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Baseball can be a cruel game.
Tumwater had its chances against No. 1 Bainbridge in the 2A State Championship Game at Joe Martin Stadium in Bellingham, but the Thunderbirds couldn’t capitalize …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/31/26
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TACOMA — Eleven months ago, Cody Hayes was an eighth grader at Bush Middle School lighting up Olympia’s Ingersoll Stadium by throwing 140 feet in javelin at the Olympia All-Comers track meet on …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/31/26
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TACOMA — When Centralia High School senior thrower Sam Volavola unleashed his penultimate throw of the 2A shot put finals, Aberdeen throws coach Todd Bridge turned to Centralia throws coach Perry …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/29/26
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When Luke Overbay was in middle school, he watched his brother, Alex, and his dad, Tumwater coach Lyle Overbay, win back-to-back 2A state championships.
“I remember the last inning,” the …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/29/26
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After hundreds of games around the state this spring, there are just four teams remaining in each classification in the hunt for a baseball state championship.
Among those teams are Napavine and …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/27/26
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Entering the state tournament in Seattle, W.F. West’s Ellie Mittge had two goals.
“My first goal was to make it to day two,” Mittge said. “My second goal was to medal.”
She won …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/26
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Ignited by the arms of Jimmy Womach, Luke Overbay and Braeden Konrad, the Tumwater High School baseball team cruised to a pair of shutouts in the Class 2A state tournament at Wheeler Field, beating …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/24/26
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Mark down April 25, 2026 as the day that Alexandra Broome fell in love with the 400-meter dash.
It was the gearUP Eason Invite when the Tumwater High School star broke 60 seconds in just the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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For Sam Volavola, rugby was his favorite sport growing up in Fiji. Track and field took a back seat.
Once he came to Centralia High School his sophomore season, it was flip-flopped. He started …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/22/26
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TUMWATER — Logan Stallings didn’t have golf in his life for four years.
He found it again the summer before his junior year at Black Hills High School. His dad and brother took their clubs …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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We’ve reached the final two-week stretch of the 2025-26 prep sports season and the competition, like the weather, is heating up.
State tournaments for softball and baseball begin this week for …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Connor Coleman has a handful of games left before he departs for The Palouse. Luke Overbay still has a season left before he heads to Ann Arbor. The pair of two-way stalwarts will end the 2026 season …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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Throwing two perfect games and leading the Bearcats to an outright league title solidified Taylor Tobin’s case to be the Most Valuable Pitcher of the Evergreen Conference. The coaches agreed and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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For the third consecutive spring, a Thunderbird was named as the Evergreen Conference’s MVP. This season it was bestowed to junior midfielder Malachi Vuong, a prolific player that helped Tumwater …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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The momentum created from winning the EvCo sub-district titles for W.F. West’s Elizabeth Mittge and the T-Birds duo of Adela Schmiedeberg/Ashlyn Spencer was more than enough to put themselves in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/26
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As Charlie Crawford pulled into third base, he knew he put himself in a great position to score the game’s winning run. The senior had just drilled a triple to right field, and with just one out in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/16/26
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There’s a sizable difference in how the W.F. West High School softball team prepared for a top-of-the-line pitcher this spring compared to 2025.
When the Evergreen Conference was littered with …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/16/26
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There’s been a common theme around the Tumwater and Black Hills softball programs this spring.
For the T-Birds, they’ve answered every loss with an offensive explosion. And in the case of …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/14/26
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In mid-April, Tumwater lost a road matchup with Aberdeen and a home matchup against W.F. West on back-to-back days.
While the final results were disappointing, Tumwater coach Lyle Overbay said …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/13/26
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A 13-run third inning was more than enough for No. 3 Tumwater on Tuesday, when the Thunderbirds throttled No. 6 Hockinson 17-6 in a 2A District 4 Tournament pigtail game.
The Hawks got on the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/13/26
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