WIAA Board passes Seeding Committee Format for all Team Sports
5/8/2020 (Renton, WA) The Executive Board of the WIAA passed a resolution that would change how all the team sports would be seeded into the State Tournament. All sports teams…
AD’s on the move
5/6/20 (Correction: Nick Mullin is still teaching at Timberline, we apologize for our mistake.) The Spring time is known for baseball, track, better weather and Seniors gearing up for graduation.…
WIAA preparing for all scenarios this Fall including shifting sports seasons
5/4/20 (Centralia, WA) “Our job is to create and offer as many opportunities for students to learn and compete in a safe and fair way.” That quote from WIAA Executive…
Opinion: Sports, the great escape!
4/22/20 By Josh Kaiser, ESN Broadcaster As the state of Washington is a little over the one-month mark of being locked down, it’s given me a new perspective on so…
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…
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…