Tenino drops home match to Columbia

By The Chronicle staff The Tenino girls tennis team lost a home match against Columbia (White Salmon) on Wednesday, falling 5-1. Chloe Suess was the lone Beaver winner on the day, winning the third singles match 6-1, 6-2. “She is just our consistency queen …

Prep Baseball Roundup: Elma snaps skid with big win over Tenino

Elma snapped a losing streak while Montesano and Hoquiam engaged in a pitcher’s duel as we review Tuesday’s prep baseball games on the Harbor. ~~~ PREP BASEBALL Elma 10, Tenino 4 Elma snapped a six-game losing streak with a potential season-defining 10-4 …

PREP SPORTS: Forks boys soccer earns win over Tenino on PKs

TENINO — The Forks soccer team, twice down by a goal, scored two answering goals, played defense for a long stretch and then won a penalty kick shootout 4-1 to pick up a road victory over Tenino on Monday. Tenino went up 1-0 early on a penalty kick goal, …

Man accused of killing Tenino, WA woman in court

Prep Softball Roundup: Elma’s offense hammers Tenino in mercy-rule rout

Elma, Aberdeen and Montesano’s softball team each won league games on Monday. ~~~ PREP SOFTBALL Elma 20, Tenino 1 Elma’s offense hammered 17 hits en route to a 20-1 mercy-rule victory over Tenino on Monday in Elma. The Eagles (8-3 overall, 3-2 1A Evergreen …

Tenino falls in five innings in Elma

By The Chronicle staff The Tenino softball team was run-ruled in Elma, where the Beavers lost 20-1. The Eagles jumped out front immediately, scoring eight runs in the first and five in the second to take a 13-0 lead. Jaeleen Woodward and Kylie Gonia helped …

Tenino falls to Forks in penalty kicks

By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com TENINO — The Tenino soccer team battled for 90 minutes against Forks on Monday night, but the Beavers ultimately fell 3-2 in a penalty shootout on the black turf. “We had a really, really clear cut game plan on …

Judge orders no-bail hold for handyman accused of killing 82-year-old Tenino woman

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — A Thurston County judge denied bail for the handyman accused of killing 82-year-old Marcia Norman and burying her body in concrete under a shed. Jeffrey Zizz, 47, appeared virtually from jail at a court hearing Monday afternoon …

"This is the worst case I've witnessed': Thurston County officials detail ongoing investigation of Tenino woman's murder

By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com Hours after Jeffrey Kian Zizz, 47, was officially charged with the murder of Marcia Norman, 82, of Tenino, Thurston County officials  during a press conference Monday described how Zizz, her handyman, carried …

Tenino woman died from trauma to head; suspect had detailed plan for sexual assault, burglary

By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com  Documents released by Thurston County Superior Court on Monday detail the alleged kidnapping and murder of 82-year-old Tenino area resident Marcia Norman.  Jeffrey Kian Zizz, 47, was charged Monday, April 21, …