Developing Story The State Department of Health have updated their guidelines on how to re-start High School sports. One of the biggest changes in this new update is the moving of basketball into the ‘High-Risk’ category. Previously basketball was in the ‘moderate-risk’ group, making the sports return a little bit […]
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Hall of Fame basketball coach Ed Pepple passes away
9/14/2020 The state lost one of the greats today, when Ed Pepple passed away due to cancer. Pepple coached the Mercer Island High School basketball team for 42 years. In his tremendous tenure at MIHS, Pepple accumulated 958 wins along with 4 state titles before retiring in 2009. His Championships […]
The Dominoes have Fallen; No Sports this Fall in Washington State
8/19/2020 It wasn’t that long ago that the WIAA released the 4 season sports plan where Football, Volleyball, Soccer and Girls Swimming all got pushed into what is now season 3. They left the option open to compete if able in Cross Country, Golf, Tennis and Slow Pitch. The Championships […]
WIAA Finalizes 2020-21 Schedule
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has released it’s finalized schedule for the 2020-21 school year. The biggest changes come to the fall sports season – which has been granted an alternate season in the spring. Cross Country, Slowpitch, Golf and Tennis are the ones affected most by the new changes. […]
Eli’s Girls Basketball All-Decade Teams; 4A, 3A & 2A
(Centralia, WA) We have named our Girls Basketball All-Decade Program. We mentioned in our last all-decade team article that Eli Sports Network will be celebrating the 10 year anniversary this coming fall. Doing these all-decade teams for their respective sports gives us a chance to look back and reflect on […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinking…!”
6/15/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…!” Chapter 1 By Bruce Williams Prologue The Eli Sports Network is excited to introduce our new columnist, Bruce Williams. We were first exposed to Bruce’s ramblings on his Facebook page. His wit and command of language made us want […]
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. paulb
Centralia College Blazer Soccer welcomes new signees
4/27/19 (Centralia, WA) New Centralia College Blazer women’s soccer coach Clarence Gunderson was excited to present much of the re-made Blazer team. Gunderson welcomed 8 of his 10 committed players who are coming to Centralia College to help turn the program around. Last year the Blazers struggled and finished just […]
WIAA Rep Assembly votes Major Changes to Classification System
1/28/19 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Representative Assembly gathered together today to vote on a pair of significant changes to the classification system. The current system was an attempt to balance the 6 classifications into equal blocks of schools. The top 65 schools were 4A, the next 65 3A and so […]
ESN set to Broadcast State Cheer from Battle Ground
1/26/18 (Battle Ground, WA) For the 2nd year in a row the Eli Sports Network will bring the State Cheer Championships to our airwaves next weekend. WIAA Media Director Casey Johnson says they had to add Friday night to accommodate the large number of cheer teams who have qualified and […]
Eli Sports to Live Broadcast Girls State Bowling
(Tacoma, WA) The Eli Sports Network continues to break new ground when it comes to broadcasting live WIAA State events and next week’s State Girls Bowling Tournament is the latest event to be added to the line-up. The Tournament will be held at the 40-lane Narrows Plaza bowling center in […]
CC Baseball: Team Lost in the Sauce takes Centralia College 1st A1 World Series
10/20/18 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia College Baseball team wrapped up the 1st ever A1 World Series in Centralia yesterday and half the team earned steak dinners with at their Fall banquet while the other half of the team will get to feast on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The teams […]
State Deaf School in Vancouver opens doors to student opportunity
10/16/17 The Columbian’s Meg Wochnick has a tremendous story on homecoming and opportunities for students who wouldn’t normally get them at the State Deaf school in Vancouver. Check it out here. paulb
Woodland rolls over River takes sole possession of 2nd in GSHL 2A
10/11/18 Woodland 3, Columbia River 0 (25-16, 28-26, 25-20) (Woodland, WA) The Woodland Beavers and the Columbia River Chieftains came into the is match battling for 2nd place with the Beavers at 6-2 and the Chieftains at 5-2. Woodland had already beaten CR in their first match-up at CR 3-1. […]
Centralia CC Blazers roll up Green River in key Volleyball Match
10/10/18 Centralia Blazers 3, Green River Gators 0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-14) (Centralia, WA) The Lady Blazer Volleyball team came into this match a couple of games out of 4th place and you need to place in the top 4 to advance to the NWAC play-offs. The Green River Gators came […]
Soccer: SPSL 2A Unbeatens both remain unbeaten as White River and Fife end in a 2-2 draw
9/25/18 White River 2, Fife 2 (Fife, WA) It was a showdown between known rivals, both were undefeated in SPSL 2A league play but they are in different conferences so this would be the one and only contest these two would have during the regular season. In the end both […]
Centralia CC Soccer: Quick start for Red Devils dooms Blazers
9/19/18 Lower Columbia 5, Centralia CC 1 (Centralia, WA) The Red Devils jumped on the Blazers in a hurry tallying 2 of their 3 1st half goals in less than 5 minutes. The Blazers did bounce back and played solid defense and getting a few offensive runs with Gabbi Nowodworski […]
CC Blazer Soccer: Green River 2nd half too much for Blazers
9/16/18 Green River 5, Centralia CC 0 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia College Lady Blazer soccer team simply could not resist an on-going attack in the 2nd half that saw the Green River Gators blow up a 1-0 match at the half to a comfortable win. The Blazer offense continues to […]
Soccer: Last second PK bails out Mark Morris in tight win over Centralia
9/12/18 (Centralia, WA) The Mark Morris Monarchs came into this match with a 2-0-1 record against upper classification teams while the Centralia Tigers were 0-2 and outscored 10-2 in those 2 matches. It didn’t take long for the Monarchs to jump on the Tigers in the 9th minute Heaven Burr […]
Football: Stadium and K-M light up the stat sheet; Tigers prevail in a shoot-out
9/8/18 Stadium 48, Kent Meridian 27 (Kent, WA) 1,065. That was the total offense the Stadium Tigers and Kent Meridian Royals put up Saturday night at French field. This total would have been a lot more had the officials not littered the field with penalty flags all night. Leading the […]
