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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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The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced Monday its 2025-26 All-American Scholar Team, with four Saint Martin’s women’s golf athletes earning the recognition.
Hailey Blancas, …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/14/26
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Sami Potvin is such an effective pitching instructor that she often walks away from a session with something new or a tweak for her own game.
In the more than three years she’s been an …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/13/26
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Relationships can last a lifetime. Just ask Monica Dailey and CJ Roberts.
Dailey, the longtime head volleyball coach at Napavine High School, and Roberts – Lewis County folks would remember …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/13/26
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LACEY — There was no stopping the PNW Force Fastpitch 10U team at the Cascades National Championship over the past four days.
The Olympia-based squad cruised their way to the …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/12/26
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Tumwater alum Alex Overbay took the next step in his baseball career on Sunday, when he was drafted in the eighth round of the MLB draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Overbay, who spent this past …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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7/12/26
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LACEY — Rogue Everson has played softball for nearly five years and she’s never had a weekend quite like this one.
The Olympia High School outfielder, who will be a senior this upcoming …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/12/26
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OLYMPIA — Lyla Casterline and Grace Glaser started their high school varsity softball careers in a very similar fashion.
The two incoming sophomores — Casterline an Olympia Bear and Glaser a …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/11/26
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OLYMPIA — Dakota Lyons had one thought as she watched the first strike of her first at-bat scurry by her.
“Gosh, I wish I would’ve swung at that.”
Lyons, a soon-to-be Napavine High …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/11/26
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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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Syriahs Trolson wasn’t always collected under pressure.
When she was in her softball pitching infancy at 13 years old, the stress would often get the best of the right-hander. Sometimes, just …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/10/26
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Beginning Wednesday, July 8, the High Rock Lookout and surrounding area will be closed to the public during the continued reconstruction and renovation of the High Rock Lookout in the Cowlitz Valley …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/8/26
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OAKVILLE — Larch Mountain Little League and Oakville Little League are hosting one of the premier Little League Tournaments in the state this week, welcoming 11 all-star softball teams for the …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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7/8/26
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The Saint Martin’s baseball team Tuesday announced its 2027 coaching staff, led by first-year head coach Ben Harley, who stepped into the head coaching position after spending last year as the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/7/26
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The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced a list of 388 student athletes from its member institutions, with 49 from Saint Martin’s University, who received the annual FAR Scholar …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/7/26
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Issiah Goff has had an abundance of basketball mentors in his life.
John Barbee, Goff’s head coach from 2012 to 2016 at River Ridge High School, taught him the X’s and O’s of the game. …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/7/26
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is inviting new applicants to join the almost 1,000 certified Master Hunters across the state, a news release announced.
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/6/26
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When Stella Sheeran was just 12 years old, she knew she wanted to someday be a Division I volleyball player.
Just four years later, Sheeran has already made that dream come true.
The Olympia …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/3/26
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In their first ever postseason in history, Capitol Little League’s 10-and-under Softball All-Stars program has already made a statement. The team captured the district title, dominating the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/2/26
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/1/26
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