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Today’s edition · Mon., Nov. 9

Olympia heads to Sumner as the state football playoffs open

Plus, Washington's ballot count runs to Dec. 3, and SeaPort plans Spokane-Olympia flights.

The Daily Olympia team2 stories12 sources5 min read

Prep SportsTop story

State football brackets are set, and Olympia visits No. 3 Sumner in the first round

State football playoffs run from Nov. 13 to Dec. 5

  1. Nov. 13-14Opening-round games are set.
  2. Nov. 20-21Quarterfinals are set.
  3. Nov. 28Semifinals are set for the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
  4. Dec. 4-5State championships are set for Husky Stadium.

Source: Eli Sports Network

If you follow South Sound football, the postseason is here. The released brackets and first-round pairings Sunday for all six classifications, and the higher seed hosts every round until the state championships at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Olympia is the No. 14 seed in 4A and heads to No. 3 Sumner. Tenino, the No. 12 seed in 1A, visits No. 5 Mount Baker, and that winner meets No. 4 Rochester in the quarterfinals. In 2A, No. 1 Tumwater hosts No. 16 Black Hills, and Eli Sports Network lists that game at Tumwater District Stadium.

  • Tumwater vs. Black Hills: Fri., Nov. 13, 6 p.m.
  • Classifications: 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, 2B and 1B
  • Other games: times and locations still to be confirmed

Olympia and Tenino travel while Tumwater hosts in round one

ClassMatchup
4ANo. 14 Olympia at No. 3 Sumner
2ANo. 16 Black Hills at No. 1 Tumwater
1ANo. 12 Tenino at No. 5 Mount Baker
1A quarterfinalThat winner faces No. 4 Rochester

Sources: Bellingham Herald, Eli Sports Network

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Elections

Washington's Nov. 3 election results stay unofficial until the state certifies them Dec. 3

If you voted in the Nov. 3 General Election, the count isn't finished. Results are unofficial until the Secretary of State certifies them on Dec. 3, and election workers keep processing ballots until then.

Election results become official on Dec. 3

  1. Nov. 3Election Day for the General Election.
  2. Nov. 24Counties must certify county-level general election results.
  3. Dec. 3The Secretary of State certifies results.

Source: Shoreline Area News

If your ballot had a missing or mismatched signature, officials will contact you with instructions to update it. You have until your county's deadline to do it.

  • Results page: results.votewa.gov
  • Signature fix deadline: your county's certification date
  • Audits: two types after Election Day

King County Elections Chief of Staff Kendall Hodson said the county received more than 150,000 ballots from drop boxes late on election night. Mailed ballots with an on-time postmark can be counted until certification.

150,000+ballots King County got from drop boxes late on election night

Kendall Hodson, King County Elections' chief of staff, said the ballots arrived late Tuesday night from drop boxes across the county.

Source: KIRO 7 News Seattle

News Notes

Flights

SeaPort Airlines says it will begin direct Spokane-Olympia passenger flights on Jan. 8, 2027, timed to the legislative session. The twice-weekly service is planned for Fridays and Sundays, with the listed as a partner. ThurstonTalk

Farmers Market

A third vendor, Janna Taylor, who used to run Mother's Roots Kitchen, has shared why she is no longer at the Olympia Farmers Market. Odin's Alchemy Brewing was suspended in September, and Crafted Restorations was suspended in October. The Olympian

Windstorm

An overnight windstorm knocked out power to thousands of people, and rural Thurston County was among the areas hit. About 13,000 customers were without power Sunday morning, most of them in the Seattle area. The National Weather Service had a wind advisory for Olympia and Southern Puget Sound from 6 p.m. Saturday until 4 a.m. Sunday. Tacoma News TribuneBellingham Herald

Saturday night's winds hit 40 mph in Seattle-Tacoma and 20 mph near Olympia

Source: Tacoma News Tribune

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Seattle-Tacoma area40 mph
Olympia area20 mph

Cross country

Yelm's Marcos Andujar finished 12th in 15 minutes and 43.5 seconds at the 4A boys state meet in Pasco on Sat., Nov. 7. He is the first Yelm male runner on the state podium in seven years. Nisqually Valley News

State champs

The Pope John Paul II girls won the 1B/2B state cross country title on Sat., Nov. 7 in Pasco. It is the team's fifth state title in the past seven years. The Daily Chronicle

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The Wrap

Some of the prettiest ponds around Thurston County are also hard at work. The Hawks Prairie Ponds and Recharge Basins are a 40-acre site showing the final step of water reclamation, thanks to the LOTT Clean Water Alliance. It's free, open to the public year-round and a birder's paradise. Ducks, meet your water treatment plant.

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Daily Olympiato me · Mon., Nov. 96:00 a.m.

Olympia heads to Sumner as the state football playoffs open

Plus, Washington's ballot count runs to Dec. 3, and SeaPort plans Spokane-Olympia flights.

The TLDR

  1. State football brackets are set; Olympia visits No. 3 Sumner
  2. Tumwater hosts Black Hills on Fri., Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.
  3. Election results stay unofficial until Dec. 3
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