11/18/2020 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Executive Board voted Tuesday night to push back the start of the sports season to February 1st. The WIAA had created a 4 season plan over the summer that allowed low risk sports cross country, slow pitch and golf to compete in September and October […]
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The Burner: Turning around a program in a Pandemic extra challenging in Rochester
11/15/2020 Playing in a league with the defending State Champions along with 2 other programs regularly in the play-offs is already hard enough. Now include a school that is one of the smaller schools in the classification, a program that has struggled for years just to be competitive and a […]
The Burner: Foodball scores a Touchdown in Harbor
11/15/2020 Pandemic or not a 39-year tradition to help those struggling was not going to be stopped due to Covid-19. Aberdeen and Hoquiam High Schools have thrown down for nearly 40 years on who could raise and collect more money and food donations for the Grays Harbor area. But could […]
Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards “The Horses”; Season Re-cap Part 3
11/9/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through each one and category and in this piece we focus on the horses. Horse of the Meeting, Top 2-year-old Male & Top Washington Bred Dutton This is the 3rd Horse […]
Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards Jockeys; Season Re-cap Part 2
11/4/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through each one and category and we start with the Jockeys. Jockey’s Champion Jockey: Alex Cruz Alex Cruz made his first year at Emerald Downs a memorable one “Cruzing” to […]
The WIAA Tea: WIAA Exec Board sets outline for beginning sports seasons
11/3/2020 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Executive Board met on Monday to determine the process they will use to begin sports seasons set to for as early as December 28. ESN talked with Executive Director Mick Hoffman and he will be part of our weekly Eli’s High School Report podcast […]
Trending Up: Eli’s High School Report Podcast Preview: Eric Trent, From Meth House to Sports Editor
11/2/2020 (Centralia, WA) We haven’t done a lot of preview stories on an episode of our podcast, “Eli’s High School Report” and maybe we should but we wanted to alert you to a very special episode. This week the Chronicle’s (Centralia) Sports Editor Eric Trent talks with us about the […]
Emerald Downs: Wild and Crazy 25th Season in the Books Part 1
10/30/2020 (Auburn, WA) Just the fact that there was a season is a tribute to everyone in the business from the jockey’s and trainers to the grooms, track crew, Emerald staff, stewards, race office, owners and everyone else involved and they all should be congratulated, well done and a great […]
Eli Sports Network supports Chris Reykdal for State School Superintendent
10/30/2020 Statement of Support for Chris Reykdal The Eli Sports Network works hard to remain non-political and we do not take sides 99% of the time. This case happens to fall in the 1%. We are supporting current State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. Reykdal did not ask us […]
The Burner: Prairie Hoops Coach Battled Rare Disease now ready to get back on the Hardwood
10/31/2020 Prairie Boys Basketball Coach Kyle Brooks never thought he would have had to deal with something as devastating as he did this past year. He contracted a rare disease, not Covid-19, but was on a ventilator for a month and now has beat the odds and is back teaching […]
The Burner: Fancy A-I Camera’s not ready for Prime Time!
10/30/2020 With Covid 19 eliminating or severely limiting crowds at sporting events many teams including High Schools are adding Artificial Intelligent cameras that will follow the action of the ball without a live body. However, there seems to still be some hiccups to this technology as a camera in a […]
ESN Live at Emerald Downs on Closing Day
10/28/2020 (Auburn, WA) The Eli Sports Network will be at the track for closing day. Special thanks to Phil Ziegler and the Emerald crew for making this possible. Our plan is to interview several jockeys, trainers and owners in before and in-between the races. We will be taking tons of […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 19 Final Week!
10/29/2020 (Katlama, WA) My Final Numbers! Remember I only bet in “pretend” dollars and pretty much stick to the minimums in reality. Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets Total Bet: $185,270 Amount Collected: $228,054 Balance: +$42,784 Picks Seasonal Re-Cap: 355 Top Picks: 83 win, 64 place, 51 shows, 35 […]
The Burner: Vancouver area Prep Updates from the Columbian include a QB commit to OSU
10/24/2020 Camas’ Quarterback Jake Blair commits to Oregon State is among the highlights of The Columbian’s Prep Notebook. Read Joshua Hart’s story here. www.elisportsnegtwork.com
The Burner: Athletes take first step back to playing in Walla Walla
10/24/2020 Walla Walla area High School Athletic Directors are allowing their coaches to get back to in-person training, the first step to getting back to play. Read more in this story by Bret Rankin in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin. www.elisportsnetwork.com
The Burner: Yakima School District Approves in Person Outdoor Practice
10/24/2020 The Yakima School District has given the green light for outdoor sports to begin in person training. The story is in the Yakima Herald Republic. www.elisportsnetwork.com
Emerald Downs: Crazy 2020 Season almost wrapped up, Re-cap of Week 18
10/23/2020 (Auburn, WA) 18 of 19 weeks of the 25th racing season are in the books. Not as we all expected when the track opened for training in early February but none the less it has been a great season. The Stakes schedule has been completed for several weeks but […]
“Smile!” The Life and Love of Maximus Aunese
10/22/2020 “Smile!” The Life and Love of Maxiumus Aunese (at the bottom of this story is a Memorial Tribute Video and a Photo Gallery) This has been a difficult summer to say the least. With all that is going on in the world we also tragically lost 4 young men […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 18
10/22/2020 (Katlama, WA) Good day yesterday betting pretend money like a high roller! So far this year I have wager 140k and collected 171k. In reality I have bet about 10k and collected close to being even. I have hit a couple of big tickets, for me anyway and in […]
The Burner: Thurston County Health Department steps in and shuts down School Practices
10/17/2020 Just when Thurston County student athletes began to feel a tiny bit normal the Thurston County Health Department blind-sides the kids with a more severe restriction than what is in the State Department of Health and Governor Inslee’s guidelines. The Tacoma News Tribune’s Jon Manley has detailed the out […]
