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Just two games into the 2026 season, the River Ridge volleyball team has already matched its 2025 win total and surpassed its amount of sets won.
The Hawks topped Tenino 3-1 (25-13, 25-19, …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/9/26
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The Beavers had several chances to find the back of the net, but couldn’t find a breakthrough and dropped a non-league contest to Annie Wright at home on Tuesday night.
Eleven shots to seven …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/9/26
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Ignited by four goals from star striker Callie Mickelson and four assists from Kyla Watson, the Beavers recorded their second consecutive blowout with a 7-0 win against the Mountain Goats on Saturday …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/6/26
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It was far from the prettiest game for the Tenino football team on Friday night in Rainier, but the Beavers did just enough to escape with a 19-14 win over the Mountaineers.
Tenino built a 19-0 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/5/26
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After a successful summer and a positive showing in a jamboree earlier in the week, the Tenino girls soccer team was hoping that it would be able to carry that momentum into the beginning of the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/3/26
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Fueled by medalist Boden Grimm’s nine-hole round of 42, the Warriors picked up a Scatter Creek Showdown victory on the links with a 193-204 win over Tenino on Wednesday afternoon at Tahoma Valley.
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/3/26
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TENINO — A decade ago was the ‘Killer B’s’ era of the NFL with Le’Veon Bell, Antonio Brown and Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers. While no rings were won, it was an electric …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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9/2/26
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The grind of summer workouts, weight lifting sessions and early fall practices are just about over. Regular season games in girls soccer plus cross country, swim and golf meets and even duals in …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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Go ahead and circle Monday, Sept. 21 on the calendar. Rainier’s Allyson Ooms and Tenino’s Katen Burkhardt already have.
It’ll be the first time in three years the two South Thurston County …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/27/26
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Jerry Striegel, a longtime head coach at Tenino and Rochester high schools whose coaching career spanned four decades, has died.
Striegel served as the head baseball coach at Tenino High School …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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8/25/26
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TENINO — When kickoff takes place in Week 1 against rival Rainier, it’ll officially mark two decades of being a coach for Tenino’s Darren Tinnerstet.
And he’s had to learn new tricks in …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/23/26
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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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TENINO — Something about the Battle on the Blacktop brings out the best in Gracie Sweet.
Two years ago as a wide-eyed sophomore, she came on in the title match as a substitute, posted a second …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/27/26
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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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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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Yelm High School graduate Trevontay Smith, currently a jumper for the University of Washington track and field team, showed off his hops as he won the 2026 Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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TUMWATER — Tenino’s U16 and U19 girls soccer teams impressed in Tumwater over the weekend at the annual Kick in the Grass Tournament, as both teams went unbeaten to reach the tournament title …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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7/20/26
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TENINO — It’s become a tradition over the summer where the W.F. West and Tenino girls soccer programs will take in a competitive, 60-minute scrimmage in South Thurston County.
The obvious …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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7/15/26
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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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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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