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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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The Centralia volleyball team made its return to the postseason last year with a fourth-place finish in the 2A EvCo, hosting but losing the pigtail matchup.
Now, though they will have to replace …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/24/23
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Jon Rooklidge is no stranger to the Tiger Stadium sideline.
After spending the last 28 years as an assistant coach, Rooklidge is now the head coach at Centralia.
And after an 0-9 season …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/17/23
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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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The Centralia girls soccer team may have nine weeks until it officially begins its season with a home game against River Ridge, but the Tigers are already ramping things up, and not just practicing …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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7/13/23
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Finalized a few weeks ago, but months in the making, longtime local assistant soccer coach Luis Magana Reyna will lead the Centralia girls soccer team into the 2023-24 season.
Magana Reyna …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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7/5/23
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Finishing with the highest cumulative GPA out of every boys tennis team in the state of Washington, the Centralia boys tennis team won the 2A Boys Tennis Academic State Championship, announced in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/20/23
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Less than a week after getting shut out against an upstart Ocosta team in the 2B District 4 title game, and a year after falling in the 2B state title game in 2022, the Adna softball team got its …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/9/23
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Saving his best stuff for last, Tristan Percival was a key cog in Adna’s late-season run from No. 11 seed to 2B state runner-up this spring.
The junior was the definition of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/7/23
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LONGVIEW — Players in white, gray, black, red, orange, blue, and more colors to boot took to the turf at David Story Field on Wednesday, as some of the best senior ballplayers in Lewis, …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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5/31/23
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The Chronicle held its Athletes of the Year banquet on Tuesday night at Jester's Auto Museum and Events Center on Tuesday night.
It was the first time the event had been held in three …
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Photo by Jared Wenzelburger / Chronicle photo editor
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5/31/23
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Tumwater’s AJ Heichelbech was named the 2A EvCo’s MVP, as voted on by league coaches, while league champ Aberdeen’s Elmer Torres was Offensive Player of the Year, and W.F. West …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/26/23
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SELAH — The Centralia softball team’s historic season made it to Selah for the first time in over a decade, but came to an end after just two games at Carlon Park, as the Tigers fell 5-3 …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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5/26/23
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SELAH — The Centralia softball team’s return to the 2A state tournament featured a dollop of the magic that the Tigers have made their own this season, but not quite enough, as No. 8 …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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5/26/23
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The prep stick-and-ball season comes to an end over Memorial Day weekend. Here’s a quick look at which local baseball and softball teams are still alive and what they’re up against on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/23
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Tumwater’s Ella Ferguson took home 2A Evergreen Conference MVP honors, as voted on by league coaches and announced this week, after guiding the T-Birds to a second-place finish in league.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/23
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After helping Tumwater take home the regular season league title, Alex Overbay was named the 2A Evergreen Conference’s MVP, as voted on by coaches.
Overbay was joined by four first …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/23
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After finishing 28th a year ago with a two-day score of 186, perhaps no area athlete had a larger jump at the state tournament in a year’s span than W.F. West’s Natalie Eklund.
In …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/23
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