12/30/17 (Olympia, WA) The Steilacoom Sentinels visited the Capital Cougars Friday night for a girl/boy double-header and the Cougars swept both games. Both game stories are below with separate photo galleries. Girls: Capital 55, Steilacoom 44 The shorthanded Sents jumped out to a lead in the first half building as […]
Year: 2017
Hoops: Black Hills sweep girl/boy double-header
12/21/17 The Black Hills Wolves swept a double header on Thursday night with the girls playing first against Chief Sealth and the boys followed against Sammamish. Girls Black Hills 65, Chief Sealth 43 (Tumwater, WA) The Wolves jumped out to a 19-7 1st quarter lead and cruised to the win. […]
Girls Hoops: Centralia pulls away with big 4th quarter from Olympic
12/20/17 Centralia 55, Olympic 44 (Centralia, WA) This game began as a game of runs with Centralia jumping out to a 12-0 lead and very early on looked like this was going to be a run-away. But the Trojans had 2nd thoughts and put together their own 12-0 run to […]
Boys Hoops: Roughriders prevail over Tigers as winning shot rolls off the rim
12/20/17 Port Angeles 48, Centralia 47 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia Tigers are now 2-5 on the year and exceptionally frustrated after suffering yet another tight loss. The Tigers are have lost their 5 game by no more than 9 and a grand total of 27 points or just 5 per […]
Boys Hoops: Cougars run past Bearcats in non-league tussle
12/19/17 Capital 56, WF West 38 (Chehalis, WA) The Capital Cougars are in a dog fight with North Thurston and Timberline in the SSC currently tied for 2nd while the Bearcats are the favorites to win the Evco 2A when league begins in January and have since run up a […]
Boys Hoops: Napavine runs away from Rainier in a blow out
12/18/17 Napavine 67, Rainier 19 (Napavine, WA) Napavine’s Jordan Purvis earned our Pacific Sports Spa Player of the Game for the Tigers and it wasn’t a tough call. When a single player outscores their opponent single-handedly it’s an easy decision. Purvis finished with 22 while the Mounties scored only 21. […]
Centralia College Men’s Basketball 2017-18 Pre-View
12/15/17 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia College Men’s Basketball team is on a mission this year and that’s to turn the Blazer program around. Last year they finished 6-22 and 3-11 in conference play and 2nd to last in their division. So far the Blazers are off to a 2-6 start […]
Centralia College Women’s Crossover Tournament Day 1 Mt Hood and Walla Walla pick up wins
12/16/17 Day 3 Walla Walla 82, Peninsula 52 (Centralia, WA) The Walla Walla Warriors were looking to sweep the Crossover Tournament and the shorthanded Pirates gave al they had but in the end simply could not resist the Warriors. Led by Cierra Jo McKeown who went off for 21 1st […]
Boys Hoops: Timberline’s lock down defense spurs comeback win over Capital
12/13/17 Timberline 63, Capital 50 (Lacey, WA) The South Sound Conference early on appears to be a battle in Thurston County with Timberline, Capital and North Thurston all at 2-0 entering Wednesday night’s games and the Blazers and Cougs were set to face off in an early season showdown. Additionally, […]
Girls Hoops: Bearcats offense blows open showdown with Mark Morris
12/12/17 WF West 94, Mark Morris 37 (Chehalis, WA) The WF West Bearcats are playing at another level and the rest of the 2A better take notice because they are not slowing down but rather getting better every time they hit the floor and this one was their best effort […]
Boys Hoops: Chieftains too much for Wolves pull away for solid win
12/8/17 Columbia River 53, Black Hills 34 (Tumwater, WA) It wasn’t the prettiest of wins but Columbia River Head Coach David Long no doubt is happy with how his team came together in the 2nd half. After a sloppy start including an early time-out where Coach Long appeared to “encourage” […]
Girls Hoops: Bearcats rain down 3-balls on Storm
12/7/17 WF West 85, Skyview 58 (Chehalis, WA) The Storm was in town but it was the Bearcats raining 3’s, 14 to be exact. WF West was throwing down long balls from every corner and from half the team, literally as 7 different Bearcat players knocked down a 3-ball. Leasing […]
Girls Hoops: Toledo pulls away from Mossyrock
12/7/17 Toledo 43, Mossyrock 33 (Toledo, WA) The Indians knocked off the Vikings Wednesday night with a stingy defense over the first 16 minutes. The lock down D held Mossyrock to just 6 in the 1st and 7 in the 2nd. The Toledo offense was also on right at the […]
ESN’s/Pacific Sports Spa All-Championship Football Team
12/6/17 (Tacoma, WA) Here is our All-Championship Football team which was selected by our announcers and reporters covering all 6 games. This is based solely on our eyes and some stats. No doubt some performances will be missed and some others doubt will be named but that is because the […]
Boys Hoops: Kelso jumps on Bearcats in 1st half to cruise to 2nd win
12/5/17 Kelso 59, WF West 44 (Chehalis, WA) Both teams have been working the past few years trying to turn aro9und programs that had been struggling. Kelso Head Coach Joe Kinch and WF West Head Coach Chris White have several things in common such as former team mates on the […]
2017 State Football Finals Photo Album
12/5/17 (Tacoma, WA) It was a fabulous weekend of State Football Championship action and we took too many pictures to not share more so below are additional pictures from our coverage already posted. As always on ESN all of our materials including pictures are free and we encourage players, coaches, teams, […]
Girls Hoops: Wolves big 4th quarter too much for Panthers
12/4/17 Black Hills 45, Washougal 37 (Tumwater, WA) Both teams are familiar with each other and may very well see each other in the District Finals and possibly at State. Both teams are looking to return to the Yakima Sundome and both have several returning starters. It is also early […]
State Football Championships: ACH, O’Dea, Hockinson, Royal, Kalama and Richland all win Titles
12/2/17 Saturday’s Games 2A State Championship Final: Hockinson 35, Tumwater 22 Hockinson wins battle of contrasts, takes first state title in any sport, 35-22 over Tumwater, for 2A crown By Dave Weber (Tacoma, WA) It shaped up as a battle of contrasting styles and schools; Tumwater’s potent running game against […]
Tumwater needs to hold off second straight potent offense to win 2A crown
11/30/17 2A State Championship Game Hockinson vs Tumwater Live Free Radio Broadcast on ESN. By Dave Weber (Tumwater, WA) Bill Beattie is a chapter away from a storybook ending to his first season as head coach at his alma mater. Last weekend, his second-ranked Tumwater High School football […]
2B Championship Preview: Redemption for Liberty? Not if Kalama can help it
11/30/17 (Tacoma, WA) There is only 1 defending Champion back in the Tacoma Dome going for back-to-back titles and that is Royal in the 1A bracket. However, there are 3 runners up back for redemption including the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers who lost to Napavine last year 34-16. The Lancers will […]