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That “new season” smell really wore off quick, didn’t it? After a summer of dreams and hopes and what-ifs, Week 1 made things a whole lot more solid. Now that we have actual games …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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9/7/23
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The Pe Ell football team won the Southwest Washington 8-man Football League in 1972, winning four of its six games and tying in the other two. That wouldn’t happen in ‘73, with the WIAA …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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9/7/23
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The Rochester girl’s soccer team won its season opener in an emphatic way on Tuesday, defeating Toledo 5-0.
Three freshmen scored in the first half to give the Warriors (1-0-0) an early …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/5/23
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The Toledo football team got 2023 off with a bang — and a different sort of bang than they’ve pounded out in previous years — Friday night, beating Raymond-South Bend 42-35 at the …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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It’s time for football, and it won’t stop being time for three months. One hundred sixteen games on the schedule for 16 local teams are on the docket, which can get understandably …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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If Mike Christensen had to pick between loading up on experience on the line or having it at the skill positions, he’d go with the situation Toledo finds itself in now.
The Riverhawks may …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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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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It’s a tale as old as … Well, not time. But at least the average second-grader.
This season will be Mike Christensen’s seventh as head coach at Toledo, and Eli Weeks is set to …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/17/23
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Sixteen area teams have broken the huddles on fall camp, and the 2023 season looms just on the other side of the month.
With that in mind, The Chronicle’s sports crew — Josh …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/16/23
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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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Soon, this will all just be numbers on the wall, banners hanging from the rafters.
Adna writes all of its state-placing teams on the wall of its gym. There will be a 2023 going up in the …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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5/30/23
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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 — A few of the faces may have changed, but the result remained the same.
For the second year in a row, the Toledo boys 4x400 team ended the 2B track season with a state title, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/28/23
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YAKIMA — Two local athletes got to the top of the podium Friday, winning individual state titles at the 1B/2B/1A championships at Zaepfel Field in Yakima.
On the girls’ side, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/26/23
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YAKIMA — When he’s on the mat, Rainier’s Zander Peck is trying to manhandle his opponent. Whenever he’s at the track, he’s holding a literal weapon.
But his mind is …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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5/25/23
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With 2A State Championships set to start this Thursday and run for three days at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma, and 1A/2B/1B State Championships set to start on the same day at Eisenhower High …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/23
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