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For large parts of this season, things seemed to come easy for Keira O’Neill and the Napavine Tigers.
With O’Neill leading the way, the Tigers lost just four regular season games …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/8/23
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Saturday morning, William Garrow will get up hours before the crack of dawn like he always does, and go for a run.
The first-year Tumwater coach’s alarm goes off at 4:30 a.m., and while …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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11/30/23
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After delays, George Goss, physical education teacher of 22 years at McKenna Elementary, was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame on Nov. 11 in Federal Way. Goss played …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/21/23
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On the first play from scrimmage in the 116th Swamp Cup on Friday, the W.F. West football dipped into its bag of tricks and came out with a reverse to Carson White, who came up firing downfield. It …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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10/27/23
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Dave Montgomery’s first turn on the microphone at Hec Edmundson Pavilion lasted less than half an hour.
It had to; there’s so little parking near the athletic facilities at …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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10/27/23
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By the time the Renaissance began, the oldest trees in the Grove of the Matriarchs may have already turned 300.
Today, “old growth” generally refers to trees that are older than 100 …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/2/23
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The trees behind the outfield wall at Wheeler Field are turning their yellows and oranges, and Sunday morning, you could definitely feel a fall chill in the air as the fog burned off.
But even …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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10/1/23
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This week was the Southwest Washington Fair’s first time hosting two nights of rodeo, and only the second year the annual event has been sanctioned by the National Pro Rodeo Association.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/18/23
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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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Each school from Lewis and South Thurston counties that sent athletes to the 1A/2B/1B State track and field meet in Yakima over the weekend saw places on the podium.
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The Chronicle staff
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5/29/23
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YAKIMA — Few people remember the game after the Miracle on Ice.
When the American men’s ice hockey team at the Lake Placid Olympics shocked the world and beat the Soviet Union, that …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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5/27/23
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BELLINGHAM — In a game that very well could have been for a state title between contenders reeling from 2A state semifinal defeats, the W.F. West baseball team saved some late-game dramatics …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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5/27/23
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National Geographic states Earth first formed 4.5 billion years ago, and humans have been around for about 300,000 of those.
That’s less than 0.007% of all the time on Earth. The …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep /isabel@chronline.com
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5/19/23
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For anglers who enjoy catching salmon near Astoria, the California sea lion is an established menace.
The farther out one travels at the river’s mouth, the more they’ll see the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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4/19/23
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The W.F. West High School equestrian team, made up of students from schools across Lewis County, punched several tickets to state this year in various categories.
Athletes also took home hardware …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/17/23
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Rivalries dissolve and Pirates, Loggers, Bearcats, Tigers (of both Napavine and Centralia), Cardinals, Riverhawks and Vikings become one in the equestrian world.
Under the umbrella of the W.F. …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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3/20/23
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Kayla Weed, W.F. West High School’s first-ever female wrestler in 2014, was declared victor in a mixed martial arts (MMA) match against Rose Fujinaka Saturday night in front of a sold out crowd …
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By Jared Wenzelburger / jared@chronline.com
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3/13/23
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Kayla Weed, A 2016 graduate of W.F. West High School, is preparing for an upcoming fight set for 7 p.m. March 11 at the Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn.
In 2014, Weed became the first female to …
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By Jared Wenzelburger / jared@chronline.com
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3/4/23
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Following their impressive showing at the statewide Mat Classic wrestling tournament, including two state championship wins, the W.F. West High School boys and girls wrestling teams were both honored …
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Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/28/23
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W.F. West seniors Blake Ely and Daniel Matagi ended two absolutely dominant seasons in dominant fashion, winning state titles at Mat Classic XXXIV at the Tacoma Dome to end their careers in Bearcat …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/18/23
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