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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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Both the W.F. West and Toledo boys basketball teams impressed at the Hub City Classic in Centralia over the weekend, winning their respective pools to reach the tournament semifinals.
Both teams …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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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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TACOMA — For the first time in seven years, the 2A girls 4x200 relay state championship trophy was hoisted by a school not named Tumwater.
The dynasty came to an end at Mount Tahoma High …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/31/26
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Mark down April 25, 2026 as the day that Alexandra Broome fell in love with the 400-meter dash.
It was the gearUP Eason Invite when the Tumwater High School star broke 60 seconds in just the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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For Sam Volavola, rugby was his favorite sport growing up in Fiji. Track and field took a back seat.
Once he came to Centralia High School his sophomore season, it was flip-flopped. He started …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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TUMWATER — Logan Stallings didn’t have golf in his life for four years.
He found it again the summer before his junior year at Black Hills High School. His dad and brother took their clubs …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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As Ellie Johnson walked off the 18th green, she made eye contact with a few of her supporters that were cheering her on from the cart path.
Before even moving her bag from the side of the green, …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Connor Coleman has a handful of games left before he departs for The Palouse. Luke Overbay still has a season left before he heads to Ann Arbor. The pair of two-way stalwarts will end the 2026 season …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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Throwing two perfect games and leading the Bearcats to an outright league title solidified Taylor Tobin’s case to be the Most Valuable Pitcher of the Evergreen Conference. The coaches agreed and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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For the third consecutive spring, a Thunderbird was named as the Evergreen Conference’s MVP. This season it was bestowed to junior midfielder Malachi Vuong, a prolific player that helped Tumwater …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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There’s a sizable difference in how the W.F. West High School softball team prepared for a top-of-the-line pitcher this spring compared to 2025.
When the Evergreen Conference was littered with …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/16/26
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There’s been a common theme around the Tumwater and Black Hills softball programs this spring.
For the T-Birds, they’ve answered every loss with an offensive explosion. And in the case of …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/14/26
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A simple two-run single by Maddie Knight was only the start of a Tuesday to remember, leading the EvCo’s No. 4 seeded Wolves to a dominant 15-1, five-inning thrashing of R.A. Long in a Class 2A …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/26
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Black Hills hosted Rochester on Monday ahead of its postseason opener, and the Wolves earned an 8-1 victory on their home diamond.
The Wolves took control early, scoring three runs in the first …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/11/26
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We are into the middle of May, which means that the high school spring sports postseason is upon us.
Nearly two dozen area teams are still alive in pursuit of a state title (as of end of play on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/11/26
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The Black Hills baseball team led by four heading into the bottom of the seventh in its 2A District 4 pigtail matchup in Washougal on Saturday, but the Panthers rallied to tie it before eventually …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/9/26
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On April 20, Black Hills lost to Aberdeen by double-digits to fall to 0-10. Battling through injuries and constantly shifting their defensive alignment, the Wolves still had questions to answer, and …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/8/26
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TUMWATER — When Reid Christensen took over as the head coach of the Black Hills baseball team prior to this season, he instilled a set of goals for the Wolves to fight for. At the top of the list?
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thrustonchronicle.com
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5/7/26
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Ignited by an eight-run top of the sixth inning, the T-Birds completed a three-game sweep of the Wolves with an 18-5, six-inning victory on the road on Wednesday night.
It snapped a two-game …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/6/26
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