Columns News Heartfelt Message Jun 1, 2020 paulb 5/31/20 By Paul Beattie The title of this piece is as simple as I can make it. This is a…
High School Sports News WIAA: THE TEA Centralia High Athletics on the Cutting Board; District says Final Decision has not been made May 28, 2020 paulb 5/28/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Headline on the Centralia Chronicle’s newspaper was a gut punch to Centralia High School’s athletes, “Centralia…
News Is New Media killing Traditional Sportscasting? May 26, 2020 paulb 5/25/2020 By Paul Beattie, ESN (Centralia, WA) ESPN once again is changing their Monday Night Football announcing crew. As I…
Football High School Sports News Football in the Spring is not a Fantasy May 21, 2020 paulb 5/21/2020 (Updated with additional comments from a District A-D) (Centralia, WA) About a month ago and a month or so…
High School Sports News ESN set to unveil new Podcast “Eli’s High School Report” on the NFHS Network May 20, 2020 paulb 5/20/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will launch a new podcast on Tuesday, May 26 and will debut on…
Emerald Downs News Horse Racing: Prat falls 1 short of Laffit Pincay Jr at SA after big weekend including an Emerald Downs connection May 18, 2020 paulb 5/18/2020 (Arcadia, CA) Flavien Prat fell one Winner’s Circle picture short of tying the record for most wins in a…
Basketball High School Sports News WIAA Proposing Drastic Changes to State Basketball Tournaments May 17, 2020 paulb (Renton, WA) The WIAA is looking at making some drastic changes to the State Basketball Tournament format and have offered…
Emerald Downs News Emerald Downs set to open next month May 13, 2020 paulb 5/13/2020 (Auburn, WA) The Washington State Horse Racing Commission voted on Friday, May 8 to approve a 44-day race meet…
High School Sports News WIAA passes new rules for next year May 12, 2020 paulb 5/11/20 (Renton, WA) The WIAA representative assembly recently concluded their voting period on 23 proposed changes from the Winter Coalition…
Baseball Football High School Sports News Analysis: Will selection committees really make a difference? May 9, 2020 paulb 5/9/2020 (Renton, WA) On Friday we ran the story on the WIAA moving to a selection committee system for all…
High School Sports News WIAA Board passes Seeding Committee Format for all Team Sports May 8, 2020 paulb 5/8/2020 (Renton, WA) The Executive Board of the WIAA passed a resolution that would change how all the team sports…
High School Sports News AD’s on the move May 6, 2020 paulb 5/6/20 (Correction: Nick Mullin is still teaching at Timberline, we apologize for our mistake.) The Spring time is known for…
High School Sports News WIAA preparing for all scenarios this Fall including shifting sports seasons May 4, 2020 paulb 5/4/20 (Centralia, WA) “Our job is to create and offer as many opportunities for students to learn and compete in…
High School Sports News Opinion: Sports, the great escape! Apr 22, 2020 paulb 4/22/20 By Josh Kaiser, ESN Broadcaster As the state of Washington is a little over the one-month mark of being…
High School Sports News Opinion: High School Sports Hard Lessons this Spring Apr 6, 2020 paulb 4/6/20 As we all sit and wait for the anticipated re-opening of everything in our daily lives it is hard…
Basketball High School Sports News ESN’s Re-Live the Maddness Coming Soon! Apr 2, 2020 paulb 4/2/20 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will begin our own version of “Re-Live the Maddness” a series of Washington…
Basketball High School Sports News ELI’S ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS FROM THE Tacoma Dome(4A, 3A) Apr 2, 2020 paulb (Tacoma, WA) Here are our selections for the Eli Sports All-Tournament teams. This is after we have had time to…
Basketball High School Sports News Eli’s All Tournament Teams from the Spokane Arena (2B, 1B) Mar 17, 2020 paulb (Spokane, WA) Here are our selections for the Eli Sports All-Tournament teams. This is after we have had time to…
High School Sports News Still hope for Spring Sports and Championships Mar 17, 2020 paulb 3/16/20 ***Story Updated with comments from District 4 Director Tim Graham see bottom of story. (Renton, WA) The WIAA has…
Basketball News Eli’s All-Tournament Teams from the Yakima SunDome (2A & 1A) Mar 13, 2020 paulb 3/11/20 (Yakima, WA) Here are our selections for the Eli Sports All-Tournament teams. This is after we have had time…
Heartfelt Message
5/31/20 By Paul Beattie The title of this piece is as simple as I can make it. This is a…
Centralia High Athletics on the Cutting Board; District says Final Decision has not been made
5/28/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Headline on the Centralia Chronicle’s newspaper was a gut punch to Centralia High School’s athletes, “Centralia…
Is New Media killing Traditional Sportscasting?
5/25/2020 By Paul Beattie, ESN (Centralia, WA) ESPN once again is changing their Monday Night Football announcing crew. As I…
Football in the Spring is not a Fantasy
5/21/2020 (Updated with additional comments from a District A-D) (Centralia, WA) About a month ago and a month or so…
ESN set to unveil new Podcast “Eli’s High School Report” on the NFHS Network
5/20/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will launch a new podcast on Tuesday, May 26 and will debut on…
Horse Racing: Prat falls 1 short of Laffit Pincay Jr at SA after big weekend including an Emerald Downs connection
5/18/2020 (Arcadia, CA) Flavien Prat fell one Winner’s Circle picture short of tying the record for most wins in a…
WIAA Proposing Drastic Changes to State Basketball Tournaments
(Renton, WA) The WIAA is looking at making some drastic changes to the State Basketball Tournament format and have offered…
Emerald Downs set to open next month
5/13/2020 (Auburn, WA) The Washington State Horse Racing Commission voted on Friday, May 8 to approve a 44-day race meet…
WIAA passes new rules for next year
5/11/20 (Renton, WA) The WIAA representative assembly recently concluded their voting period on 23 proposed changes from the Winter Coalition…
Analysis: Will selection committees really make a difference?
5/9/2020 (Renton, WA) On Friday we ran the story on the WIAA moving to a selection committee system for all…
WIAA Board passes Seeding Committee Format for all Team Sports
5/8/2020 (Renton, WA) The Executive Board of the WIAA passed a resolution that would change how all the team sports…
AD’s on the move
5/6/20 (Correction: Nick Mullin is still teaching at Timberline, we apologize for our mistake.) The Spring time is known for…
WIAA preparing for all scenarios this Fall including shifting sports seasons
5/4/20 (Centralia, WA) “Our job is to create and offer as many opportunities for students to learn and compete in…
Opinion: Sports, the great escape!
4/22/20 By Josh Kaiser, ESN Broadcaster As the state of Washington is a little over the one-month mark of being…
Opinion: High School Sports Hard Lessons this Spring
4/6/20 As we all sit and wait for the anticipated re-opening of everything in our daily lives it is hard…
ESN’s Re-Live the Maddness Coming Soon!
4/2/20 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will begin our own version of “Re-Live the Maddness” a series of Washington…
ELI’S ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS FROM THE Tacoma Dome(4A, 3A)
(Tacoma, WA) Here are our selections for the Eli Sports All-Tournament teams. This is after we have had time to…
Eli’s All Tournament Teams from the Spokane Arena (2B, 1B)
(Spokane, WA) Here are our selections for the Eli Sports All-Tournament teams. This is after we have had time to…
Still hope for Spring Sports and Championships
3/16/20 ***Story Updated with comments from District 4 Director Tim Graham see bottom of story. (Renton, WA) The WIAA has…
Eli’s All-Tournament Teams from the Yakima SunDome (2A & 1A)
3/11/20 (Yakima, WA) Here are our selections for the Eli Sports All-Tournament teams. This is after we have had time…