Professor DW Football Challenge Winners List!
The winners of each week will be posted here and we’ll add a little description as to how they won and their winning picks. Week 18 Bob Kickner blocks a…
Girls Hoops: North Thurston Uses 24-0 Run to Comeback, Defeat Gig Harbor
1/5/24 Gig Harbor 14 19 5 5 43 North Thurston 15 11 17 15 58 (Lacey, WA) A big game the following week can always be dangerous for an undefeated…
HS Hoops: Black Hills sweeps T-Birds in girls/boys twin bill
1/5/2024 (Tumwater, WA) The Black Hills Wolves traveled the 1-mile or so over to Thunderbird Pavillion to face their crosstown rivals in a girls-boys double header. Black Hills came away…
Boys Hoops: 5 Double-Digit Scorers Lead Bearcats to Rivalry Win Over Centralia
1/4/23 Centralia 10 15 13 21 59 WF West 21 22 19 14 76 (Chehalis, WA) Whenever two rivals meet regardless of the sport, you can be sure to throw…
Boys Hoops: Timberline defeats Tumwater on the road
1/3/2024 Timberline 16 16 19 20 71 Tumwater 10 14 15 19 58 (Tumwater, WA) Coming into this game both teams were .500 on the season with the Blazers at…
Boys Hoops: Tenino pulls away from Montesano to open EVCO 1A league play
1/2/2024 Tenino 59, Montesano 46 (Tenino, WA) The EVCO 1A league play got underway Tuesday night and the Tenino Beavers finished with a strong 2nd half to pull away from…
Washington AD’s recognized at National Conference
12/26/2023 Two longtime Washington State Athletic Directors were recently recognized at the 54th National Athletic Directors conferencein Orlando, Florida. More than 3,000 athletic admninistrators from all over the country attended…
Emerald Downs: 2023 Longacres Mile Winner “Five Star General” romps in the Tenacious Stakes at Fairgrounds
12/23/2023 (New Orleans, LA) Five Star General sat off the early lead in 2nd on August 13 in the 2023 Longacres Mile with jockey Joe Bravo aboard took the lead…
Boys Hoops: Curtis Winter Classic All-Tournament Teams and Awards
12/19/2023 (University Place, WA) The 6th Curtis Winter Classic wrapped up on on Saturday and our full coverage of each day can be found on the ESN home page. There…
Curtis Winter Classic: Championship Saturday! Curtis holds on to break 2 year streak
12/16/2023 (University Place, WA) The 6th Curtis Winter Classic came to a close on Saturday and it was another successful and exciting event. The Curtis Vikings had only won their…
Curtis Winter Classic: Day 2 Semi-Finals Eaglecrest advances to face Curtis in Title Game on Saturday
12/15/2023 (University Place, WA) It’s Day 2 of the Curtis Winter Classic, Semi-Final day. 4 teams are battling for a chance to get to Saturday’s Championship game and 2 consolation…
Curtis Winter Classic: Day 1 Opening Round Eaglecrest, Blazers, Curtis & Irish all post wins
12/14/2023 (University Place, WA) The 6th Curtis Winter Classic tipped off this afternoon at Ray Beard Gymnasium with 4 games. This year’s tournament is truly an international event with teams…
Curtis Winter Classic 2023 Preview
12/13/23 (University Place, WA) With the holiday season upon us, that means we are also getting into nonleague basketball tournaments with a bulk of them coming while schools are on…
HS Boys Hoops: Kelso rolls at Tumwater
12/12/2023 Kelso 76, Tumwater 53 (Tumwater, WA) The Kelso Hilanders have a senior dominated team and the experience is paying off early as the Hilanders improved to 3-0 with a…
The Litter Box: NFL rules and officiating or High School officials and rules? It’s not even close!
The Litter Box by Larry the SportsCat 12/11/2023 (Katlama, WA) The National Football League should be dubbed the National Frequent Liars Association. Let’s focus on the word “official”. The N-F-L…
Boys Hoops: Tenino 5 Strong holds off Black Hills
12/9/2023 Tenino 53, Black Hills 45 (Tumwater, WA) The 1A Tenino Beavers came into this season with “young” experience for Head Coach Ryan Robertson knew he had a strong team…
HS Boys Basketball: WF West Hot Start Carries Them to EvCo Win Over Shelton
12/7/23 WF West 54, Shelton 41 (Chehalis, WA) Basketball season is now in full swing as the WF West Bearcats looked for their second league win on Thursday night as…
Updated Song Info: Country Star Ty Herndon Holiday Concert in Centralia to benefit Centralia Youth Sports
12/6/2023 Updated! 12/8/2021 (Centralia, WA) Country Star Ty Herndon is coming to Centralia to perform a traditional Christmas Holiday concert with proceeds benefitting Centralia Youth Sports or CYS. CYS was…
WIAA: Breaking down Classification Numbers for next year
12/7/2023 Now that the new classification cycle process is officially underway, (Our story on the WIAA classification process here), we’re going to take the first look at where the numbers…
WIAA: Classification Numbers finalized for schools; New Classification process just beginning
12/5/2023 The final student counts have been completed by the WIAA which is the first step to set the classifications for each school going into next season and running through…