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Putting woes doom Nickerson

Had things gone a little differently Wednesday, Tumwater’s Seth Nickerson might have been the 2A boys state golf champion instead of Clarkston’s Tyler Carlson.
He likes broken records

TUMWATER – In one of track and field’s most grueling races, Andrew Brown feels a surge of adrenaline in the final stretch.
Bears star ties for 23rd

All Dominick Francks could do was shrug his shoulders and admit that golf has its extreme lows, too.
State golf: Defending champ Francks tied for 12th

Dumbfounded by the course set-up, and bewildered by his loose putting, Olympia High’s Dominick Francks did not have the best of days at the Class 4A state boys golf championships.
Fastpitch: Tumwater is home to the thumping Thunderbirds

TUMWATER – Clay Hill considers himself blessed, in his 15 years as Tumwater High fastpitch coach, to have had many good athletes and many good teams.
T-Birds’ Nickerson contending for golf title

Despite poor weather conditions Tuesday, Tumwater’s Seth Nickerson is two shots off the lead going into today’s final round of the 2A state golf tournament at The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway.
Olympia golf star went from 'hack' to 4A state champ

One summer day in 2008, as Seth Nickerson waited on the first tee at Tumwater Valley Golf Club, another eighth grader asked to join him. Dominick Francks would go on to become the state’s best golfer as a Stanford-bound senior at Olympia High School.
Sumner baseball edges North Thurston in state quarterfinal

North Thurston's Spencer Dorsey was called out on a close play at home as the Rams' fall to Sumner, 5-4 in the 2A state quarterfinals.
Yorks finishes 1,600 meters in state-record time of 4:04

TACOMA – Capital High’s Alec Temple is not usually into hugging an opponent after he loses a boys 1,600-meter race by 15 seconds.
Tumwater keeps rolling

TUMWATER – As excited as the Tumwater Thunderbirds were about their Class 2A state boys soccer quarterfinal victory Saturday afternoon over Franklin Pierce to earn the program’s first berth into next weekend’s state semifinals, they know still there’s more left to be accomplished.