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 […]
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” The Weight
3/1/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “The Weight” Chapter 37 By Bruce Williams It struck me recently while watching an ordinary newscast of long lines of cars filtering through a vaccination station, of the tremendous grey malaise that has settled in over us since the beginning of this pandemic. As […]
Football: 2B set to host Quadruple Header this Saturday
2/25/21 (Adna, WA) Adna Athletic Director KC Johnson is the Football Commissioner of the combined Central 2B and Pacific leagues. There are a total of 18 teams which are divided in two tiers based on competitive balance. The upper tier has churned out the State 2B Champion for the past […]
Eli Sports teams up with WIAA & NFHS to present FREE “Games of the Week”
2/24/2021 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network is excited to announce a partnership with the WIAA and the NFHS in presenting a weekly pair of “Games of the Week” that all fans can watch for free. Each week for 10 weeks we will begin with a weekly free football game […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” My Favorite Part
2/22/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “My Favorite Part” Chapter 36 By Bruce Williams We all have our favorite artists (AC/DC), favorite albums (Back In Black), and favorite songs (“Hallowed Be Thy Name”), but have you ever realized that there are specific parts of songs that stick with […]
Prep Football Weekend 2 on ESN; Lakes rolls, Yelm dominates, Napavine bounces back & more
2/21/2021 Weekend #2 of Prep Football saw some pretty special happenings across the state, in our re-cap we focus on the games we covered and a special report from Dan Trujillo that you can find at the bottom of this page on La Center’s big win over Fort Vancouver. Friday […]
Camera Confusion! ESN cameras are independent of the new Automated systems
2/17/2021 Finally sports is back but many leagues are not allowing fans at all and others have very limited access leaving those who want to watch or follow their favorite teams, or kids or family members up to some kind of live video stream. The Eli Sports Network is an […]
The Burner: A reporting error discovered pushes entire State into Phase 2!
2/14/2021 Governor Jay Inslee announced on Twitter today that a reporting error discovered now pushes the South Central Health Region, the Ellesnburg-Yakima-Tri Cities region, into phase 2 with all of the other Health Regions. This means the entire state is now in Phase 2 and High School sports that are […]
High School Sports almost a Full Go Statewide
2/11/2021 Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced today that 92% of the state is moving into phase 2 of the Road to Recovery plan. This means all sports are now open except high risk indoor sports. Two weeks ago, the Puget Sound Region and the West Region’s were the only […]
Help Wanted! ESN needs you!
2/9/2021 Our viewership is taking off like a Jet Airliner as Steve Miller would sing and we are scrambling to cover as many games as possible with limited or no fans allowed. We also anticipate that most if not all of the state will be in phase 2 by Friday, […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” On Teeth
2/9/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “On Teeth” Chapter 34 By Bruce Williams Staring at my byline picture, seeing my left fang sticking out and thankful that my crooked lower teeth aren’t also depicted, I started thinking about teeth in general. It’s not as if mine are like little baked […]
Girls Soccer: Tenino blanks Rochester in 1st Team Game in State
2/6/2021 Tenino 4, Rochester 0 (Tenino, WA) It was about 43-degrees, cloudy, gray, drizzly with a steady brisk wind cutting to the bone but there was not one complaint from any of the 40+ players and coaches and a scattering of allowed home fans in Beaver Stadium. Although you could […]
GAME TIME on ESN!! The Season kicks off officially on Saturday!
2/4/2021 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network is as ready as everyone to get back to business on the fields, courts, track, pools, and more and it all starts this Saturday when the Rochester Warriors travel to Tenino for the first game that we know of since march of 2020 […]
Column: “That Got me to Thinkin’…?” Personality Quirks
2/1/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 33 “Personality Quirks” By Bruce Williams What makes somebody’s personality? Surely things like kindness, sense of humor, irritableness, awareness—these are all crucial elements (among others), but when you get down to the nitty gritty of really knowing someone, their particular likes and […]
Green Light for 2 of the Health Regions and full steam ahead for Fall Sports
1/28/2021 Governor Inslee announced today that 2 of the 8 Health regions will advance to phase 2 opening up all Fall High School sports to start beginning next Monday on February 1st. The other 6 Regions remain in phase 1 and can still begin all low risk sports as scheduled […]
The Burner: Real facts regarding Student Grades in the Pandemic
1/26/2021 There is a lot of information out there regarding many aspects of the effects of the Pandemic on students. We here there is an increase in depression, anxiety and kids are struggling with distance or on-line learning. It’s one thing to pass on what you “hear” it’s another to […]
WIAA Tea: Winter Coalition Meeting
1/26/2021 The WIAA held their annual Winter Coalition meeting yesterday virtually. Usually the 53-voting member of the organization meets in a big in-person conference with presentations of proposed amendments (rule/procedure changes) followed by smaller break-out sessions for each amendment. This process is to give the voters as much information as […]
Column: “That Got Me to- Thinkin’…?” The T-Bird Talon
1/18/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 32 “The T-Bird Talon” By Bruce Williams My dream of a writing career began early, in high school, as I applied with a buddy of mine to get on the staff of the school’s newspaper at the end of our sophomore year. Being […]
WIAA Tea: Winter Coalition Meeting Streamed Live on Monday
1/24/2021 (Renton, WA) The WIAA annual Winter Coalition meeting will be streamed live tomorrow on the WIAA’s Facebook channel. The Winter Coalition is the annual meeting of the 53-member voting body and they have 10 amendments to consider. Link to 10 Proposed Amendments Here is the complete News release from […]
The Burner: The Olympic League finalized for the COVID Season
1/23/2021 As we get closer to getting back to competition in high school sports several leagues continue to finalize their teams. Most leagues have remained intact but in several cases teams playing in a league that is mostly based in a different health region are looking at staying closer to […]
