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Thurston County 2024 High School Baseball District Recap: Olympia Wins Title, Tenino, Tumwater, Capital Qualify for State
Boys baseball teams from Thurston County competed in WIAA district baseball games this past week with several local teams qualifying. The Olympia Bears (17-6, 4A SPSL) boys team won the 4A District four competition on Saturday in extra innings with a 2-1 win over rival Puyallup. Tumwater and Capital qualified with walk-off wins. Tumwater (16-5, 2A EVCO) defeated R.A. Long 3-2 and Capital (13-8 3A SSC) played 16 innings and defeated Auburn Mountainview 11-10. Tenino (17-6, 1A) competing in 1A play beat King’s Way Christian School 9-2 Monday to qualify for 1A state tournament.
Tornados softball shines on senior day with 12-3 victory over Hawks
Despite a slow start from the Tornados offense, the Yelm softball program shined on senior day as the team secured a 12-3 victory over the River Ridge Hawks on May 9. Following the contest, Yelm ...
FC Olympia Artesians: Community Driven Soccer with International Flair
Soccer, or football to the rest of the world, has been around for thousands of years. In the United States, 14 million people – and 2.5 million kids – played in 2023 alone. Locally, fans rally around FC Olympia, a community driven Washington State club that provides a path to pro soccer for both men and women.
Rainier girls claim league crown, track program notches 10 individual titles
The Rainier High School girls track and field team proved it was the top dog in the Central 2B League with a dominant performance en route to the league title on Friday, May 10, at Kalama High ...
Five Tornados tennis athletes qualify for districts following conference tournament
Following a first-place finish in the South Sound Conference, Yelm High School's girls tennis team competed in the conference tournament and five Tornados punched their tickets to the district ...
Mountaineers golfer wins district tournament, team finishes third in inaugural season
After sinking a final 6-foot putt for par, the Rainier High School contingent cheered, and freshman Joshua Peralta was all smiles as he was crowned the newest 2B District 4 champion on Thursday, May ...
Mountaineers season ends with shutout loss in districts to Ilwaco
The Rainier High School softball team’s recent stretch of offensive firepower was abruptly shushed in the Mountaineers’ season-ending loss to Ilwaco, 2-0, in the opening round of the 2B
IN FOCUS: Rainier track athletes celebrate school records by breaking vinyl records
Rainier High School track and field athletes Acacia Murphy and Ella Marvin set school records en route to winning Central 2B League titles on Friday, May 10 at Kalama High School. To celebrate, their
T-Birds season ends in opening round of state
The 16th-seeded Tumwater boys soccer team saw its season come to a close in an 8-0 opening round loss to top-seeded Sehome in the Class 2A state tournament on Wednesday night at Civic Stadium in Bellingham. After triumphing in a winner to state contest last week, the Thunderbirds (10-9-1) were...
Three Warriors sign NLIs at Rochester signing event
ROCHESTER — Two weeks after Jaden Nichols signed with Linfield to continue his football career, three more Rochester student-athletes signed their National Letters of Intent to continue their athletic careers. Sara Haury and Macey Fluetsch both signed with Centralia College Fastpitch, while Parker McAferty will head north on I-5...
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