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Rainier High School is set to honor the state champion girls cross country team at halftime of the Mountaineers boys basketball game against Toutle Lake Thursday, Dec. 12. The girls, who took home …
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By The Nisqually Valley News Staff
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12/10/24
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Yelm High School’s first- year head girls basketball coach Steve Miskimens has his sights set on guiding the 2024-25 Tornados to a district playoff appearance this season — though …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/10/24
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Yelm High School’s 2024-25 boys basketball team will feature a young but talented group of Tornados athletes, with a team goal of reaching its fullest potential as a unit this season.
Head …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/10/24
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By its Merriam-Webster definition, the word “dominant” entails something that is commanding, controlling or prevailing over all others.
None of those words can aptly describe the …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/6/24
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The Rainier Mountaineers and the Seton Catholic Cougars halftime scoring total mirrored that of the “Thursday Night Football” contest Thursday, Dec. 5, but the Rainier girls used a big …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/5/24
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The Rainier High School girls basketball team entered the 2024-25 campaign with a bevy of questions about its depth amid injuries and key departures.
Two of those questions were answered in the …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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One year after navigating the challenges of creating and supporting a new Yelm girls flag football team, the program is navigating new challenges as it looks to find the funds needed to operate.
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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Though the Yelm High School Tornados saw their football season end early after a 24-20 loss to the Richland Bombers in the 4A district playoffs, the team cleaned up in 4A South Puget Sound League …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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Yelm Tornados head basketball coach Dave Wasankari expected growing pains throughout the 2024-25 season as his team is loaded with young, talented, raw athletes from the 2027 and 2028 classes.
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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By Jacob Dimond
jake@yelmonline.com
The NyaStrong Warriors Academy (NWA) started its season off with a bang on Saturday, Nov. 23, as the fifth grade girls team won its first two games of …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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The Yelm High School cheerleading team is set to party at the state competition in Battle Ground in January, and it only took one performance of their game day routine to qualify in the 4A level.
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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Isaiah Pua gets it done in the classroom and on the field. The 11-year-old Yelm Middle School sixth grader maintains a 4.0 GPA and is a force to be reckoned with on the football field.
His …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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12/3/24
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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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12/3/24
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The Rainier High School girls basketball team is hungrier than ever after a disappointing finish to a strong season last year.
Rainier, which began last season 22-2 entering the 2B District 4 …
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Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/2/24
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Experience and talent is not scarce in the Rainier High School boys basketball program entering the 2024-25 season.
But head coach Ben Sheaffer is keyed in on a couple of intangibles that …
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Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/2/24
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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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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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