It was only right that Dustin Klatush, chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, made the game-ending double play several feet from the tribe’s sponsorship sign in center …
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Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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7/15/25
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8.99 seconds. Brooklynn Bell traveled over 1,800 miles and over 28 hours from Rainier to Des Moines, Iowa, for just that seemingly miniscule amount of time. But in the junior high breakaway roping …
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Dylan Reubenking / Nisqually Valley News
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7/8/25
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On Wednesday morning, July 2, the Rainier football team continued its string of practices in preparation for fall camp by taking on a formidable, yet instructive, foe — the Fisher Hedgehog. The …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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7/8/25
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The Rainier Jr. Mountaineers of the Thurston County Youth Football League are looking to fill spots for its tackle football teams before regular registration closes on July 15. Specifically, the club …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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7/1/25
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A new era is underway in Yelm High School’s athletic department, as longtime FFA adviser and agriculture teacher Matt Mounts has been hired as the new YHS athletic director and will oversee …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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7/1/25
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The Rex Norris era at Yelm High School has officially begun. After spending a week with players and current assistant coaches, including a jamboree at Pacific Lutheran that served as the finale to …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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7/1/25
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Just days after announcing Rex Norris as head football coach, the Yelm High School Tornados traveled up the road to Pacific Lutheran University to conclude spring practices with a jamboree showcase …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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6/24/25
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Incoming Tenino Elementary School fifth grader Kora Hadaller has played a big part in the Nyastrong Warriors Academy’s (NWA) success as a youth basketball team. The NWA program aims to honor …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/24/25
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Yelm High School has chosen its next football coach, the Nisqually Valley News has confirmed. Rex Norris, who served as head coach for the Eatonville Cruisers the past two seasons, will take over a …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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6/19/25
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For the first time in over a decade, the Yelm High School football team started its spring practices without the guidance of head coach Jason Ronquillo. Worse, they started without a head coach, …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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6/10/25
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Three Yelm High School seniors who excel in two different sports celebrated together on Friday, June 6, inside YHS as they each signed to their respective programs to continue athletics at the …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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6/10/25
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Brittany Babkirk has been an unsung hero of Yelm High School athletics for five years. Beginning her role as athletic trainer during the 2020-21 school year — when COVID-19 brought the world to …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/10/25
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Following an emotional run in the 2025 District 3/4 4A Softball Tournament — where Yelm, an 11 seed, played the role of underdogs twice and defeated six-seeded Kentridge and three-seeded Rogers …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/10/25
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After Yelm High School’s baseball team concluded the 2025 season with a 12-11 record, which included the program’s first return to the postseason since the 2018 season, eight Tornados …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/10/25
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Most teenagers would leap at the opportunity to compete on the largest junior high rodeo stage possible.
Brooklynn Bell and Jace Harris aren’t most teenagers.
Bell, 14, of Rainier, …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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6/6/25
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The queen of the Class 2B girls discus had four contenders to wear the crown. And all were from the Central 2B League. Onalaska’s Kiley Talley, Rainier’s Janess Blackburn and the Adna duo …
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Zach Martin / For Nisqually Valley News
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6/3/25
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Three Yelm High School students — girls high jumper Alissa Alverado-Young, boys long jumper Jay Sumich and boys high jumper Josiah Hardie — represented the Tornados from Thursday, May 29, …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/3/25
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Jordan Hunt has always been a Napavine guy. He was a ball boy in elementary school. A student athlete throughout high school. As an adult, he was an assistant high school coach and head middle school …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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6/3/25
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Sixteen brave cowboys competed in this weekend’s bull riding event at the Roy Pioneer Rodeo on Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1. But only one qualified with a winning score. That honor went …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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6/3/25
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For the first time in program history, Yelm High School’s powerlifting team hosted a signing day ceremony and celebrated three athletes — Mason Embrey, Triniti Hickman and Andrei Buban …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/27/25
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