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 not to think about and be sad for this year’s…
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 State Basketball highlight shows. Our National Network partner the NFHS…
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 reflect, look at stats and input from the ABC Jam…
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 reflect, look at stats and impacts from all of the…
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 yet to scrap the Spring sports Championships slated to begin…
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 to reflect, look at stats and impacts from all of…
Some Spring Events Postponed due to Virus; WIAA responds
3/11/20 (Renton, WA) “We’re definitely keeping an eye on everything and will respond accordingly with our partner schools and State officials”, was the lead comment from WIAA Mick Hoffman in…
WIAA Hardwood Classic: Yakima SunDome 2A and 1A Full Tourney Coverage
(Yakima, WA) WIAA Tournament Central Link Day 4 Championship Saturday All Championship Stories written by Sandy Ringer for Eli Sports 1A Boys Championship Game King’s 70, Lynden Christian 67 (OT)…
WIAA Hardwood Classic: Spokane 2B and 1B
(Spokane, WA) Day 1 of the WIAA Hardwood Classic all tipped off on Wednesday morning with all loser out, winners to the quarterfinals games. WIAA Tournament Central Link State Basketball…
ESN Releases Regional Broadcast Schedule plus a look at how the Games get on
2/26/20 The Eli Sports Network along with help from the ABC Jam Production Company and Wenatchee Public Access Productions have released the schedule of games being covered on Live Video…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Litter Box: Seahawk Fans may just be the most annoying
12/29/19 The Litter Box by Larry the SportsCat (Katlama, WA) The Seattle Seahawks came up an inch short from winning the NFC West against the dreaded San Francisco 49ers in…
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…
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…