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LACEY — Just one short week ago, the North Thurston Rams were encased in a world of novelty.
A game-winning, buzzer-beating field goal by Jake Lee against Mountain View Sept. 4 lifted …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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9/12/26
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A scoreless first 40 minutes turned into a 2-0 game just 10 minutes into the second half as the North Thurston girls soccer team lost by that score at Kelso Thursday night.
The Hilanders raced …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/11/26
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The North Thurston volleyball team hit the hardwood for the first time since winning the 3A state championship in November, defeating Gig Harbor 3-1 on the road.
North Thurston was tested early …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/11/26
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Longtime North Thurston volleyball head coach Jackie Meyer remembers a state tournament trip a few years ago and overhearing a team say, “Who’s North Thurston?”
Safe to say no one is …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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9/10/26
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The North Thurston girls soccer team scored early and often in its season opener against Shelton Tuesday night, pocketing four goals in the first 25 minutes en route to a 4-0 win at South Sound …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/9/26
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The North Thurston boys tennis team narrowly outlasted River Ridge 3-2 in a tight match at River Ridge High School Tuesday afternoon.
In the top singles match, North Thurston’s Matthias …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/9/26
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In nine games last fall, the North Thurston football team scored 25 points all season.
Trailing 20-7 at halftime against Mountain View in Vancouver Friday night, the Rams’ offense came alive …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/5/26
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If the North Thurston Rams football team could make one wish to the football gods for the 2026 fall season, it would almost certainly be stability.
Chaos clouded the Rams’ 2025 campaign before …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/20/26
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Fall sports are just around the corner, with football practices five days away and all other sports beginning practice in 10 days. Regular season action is less than four weeks away.
The 2025 …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/14/26
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We’re just four weeks away from the much-anticipated return of Friday Night Lights in Thurston County.
On Sept. 4, a dozen high school football teams in the county will begin their march …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/7/26
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The second and final day of the Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino crowned 17 championship teams Sunday, including five with current and former athletes from Thurston County.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/26/26
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Athletes from around Thurston County and Lewis County, both past and present, laced up their sneakers for the annual Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino on Saturday, July 25.
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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Yelm High School graduate Trevontay Smith, currently a jumper for the University of Washington track and field team, showed off his hops as he won the 2026 Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/25/26
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Softball players aged 16-and-under from Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Timberline, Tumwater and Yelm high schools flocked to Chehalis to represent their club teams at the Cascades …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/10/26
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Syriahs Trolson wasn’t always collected under pressure.
When she was in her softball pitching infancy at 13 years old, the stress would often get the best of the right-hander. Sometimes, just …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/10/26
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May 2 was simultaneously not Capri Crosby’s day and also as good of a day as it gets.
The North Thurston High School sophomore competed in the Washington State High School Powerlifting …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/8/26
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Capital junior forward Jaden Annan and North Thurston freshman central attacking midfielder Rayan Moustafa were selected as the co-MVPs of the Puget Sound League Nisqually Division.
Annan led …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/4/26
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Perhaps no moment in the 2026 baseball season among local teams was more clutch than the final out of the South Puget Sound League Championship Game between Olympia and Sumner May 6.
Bottom of …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/4/26
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The North Thurston Rams took a big leap from a 6-8-3 season in 2024 to a 10-4-4 campaign in 2025. They entered 2026 with high expectations after a short stint in the district tournament and were …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/3/26
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In years past, the Puget Sound League divided its Most Valuable Player awards into two: the best player in the Nisqually Division and the top player in the Narrows Division.
While those awards …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/2/26
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