it might sound at face value, …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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7/21/23
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The W.F. West Bearcats girls soccer team defeated Tenino by a score of 3-2 Monday in Tenino in a three-period offseason exhibition match.
Right from the beginning, W.F. West managed …
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By Kody Christen / kody@chronline.com
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7/17/23
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W.F. West and Centralia College alum Olivia Dean added one more accolade to her decorated senior year at Portland State, being named one of two Big Sky Conference Scholar Athletes of the Year for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/13/23
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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 …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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7/12/23
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Dakota Hawkins may not have heard his name called in the MLB draft, but the former W.F. West standout is still going pro.
Just a couple of hours after the 20th and final round of the draft …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/11/23
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The W.F. West girls soccer team got its first dose of summer action at Montesano over the weekend, taking fourth in the six-team Battle at Rottle Field tournament.
The Bearcats started their run …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/8/23
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After an early career chock-full of unsteadiness, former W.F. West standout Dakota Hawkins found some consistency in his final collegiate season for the Washington State Cougars in 2023.
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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6/28/23
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Saturday morning, W.F. West tennis coach Jack State set up in his normal spot in a camping chair just outside the fence at the WFW tennis courts, and let his legacy come to him.
State, who …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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6/24/23
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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 …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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6/22/23
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Eight years ago, Kevin Schultz applied to be W.F. West’s girls soccer coach, hoping to return to the same school he graduated from.
Eight years after getting passed over for a job he …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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6/20/23
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