5/11/2021 The good news was the Governor did not roll Pierce County back to phase 1 of the State Health plan, the bad news was they got frozen in phase 2 which meant high risk sports could not compete inside. The WIAA had recommended and most leagues agreed to push […]
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District 4 2A Finals 4’s, EVCO Sweeps Baseball, Fastpitch and Soccer
5/8/2021 The Spring sports Final 4’s wrapped up this week in District 4 2A and the WF West Bearcats still rule the Diamond, both. The Bearcats won both the Fastpitch and Baseball District Championships. The EVCO league showed well in both the baseball and fastpitch Final 4’s finishing 1st and […]
ESN Tuesday Re-Caps: Rochester & WF West advance to Fastpitch Final 4, T-Birds advance in Soccer District & in Baseball WF West advances to Final 4
5/4/2021 It was a busy day with 5 Fastpitch games in the EVCO 2A League/District Fastpitch Tournament, in the EVCO 2A soccer 1st round Tumwater escaped with a win over WF West and the Bearcats baseball team came up with a big win over Shelton to advance to the District […]
Pierce County League Track and Field Boys Championships
5/4/2021 (Tacoma, WA) The Pierce County League’s Track and Field Boys Championships began last Wednesday afternoon at Mount Tahoma Stadium, it was day 1 of a 2 day event. The 7 teams, Bonney Lake, Lakes, Lincoln, Mount Tahoma, Spanaway Lake, Stadium and Wilson competed in half of the events on […]
ESN Friday Re-Caps: Metro Hoops Tip-Off 1st Friday Night; Steilly drops Clover Park in Soccer
4/30/2021 Friday night the Metro League tipped off their first Friday night of hoops and we had two girl/boy double headers. We also had an SPSL 2A soccer match. Our re-cap stories and video highlights are all below. Soccer Steilacoom 4, Clover Park 2 (Lakewood, WA) The Sentinels were looking […]
ESN Saturday Re-Caps: Toutle Lake Wins Baseball Title; WF West & Rochester both advance in Soccer Play-Offs
5/1/2021 It was a play-off Saturday with the District 4 2B Baseball Championships and it came down to a couple of mistakes being the difference in a tight 1 run game. EVCO 2A League Soccer Tournament began as well and in two loser out games two teams advanced and two […]
ESN Wednesday Re-Cap: PCL Track Championships, Baseball T-Birds Clinch, Hoops E-C Rolls in Metro
2/28/2021 ESN covered Day 1 of the PCL Track and Field Championships from Mount Tahoma High School on Wednesday. (See our separate story on the PCL Track and Field for full results and videos.) We also called the final regular season baseball game for the Tumwater T-Birds who needed to […]
ESN Tuesday Re-Caps: Hoops tip off in the Metro, 2 Soccer Matches in the SPSL 2A & EVCO 2A plus play-off Fastpitch in Central 2B
4/27/2021 We had 5 broadcasts on the air Tuesday night including a pair of basketball games in the Metro League, 2 boys soccer games from the SPSL 2A and EVCO 2A and a Fastpitch play-off game in the Central 2B. Our re-cap stories, pictures and video highlights are all below. […]
Eli’s High School Report Podcast Back on the Air!
4/28/2021 Eli’s High School Report Podcast is back on the air beginning today. The podcast takes a look at many of the issues surrounding High School sports in Washington State. We talk with WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman and his staff members on a regular basis along with members of […]
3rd Season Sports in Trouble! Impending Health Phase Rollbacks threaten Hoops, Wrestling and more
4/23/2021 Once all the counties were moved to phase 3 by the State Department of Health and the Governor’s office we all breathed a sigh of relief as sports were all allowed to get back to playing games. There was so much relief and joy when the first game a […]
ESN Monday Re-Cap: Baseball Centralia overcomes mistakes to notch win, Toutle Lake makes their 1 run count
4/19/2021 Two baseball broadcasts on the air Monday afternoon and they could not have been more opposite if we tried. One game saw great pitching, defense and a single timely hit as the difference in the game while the other had virtually everything possible, 19 hits, a home-run, 12 errors, […]
ESN Weekend Re-Cap: Kentwood holds off Kentridge in Football; Baseball WF West wins again; Soccer Lakes and Bonney Lake stalemate
4/17/2021 Two broadcasts on ESN Friday included our final football broadcast of the year between crosstown rivals Kentwood and Kentridge and a baseball game that saw WF West continue their EVCO 2A league win streak. Re-caps, pictures and highlight videos below. Football Kentwood 38, Kentridge 33 (Kent WA) The crosstown […]
ESN Thursday Re-Cap: Bulldogs beat Crusaders, Lancers and T-Birds draw in Soccer; Fastpitch Bearcats remain unbeaten
4/16/2021 Thursday night we had a girls and boys soccer match one in the Metro and one in the PCL and a Fastpitch game in the EVCO 2a. Our re-caps and highlight videos are all below. Girls Soccer Garfield 2, Eastside Catholic 0 In what was the third place game […]
Wednesday Re-Cap: Metro Volleyball Tournament Day 1, West Seattle, Eastside Catholic post wins
4/14/2021 (Sammamish, WA) The Metro League’s Volleyball Tournament began on Wednesday night and will culminate on Saturday. ESN covered the top 4 seeds in the Sound division. We have game re-caps of those games and video highlights below. Mountain Division Lakeside 3, Seattle Prep 1 Bishop Blanchet 3, Lincoln (Sea) […]
ESN Tuesday Re-Cap: Boys Soccer Elma, Lincoln and Tumwater all get hard fought wins
4/13/2021 We had 3 boys soccer matches on the air Tuesday night and our re-caps, pictures and video highlights are all below. Boys Soccer Elma 2, Tenino 0 (Tenino, WA) The Elma Eagles came in on a hot streak with a 4-0 Evco league record and 4-1-1 overall while scoring […]
ESN Monday Re-Cap: Aub-Riverside takes Game of the Week in VBall; Baseball Bearcats, T-Birds & Napavine all win
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 […]
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 […]
