4/12/2021 ESN had 4 broadcasts up on Monday and our re-caps, pictures and video highlights are all below. Volleyball Auburn-Riverside 3, Kent Meridian 0 (25-17, 25-11, 25-21) (Kent, WA) This was the WIAA game of the week and a battle between the Auburn-Riverside Ravens at 4-0 at the Kent Meridian […]
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” Five Beefs
4/12/21 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Five Beefs” Chapter 43 By Bruce Williams (Editor’s Note: I was going to Title this “5 Beefs” forcing Bruce to “Six Beefs” but then thought why unleash the beast even more.) Let’s just get into it, shall we?—we’ve got a lot […]
ESN Friday Re-Cap: Bearcats beat Sweep Tigers in Swamp Cups; Baseball, Soccer and Fastpitch
4/9/2021 We had two broadcasts on the schedule, the WF West at Centralia baseball and soccer games. We did not have a crew available to cover the fastpitch game at Chehalis but the Bearcats swept the Tigers in all 3 contests. We have our game re-caps, pictures and video clips […]
Thursday Re-Cap: Kennedy Cath remains unbeaten in Football, NT Rams hold off Hawks in Baseball
4/8/2021 An interesting night of sports on ESN Thursday night, Football, Girls Soccer and a Baseball game. Our re-caps, pictures and video clips are all below. Football WIAA Game of the Week Kennedy Catholic 54, Kentridge 7 (Kent WA) Kennedy Catholic spent most of 2019 as the top ranked 4A […]
Tuesday Re-Cap: EC sweeps Garfield in VBall, Baseball T-Birds Blank Shelton and Tigers surge past Warriors
4/7/2021 Three broadcasts on the ESN air on Tuesday included a big Metro League Volleyball showdown and a pair of Evco 2A baseball games. Re-caps, pictures and video clips below. Volleyball Eastside Catholic 3, Garfield 0 (Sammamish, WA) This was expected to be quite the showdown as both the Crusaders […]
Monday Re-Cap: Baseball Bearcats win 44th straight EVCO 2A league game
4/5/2021 Baseball WF West 2, Tumwater 1 (Chehalis, WA) It was March 31, 2017. Tumwater defeated WF West 6-4. This was the last time the WF West Bearcats lost an EVCO 2A league baseball game, 43 games ago entering Monday afternoon’s contest. In the top of the 1st inning the […]
Friday Night Re-Cap: Cashmere retains Bronze Shoe, O’Dea rolls and Tenino blanks Monte
4/5/2021 We had three events on Friday night with 2 football games and 1 soccer match our re-caps are below. Soccer Tenino 3, Montesano 0 (Tenino, WA) In a game that truly was a tale of two halves, it would be the Tenino Beavers emerging victorious over Montesano on a […]
WIAA Athlete of the Week Winners
(Renton, WA) The WIAA awards at least one Athlete of the Week award for each sport every week. Below are each week’s winner’s with a re-cap of their accomplishments. Week 6 LOGAN ALLEN Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) Football (SR) The senior team captain registered nine carries for 233 yards and […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” New Words
4/5/21 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “New Words” Chapter 42 By Bruce Williams Back in our neighborhood, we used to play wiffle ball and huck the Nerf out in the street. We’d play Risk and Monopoly, watch Star Trek reruns and write pass-along stories and comics. And […]
Thursday Night Football: EC holds off Ballard, O’Dea rolls over Garfield & River Ridge makes early goal stand up
4/1/2021 Our Thursday night line-up was all at the Stadiums with a pair of Metro football and an SSC soccer match. Game re-caps, pictures and video clips below. Football Eastside Catholic 28, Ballard 13 (Samammish, WA) The Crusaders and the Beavers collided at Eastside Catholic with the Metro League title […]
Wednesday Re-Cap: Fast-Pitch Instant Classic, Bearcats top Warriors, Baseball Tigers Roll, Volleyball Eastside Catholic sweeps & Garfield wins Game of the Week
3/31/2021 Our Wednesday line-up included the WIAA Volleyball game of the week, another Metro league volleyball match, an unbelievable Fastpitch game and a baseball game. Our re-caps, pictures and video clips are all below. Fastpitch WF West 1, Rochester 0 (8) (Chehalis, WA) WF West edged Rochester 1-0 in 8 […]
Tuesday Rundown: Girls Soccer Seattle Prep blanks EC, Boys Soccer WF West runs past Aberdeen, Baseball River Ridge outlasts Yelm
3/30/2021 Our Tuesday Rundown of the games on the Eli Network included both boys and girls soccer and an afternoon baseball game. Girls Soccer Seattle Prep 4, Eastside Catholic 0 (Sammamish, WA) Seattle Prep went on the road and got a huge 4-0 win over Metro League rival Eastside Catholic. […]
Monday Re-Cap: Tigers come from behind to nip Bulldogs, Bearcats Roll and Tenino gets 1st Boys Soccer Win
3/29/2021 ESN had 3 games on tap on Monday and our results, re-caps, pictures and videos are all below. Baseball Centralia 7, Montesano 6 (8) The Tigers needed an extra inning to complete their comeback win over visiting Montesano on Monday afternoon at Wheeler field in Centralia. The Bulldogs got […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” Life’s Dilemmas
3/29/21 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Life’s Dilemmas” Chapter 41 By Bruce Williams This country is so divided between Democrats and Republicans (though the fastest growing political affiliation is Independent), I started pondering some of the other great divides that separate us. While only barely scratching the […]
Football: Saturday Twin Bill sees Kelso and Rainier Beach post big Wins
3/27/2021 We had a pair of afternoon football games in the Saturday sunshine and both ended up being one-sided affairs. Game re-caps, pictures and Video clips below. Kelso 52, Prairie 18 (Battle Ground, WA) The Hi-landers were looking for a big win after a couple of close losses and Prairie […]
Boys Soccer: Forks 2nd half Comeback knocks off Tenino
3/26/2021 Forks 2, Tenino 1 (Tenino, WA) The Tenino Beavers boys team is coming off a rough 7-0 loss in their opening match against Elma while visiting Forks was coming in with plenty of confidence after shutting out Montesano 3-0. Although playing with just 11, the Spartans tight knit team […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” Dead Names
3/22/21 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Dead Names” Chapter 40 By Bruce Williams I was pondering the death of my first name lately—there really isn’t any babies born since the ‘70’s that carry my same moniker (Bruce)—and when I opened it up to friends and family for discussion, we […]
WIAA Games of the Week a huge success, Big Match-ups on tap this Week!
3/16/2021 The Eli Sports Network has teamed with the WIAA, the NFHS and Gesa Credit Union to present a Football game of the week and either a girls soccer or volleyball game of the week. In total up to 10 football games and 10 girls events. The game is promoted […]
WIAA..Spillin’ The Tea: How does Phase 3 Impact High School Sports?
3/16/2021 (Renton, WA) Governor Inslee had come under fire from many sectors for not even revealing what the factors were going to be needed to shift from phase 2 of the State Health Covid Recovery plan when he surprised everyone by declaring the entire state would go to phase 3 […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” I’ve Got Nothin’
3/15/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “I’ve Got Nothin” Chapter 39 By Bruce Williams Three months ago on my regular Facebook page I asked for column ideas from my friends and family, and a friend of mine named Al Criss offered up, “Write about having nothing to write […]
