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Girls Soccer: Centralia holds off Bearcats to take Twin City Rotary Cup 5-4
9/5/17 Centralia 5, WF West 4 By Dave Weber (Chehalis, WA) Alayna Miller scored two goals but the key statistic in Centralia High School’s 5-4 season-opening girls soccer win over…
Football: Rochester takes the 1st Scatter Creek Showdown on Tenino’s new Home Turf
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…
Football: Capital wins emotional 1st game for fallen teammate in dramatic fashion!
9/1/17 Capital 20, River Ridge 15 (Olympia, WA) The Capital Cougars have had a rough off-season with a late coaching change and losing a beloved teammate to cancer. Chris Heay…
Football: Blazers big 1st half dooms Wolves
8/31/17 Timberline 35, Black Hills 7 (Lacey, WA) The Timberline Blazers New-Old Head Coach Nick Mullen picked up right where he left off 3 years ago with a win. Mullen…
There’s a Buzz in Tenino and the Beavers are ready for a fresh start!
8/29/17 (Tenino, WA) New Head Tenino Football Coach Cary Nagel couldn’t have asked for a better welcome to his first ever Head Coaching gig. Nagel takes over a program with…
Eli Sports Network has launched our new Website!
8-15-17 (ESN Headquarters) The Eli Sports Network has launched our newest and latest website that is even more user friendly than ever. First a little history, ESN began back in…
Mile Day betting review; the “All” button was critical!
8/15/17 (Auburn, WA) Taking a look back at Mile Day you can’t get past the impressive performance of “Gold Rush Dancer” who crushed 11 other opponents in the 82nd running…
Emerald Downs: Mile Day
8/13/17 (Auburn, WA) Sunday was Mile Day at Emerald Downs the Super Bowl of NW Horse Racing and the 11-race card was supported with the Distaff and 2 other overnight…
The Longacres Mile the Super Bowl of NW Racing on tap Sunday
8/12/17 (Auburn, WA) On Sunday the Super Bowl of NW Horse Racing takes place at Emerald Downs with the 82nd running of the Longacres Mile. A full field of 12…
Football: Capital Cougars name Interim Head Football Coach
8/8/17 (Olympia, WA) The Capital Cougars Football team was informed today by the administration that an interim Head Football Coach was hired and he is someone familiar to the Cougs,…
Emerald Downs Spotlight: Kevin Orozco latest Apprentice to shine in the NW
Kevin Orozco continuing the NW Apprentice Legacy (Auburn, WA) Apprentice jockey’s are the rookies of horse racing and many times are treated as such in the jockey’s room like rookies…
Baide defends his Million Dollar Shoot-out Title but just misses on the big pay-out
7/21/17 (Chehalis, WA) Once again the reporter became the story. Usually not what reporters ever want but in this case Chroncle reporter Matt Baide breaks that golden rule of journalism…
Emerald Downs: No doubt this time Mach One “Rules” the Day, joins 3 other Stake Champions on Sunday
7/17/17 (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs featured a “slew” of Stakes races on Sunday capped with the Mt Rainier Stakes that set up to be an instant classic with the re-newal…
Emerald Downs Spotlight: It’s a Superfecta of Stakes races on Sunday!
7/15/17 (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs track officials experimented with a multiple stakes race day in July last year and it went over big so the new tradition continues in 2017…
Win a $1,000,000 with 1 swing of the club at the Visiting Nurses Shootout!
7/12/17 Summer is here and that means in the world of sports teams and non-profit organizations and causes it’s fundraising season! There are tons of great causes that need help…
Emerald Downs Spotlight: Passion and History are the name of the game for Owner Dean Mazzuca
7/6/17 (Auburn, WA) Dean “Deano” Mazzuca has a serious passion burning for NW horse racing and it began much like it did for many back in the Longacres days. Mazzuca…
Emerald Downs Spotlight: Jockey Rocco Bowen’s journey from the Caribbean to Puget Sound
6/29/17 (Auburn, WA) Rocco Bowen was born and raised in the Caribbean nation of Barbados. Life in the sun and surf on the 21 mile long and 14 mile wide…
Emerald Downs: Top Quality shows Quality in Irish Day Stakes
6/25/17 (Auburn, WA) The 20th running of the Irish Stakes featured a field of 10 well matched 3-year-old fillies but there were question marks for each of them. Risque’s Legacy…
Emerald Downs Trainer Spotlight: Howard Belvoir from Red Eye Express to Barkley
6/21/17 (Auburn, WA) The Eli Sports Network is excited about our expanded coverage of Washington State Horse Racing at Emerald Downs this season. This will be the first of many…
ESN looking for Director of Sales!
6/12/17 The Eli Sports Network is currently looking for the right person to take on our Sales Department. There are many exciting things happening at ESN with a new website…