Prior to league play beginning for Yelm High School’s baseball team early in the 2024 season, the Tornados chalked losses in two non-conference contests against the 4A North Puget Sound League …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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3/19/24
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Rainier’s Acacia Murphy competes in the high jump during the Rainier Icebreaker Invitational at on Saturday, March 16. The Mountaineers finished second with 67 points at the meet behind …
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3/19/24
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Rainier High School’s Hunter Howell finished his first start of the season on the mound earlier than he wanted against Morton-White Pass on Friday, March 15. He went three innings and allowed …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/15/24
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TENINO — Seventy minutes did little to separate Toledo-Winlock United and Tenino on Tuesday. As the clock continued to roll on deep into the second half, a scoreless draw seemed inevitable.
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/12/24
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Feb. 26, 2024, marked the first Rainier High School varsity golf practice in the school’s history. Fourteen student athletes, 11 of whom don’t have extensive golf experience, joined head …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/12/24
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When the Rainier High School fastpitch team advanced to the district tournament last season, the Mountaineers succumbed to the pressure of the postseason. They lost back-to-back games against Kalama …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/12/24
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New Rainier High School baseball coach Justin Gurnsey’s motto for the 2024 Mountaineers team is “Attitude plus talent equals success.”
He believes his team has that formula to …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/12/24
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The Yelm Tornados baseball program started its 2024 season off with a bang, defeating the 3A PCL Lakes Lancers, 12-7, and earning program head coach Dakota Hill his first victory.
The teams …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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3/12/24
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The Tenino offense got rolling early and never slowed down on Monday, as the Beavers defeated Toledo 17-7 through a steady rain at Bob Peters Field.
Will Feltus opened the game with a single, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/12/24
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The Tenino baseball team opened its season with a win on Saturday, as the Beavers defeated Overlake-Bear Creek 12-2 in six innings.
Oregon commit Kellan Knox got Tenino (1-0) on the board with …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/10/24
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In preparation for opening day, Friday, March 8, against the Lakes Lancers, the Yelm High School baseball team hosted its “red and black” intrasquad scrimmage on Monday, March 4, to knock …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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3/6/24
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Behind three first-place finishers and several breakout performances, the Yelm boys powerlifting team claimed first place at the Olympia High School powerlifting meet, Saturday, March 2.
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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3/6/24
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Devout Washington high school sports fans like to debate which state atmosphere is the best. Mat Classic gets plenty of praise, and the state football playoffs are hard to beat, but in my experience, …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/6/24
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SPOKANE — A season packed with high expectations and dominance concluded rapidly for the Rainier High School girls basketball team, as the fifth-seeded Mountaineers lost to 12th seed Toutle …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/28/24
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Yelm High School’s newly hired girls and boys head track and field coaches, Shannon Gubser and Richard Houghton, respectively, are already familiar with the Tornados program and its operations. …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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2/27/24
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For one quarter, the Rainier High School girls basketball team looked poised for a battle against reigning 2B state champion Colfax in the regional matchup on Friday, Feb. 23, at West Valley High …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/27/24
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The end of an athletic season is rarely a joyous occasion for most high school teams, as most teams enter the offseason with a sour taste in their mouths. But for Rainier High School’s boys …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/27/24
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With just Rainier High School’s girls basketball team still competing, local baseball, softball, track, soccer and tennis programs are under way for 2024 spring athletics.
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Nisqually Valley News staff
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2/27/24
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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) is looking at addressing sportsmanship problems at sporting events by having referees wear body cameras.
The eight-week pilot …
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By Brandon Hansen / For The Nisqually Valley News
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2/27/24
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The South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) men’s basketball team clinched a spot in the 2024 Northwest Athletic Conference’s (NWAC) Basketball Championships this March.
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The Nisqually Valley News
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2/27/24
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