WIAA responds to New COVID Rules from Governor’s Office
1/6/2021 *** 1/7/2021 Update The State Department of Health will gather the case information of COVID-19 on Friday and then post it on Monday, January 11. This will place each…
WIAA “The Tea”: Monday Board Meeting expects further direction in Re-Starting Sports
****1/4/2021 UPDATE!!!! The WIAA Executive Board will meet on Wednesday instead of tonight. Executive Board President Tim Thomsen says they are expecting updated information on the State COVID guidelines from…
Column: The Litter Box; Goodbye My Friend Rocky
1/2/2021 Goodbye Rocky By Larry the SportsCat (Katlama, WA) Hi everyone, I know it’s been awhile since the SportsCat has checked in and it is with a heavy heart I…
WIAA Tea: 10 Amendments to be considered at WIAA Winter Meetings; Increasing Basketball Schedule Tops Proposals
12-21-2020 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Executive Board usually meets 5 or 6 times a year but so far this year they have met about 40 times since the shut down…
The Burner: Puyallup’s Head Boys Basketball Coach Resigns
12/21/2020 Regardless of when the boys basketball season can resume this school year the Puyallup Vikings will be looking for a new Head boys basketball Coach as current coach Scott…
The Burner: WESCO moves forward with Unique Plan to Re-Start Sports
12/218/2020 The Wesco League in District 1 (North Seattle to Blaine) is moving forward with a different re-start plan for their sports than what the WIAA has rolled out. This…
The Burner: From the Congo to Camas, the Jacques Badolato-Bridsell story
12/20/2020 The Columbian’s Meg Wochnick has this awesome piece up and is a MUST read on Camas Football player Jacques Badolato-Birdsell. This is an inspirational story that we could all…
Opinion: Although Frustrating Games will be Played this School Year
12/17/2020 We’re all tired but we are also all competitors and we need to finish this thing we are in now. We have to stay positive, we have stay focused…
The WIAA Tea: Executive Board updates Sports Re-Start plans
12/16/2020 ***Updated*** After Governor Inslee updated the in-person learning to allow more the WIAA released a statement of optimism regarding High School sports based on what the Governor presented. Here…
Emerald Downs: NW Legend Richard Wright Passes Away
Northwest Horse Racing Legend Richard Wright Passes Away By Gary Dougherty 11/28/2020 A Northwest horseman since the mid-1960s, Richard Wright passed away November 9, 2020 at the age of 81…
Thanksgiving 2020 Reasons to Celebrate
11/26/2020 Thanksgiving 2020. It doesn’t take much to find all the negatives that can and will be associated with anything tagged 2020. Normally we would all be taking a quick…
Trending Up: Sam Winter; From torn ACL to D1 Men’s Basketball
11/25/2020 (Boise, ID) Sam Winter graduated from Montesano High School this past Spring and believed his formal sports career was over after racking up many accomplishments and awards during his…
Trending Up: Tenino Girls Soccer Coach Kevin Schultz
11/19/20 The Tenino girls soccer team was primed for another run in the state tournament in 2020, but the pandemic has moved their season to 2021. Head coach Kevin Schultz…
WIAA makes Strong Statement pushing to re-start School and Sports
11/19/2020 (Renton, WA) WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman has released a statement pushing for more opportunities for kids to get back to playing sports and participating in activities. Hoffman also…
WIAA Board moves Start Date to February 1 to accommodate State Tournaments
11/18/2020 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Executive Board voted Tuesday night to push back the start of the sports season to February 1st. The WIAA had created a 4 season plan…
The Burner: Malachi Flynn, Jaden McDaniels headline 2020 NBA Draft prospects with Washington high school basketball ties
11/16/2020 If you’re itching for some high school basketball, you’re going to have to wait until at least January for any action on the hardwood. While you wait, Todd Milles…
The Burner: Turning around a program in a Pandemic extra challenging in Rochester
11/15/2020 Playing in a league with the defending State Champions along with 2 other programs regularly in the play-offs is already hard enough. Now include a school that is one…
The Burner: Foodball scores a Touchdown in Harbor
11/15/2020 Pandemic or not a 39-year tradition to help those struggling was not going to be stopped due to Covid-19. Aberdeen and Hoquiam High Schools have thrown down for nearly…
Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards “The Horses”; Season Re-cap Part 3
11/9/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through each one and category and in this piece we focus…
Tumwater’s DuRussel Earns Her Fourth All-American Honor in Cheerleading
(Above: BreeAnna DuRussel’s submission video to the National Cheerleaders Association) By Matt Baide ESN Contributor In a year full of uncertainty, there was one thing that was certain: BreeAnna DuRussel…