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One of the primary goals for the Rainier High School boys basketball team this offseason was to add some juice to the offense. The Mountaineers hoped that zipping the basketball around would open up …
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11/30/24
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Samantha Blank, a Yelm High School senior, has her sights set on bringing home a 4A state championship as a wrestler this season for the Tornados after coming up short in the 3A 135-pound state …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/26/24
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Keira Anderson, a Rainier High School senior catcher, is taking her talents to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as she will continue her academic and athletic career at Coe College upon graduation from RHS.
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/26/24
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What the Rainier High School wrestling team lacks in numbers, it makes up for in postseason experience and success.
The Mountaineers featured a program record 47 wrestlers entering last season, …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/26/24
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After waiting his turn for several years in the running back room to be the workhorse ball carrier for the Yelm Tornados, senior Nathan Ford had high expectations coming into the team’s 2024 …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/26/24
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Tim Beaudin has been a fixture of Yelm High School wrestling for more than 30 years as an assistant to Hall of Famer Gaylord Strand but will now take the helm of the storied program in his own right.
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/19/24
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As the Yelm High School bowling team enters the 4A South Puget Sound League for the 2024-25 season, head coach Averie Ford is changing up her approach for her team in her second year.
The …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/19/24
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YAKIMA — When Carrie Ooms took over as head coach of the Rainier High School volleyball team, she referred to it as “starting from scratch.”
Her arrival three years ago was to …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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11/14/24
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YAKIMA — Brooklynn Swenson didn’t want to make it a big deal, but it ended up being one.
Quite literally.
As the Rainier High School volleyball team was warming up prior to the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline,.com
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11/14/24
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Ben Hawk, longtime Yelm resident and 20-year wrestling coach, will begin a new chapter in his journey on the mat this month as he was officially named Yelm High School’s girls wrestling head …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/12/24
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Following a four-year tenure with the Yelm High School girls soccer program, midfielder Holly Dorhauer has found her next home for both education and athletics after she committed to Eastern Oregon …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/12/24
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Yelm High School junior Kailey Slevin represented Yelm well as the lone Tornado to compete in the 4A girls state cross country meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, placing 109th with her …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/12/24
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Though Yelm High School’s boys cross country team sent just one runner, PJ Walsh, to the WIAA’s 4A state championship meet in Pasco on Saturday, Nov. 9, Tornados head coach Alex McIntire …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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11/12/24
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Yelm High School senior Samantha Blank was named the 2024 High School Sports Star of the Year in the girls sports category at the 2024 Thurston County Sports Awards Thursday, Nov. 7. Blank was the …
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By The Nisqually Valley News Staff
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11/12/24
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Treyton Marty was one of the only athletes in any of the six WIAA classifications who would feel disappointment with a third-place finish at the 2B state championship meet at Sun Willows Golf Course …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/9/24
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So close, but so far.
Since the turn of the decade, that had been the all-too-familiar sentiment for the Rainier High School girls cross country team on its way home from the state championship …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/9/24
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YELM — The standard for the Yelm High School football team has been set for years. Make the Round of 16, go on a deep playoff run and find a way to reach Husky Stadium.
Even with key …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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11/9/24
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ADNA — On the first snap against Rainier, Adna’s Luke Mohney burst through a hole for a 12-yard gain. One play later, Beau Miller burst through another gap and went all the way to the end …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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11/8/24
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Sixteen members of the Rainier High School cross country team were honored during an assembly Friday, Nov. 8 as they are headed to Pasco for the state championships. Both teams qualified for state …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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11/8/24
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RAYMOND — Adna has been considered the best 2B team in the state all season long. It was that way when the season began, and Adna only bolstered its resume by beating teams like Montesano and …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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11/7/24
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