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    Articles by Kevin Hanson
    Julie Anderson, recently hired to lead the Enumclaw High girls basketball program, offers encouragement from the bench during her time at Tahoma High.
    New EHS basketball coach takes the reins
    By Kevin Hanson • July 7, 2025 11:30 am

    Julie Anderson was named NPSL’s 4A Coach of the Year last season.

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Enumclaw High's Payton Clerget competes in Cow Sorting.
    Enumclaw, White River equestrians place in Pacific North...
    By Kevin Hanson • July 2, 2025 11:30 am

    Gabriyela Hernandez took second place in Figure 8, and Payton Clerget, Charlotte Hernandez and Jocelyn Lowe third in cattle sorting.

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    Dosewallips State Park, sitting along Hood Canal in Jefferson County. Photo by Kevin Hanson
    Good camping and elk sightings at Dosewallips State...
    By Kevin Hanson • June 24, 2025 11:05 am

    This series begins today with a look at Dosewallips State Park, sitting along Hood Canal.

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    Cydnee Chapin, White River, first team all-league, tennis (singles). Photo by Kevin Hanson
    Here are the Hornets netting all-league honors
    By Kevin Hanson • June 11, 2025 11:15 am

    WRHS’ Vivian Kingston and Trista Turgeon made first team.

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    SUBMITTED PHOTO 
Committing to the their collegiate futures, joined by family and friends, were (from left): Landon Wall, Sammy Santana, Mylee Bonthuis, Natalie Lish and Eli Murphy.
    Five EHS’ athletes sign college contracts
    By Kevin Hanson • June 9, 2025 3:45 pm

    Celebrating at a recent ceremony were Landon Wall, Sammy Santana, Mylee Bonthuis, Natalie Lish and Eli Murphy.

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    SUBMITTED PHOTO 
White River High’s state equestrian champion Daniel Moriarty in the Working Rancher category.
    EHS, WRHS equestrians head to regionals
    By Kevin Hanson • June 4, 2025 2:30 pm

    The Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships is June 20 – 22.

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    PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON 
Enumclaw High senior Amos Hall nears the end of his 300-meter hurdle race Friday at the state track meet, staged at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.
    Local track athletes wrap up state
    By Kevin Hanson • June 3, 2025 2:40 pm

    White River’s Trista Turgeon seems to have fared best, placing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles.

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    FILE PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON 
Among the Plateau athletes competing at this week’s Class 3A state track and field championships will be White River’s Vivian Kingston. During last week’s district competition the Hornet senior qualified for state in both the 400 and 800 meters. In this photo, she finishes a victorious race during an early-May meet.
    EHS fastpitch, baseball fall short in state
    By Kevin Hanson • May 27, 2025 11:00 am

    Several track athletes are heading to state, including WRHS’ Trista Turgeon, will compete this weekend.

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    PHOTO COURTESY JULIE HEIFNER White River’s Rylan Heifner established a new state record with a squat of 515 pounds. The effort came during the state championship meet at Olympia High.
    WRHS girls powerlifters place second in state
    By Kevin Hanson • May 15, 2025 10:20 am

    And the boys took third.

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One of the athletes to keep an eye on in the postseason is White River High junior Trista Turgeon, who recently broke her school’s hurdles record and is ranked 1st in state for the 3A hurdles.
    WRHS, EHS Hornets well represented in spring postseason...
    By Kevin Hanson • May 13, 2025 10:30 am

    EHS was seeded No. 2 in district softball and No. 3 in baseball.

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    PHOTO COURTESY ANDY GUERRERO/CWU 
Jason Patterson addresses the crowd during Saturday night’s Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony on the campus of Central Washington University.
    “It was kind of a surprise”; ESD math...
    By Kevin Hanson • May 5, 2025 3:45 pm

    Math teacher Jason Patterson was inducted into Central Washington University’s Hall of Fame over the weekend.

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    PHOTO COURTESY JACK ROBBINS
    WRHS’ Turgeon sets new school hurdles record
    By Kevin Hanson • April 22, 2025 1:00 pm

    Trista Turgeon beat the previous 2010 record by 0.34 seconds.

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    Longtime White River coach Terry Veltkamp is among the five inductees to the White River Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The Hall of Fame event will begin at 6 p.m. April 19. (Photo courtesy of White River Athletic Hall of Fame)
    White River Athletic Hall of Fame will induct...
    By Kevin Hanson • April 11, 2025 4:03 pm

    Ceremony is April 19.

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