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W.F. West alum Dakota Hawkins is on the move in the New York Mets minor league system, as the right-handed pitcher was promoted to the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies after a successful stretch …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/23/26
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It’s almost here.
There’s nothing quite like a fall Friday night in Lewis, Thurston and Grays Harbor Counties. From stands – and even the track – filled to the brim with fans, to the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/23/26
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The Northwest Fastpitch Foundation and Northwest Futures Fastpitch League, associated with Lewis County-based softball organization The Yard PNW, will host their annual Community Movie Night on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/23/26
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TUMWATER — Tenino’s U16 and U19 girls soccer teams impressed in Tumwater over the weekend at the annual Kick in the Grass Tournament, as both teams went unbeaten to reach the tournament title …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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7/20/26
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Mat Rats Rebooted’s Jaxon Martinez impressed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday, winning the Inaugural Real American Freestyle (RAF) Next Gen 01 Title in the nation’s newest youth wrestling series …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/20/26
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The 47th annual Lakefair Volleyball Tournament kicked off at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey Saturday, July 18 and continues Sunday, July 19.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/18/26
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Sami Potvin is such an effective pitching instructor that she often walks away from a session with something new or a tweak for her own game.
In the more than three years she’s been an …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/17/26
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Centralia College men’s basketball coach Joe Chirhart knows as much as anyone that getting recruited as a high school athlete in Alaska can be challenging.
An Anchorage, Alaska native, …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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7/17/26
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Movement is medicine.
Cody Kellems, 41, of Yelm, has used cycling as a remedy throughout his life. Long days at his job at Tacoma Glass Manufacturing inflicted back pain. He feared heart …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/16/26
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TENINO — It’s become a tradition over the summer where the W.F. West and Tenino girls soccer programs will take in a competitive, 60-minute scrimmage in South Thurston County.
The obvious …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/15/26
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It was two-plus years ago when Dakota Hawkins was the opening act of a combined no-hitter for the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate for the New York Mets. He tossed five innings and allowed …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/14/26
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Relationships can last a lifetime. Just ask Monica Dailey and CJ Roberts.
Dailey, the longtime head volleyball coach at Napavine High School, and Roberts – Lewis County folks would remember …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/13/26
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LACEY — As the day turned to night Saturday, anyone could have written Blue Thunder 14A as the champion on the giant cardboard brackets at the Regional Athletic Complex in Sharpie and no one …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/12/26
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Tumwater alum Alex Overbay took the next step in his baseball career on Sunday, when he was drafted in the eighth round of the MLB draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Overbay, who spent this past …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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7/12/26
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Recent Centralia alum Saryn Pelesky was among the winners in Toledo on Saturday, where the Toledo Cheese Days Tennis Tournament took place in Toledo.
Pelesky won the women’s singles bracket …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/12/26
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LACEY — Rogue Everson has played softball for nearly five years and she’s never had a weekend quite like this one.
The Olympia High School outfielder, who will be a senior this upcoming …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/12/26
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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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For Marquessa Gilson, family is a top priority.
She’s got two types; her immediate and her Washington State family. She’s the middle child of three, part of a family that’s rich in …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/10/26
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Softball players aged 16-and-under from Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Timberline, Tumwater and Yelm high schools flocked to Chehalis to represent their club teams at the Cascades …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/10/26
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