3/4/18 The Pacific Sports Spa and Thorebeckes Fitness Center 2A/1A All-Stars (Yakima, WA) The Yakima Sundome was home to 4 spectacular basketball tournaments this past week and it’s our turn to honor those whose achievements shined. These honors are a compilation of input from the ESN announcers that called a […]
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ESN’s 1A Girls State Basketball Coverage
Saturday, 3/3 Yakima SunDome Trophy Round Game 23: Championship Lynden Christian 50, Cashmere 48 Link to box score ESN’s tournament MVP Hailey Van Lith scored 36 points but missed a leaner off the glass at the buzzer, allowing Lynden Christian to hang on for the championship. Six points each by […]
ESN’s 2A Girls State Basketball Tournament Coverage
Saturday, 3/3 Yakima SunDome Trophy Round Game 23: Championship W.F. West 64, Archbishop Murphy 52 Link to box score ESN Girls 2A All-Tournament Co-MVP Julia Johnson scored 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds while her counterpart Kiara Steen added 14 as the Bearcats roared from 15 points down to […]
ESN’s 1a boys state basketball coverage
Thursday, 3/1 Yakima SunDome Quarterfinals Game 13: The Northwest School 50, Royal 46 Jamie Cockburn scored 21 points as Northwest survived 23.8 percent first half shooting to hold off the Knights. Gabriel Roldan-Barrios added 9 points and 6 rebounds. Northwest moves into a 3:45 p.m. Friday semi-final against top-seeded Lynden […]
ESN’s 2A boys basketball tournament coverage
Saturday, 3/3 Yakima SunDome Trophy Round Game 23: Championship Lynden 57, W.F. West 53 Link to box score ESN tournament MVP Christian Zamora and First-Team All-Tournament pick Clayton Whitman each scored 17 points as the Lions took the lead early and held off a determined bunch of Bearcats. The Bearcats […]
ESN set for Basketball State on the NFHS Network
2/20/18 The Eli Sports Network is set to broadcast 13 games this weekend in the Regional round of the State Basketball Tournament and then we are off to the Yakima Sun Dome to broadcast the 1A and 2A boys and girls State Tournament. There is a significant change to our […]
WIAA denies Tenino classification appeal, denies 3 others and approves 4
1/29/18 (Tenino, WA) Tenino Beavers Athletic Director Joe Chirhart reports the WIAA turned down the Beavers request to drop from their current 1A classification to the 2B ranks. Chirhart says more than anything they wanted to know the process of classification and what considerations go into classifications. Tenino currently plays […]
WIAA State Cheerleading kicks off Winter Championships in Spectacular Fashion
1/28/18 Saturday the WIAA kicked off their Winter Championship events with the Cheerleading competition. A record 87 teams participated at Battle Ground High School in the day long event covering several categories and classifications. ESN was selected to video stream the event through our ESN/NFHS TV Channel in conjunction with […]
ESN set to Broadcast State Cheerleading Championships Live!
1/25/18 (Battle Ground, WA) The Eli Sports Network is thrilled to be chosen by the NFHS and WIAA to carry the State Cheerleading Championships on the NFHS Network on Saturday, January 27. More than 60 schools will be competing at several levels of the State Cheerleading competition. There are several […]
Legendary Centralia Coach Ron Brown set to be Honored on Saturday
1/5/18 (Centralia, WA) Kyle Donahue was hired this year as the new permanent Head boys basketball Coach at Centralia. It’s the 1st time a Centralia Athletic Director has had to fill that position since 1961, in fact current AD Scott Chamberlain wasn’t even born when the Tigers last filled this […]
ESN’s/Pacific Sports Spa All-Championship Football Team
12/6/17 (Tacoma, WA) Here is our All-Championship Football team which was selected by our announcers and reporters covering all 6 games. This is based solely on our eyes and some stats. No doubt some performances will be missed and some others doubt will be named but that is because the […]
2017 State Football Finals Photo Album
12/5/17 (Tacoma, WA) It was a fabulous weekend of State Football Championship action and we took too many pictures to not share more so below are additional pictures from our coverage already posted. As always on ESN all of our materials including pictures are free and we encourage players, coaches, teams, […]
Girls Hoops: Wolves big 4th quarter too much for Panthers
12/4/17 Black Hills 45, Washougal 37 (Tumwater, WA) Both teams are familiar with each other and may very well see each other in the District Finals and possibly at State. Both teams are looking to return to the Yakima Sundome and both have several returning starters. It is also early […]
State Football Championships: ACH, O’Dea, Hockinson, Royal, Kalama and Richland all win Titles
12/2/17 Saturday’s Games 2A State Championship Final: Hockinson 35, Tumwater 22 Hockinson wins battle of contrasts, takes first state title in any sport, 35-22 over Tumwater, for 2A crown By Dave Weber (Tacoma, WA) It shaped up as a battle of contrasting styles and schools; Tumwater’s potent running game against […]
Tumwater needs to hold off second straight potent offense to win 2A crown
11/30/17 2A State Championship Game Hockinson vs Tumwater Live Free Radio Broadcast on ESN. By Dave Weber (Tumwater, WA) Bill Beattie is a chapter away from a storybook ending to his first season as head coach at his alma mater. Last weekend, his second-ranked Tumwater High School football […]
2B Championship Preview: Redemption for Liberty? Not if Kalama can help it
11/30/17 (Tacoma, WA) There is only 1 defending Champion back in the Tacoma Dome going for back-to-back titles and that is Royal in the 1A bracket. However, there are 3 runners up back for redemption including the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers who lost to Napavine last year 34-16. The Lancers will […]
ESN’s State Championship Football Coverage
11/29/17 (Tacoma, WA) The Eli Sports Network will have plenty of live coverage at this year’s State Football Championships in the Tacoma Dome. Beginning on Friday with the opener at 4p we will carry the 1B 8-man Championship between Sunnyside Christian and Almira-Coulee-Hartline. We will have only the live TV […]
Another Otton steps down, Tana Otton says good-bye to her T-Birds Volleyball Team
11/28/17 For the second time in two years, a legendary Otton hangs up coaching whistle By Dave Weber (Tumwater, WA) Tana Otton packed a lot into her 17-year volleyball coaching career. She won a state championship her first season, three more before she was done. Her teams at Meridian […]
Football: Semi-Final Saturday! Only 1 Defending Champ is back in the Dome
11/26/17 (Centralia, WA) 24 high school football teams took the field on Saturday with hopes of getting to the Tacoma Dome in the final weekend of the season next Friday and Saturday. There were still 3 of the 6 classifications defending Champions still alive but after the dust had settled […]
State Soccer All-Tournament Teams: 4A-1A
11/21/17 Here are the ESN selections for All-Tournament teams 4A through 1A. We did not do teams for either B tournament due to technical issues our crew dealt with and could not follow the matches while they attempted to get our streams up and running. We did not think it […]
