Football

10/13/17 Centralia 42, Rochester 35 By Dave Weber (Centralia, WA) Jose Pineda’s four-yard touchdown burst up the middle broke a tie with 8.5 seconds to play, lifting Centralia to its…

10/13/17 Yelm 35, Capital 14 (Updated: Explanation of a controversial call from SSA Head Official now included.) (Olympia, WA) The Yelm Tornados have not been to the State Play-offs in…

10/7/17 Hockinson 41, Washougal 7 By Dan O’Dell (Washougal, WA) A game of two undefeated’s had the hype, energy and pre-game excitement of both teams wanting to make their mark…

Sumner 28, Olympia 0 (Olympia, WA) The score was worse than the game when you take a look at how many times the Bears moved into the Spartan Red Zone…

Timberline 23, Yelm 14 (Lacey, WA) Timberline High School was looking up at visiting Yelm on Friday night. Two big plays by visiting Yelm had the Blazers, ranked 7th in…

9/30/17 (Story was updated on 10/1 to include corrected information including memorial service details and a fund being set up for Zach which is at the bottom of the page.…

Rainier 30, Onalaska 12 By Dave Weber (Onalaska, WA) It took Rainier awhile to get its offense in sync but once the sixth-ranked Mountaineers started clicking, they ran away from…

WF West 38, Aberdeen 7 (Chehalis, WA) Both teams came into the league opener feeling pretty good about their non-league schedules with the Bearcats at 3-1 and the Bobcats 2-2.…

9/25/17 (Renton, WA) The Bellevue High School Football team will get to play in this year’s post season if they qualify after the WIAA Executive board reduced their penalties regarding…

9/22/17 Evergreen (Van) 9, Black Hills 6 (Tumwater, WA) These 2 teams came into this non-league match-up preparing for the heart of their league runs and both looking to run…

9/22/17 Curtis 17, Olympia 14 By Dave Weber (Olympia, WA) Jase Paulsen’s 38-yard field goal was the only score by either team in the second half as Curtis both got…

9/16/17 Kentwood 49, Kennedy 27 (Kent, WA) Kentwood Head Coach Michael Bush wanted to get back to basics especially the run game. Last week in their loss to Edmonds-Woodway they…

9/15/17 Timberline 30, Capital 13 By Dave Weber (Olympia, WA) On a night when penalty flags were thrown at least a dozen times against each team, Timberline’s run game outlasted…

9/15/17 River Ridge 34, Orting 7 (Lacey, WA) Both the River Ridge Hawks and Orting Cardinals came into this game looking for their 1st win of the season. The Hawks…

9/14/17 Central Kitsap 28, North Thurston 7 (Lacey, WA) The South Sound Conference kicked off league play Thursday night at South Sound Stadium in Lacey with Central Kitsap at North…

9/9/17 Kalama 14, Napavine 8 (Napavine, WA) Rankings in High School football really mean nothing since teams earn their way into post-season and there are play-offs all the way to…

9/8/17 Rainier 27, Raymond 0 By Dave Weber (Rainier, WA) Junior quarterback Zach Lofgren rushed for three touchdowns as Rainier recorded its second consecutive shutout to start the season, 27-0,…

9/8/17 Black Hills 22, Capital 20 (Tumwater, WA) Credit to our ESN announcers in calling this game with just 1-second to play and Black Hills with the ball on the…

9/7/17 Smoke from 2 major forest fires in Washington State combined with stagnant air pushed the air quality all-over the state to unhealthy levels. This forced the cancellation of most…

9/2/17 Rochester 23, Tenino 20 By Dave Weber (Tenino, WA) Rochester High School went winless last football season. It won’t happen again this year. The Warriors scored 17 unanswered points…