Wrestling

7/1/2026 The Eli Sports Network (ESN) began a tradition 5 years ago where at the end of the year we crown the “Champion of Champions”. This is a combined boys…

1/16/26 The next round of State Championships is only a few weeks away, and ESN has you covered with all of the locations for this season of titles. There is…

2/3/2025 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network is excited to announce our new podscast, “All Things WIAA”. This is a monthly podcast that is set to come out the 1st…

1/24/2025 5pm today the official beginning to the Winter Championships begins when the State Cheerleading competition begins at Battle Ground High School. The competition includes 94 schools from all across…

12/24/2024 (Tumwater, WA) Pat Alexander passed away this week and the response from the thousands of athletes, students and others has been overwhelming to his family. Alexander spent 40+ years…

12/17/2024 Pat Alexander stood next to Tumwater legendary Head Football Coach Sid Otton for 41 of Otton’s 43 years at Tumwater. Alexander was also the long time Head Wrestling Coach…

(7/1/2024) The Eli Sports Network (ESN) began a new tradition 2 years ago where at the end of the year we crown the “Champion of Champions”. This is a combined…

6/13/2024 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Executive Committee made their final decision with the future of State Wrestling at their most recent meeting and approved a format change and locked in…

1/3/2022 2022 has arrived and we’re coming up on the 2-year anniversary of when the High School sports world came to a stop and schools closed their doors while the…

6/17/2021 (Renton, WA) The WIAA confirmed to Eli Sports that next year’s High School State Tournaments and Events locations and formats will not change from the last time the WIAA…

5/11/2021 The good news was the Governor did not roll Pierce County back to phase 1 of the State Health plan, the bad news was they got frozen in phase…

12/19/19 Wrestling Davis 42, West Valley 18 The Davis Pirates knocked off the West Valley Rams due to more forfeits with while in actual head to head competition there were…

2/8/19 (Renton, WA) Before a snowflake has floated to the ground in most of the state the white stuff has begun falling early Friday in the NW portion of the…

2/23/17 (Tacoma, WA) You’ve probably heard of “Hot Takes” or “Quick Takes” well here’s our version of “Late Takes”. A week ago today Mat Classic 29 got underway in the…

2/17/17 Welcome to the Eli Sports Mat Classic coverage page. Below you will find all classifications and weight classes, results, pictures and stories. Don’t forget our live audio broadcast coverage…

2/5/17 The District 4 Sub-Regional Wrestling Tournament was held at the new Hub City Sports Complex in Centralia. The facility that has a larger floor space than the Tacoma Dome…

7/7/2016 (Olympia, WA) 3-time All-American wrestler from New Mexico Highlands University and Tumwater High School graduate Easton Hargrave will be hosting a different kind of wrestling camp this summer, one…

2/21/16 Another spectacular Mat Classic is in the books and this year we took in as much as we could to find some fun and interesting tidbits that are so…

2/19-20/16 ESN is live from the Tacoma Dome where we will have coverage from start to finish. Below are links to results and schedules followed by stories and pictures. This…