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Much like River Ridge High School, the Hawks football program is under construction.
For the past four years, River Ridge students have grown accustomed to the school’s modernization project …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/20/26
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Fall sports are just around the corner, with football practices five days away and all other sports beginning practice in 10 days. Regular season action is less than four weeks away.
The 2025 …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/14/26
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We’re just four weeks away from the much-anticipated return of Friday Night Lights in Thurston County.
On Sept. 4, a dozen high school football teams in the county will begin their march …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/7/26
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The second and final day of the Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino crowned 17 championship teams Sunday, including five with current and former athletes from Thurston County.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/26/26
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Few players in the South Sound region are going to be harder to replace than Brandi Stanford.
The 2026 River Ridge High School graduate totaled 1,965 points in her career, which spanned two …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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Athletes from around Thurston County and Lewis County, both past and present, laced up their sneakers for the annual Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino on Saturday, July 25.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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LACEY — As the inaugural River Ridge baseball alumni game concluded Tuesday evening at the high school’s baseball field, the field’s namesake and longtime former Hawks head coach Chad Arko …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/15/26
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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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The River Ridge High School 16-and-under summer baseball team took care of business against Spanaway Lake at home Wednesday, blowing out the Sentinels 21-1 in a seven-inning no-hitter.
Six Hawks …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/24/26
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TUMWATER — A whopping 32 schools from around Washington state flocked to Tumwater this weekend for the Thurston County Team Football Camp, which included seven programs from Thurston County.
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/21/26
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Capital junior forward Jaden Annan and North Thurston freshman central attacking midfielder Rayan Moustafa were selected as the co-MVPs of the Puget Sound League Nisqually Division.
Annan led …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/4/26
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Perhaps no moment in the 2026 baseball season among local teams was more clutch than the final out of the South Puget Sound League Championship Game between Olympia and Sumner May 6.
Bottom of …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/4/26
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The North Thurston Rams took a big leap from a 6-8-3 season in 2024 to a 10-4-4 campaign in 2025. They entered 2026 with high expectations after a short stint in the district tournament and were …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/3/26
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In years past, the Puget Sound League divided its Most Valuable Player awards into two: the best player in the Nisqually Division and the top player in the Narrows Division.
While those awards …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/2/26
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TACOMA — Javelin runs in the family for Olympia High School junior Tucker Downing.
So does winning medals at state.
During Friday’s state meet at Mount Tahoma High School, Downing …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/30/26
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TACOMA — No distance runner in the United States has ever had a freshman season like Olympia High School’s Quenton Lanese.
One week after he broke the national freshman record in the 1,600 …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/29/26
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Five local track and field athletes etched their names in the history books as district champions at the 3A/4A District 3/4 Championships at French Field in Kent Friday.
Two of them — …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/23/26
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KENT — It’s been a successful prep career for Timberline senior Paityn Gagnon in track and field.
But on Wednesday during the first day of the West Central District 3A/4A Championships at …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/21/26
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KENT — The last time a Capital Cougar won a district title in an individual event was in 2023. Hana Moll, now a star pole vaulter at the University of Washington, won the first of her two district …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/21/26
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Timberline junior pitcher Nevaeh Haagen earned the top honor the Puget Sound League has to offer Wednesday, taking home the league’s overall MVP award for the 2026 season.
Haagen, a University …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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