Month: September 2016

9/30/16 Steilacoom 33, Tumwater 23 (Tumwater, WA) The 2016 edition of the Tumwater Thunderbirds is also Head Coach Sid Otton’s final product after leading the Birds for 43 years. Otton will retire as the winningest coach in state history and will finish this season just shy of 400 career wins […]

9/30/16 Auburn-Mountainview 33, Thomas Jefferson 15 (Auburn, WA) These 2 NPSL teams stalemated for more than a quarter and a half when the Lions finally pushed themselves into the Raiders Red Zone. But Thomas Jefferson would hold tight and force the Lions to attempt a 31-yard field goal. As AM’s […]

9/29/16 We have already covered the 1st decade of Coach Sid Otton’s career at Tumwater High School. It was probably surprising to many who thought T-Bird Football was constantly in the running for a State Championship. Far from it, as we wrapped up 1983 with only the 3rd post-season appearance […]

9/27/16 Centralia 2, Rochester 0 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia Tigers were looking to double up their early season league record coming in with a 1-0 Evco 2A record and 3-4 mark overall. Rochester was 0-1 and 1-2-3 overall but the Warriors had bigger issues and that was depth. They had […]

9/27/16 (Renton, WA) The WIAA in a highly anticipated move has decided to increase the number of basketball teams for state tournaments. We will now see 8 to 12 more teams per classification for each tournament. Tourney sites will stay the same. The WIAA will use the Rating Percentage Index […]

9/24/16 Kentwood 44, Tahoma 3 (Kent, WA) The Kentwood Conks got off to a rough start dropping 2 non-league games but picked up their first win in dramatic fashion last week 41,-40 over Kennedy, more importantly it was a league win. In that game against the Lancers the Conks blew […]

9/27/16 (Vancouver, Wa.) The Skyview Storm blew into McKenzie Stadium last night, and when the Storm was  finished the Mt. View Thunders was silenced and on the short end of a 56-31 loss. Storm quarterback,  Hayden Froeber finished the night with three rushing touchdowns and 209 yards rushing. You can […]

9/23/16 Tumwater 27, Union 20 (Tumwater, WA) Teams are probably already tired of the Noah Andrews to Cade Otton connection after 2 straight weeks of late game heroics. Last week they connected on a 26-yard TD pass as time expired to beat Bellevue 15-13. This week it was not quite […]

9/22/16 Auburn 45, Thomas Jefferson 21 (Auburn, WA) Auburn Trojans Head Coach Gordon Elliott was extremely blunt with his team after improving to 3-0 last week and told his squad they had a lot of work to do. After this game he may have to get even more creative in […]

9/22/16 1977 was clearly an important season and without it there’s a good chance Coach Otton and his staff may not have survived many more chances. 1978 the T-Birds had graduated a huge class and then suffered multiple key injuries and recorded only a 2-7 season. 1979 featured one of […]

9/20/16 Yelm 3, North Thurston 0 (Lacey, WA) The Yelm Tornados have been turning their program around under coach Jay Dorhauser and this season hoping to take another step and so far have been competitive and came into the match with North Thurston with an even 2-2 record and 1-1 […]

9/18/16 Kentwood 41, Kennedy Catholic 40 (Burien, WA) On a rainy night where Fall weather certainly felt like it arrived and new Kennedy Catholic Coach Sheldon Cross was not on the mood to play any extra time. His Lancer squad had fallen behind 20-0 in the 1st quarter but went […]

9/17/16 Tumwater 1, Olympic 0 (Tumwater, WA) The field was a bit wet when this non-league match began but conditions overall pretty good. Both teams have been successful on the offensive side so far early on in this season with the Trojans scoring 11 in 4 games while giving up […]

9/17/16 This is the ESN Friday Night Football Round-Up with scores and stories and links to stories from the games we covered on Friday night. So giddy-up and let the round-up commence… ESN 1 Lakes 41, Wilson 14   Our feature story and pictures Click Here ESN 2 Tumwater 15, […]

9/16/16 Lakes 41, Wilson 14 (Lakewood, WA) The Lakes Lancers opened up league play in the new Pierce County League with unbeaten Wilson and off a non-league drubbing from Bellarmine Prep. The Lancers were determined to find their offense and defense and both came roaring out of the gate in […]

9/13/16 Centralia 3, Hoquiam 1 (Centralia, WA) The Tigers snapped 2 streaks on Tuesday night, they scored their 1st goals of the season and won their 1st match. Centralia came out putting plenty of pressure on the Hoquiam Grizzlies and it paid off early with 2 quick goals in the […]

9/11/16 (Auburn, WA) The 2016 Thoroughbred racing season has come to an end and finished with redemption for longtime trainer Frank Lucarelli. The feature and final Stakes race of the year was the $65,000 Gottstein Stakes featuring the undefeated So Lucky. So Lucky came into the race 4-0 and dominating […]