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While visitors are still plentiful at Mount Rainier National Park during the current federal shutdown, spotting a park ranger or National Parks Service vehicle feels similar to the excitement of …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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10/17/25
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Since the High Rock Lookout Trail’s closure in early July, volunteers with the Sand Mountain Society have been working to restore the lookout — now with less than a month until its …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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8/20/25
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Numerous Lewis County and south Thurston County basketball stars from the past, present and future laced up their sneakers for the Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at Parkside Elementary …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/26/25
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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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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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RICHLAND – Behind dominant, ace-level pitching from senior Maddie Milhorn, the top-seeded Skyview Storm blanked the 16-seed Yelm Tornados 4-0 on Friday, May 23, at the Columbia Playfield in …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/23/25
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Wyatt Robison, senior pitcher and outfielder for the Yelm Tornados, was a fifth grade student the last time Yelm High School’s baseball team made the playoffs in 2018.
In his first ever …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/13/25
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When Rainier’s Angelica Askey first stepped on the floor for warmups at Centralia College on Sunday afternoon, she wasn’t feeling super confident.
“Going in, it felt like my …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/23/25
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In Tim Beaudin’s first showing as Yelm High School’s boys head wrestling coach, three of his athletes finished high on the podium, and the Tornados, as a team, finished in sixth place …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/25/25
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Ben Hawk’s successful debut season as Yelm High School’s girls wrestling coach ended in heartbreaking fashion inside the Tacoma Dome during the WIAA’s Mat Classic, as several of the …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/25/25
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CHEHALIS — In past years, seasons like this for the Rainier Mountaineers wouldn’t end with a trip to the state tournament.
They battled injuries and illnesses that jumbled their …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/21/25
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The Nisqually Valley region is no stranger to the Mat Classic wrestling tournament, as Yelm High School and Rainier High School each saw tournament success in 2024 and in previous years.
In …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/18/25
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One season removed from a fifth place finish inside the Tacoma Dome at Mat Classic XXXV in 2024, Yelm head coach Ben Hawk and several members of the YHS girls wrestling team have big expectations as …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/18/25
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Following the South Puget Sound League subregional tournament on Friday, Feb. 7, and Saturday, Feb. 8, 11 members of Yelm High School’s boys wrestling team punched their tickets to the 4A state …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/11/25
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In Ben Hawk’s first season as Yelm High School’s girls wrestling coach, eight of his wrestlers qualified for the WIAA’s Mat Classic XXXVI state wrestling competition.
Though he …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/11/25
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When Yelm High School senior Nathan Ford announced his intentions to close his college football recruitment and pursue a career in the United States Army in November, he never truly shut the door on …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/11/25
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Two Yelm High School seniors put ink to paper on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to continue their educations and football careers into the collegiate level, as Chris Hauss, defensive lineman, and Jameson Patin, …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/11/25
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Yelm High School junior Hannah Hiiva has built quite the resume just two and a half years into her high school career.
Her latest accomplishment is the 2024 United States Equestrian Federation …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/4/25
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When Yelm High School’s boys wrestling head coach Tim Beaudin took over for the legendary Gaylord Strand, who retired at the conclusion of the 2023-24 wrestling season, he knew he would have …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/4/25
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Yelm High School’s cheerleading team capped off its inaugural 4A season on a high note, as the team finished in fourth place in the 4A traditional event and seventh place with its gameday group …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/28/25
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