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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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A new report released by the Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office shows that several populations of salmon in Washington state have improved, but most still face extinction.
Of the 14 species …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/28/25
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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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Rainier’s Lily Peralta finished tied for second at the 1B/2B Girls State Golf Championships in Liberty Lake, where she posted a two-day score of 166. Peralta entered Day 2 in third place and …
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By Nisqually Valley New staff
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5/27/25
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The Yelm High School softball program’s first year in the 4A South Puget Sound League has officially come to an end following two losses in the WIAA’s 2025 4A State Fastpitch Tournament …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/27/25
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Each of the last two 2B District 4 championship meets at W.F. West High School have concluded in eerily similar ways for the Rainier Mountaineers. On May 17, 2024, the Rainier girls celebrated a …
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Dylan Reubenking / For Nisqually Valley News
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5/27/25
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Brandon Eygabroad, head coach of Rainier High School’s varsity girls basketball team, has resigned after seven seasons with the program. The announcement was made public by the Rainier School …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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5/27/25
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A record eight Rainier senior student athletes gathered in the high school gym Tuesday, May 20, to sign their written offers of financial aid — previously known as national letters of intent …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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5/27/25
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RICHLAND — The Yelm High School softball program’s first year in the 4A South Puget Sound League has officially come to an end following two losses in the WIAA’s 2025 4A State …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/24/25
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Brandon Eygabroad, head coach of Rainier High School’s varsity girls basketball team, has resigned after seven seasons with the program.
The announcement was made public by the …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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5/23/25
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