Members of Eatonville High School's equestrian team closed out a standout season with several top finishes against the best riders in the Pacific Northwest at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships, held June 19 through 21 at the Grant County Fairgrounds. The Eatonville High School drill team placed fifth among the 10 qualifying teams at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships. Pictured from left to right: Natalie Foster, Olivia Benham, Mariah Torgeson-Wid

Jezlynn "Chicky" Battles has been chasing opponents across the mat since she was 6 years old. Last weekend, the Weyerhaeuser Elementary fifth-grader was chasing something bigger — a spot on the national stage. Jezlynn "Chicky" Battles lets the hardware do the talking. The Weyerhaeuser Elementary fifth-grader earned two fourth-place medals — one in freestyle, one in Greco-Roman — competing for Team Washington at the Freeco USA Elementary National Duals in Elkhorn, Nebraska, la

Easton Wolfe and Callie Mohler have made a habit of winning. The Eatonville High School bass fishing duo, last year’s state champions, topped a field of 20 teams to claim first place at the Washington State High School Bass Fishing tournament last Saturday, May 30th at Alder Lake. Wolfe, a freshman, added to the team's banner day by claiming Big Bass honors, landing the largest individual fish of the tournament. Eatonville anglers Easton Wolfe (left) and Callie Mohler (right)

A strong spring sports season for Eatonville High School produced a lengthy list of South Puget Sound League 2A all-league honorees, with student-athletes earning recognition across track and field, girls tennis, baseball and fastpitch softball. Eatonville placed 16 athletes on all-league teams across the four sports, a reflection of the depth and competitiveness the Cruisers brought to the league throughout the spring slate. Track and field led the way in terms of total hono

Taylor Johnson already knew what it felt like to stand at the top of the podium at the state championships. She had done it twice before. But when the Eatonville High School senior walked away from the 2026 WIAA State Track and Field Championships at Mt. Tahoma High School this weekend, she did it as a four-time state champion, and with a performance in the javelin she had never matched before. Eatonville's Taylor Johnson stands atop the podium after capturing the 2A Girls Am

Taylor Johnson has made a habit of standing atop the podium at the district championships. Eatonville's Taylor Johnson celebrates on the first-place podium at the 2A District 3 Championships at Bremerton High School. The senior swept the ambulatory shot put, discus and javelin titles at the May 20-22 meet, repeating as district champion in the shot put and discus for the second straight year. Photo: Randy Johnson The Eatonville senior swept three ambulatory field event titles

The Eatonville High School equestrian team turned in a strong performance at the WAHSET State Finals, collecting multiple top-five finishes across individual and team events at the Grant County Fairgrounds. The Eatonville High School equestrian team poses for a photo during the WAHSET State Finals in Moses Lake. Top row, from left: Ella Sturgis, Emma Adams, Morgan Eichost, Kaydence Hill, Olivia Benham, Dakota Murra, Ava Payne, Kali Olson, Zoey Shoopman and Natalie Foster. Bot

The North Mason Bulldogs closed the Eatonville Lady Cruisers' season the same way they opened it, with a shutout. The 2026 Lady Cruiser fastpitch team posed for a photo together one last time after their season ending loss at the 2026 Disttrict 3 playoffs. Photo: Heather Quirie Eatonville fell 17-0 to North Mason in a district playoff game Friday at the Regional Athletic Complex, ending the Lady Cruisers' season at 10-8 overall. The loss mirrored the teams' first meeting back

Eatonville's season came to a close Monday as the 11th-seeded Cruisers fell 10-0 to the sixth-seeded North Kitsap Vikings in the 2026 District 3 2A Baseball playoffs at North Kitsap High School, ending what head coach Doug Fillbach called one of his favorite seasons in recent memory. Fillbach gave sophomore Ben Smith the ball for the Cruisers in a must-win setting, but North Kitsap wasted no time putting runs on the board. The Vikings struck for three runs in the bottom of th

The Eatonville Cruisers sent a large contingent to the 2A South Puget Sound League Championships at Harry Lang Stadium at Clover Park High School on Wednesday and Friday, and when the dust settled, a long list of athletes had punched their tickets to the 2A District 3 Championships. Sophomore Gabriel Kolsrud headlined the boys side with a pair of podium finishes in the distance events, setting personal bests in both. Kolsrud took second in the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:0