Football: King’s Way Christian puts the brakes on Football
7/7/2020 There are several stories out on King’s Way Christian putting football on hold to allow their feeder programs catch up to be able to sustain a competitive High School…
Eli’s Girls Basketball All-Decade Teams; 4A, 3A & 2A
(Centralia, WA) We have named our Girls Basketball All-Decade Program. We mentioned in our last all-decade team article that Eli Sports Network will be celebrating the 10 year anniversary this…
Prep Football this Fall? Conditions MUST Change…Fast!
7/3/2020 (Renton, WA) WIAA Assistant Executive Director Andy Barnes talked with ESN Friday morning for an interview segment set to air on the “Eli’s High School Report” show on the…
Eli’s Boys Basketball All-Decade Teams; 1A, 2B & 1B
(Centralia, WA) We have named our Boys Basketball All-Decade Programs. We mentioned in our last all-decade team article that Eli Sports Network will be celebrating the 10 year anniversary this…
Eli’s Boys Basketball All-Decade Teams; 4A, 3A & 2A
(Centralia, WA) We have named our Boys Basketball All-Decade Programs. We mentioned in our last all-decade team article that Eli Sports Network will be celebrating the 10 year anniversary this…
Eli’s Basketball All-Decade Teams coming soon! Is your team on the list?
6/26/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network is excited to present the Pacific Sports Spa All-Decade Basketball Teams beginning Monday, June 29 at noon on the ESN/NFHS Sports Network subscription…
WIAA Bulletin: Falls Sports Status Update
6/25/2020 (Renton, WA) The Governor’s office and State Health Officials recently responded to the WIAA’s request of what guidelines will be needed to re-open sports this coming Fall. This is…
Centralia will have Sports; School Board continues work on Budget Shortfall
6/11/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia school board met again via Zoom Wednesday night for their regular board meeting. Since the last time they met where it was reported that sports…
Souls of Hope must not be Wasted
6/11/2020 In 5 days we lost two beautiful souls, two young men taken from their families and our society. 17-year-old Tyrenn Smith died as a passenger in a tragic car…
WIAA Update; Basketball Tournaments, Foundation Games and Fall Sports
6/10/2020 (Renton, WA) WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman joined us on our last episode of Eli’s High School Report our new podcast launched late last month. We talked with Mick…
The Hurt keeps coming; Mt Si Senior suddenly passes and the passing of a Broadcast legend
6/9/2020 (Updated with link to story on Dillon) Dillon Garnes was a Senior at Mt Si High School and he is the second tragic and shocking death of a student…
Through the Storm Clouds, Tyrenn always Shined
6/7/2020 Go-Fund-Me Link to help Tyrenn’s family (Video clips of the Balloon Memorial, an interview with his Coach Michael Bush and a Remembrance Video are included as you scroll down)…
Governor’s Office updates guidelines for Summer Sports
It is safe to say that 2020 may be one of the more bizarre years seen in quite some time, but the muddy waters may be getting a little clearer…
The Helmet Tournament Champion: The Entiat Tigers
6/2/2020 (Tacoma, WA) Lincoln Head Football Coach Masaki Matsumoto announced this morning that the Entiat Tigers are the Champions of the Washington State Football Helmet Challenge. We had a chance…
Centralia High Athletics on the Cutting Board; District says Final Decision has not been made
5/28/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Headline on the Centralia Chronicle’s newspaper was a gut punch to Centralia High School’s athletes, “Centralia School District cuts all Sports”. The story by Celene Fitzgerald…
Football in the Spring is not a Fantasy
5/21/2020 (Updated with additional comments from a District A-D) (Centralia, WA) About a month ago and a month or so into the new reality we are all living with there…
ESN set to unveil new Podcast “Eli’s High School Report” on the NFHS Network
5/20/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will launch a new podcast on Tuesday, May 26 and will debut on the ESN/NFHS Sports Networks. “Eli’s High School Report” will air…
WIAA Proposing Drastic Changes to State Basketball Tournaments
(Renton, WA) The WIAA is looking at making some drastic changes to the State Basketball Tournament format and have offered up 3 proposals and are now looking for feedback from…
WIAA passes new rules for next year
5/11/20 (Renton, WA) The WIAA representative assembly recently concluded their voting period on 23 proposed changes from the Winter Coalition meeting this past January. There were several eye catching changes…
Analysis: Will selection committees really make a difference?
5/9/2020 (Renton, WA) On Friday we ran the story on the WIAA moving to a selection committee system for all team sports and not just football. The move was made…