The Chronicle News Dump

The state football quarterfinals are done and the sports dump crew bids goodbye to a few local teams (Toledo, Winlock, and Tenino) and previews the state quarterfinals — particularly Napavine vs. Okanogan and Kalama vs. Onalaska. Alec Dietz talks about his trip to the state soccer tournament, Aaron VanTuyl discusses his trip to Kalama, and Eric Trent practically watched a game from his living...

Sports Dump Ep. 12: The Palm Springs of State Brackets The first round of the state football playoffs are in the books, and the Chronicle sports staff discusses the hits and misses of the seeding committees brackets. Alec Dietz reports on his experience at Tenino’s wild 80-point playoff game, Eric Trent discusses his trip to Yakima, and the crew looks forward to a pair of state quarterfinal matchu...

News Dump Ep. 72: This Hole Things is a Farst On the 72nd episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss two swole bros lifting a Porsche, a flood in Lewis County, additional holiday-themed train rides, a handsome escaped inmate, a local repeat cookie champion and more.

News Dump Ep. 71: If He Has Something to Drink, He’ll Wet the Podcast On the 71st episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz join forces for the soggiest podcast in recent memory. The hosts cover the county water banking program, a water rights dustup in Onalaska, water rights talk on Mineral Lake, CC’s new play, and a Winlock grand opening. Brought to you by Summit Fun...

Sports Dump Ep. 11: The Seeding Committee Hath Spoken It’s Seeding Sunday and the Chronicle sports crew offers up instant analysis on the WIAA’s brackets for the state football, volleyball and soccer playoffs. Did Onalaska get a good draw? Did Kalama deserve the 1-seed? Why didn’t someone demand Forks and Toledo switch places? How did Tenino’s football team do so well and it’s soccer team do so …...

News Dump Ep. 70: Lee Grose Point Blank & Brewster’s ($15) Millions On the 70th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss $15 million in federal funding, Lee Grose joining the county commission (again), Halloween foibles, ELECTION NIGHT in LEWIS COUNTY, and more.

Sports Dump Ep. 10: The Regular Season Ends With a Bunch of Blowouts The regular season concluded with a bunch of lopsided games, but the playoffs are upon us! The Sports Dump hosts break down the crossover playoff slate, look at district soccer and volleyball brackets, and make predictions on who will advance to the state football playoffs and put themselves at the mercy of the seeding committee.

Sports Dump: Playoff Scenarios for Everyone and the Tale of Onalaska's Weird Record This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 8 of the prep football season and all the usual sports stuff. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 0:25 - Trent Went to DUNE 0:48 - Week 8 Recap 11:40 - Other Sports Are Happening 20:00 - The Perfect Report 20:45 - Football Playoff Picture 35:20 - RPI Rankings...

News Dump Ep. 69: This Headline Was Written in a Day On the 69th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Isabel Vander Stoep and Eric Schwartz discuss a local cookie champion returning the Food Network, a bridge that may not have actually been built in a day, the Nov. 2 election, a legislator being locked out of work and capturing the moment on camera, and Ryderwood’s quest to rebuild a pond.

Sports Dump: Swamp Cup Week and the Playoffs Are Near This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 7 of the prep football season and all the usual sports stuff. This week’s topics cover the Week 7 games, the District 4 2A golf tournament, Mossyrock volleyball staying undefeated, W.F. West boys tennis staying undefeated, Napavine football staying undefeated, picking the 114th Swamp Cup, RPI rankings, the AP...

News Dump Ep. 68: We Didn’t Start The Fire (But Your Girlfriend Allegedly Did) On the 68th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss Tenino football (!), Sean Swope’s opposition to a state of emergency, the sale of Centralia’s old golf course, a bank robbery, a new Port CEO, ToledoTel going wide and a city council candidate’s past.

Sports Dump: Week 7 Preview and “But Who Have They Played??” This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 6 of the prep football season and all the usual sports topics. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 1:20 - COVID schedule updates 3:30 - Week 6 in Review 10:30 - Other Sports Are Happening 16:20 - The Perfect Report / RPI Talk 23:30 - AP Poll Report 28:10 - Grid Picks Week 7

News Dump Ep. 67: Old Man Transalta, Dam On the 67th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss the latest dealing in Old Man TransAlta’s holdings, not-EDC awards, candy buy-backs, the DAD board, and more.

This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 5 of the prep football season and all the usual sports topics. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 0:28 - The Urban Question 2:10 - Week 5 Review 13:00 - Other Sports Are Happening 17:45 - State Football Allocations 26:45 - Who’s Undefeated 28:30 - RPI Report 30:30 - AP Rankings 37:50 - Grid Picks

News Dump Ep. 66: Give Me Liberty or Give Me FreedomWeen On the 66th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Franklin Taylor and Eric Schwartz discuss the potential candidates for the open county commissioner spot, get into Booooocoda’s Halloween festivities, wonder when they’ll get invited to the Artober judging panel, and misinterpret the implications of FreedomWeen.

This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 4 of the prep football season and all the usual sports topics. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic! 2:30 - Week 4 football recap 14:30 - Other Sports Report! Soccer, volleyball, etc. 19:40 - Undefeated teams check-in 28:00 - RPI report 34:00 - GRID PICKS

News Dump Ep. 65: Chronicle Publisher Faces the Music (And the Commenters) On this 65th episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl is joined by a different Eric (Rosane) and a different Taylor (Chad) to discuss the upcoming Best of Lewis County awards, candidate forums, deworming livestock, Ross McDowell saving the day, a day care debacle, plastic bags and Hank Kirk. Sponsored as always by...

This week’s Sports Dump covers Week 3’s football games, a bunch of rankings, Centralia’s Von Wasson and his very good round of golf, the first RPI rankings, and more. 2:00 - Week 3 football in review 13:45 - Goebel Septic ad (big fans!) 15:30 - Other Sports especially golfer Von Wasson 23:35 - betting on which teams stay undefeated the longest 26:40 - the first RPI football rankings of the year ar...

On this 64th episode, Chronicle associate editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss the RINO party in Chehalis, a beaver shooting expedition in Rochester, listener questions, Debbie Campbell, Harlan Thompson, the sale of Sunbirds, and two columns from one columnist that just kind of bled together. Sponsored as always by Summit Funding!

Eric Trent, Matt Baide and Aaron VanTuyl — three current or former Chronicle sports editors — talk about what happened in Week 2 of the prep football season, discuss the AP poll, weigh in on Grid Picks, learn about Shelton’s swimming pool and talk about the fact that a Pe Ell-Valley combo is playing a Raymond-South Bend combo this week. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings and Goebel Septic!

News Dump Ep. 63: “Dear Jay I Wrote You But You Still Ain’t Callin’” On this 63rdt episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss Winlock’s mayoral proclo-letter, the Mystery Tennant at the Port of Chehalis, firefighters and teachers and vaccines, one heartbreaking story, planes in parks, and more.

It’s Week 2 and we’ve already got some KEY state matchups to talk about. The sports crew covers the big Napavine/Onalaska game, looks back on the surprises from Week 1, realizes Centralia has a new athletic director, and questions if Tenino bringing in a small-school opponent for its home opener just like UW did could be a mistake. Plus Grid Picks and a look at the rest of the local sports landsca...

News Dump Ep. 62: It’s Dark and Wal-Mart Is Hot On this 61st episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss the tragedy of Wal-Mart closing, Matt Gaetz hanging out with Joe Kent, local politics and more.

Welcome to Sports Dump! In the first episode of The Chronicle’s Lewis County sports podcast (formerly known was Let’s Take About It), host Aaron VanTuyl quizzes sports editor Eric Trent and sports reporter Alec Dietz about their preseason experiences and football breakdowns of the Evergreen 2A Conference, the 1A Evergreen League, the SWW 2B League, and the Pac-5. Also featuring this week’s Grid Pi...

On this 61st episode, Chronicle Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Franklin Taylor discuss new police reform laws, the masks coming on in Onalaska, a Friday the 13th summer camp in Mineral, Bobby Jackson’s $2,700 bill, a bar fight injury, dead cats and more. Plus, a Best of Lewis County announcement and a big sports podcast announcement.