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When it took the floor at the Hub City Classic in Centralia over the weekend, the Napavine girls basketball team looked a little different than it has in recent memory.
Gone are five seniors, …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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6/15/26
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Almost two weeks after celebrating on the field with the state championship trophy, bleached hair visible for everyone to see, one thing stuck with Napavine’s Cal Bullock the most.
“Just the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/12/26
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The location is sublime. The available connections to Olympic athletes are top-tier. Even the coaching staff boasts resumes rarely seen at the junior college level.
Lane Community College is …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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6/8/26
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The Awesome Chevrolet Trailblazers AA 18U team opened its summer with a pair of wins on Tuesday, topping the Tenino Trappers AA team 8-4 and 17-5 in a doubleheader at W.F. West High School.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/4/26
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Seniors from area schools and beyond took the field one final time in Centralia on Monday evening, when Centralia College hosted a senior All-Star Baseball game at Bob Peters Field.
Players from …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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TACOMA — Eleven months ago, Cody Hayes was an eighth grader at Bush Middle School lighting up Olympia’s Ingersoll Stadium by throwing 140 feet in javelin at the Olympia All-Comers track meet on …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/31/26
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TACOMA — When Centralia High School senior thrower Sam Volavola unleashed his penultimate throw of the 2A shot put finals, Aberdeen throws coach Todd Bridge turned to Centralia throws coach Perry …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/29/26
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The W.F. West equestrian team returned from the Washington state equestrian championships in Moses Lake earlier this month as state champions for the first time since 2008 and the second time in the …
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5/25/26
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Entering the state tournament in Seattle, W.F. West’s Ellie Mittge had two goals.
“My first goal was to make it to day two,” Mittge said. “My second goal was to medal.”
She won …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/26
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In what Bearcats head coach Jesse Elam called “the story of their year,” of not being able to come up with the clutch hit showed up again on Saturday, falling to the Mariners 7-6 in a Class 2A …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/26
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SELAH — Much of Saturday morning and afternoon was almost a blur. And not in the way that leads one to forget a game, or a comeback, or a lead that vanished out of thin air.
Or better yet, …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/24/26
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SELAH — It took the W.F. West High School softball team 1 hour and 45 minutes to survive a Round of 16 test.
Then once the quarterfinal commenced – 59 minutes late from the scheduled …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/23/26
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Mark down April 25, 2026 as the day that Alexandra Broome fell in love with the 400-meter dash.
It was the gearUP Eason Invite when the Tumwater High School star broke 60 seconds in just the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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For Sam Volavola, rugby was his favorite sport growing up in Fiji. Track and field took a back seat.
Once he came to Centralia High School his sophomore season, it was flip-flopped. He started …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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TUMWATER — Logan Stallings didn’t have golf in his life for four years.
He found it again the summer before his junior year at Black Hills High School. His dad and brother took their clubs …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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As Ellie Johnson walked off the 18th green, she made eye contact with a few of her supporters that were cheering her on from the cart path.
Before even moving her bag from the side of the green, …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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We’ve reached the final two-week stretch of the 2025-26 prep sports season and the competition, like the weather, is heating up.
State tournaments for softball and baseball begin this week for …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Connor Coleman has a handful of games left before he departs for The Palouse. Luke Overbay still has a season left before he heads to Ann Arbor. The pair of two-way stalwarts will end the 2026 season …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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Throwing two perfect games and leading the Bearcats to an outright league title solidified Taylor Tobin’s case to be the Most Valuable Pitcher of the Evergreen Conference. The coaches agreed and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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For the third consecutive spring, a Thunderbird was named as the Evergreen Conference’s MVP. This season it was bestowed to junior midfielder Malachi Vuong, a prolific player that helped Tumwater …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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