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PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON Remnants of our nation’s military past are found at Manchester State Park. Shown here are the torpedo warehouse, which once housed mines designed to protect Bremerton’s shipyards, and Battery Mitchell, which was nearly completed but never received its rapid-fire guns.

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111 acres of forest, shoreline, and history: Manchester State Park

Contributor’s note: We’re spending time this summer focusing on the great outdoors: namely, some of the noteworthy campgrounds…

PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON The unpaved Wilkeson to Carbonado section of the Foothills Trail includes this concrete barrier near the midway point. Some choose to turn around, others step around and continue a rather easy walk to Carbonado.

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The Wilkeson-Carbonado trail: The best part may be the destinations

The unpaved trail follows an abandoned railroad line and is a dirt-and-rock experience.

Submitted photo Varsity (from left): Kalese Turgeon, KaijahYoung, McKenna Rathbun, Gracie Banks, Lilly Banks, Malia Froemke, Maggee Schmitz, Myia Olson, Riley Soule, Kaitlyn Hewlett, Jordan Taylor, Addy Binder-Rene.

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WRHS varsity, JV teams a force to be reckoned with at San Diego invitation

The JV team took first in the District 1A league.

Julie Anderson, recently hired to lead the Enumclaw High girls basketball program, offers encouragement from the bench during her time at Tahoma High.

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New EHS basketball coach takes the reins

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

SUBMITTED PHOTO Enumclaw High's Payton Clerget competes in Cow Sorting.

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Enumclaw, White River equestrians place in Pacific North West Invitational

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

Dosewallips State Park, sitting along Hood Canal in Jefferson County. Photo by Kevin Hanson

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Good camping and elk sightings at Dosewallips State Park

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

Cydnee Chapin, White River, first team all-league, tennis (singles). Photo by Kevin Hanson

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Here are the Hornets netting all-league honors

WRHS’ Vivian Kingston and Trista Turgeon made first team.

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.

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Five EHS’ athletes sign college contracts

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

SUBMITTED PHOTO White River High’s state equestrian champion Daniel Moriarty in the Working Rancher category.

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EHS, WRHS equestrians head to regionals

The Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships is June 20 - 22.

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.

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Local track athletes wrap up state

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

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.

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EHS fastpitch, baseball fall short in state

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

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.

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WRHS girls powerlifters place second in state

And the boys took third.

Contributed photo 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.

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WRHS, EHS Hornets well represented in spring postseason sports

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