Commentary: Officials crisis is just not a local issue
1/16/17 There is a crisis happening in High School sports not only in Washington State but across the country and that is the pool of officials to call games is…
Special Series: “I Hope God doesn’t need a Play-by-Play Announcer”
1/15/16 “updated” ESN’s Play-by-Play man Ron Soanka has handled our ESN 3 stream for the past 3 years. He was all set for another great year when he was dealt…
Boys Hoops Central 2B: Adna’s huge 2nd half spurs on big win over Toutle Lake
1/14/17 Adna 68, Toutle Lake 62 (Adna, WA) There is a slugfest at the top of the Central 3B Boys Basketball League with undefeated Napavine on top and Adna and…
EVCO 2A Boys Hoops: T-Birds Marty does it again with his 2nd buzzer beating winning shot
1/13/17 Centralia 67, WF West 54 Link to Aaron Van Tuyl’s story on the Lewis County Sports Blog Aberdeen 52, Rochester 42 (Thursday) Link to game story in The Daily…
Evco 2A Girls Hoops: Wolves and Bearcats flex high ranked muscles
1/13/17 WF West 63, Centralia 27 Link to Aaron Van Tuyl’s story on Lewis County Sports Blog Aberdeen 46, Rochester 42 Black Hills 73, Tumwater 32 (Tumwater, WA) With the…
Girls Hoops: Half Court shot gives T-Wolves buzzer beating win over Toledo
1/12/17 Morton-White Pass 46, Toledo 43 (Toledo, WA) The Morton-White Pass Timberwolves were set on getting their first Central 2B league victory and boy did they do it in dramatic…
Boys Hoops: River Ridge sweeps Renton in SPSL 2A Showdown
1/11/17 River Ridge 78, Renton 69 (Lacey, WA) The River Ridge Hawks looked like they had turned around their season in late December when they beat crosstown rival North Thurston…
Boys Hoops: Aberdeen hangs on for big Evco 2A win at Chehalis
1/10/17 Aberdeen 53, WF West 51 (Chehalis, WA) The Evco 2A league looks like it is going to be a tug-o-war from start to finish and this match-up played right…
Legendary Centralia Coach Ron Brown takes leave for rest of the season
1/9/17 (Centralia, WA) Centralia Athletic Director Scott Chamberlain announced today that long time Tigers boys basketball Ron Brown will take a leave of absence for the rest of the season.…
Girls Hoops: Kalama knocks off Napavine
1/7/17 Kalama 54, Napavine 44 (Napavine, WA) In a crowded run for the top of the Central 2B girls league a match-up between 2 of those teams is always huge…
Boys Hoops: NT Rams hand Capital 1st SSC loss
1/6/17 North Thurston 68, Capital 66 (Lacey, WA) The new South Sound Conference’s boys basketball league is setting up to be quite a grind. The Capital Cougars came into this…
Girls Hoops: T-Birds hang on for big league opener win over Tigers
1/5/17 Tumwater 39, Centralia 36 (Centralia, WA) Defense was the name of the game in this Evco 2A league opener and Tumwater’s swarming D got the jump on the Centralia…
Girls Hoops: Tides take control of SSC with big road win over Timberline
1/4/17 Gig Harbor 62, Timberline 46 (Lacey, WA) This was a battle of league unbeatens with the winner firmly staking their position atop the South Sound Conference. The Tides rely…
Boys Hoops: Kalama rolls at Rainier
1/3/17 Kalama 62, Rainier 47 (Rainier, WA) The 2-2 Rainier Mounties came into this game looking to knock off one of the teams in the upper tier the 4-1 Kalama…
Girls Hoops: Black Hills pulls away in non-leaguer over Napavine
1/3/17 Black Hills 72, Napavine 48 (Tumwater, WA) The Napavine Tigers had only a few chances to play non-league games and boy did they decide to step up the competition.…
ESN announces exciting new Foundation to benefit Student-Athletes
The Eli Sports Network Soanka Fund The Eli Sports Network is excited to announce and honor one of our own and launching the ESN “Soanka Fund”. The Fund is named…
Boys Hoops North Thurston Holiday Invitational; Day 1 Hawks and Rams post wins
12/29/16 ESN is covering all 4 games of the annual North Thurston boys basketball Invitational. Below is the score, re-cap and picture gallery of each game. Day 2 River Ridge…
Boys Hoops: Black Hills holds on over hard charging Peninsula
12/27/16 Black Hills 42, Peninsula 40 (Tumwater, WA) Both teams came into this season without a large part of last year’s team and both have been working on finding their…
Boys Hoops: T-Birds hand Hawks 2nd straight loss
12/22/16 Tumwater 66, River Ridge 50 (Lacey, WA) The River Ridge offense for the 2nd night in a row got off to a slow start and their opponent took full…
Boys Hoops: Capital runs over River Ridge in a non-leaguer
12/21/16 Capital 78, River Ridge 63 (Lacey, WA) The Capital Cougars suffered their first loss of the year in their last outing on a half court shot as time expired…