High School Sports
WIAA State Cheerleading Lincoln Shines, Mountainview erupts plus all the results for Day 1 and Day 2
2/8/20 WIAA Cheer Tournament Central Link (Battle Ground, WA) Day 2 Cheerleading Championships Day 2 of the State Cheerleading Championships was as usual SPECTACULAR! There were 13 categories that were competed but 3 had a minimum score teams had to reach and in each case none of the teams qualified […]
Opinion: Do Celebrity Deaths Count more?
1/28/20 The tragic death of Kobe Bryant took everyone by surprise and then to learn later that his 13-year-old daughter and 7 others were also on board that helicopter made a sad day even sadder. The news and the follow up coverage exploded on social media, television and radio. The […]
2020-2024 Classifications released by WIAA
1/26/2020 (Renton, WA) The WIAA released their long awaited re-classification numbers after new rules were instituted in the counting of enrollment. The WIAA shifted back to a hard count to divide the schools in to 6 classifications from the 4a down to 1B. Here are the classifications and the enrollment […]
Opinion: Why Sports are Important
1/11/20 Let’s get one thing straight, sports are not important in the sense of why the police are or doctor’s, paramedics and so on are but sports does have their own importance. Sports brings out the best and worst in people but man the good far outweighs the […]
The Eli Sports Network’s All-Decade Teams 2010-2019 Fall Edition; Football, Soccer & Volleyball
1/3/20 As we cross over into 2020 the Eli Sports Network is not quite celebrating 10 years but we will be next Fall. This is a look back to all those games, tournaments and events we have covered, literally thousands to where we are now it has been a journey […]
Opinion: The reality of a Fired Coach
12/31/19 Eli Sports writes and reports many of our own stories but we also like to share great reporting and stories of other talented sports writers. We love to share pieces and the many stories on High School kids but we also like to share general sports stories that we […]
Tumwater’s Head Football Coach Bill Beattie named Coach of the Year
(Seattle, WA) Winning the State Football Championship is has been in the DNA of the Tumater T-Birds for several decades under the direction of the State’s winningest High School football coach Sid Otton. Coach Otton retired 3 years ago with 394 wins and 6 State Championships, including 5 with Tumwater […]
ESN Thursday Night: Davis pins West Valley and Falcons knock off Lancers in boys hoops
12/19/19 Wrestling Davis 42, West Valley 18 The Davis Pirates knocked off the West Valley Rams due to more forfeits with while in actual head to head competition there were only 6 matches and all resulted in pins with Davis getting four. For the Pirates Jaden Sanchez (120), Dominic Sowers […]
Football: 6 Champions Crowned on Saturday marks end of 2019 Fall Sports Season
12/8/19 The 2019 High School Football and Fall sports Seasons all came to an end on Saturday when the 6 State Championship games were played at 3 different locations. This was the first time all 6 games were played on one day and the first time since 1976 that the […]
Opinion: Now that Football Finals are set, how did the selection committees do? We hand out Grades
12/1/19 The 2019 Fall High School season will officially come to an end this Saturday with the playing of all 6 State Football Championship games. Football is the one sport that uses a selection committee to determine the 16-team play-off bracket. This year each classification had their own committee with […]
State Volleyball Tournament Coverage
11/13/19 Below is coverage of the State Football Tournaments from the 1st round to the Championships. 3A STATE TOURNAMENT (BRACKET LINK) Saturday, 11/23 Semi-Finals 1pm Court 1: Mt Spokane vs Kelso Court 3: Capital vs Roosevelt Consolation Bracket (Winner to Trophy Round, Loser Out) 9AM Court 1: Seattle Prep vs […]
State Football Total Coverage
11/13/19 Below is coverage of the State Football Tournaments from the 1st round to the Championships. 4A STATE TOURNAMENT (BRACKET LINK) State Championship Game (4pm at Mt Tahoma Stadium) Camas vs Bothel Semi-finals (Loser Out) Camas 35, Mt Si 14 Bothell 31, Woodinville 21 Quarterfinals (Loser Out) Mt Si 24, […]
State Soccer Tournament: Finals Four’s are set
11/13/19 Below is coverage of the State Soccer Tournaments from the 1st round to the Championships. 4A State Tournament (Bracket Link) State Championship Match 4pm Auburn-Riverside vs Puyallup 3rd Place Match 12pm Inglemoor vs Gonzaga Prep Semi-finals (Winner’s to Final 4, Losers to 3rd Place Match) at Sparks Stadium in […]
State 2A Volleyball Tournament moved to Central Washington University
11/4/19 (Renton, WA) The WIAA announced today through a press release the 2A State Volleyball Tournament will be moved from St. Martins to Central Washington University in Ellensburg next weekend. You can read the release here.
Soccer: District 4 2B Tournament
You can follow the District 4 2B Soccer Tournament round by round here. Official Bracket Link Saturday, 11/9 12-Noon District Championship Toledo vs Onalaska 10AM 3rd Place (Winner to State, Loser Out) Kalama vs Adna Wednesday, 11/6 Semi-Finals at Centralia (Winners to State) Toledo 2, Kalama 1 Shoot-out (5-3) (Centralia, […]
RIP Ron Fairly: Former M’s Broadcaster passes away at 81
10/30/19 Former Seattle Mariner’s broadcast analyst past away this morning in Palm Springs. Whether you loved him or were annoyed with him for his fairly obvious observations such as if he catches that ball that’s an out, you could not deny the love and excitement for the game and his […]
Camas defense puts the breaks on Skyview
Papermakers escape scoreless second half with a 21-17 victory Story and photos by Dan Trujillo Just centimeters from taking a one-point lead in the fourth quarter, all Skyview could do was watch Camas run away with a fumbled football in front of the goal line and a 21-17 victory Thursday […]
Football Week 8 Preview on ESN: Thursday Night features a big contest in the SPSL 2A, NPSL 4A and the Big 9
10/24/19 Week 8 on the ESN schedule starts with a trio of strong match-ups on Thursday night. Below are our match-ups and you can watch or listen to this game and our full schedule by going to our broadcast page and click watch live. It’s $10 per month and you […]
Awesome Story on Autistic Football Player making the Tackle
10/24/19 (Cleveland, OH) Fox8 News out of Cleveland has a cool story on a young man, a sophomore with autism making his first tackle in a varsity football game. Check out Fox8’s story by clicking here.
