Boys Soccer: Bearcats Shutout Warriors
In the first boys soccer game of the Spring season, the Rochester Warriors traveled to Chehalis to take on the W.F. West Bearcats. Once again for the Bearcats, the defense…
Baseball: T-Bird Pitcher sets school Strike-out Record and needed it to pull out a win
3/22/2022 (Tumwater, WA) Tumwater’s Jordan Hansen took the mound Tuesday afternoon with hopes of coming away with a win against their cross-town rivals Black Hills. In the end he would…
WIAA: State Dance and Drill is Back!
3/20/2022 (Yakima, WA) The State Dance and Drill competition is back for the first time since 2019. Although it is considered a winter event and the focus has been on…
2022 High School Football Rule Changes
High school football will tryout some new rules in the upcoming 2022 season. The first change regards intentional grounding. Previously, quarterbacks had to throw the ball in the vicinity of…
The Final Litter Box: Larry The SportsCat signs off
3/14/2022 When we began Eli Sports we wanted to be a leader in covering High School sports and with our partnership with the NFHS and the WIAA we believe we…
WIAA Hardwood Classic Odds and Ends
3/11/2022 The return of the WIAA Hardwood Classic was a welcome relief to the thousands of high school sports fans. There were the usual highs and lows with champions, first…
WIAA State Boys Swim: 2A/1A Champions the Anacortes Seahawks
2/22/2022 (Federal Way, WA) The WIAA State Swim meets all concluded on Saturday after a 3-day run at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way and the Anacortes Seahawks…
WIAA State Boys Swim: 3A Champions the Mercer Island Islanders
2/20/2022 (Federal Way, WA) The WIAA State Swim meets all concluded on Saturday after a 3-day run at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way and the Mercer Island…
WIAA Hardwood Classic: Regional Basketball Matchups, Dates, Times and Locations
The Districts portion of the high school basketball season is now in the rearview mirror. We know the 16 teams in each classification (20 in 3A) that will be moving…
WIAA State Boys Swim: 4A Champions the Curtis Vikings
2/20/2022 (Federal Way, WA) The WIAA State Swim meets all concluded on Saturday after a 3-day run at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way and Curtis held off…
WIAA State Diving Championships
2/18/2022 (Federal Way, WA) On Thursday the WIAA presented the State Diving Championships. Normally the diving championships would be part of the 2 day swim meet but with Covid restrictions…
2022 Girls State Bowling Last Hurrah for Narrows Plaza
2/12/2022 (University Place, WA) Just days after the WIAA State Girls Bowling Tournament concluded the long time host of the event, the Narrows Plaza Bowl announced it’s permanent closure. A…
Girls Hoops: Tenino rolls in opening round District over Seton Catholic
2/11/2022 Tenino 46, Seton Catholic 24 (Tenino, WA) The Beavers used an early burst to control the pace of the game and kept the visiting Seton Catholic Cougars at a…
State Cheer Championships
2/7/2022 (Battle Ground, WA) The WIAA hosted the State Cheer competition this past weekend at Battle Ground High School. There were 16 different categories that teams participated in. We have…
State Bowling Recap
(Tacoma, WA) For the first time since 2020, we got to have the WIAA Girls State Bowling Tournament. Narrows Plaza hosted the three day event February 3rd-5th. While it was…
ESN unveils new look website!
2/7/2022 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network unveiled our new look website this morning with a new, sharper look and easier to navigate. ESN Vice-President of Communications, Will Gaethle says,…
Boys Hoops: Big 3rd quarter bails out T-Birds over Wolves
2/1/2022 Tumwater 71, Black Hills 61 (Tumwater, WA) It was the basketball version of the Pioneer Cup with Black Hills at Tumwater in an important Evco 2A match-up. The T-Birds…
Officials Problem is Worldwide
Last week we did a story about the officials shortage that was highlighted in the Olympia-Curtis basketball game. In that story, we looked at what all had to happen just…
Girls Hoops: Montesano Defense Shuts Down Tenino
1/29/2022 Montesano 58, Tenino 34 Montesano 15 15 15 13 Tenino 9 6 11 8 (Tenino, WA) Aggressive defense and forcing turnovers is the formula that the Tenino Beavers use…
Girls Hoops: Fast Start Carries Tenino Over Knights
1/28/2022 Tenino 59, King’s Way Christian 27 King’s Way 8 9 1 9 Tenino 22 19 10 8 (Tenino, WA) A half day at school and an early start time…