Chehalis resident Brian Zylstra captured this photograph from the Skyline Trail above Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park while hiking Sunday. In the background are the Tatoosh Range and Mount …
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8/15/22
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What could have been a rebuilding year for the Centralia College volleyball team ended up being hampered by postseason turnover, leaving the Trailblazers in much the same place they were 12 months …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/15/22
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Even for the electrically-fast Talon Betts — who dazzled at Rochester with his speed and explosion for the past few seasons in blue and gold — the college game has been a huge …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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When coaches around the area went to sleep on July 31, they crossed a threshold. Waking up in August, programs around the state entered the WIAA’s dramatically-nicknamed “dead …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/10/22
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For just the third time in the past two decades, the Toledo girls soccer program will be under new management come the fall.
But while Horst Malunat revitalized the Riverhawk program and Noel …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/7/22
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Taking the Lewis County Amateur gross championship by four strokes at Riverside Golf Course in Chehalis, Capital High School student Eli McNelly took the short drive down from Olympia to take home …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/7/22
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COUGAR — A bit sizzly up there on the surface, is it? Why not hang out down here, underground, with us supremely cool apes?
The year-round temperature inside Ape Cave, a lava tube on the …
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8/7/22
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Growing up in what she called an “underdog town and school,” Paige Winter never thought she would play Division I women’s basketball.
A prep standout at Rochester — …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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8/5/22
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Last weekend at the Northwest Nations Tournament in Eugene, Oregon, the Lewis County Closers 12u baseball team captured the tourney championship.
In the Closers’ opening game of the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/4/22
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Clarence Gunderson is starting to think he’s got a good thing going at Centralia College.
For the first time in his tenure leading the Trailblazers’ women’s soccer program, …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/3/22
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The long wait for football fans in Lewis and South Thurston counties is nearly over. Nearly nine months after state champions were crowned last fall, new faces — both on the field and the sidelines …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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8/2/22
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TENINO — For a game that meant nothing, with one unofficial referee, at a stadium a quick drive away from both schools, Centralia and W.F. West’s meetup Sunday sure felt like it had a bit …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/1/22
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Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black was fly fishing when the news broke. Not wanting to scare the fish away while enjoying a brief respite from the rigors of the 162 game major league baseball season …
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By Jordan Nailon / The Daily News
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7/30/22
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From Late Bloomers to State Champs: How the Olmsteads’ Competitive Nature Pushed Them to New Heights
Down the street from where the pair would eventually make their varsity debuts, Carson and Conner Olmstead spent most of their childhood days locked in endless competitions. A one-on-one hoops …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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7/30/22
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In a rematch with Wilder Baseball Club in the state championship play-in, I-5 Jeep Renegades fell into an early hole and couldn’t complete another comeback in a 7-4 loss Wednesday afternoon in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/27/22
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The Tenino football team announced Wednesday on Twitter that a previously scheduled home contest against Klahowya on September 16 has been moved to the following day, and will be a part of the Lumen …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/27/22
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Things weren’t looking great for I-5 Jeep Renegades in the Single-A American Legion semifinals against Northern Lakes Tuesday in Chehalis.
The Renegades fell behind 7-3 after briefly …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/26/22
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Suffering its first loss of the Single-A American Legion state tournament, the I-5 Jeep Renegades fell behind early and couldn’t put enough runs across late to beat the North Idaho Lakers, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/26/22
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Suffering its second defeat in as many days after a first round win, I-5 Toyota Mountain Dew fell out of the AA American Legion state tournament bracket after a 13-9 loss to CDA Lumbermen Monday in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/25/22
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