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The Olympia baseball team is no longer undefeated, dropping its first game Tuesday in a 5-2 home loss to Yelm.
In the second game of a three-game series between the two South Puget Sound League …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/31/26
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The Olympia baseball team improved to 8-0 after an 11-1 victory over Yelm Monday afternoon.
Landyn Keister shut down the Tornados bats over five innings of work, allowing just two hits and one …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/30/26
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Back-to-back days, back-to-back walk-offs. Only this time, the final swing belonged to River Ridge.
One night after falling to Bellarmine in eight innings, the Hawks climactically defeated Yelm …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/22/26
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Black Hills dropped its second straight game on Friday, falling in Yelm 12-2 in six innings.
The Wolves fell behind instantly, giving up six runs in the bottom of the first and eight runs across …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/20/26
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Olympia senior thrower Carson Godfrey broke his own school record in shot put Thursday afternoon when he threw 61 feet and 2 inches to win the event in a meet at Yelm High School.
Godfrey’s …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/20/26
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Two days after the Olympia softball team racked up 26 runs against Spanaway Lake, the Bears’ bats went cold in a 9-0 loss at Yelm Thursday.
Olympia recorded just one hit against Yelm starting …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/20/26
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Three North Thurston pitchers combined to strike out 10 batters in a 3-0 shutout victory at Yelm Saturday afternoon.
Starter Ethan Shaefer threw three no-hit innings, striking out five and only …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/14/26
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Track and field athletes from Olympia, Capital and Yelm high schools braved the heavy rain at Olympia’s Ingersoll Stadium and competed at the Olympia Jamboree Wednesday afternoon to mark the start …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/12/26
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In Total Sports Development’s (TSD) final competition as a Yelm-based program, two teams representing the TSD branding finished atop of the national ranks in Anaheim, California, during the USA …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/27/26
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Though Ben Hawk’s Tornados didn’t have any medalists inside of the Tacoma Dome for Mat Classic XXXVII, he’s extremely proud of the work the wrestlers on his YHS girls wrestling team put in this …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/27/26
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Two Yelm High School boys wrestlers Jonah Smith, 285 pounds, and AJ Erickson, 175 pounds, completed their grueling senior seasons and found the podium at the conclusion of Mat Classic XXXVII. Smith, …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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2/27/26
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Two Olympia High School basketball players took home Co-MVP honors, as junior Sawyer Schaff received the girls South Puget Sound League South Co-MVP award while junior Elijah Buol was named the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/11/26
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Months ahead of the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl LX qualifying run, the NFL team, along with their cheerleading and dance program, reached a milestone and celebrated 50-years of franchise history …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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2/3/26
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Eight months ahead of the new school year, Yelm Community Schools (YCS) and Superintendent Chris Woods have committed to providing high school athletics during the 2026-27 school year — with some …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/27/26
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Being a four-year starter in a college football program — backed by a long list of accolades — is an achievement that many young athletes dream of. For Yelm High School graduate and Central …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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Jan. 9, 2025 Yelm grad entering final year of football at CWU after award-winning season Since cracking the starting lineup as an offensive lineman for Central Washington University (CWU) in 2022, …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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12/30/25
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Ben Hawk, Yelm High School’s second year girls head wrestling coach, knows that an important key to improvement — and potentially a path to the podium at the state tournament — is through trial …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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12/23/25
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Around 100 wrestlers gathered inside of the Yelm High School gymnasium on Sunday, Dec. 7, as the legendary hall of fame wrestling coach Gaylord Strand and nine of his state champion Tornados hosted …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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12/16/25
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Tyler Venable and the Black Hills girls basketball started their season in a big way, as Venable scored 34 points to lead the Wolves to a dominant 59-18 victory over Yelm on Tuesday in Tumwater.
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/25/25
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