12/31/19 Eli Sports writes and reports many of our own stories but we also like to share great reporting and stories of other talented sports writers. We love to share pieces and the many stories on High School kids but we also like to share general sports stories that we […]
Year: 2019
The Litter Box: Seahawk Fans may just be the most annoying
12/29/19 The Litter Box by Larry the SportsCat (Katlama, WA) The Seattle Seahawks came up an inch short from winning the NFC West against the dreaded San Francisco 49ers in an epic battle at the Clink Sunday night. My observations of the Seahawks this year was […]
Tumwater’s Head Football Coach Bill Beattie named Coach of the Year
(Seattle, WA) Winning the State Football Championship is has been in the DNA of the Tumater T-Birds for several decades under the direction of the State’s winningest High School football coach Sid Otton. Coach Otton retired 3 years ago with 394 wins and 6 State Championships, including 5 with Tumwater […]
ESN Thursday Night: Davis pins West Valley and Falcons knock off Lancers in boys hoops
12/19/19 Wrestling Davis 42, West Valley 18 The Davis Pirates knocked off the West Valley Rams due to more forfeits with while in actual head to head competition there were only 6 matches and all resulted in pins with Davis getting four. For the Pirates Jaden Sanchez (120), Dominic Sowers […]
Football: 6 Champions Crowned on Saturday marks end of 2019 Fall Sports Season
12/8/19 The 2019 High School Football and Fall sports Seasons all came to an end on Saturday when the 6 State Championship games were played at 3 different locations. This was the first time all 6 games were played on one day and the first time since 1976 that the […]
Opinion: Now that Football Finals are set, how did the selection committees do? We hand out Grades
12/1/19 The 2019 Fall High School season will officially come to an end this Saturday with the playing of all 6 State Football Championship games. Football is the one sport that uses a selection committee to determine the 16-team play-off bracket. This year each classification had their own committee with […]
State Volleyball Tournament Coverage
11/13/19 Below is coverage of the State Football Tournaments from the 1st round to the Championships. 3A STATE TOURNAMENT (BRACKET LINK) Saturday, 11/23 Semi-Finals 1pm Court 1: Mt Spokane vs Kelso Court 3: Capital vs Roosevelt Consolation Bracket (Winner to Trophy Round, Loser Out) 9AM Court 1: Seattle Prep vs […]
State Football Total Coverage
11/13/19 Below is coverage of the State Football Tournaments from the 1st round to the Championships. 4A STATE TOURNAMENT (BRACKET LINK) State Championship Game (4pm at Mt Tahoma Stadium) Camas vs Bothel Semi-finals (Loser Out) Camas 35, Mt Si 14 Bothell 31, Woodinville 21 Quarterfinals (Loser Out) Mt Si 24, […]
State Soccer Tournament: Finals Four’s are set
11/13/19 Below is coverage of the State Soccer Tournaments from the 1st round to the Championships. 4A State Tournament (Bracket Link) State Championship Match 4pm Auburn-Riverside vs Puyallup 3rd Place Match 12pm Inglemoor vs Gonzaga Prep Semi-finals (Winner’s to Final 4, Losers to 3rd Place Match) at Sparks Stadium in […]
State 2A Volleyball Tournament moved to Central Washington University
11/4/19 (Renton, WA) The WIAA announced today through a press release the 2A State Volleyball Tournament will be moved from St. Martins to Central Washington University in Ellensburg next weekend. You can read the release here.
Soccer: District 4 2B Tournament
You can follow the District 4 2B Soccer Tournament round by round here. Official Bracket Link Saturday, 11/9 12-Noon District Championship Toledo vs Onalaska 10AM 3rd Place (Winner to State, Loser Out) Kalama vs Adna Wednesday, 11/6 Semi-Finals at Centralia (Winners to State) Toledo 2, Kalama 1 Shoot-out (5-3) (Centralia, […]
RIP Ron Fairly: Former M’s Broadcaster passes away at 81
10/30/19 Former Seattle Mariner’s broadcast analyst past away this morning in Palm Springs. Whether you loved him or were annoyed with him for his fairly obvious observations such as if he catches that ball that’s an out, you could not deny the love and excitement for the game and his […]
Camas defense puts the breaks on Skyview
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmq3HXLU7Qo[/embedyt] Papermakers escape scoreless second half with a 21-17 victory Story and photos by Dan Trujillo Just centimeters from taking a one-point lead in the fourth quarter, all Skyview could do was watch Camas run away with a fumbled football in front of the goal line and a 21-17 […]
Football Week 8 Preview on ESN: Thursday Night features a big contest in the SPSL 2A, NPSL 4A and the Big 9
10/24/19 Week 8 on the ESN schedule starts with a trio of strong match-ups on Thursday night. Below are our match-ups and you can watch or listen to this game and our full schedule by going to our broadcast page and click watch live. It’s $10 per month and you […]
Awesome Story on Autistic Football Player making the Tackle
10/24/19 (Cleveland, OH) Fox8 News out of Cleveland has a cool story on a young man, a sophomore with autism making his first tackle in a varsity football game. Check out Fox8’s story by clicking here.
3A SSC Soccer: Gig Harbor 2nd half surge holds off Rams
10/22/19 Gig Harbor 3, North Thurston 1 (Lacey, WA) The Gig Harbor Tides came into the match at North Thurston atop the SSC and left South Sound Stadium with a firmer grip on the Championship. The defending 2A Champs did have to work for this one as the spunky Rams […]
Puyallup scoring flurry a team effort
10/22/19 Last Thursday night the Puyallup Vikings faced off with South Kitsap and came in as big favorites over the young and struggling Wolves. It didn’t take long for the Vikings to start an impressive scoring run and when it was all over they had rung up 62 points. They […]
Soccer: Adna takes control of Central 2B with Shoot-out win over Kalama
10/21/19 Adna 2, Kalama 1 (Shoot-Out 3-1) (Adna, WA) The battle between the top teams of the Central 2B was what you would expect close and down to the wire. It appeared this might be a high scoring affair with Adna’s Presley Smith popped in a shot in just the […]
Week 7 Football on ESN: 2B Showdown highlights our weekend of coverage
10/18/19 It is hard to believe we have already reached week 7 of the Football season and there were several really important games but none bigger than a State ranked #1 vs the #2 team and likely for the League Championship. That’s what was rolled out in Onalaska. Other big […]
Volleyball: T-Birds bounce back with a convincing win over Bearcats
10/18/19 Tumwater 3, WF West 0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-14) (Chehalis, WA) The T-Birds bounced back after that pain-staking 3-2 loss to their cross town rival on Tuesday at Black Hills with a straight sets win over the Bearcats. In the first set, WF West made the T-Birds work for it […]
