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Baseball: Mariners Win 8th Straight for Second Time in August
8/22/23 Mariners 6, White Sox 3 (Chicago, IL) Two franchises headed in opposite directions met on the Southside of Chicago on Tuesday as the Seattle Mariners met the Chicago White…
Baseball: Mariners Roll Through White Sox in Complete Blowout
8/21/23 Mariners 14, White Sox 2 (Chicago, IL) Julio Rodriguez has been the hottest player on the face of the planet for the last week, but a scheduled day off…
EVCO 2A League Welcomes 3 New Athletic Directors
8/21/2023 After the last game or sports event wrapped up last Spring the Evergreen 2A league also said good-bye to 3 longtime Athletic Directors who had been a integral piece…
Baseball: Mariners Continue Run for AL West Crown, Sweep Astros for First Time Since 2018
8/20/23 Mariners 7, Astros 6 (Houston, TX) Everything has gone the way of the Seattle Mariners over the last few weeks. Not only have the Mariners played their best baseball…
Emerald Downs: Quarter Horse Championships and T-Rex Races
8/20/2023 The Sunday card at Emerald Downs took a break from thoroughbred stakes races after last week’s Championship Sunday but replaced them with the annual quarter horse Championships beginning in…
Emerald Downs: Saturday Night Racing Orantes gets 1st win on 30-1 bomb, Radke doubles, Affirm Chief takes feature
8/19/2023 (Auburn, Wa) 8 races were on the card Saturday night with a total of 49 starters for an average of 6.1 per race. The total handle was $1,074,232 for…
Baseball: Julio Makes History as Mariners Blowout Astros
8/19/23 Mariners 10, Astros 3 (Houston, TX) Years of frustration came out of the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. After so many years of falling short against the Houston Astros, the…
Emerald Downs: Friday Night Racing Executive Chef takes Feature, Amador and Enriquez both double
8/18/2023 The 2nd to last Friday night racing card had a total of 7 races with 43 starters for an average of 6 per race. The total handle was $645,807…
Baseball: Miller Shines Against Hometown Team, J-Rod Homers Again, M’s Beat Astros
8/18/23 Mariners 2, Astros 0 (Houston, TX) Hitting with runners in scoring position is crucial to winning a baseball game. I know you all are thinking, “Well duh.” Yes it…
Emerald Downs: 14th Power Rankings Montalvo jets to the top of the PR’s
8/18/2023 The 14th Power Rankings of the season was easy to crown the RED HOT MOVER as Carlos Montalvo tripled on Friday, tripled on Saturday and added a Stakes win…
Centralia College Men’s Soccer: Blazers fall to Everett 6-1 in first ever league match
8/18/2023 Everett 6, Centralia 1 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia College Blazers Men’s soccer team played their inaugural match on Saturday against Everett CC. Things didn’t go how head coach Noel…
Baseball: J-Rod Show In Full Effect as M’s Take Finale in Kansas City
8/17/23 Mariners 6, Royals 4 (Kansas City, MO) Nine more innings of wild baseball stood between the Seattle Mariners and getting out of Kansas City as quickly as possible. All…
Longtime Woodland AD Paul Huddleston steps down will move on to new opportunity
8/18/2023 On Tuesday, August 15 ESN was at Tumwater High school with the WIAA as they did their annual Athletic Director meeting for District 4 or Southwest Washington. District 4…
Baseball: Mariners Survive Another Thriller in Kansas City
8/16/23 Mariners 6, Royals 5 (Kansas City, MO) Chaos ball is a phrase the Seattle Mariners and their fans use to describe their style of baseball. Weird late inning magic…
Emerald Downs: Class of 2023 Washington Hall of Fame Inductees
8/16/2023 (Auburn, WA) Last Saturday before racing the Washington Hall of Fame inducted their latest class into their hallowed chamber. Two horses, a trainer, a breeder and the 1st winners…
Baseball: Ty France Saves Mariners After Late Meltdown
8/15/23 Mariners 10, Royals 8 (10) (Kansas City, MO) Normal games just don’t happen when the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals take the field with one another and Tuesday…
Emerald Downs (Re-Published Feature): The highest of highs and the lowest of lows; Trainer Frank Lucarelli knows both
***This story was originally written and published in July of 2018. Since then Frank’s stats of course have grown he’s added more wins and training titles to his resume. This…
Emerald Downs: Championship Sunday Five Star General romps in the Mile, Prince Abu Dhabi takes the Derby, Tiz a Macho Girl takes Distaff, Jamies Inheritance stuns in the Oaks
8/13/2023 (Special Thanks to track photographer Reed Palmer, Photographer Wayne Nagai and ESN photographer Tony Davila for a ton of great pictures.) (Auburn, WA) The big day is here, Championship…
Baseball: Mariners Get No-Hit into 7th, Rally to Comeback, Blow 9th Inning Lead in Walkoff Loss to Royals
8/14/23 Royals 7, Mariners 6 (Kansas City, MO) The last time the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals played each other before Monday’s opening game of a four-game series was…
Baseball: Another Extra Innings Loss Ends Mariners Series Win Streak Against Baltimore
8/13/23 Orioles 5, Mariners 3 (10) (Seattle, WA) A playoff atmosphere could be felt all around T-Mobile Park on Sunday when baseball’s hottest team in the Seattle Mariners took the…