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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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’…?” 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
