8/26/2022
The Eli Sports Network has released our 1st two weeks of live streaming schedule. After the last two seasons of just trying to get on as many games as possible, especially for schools that had no streaming options and either imposed or self imposed restrictions of folks coming to the games ESN is going back to what we want to be an all-around media site.
This means we will do fewer games but generally with larger crews and we are working on being a more well-rounded broadcast. ESN is an unbiased, regional broadcast and we are not a home team broadcast for any school. We do cover some areas more than others and in many areas we don’t get to see teams until the post season.
We also will be doing more and more follow-up coverage with game re-caps, video highlights, pictures, interviews and social media coverage.
Additionally, more and more schools are putting in the Pixellot cameras or the automated cameras which are a great alternative as ESN can only cover so much. Some schools also have their own video production classes and produce their own broadcasts. ESN is excited for these classes or clubs and we hope more and more will come together to provide more coverage of their own school. We hope to engage more of these school video production classes to work on state tournament coverage. We have worked several years with Selah High School and now West Valley of Yakima and the Vancouver school district.
ESN is an affiliate of the NFHS Network and we provide the Washington State content onto the National NFHS network. Subscriptions to the NFHS network are $11.99 for 30-days. It is not a pay-per-view and you can cancel at ay time no long term commitment. Your other option is an annual pass which is $79.99 and re-news once a year. Last year ESN alone streamed more than 1,000 games, plus you get access to all of the schools Pixellot broadcasts and all of those games are on demand that you can go back and watch again.
Your subscription also gives you full access to the other 43 states the NFHS network is in and if you have family or fiends playing anywhere in the U-S on an NFHS stream you can watch, this is great for Grandparents who may winter out of state. It’s also awesome for the crazy sports fans that may want to watch someone like Bronny James, LeBron James’ son who played high school ball in California and many of his games were streamed on the NFHS network. Husky and Cougar fanatics that want to check out players being recruited in other states can also likely find them on NFHS broadcasts.
This is all included in your monthly or annual subscription. So the math of just ESN broadcasts of more than 1,000 broadcasts works out to a cost of just 8-cents per broadcast with an annual subscription. Add in all the Pixellot games available and your cost is even less. To subscribe go to our link and get signed up here: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/affiliates/eli-sports-network
We do make plenty of mistakes and sometimes we run into wifi issues. Our crews are mostly younger folks trying to work their way into sports media and we are looking to expand that concept to other reporting opportunities as well. We don’t have many seasoned pro’s calling games but we focus on the positive. We celebrate big plays and performances on both sides.
We hope if you choose to subscribe with the NFHS that our broadcasts are there for you when you cannot get to the game. We want to be your 2nd choice or back-up plan to watch and follow high school sports and love to see you at the games. We encourage you to stop by our broadcasts and say hi and hey if you have a name that is mispronounced a lot, let us know we want to be right and want to say your kids names correctly.
With that being said here is our schedule for the 1st two weeks and know that changes can and will be made especially when we expect several games to be changed again this year due to the severe officials shortage. You can always check our broadcast schedule page for our latest schedules.
Our Initial Schedule:
Football
Thursday, Sept 1
Woodland at Kalama 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Enumclaw at Peninsula 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Friday, Sept 2
Adna at Napavine 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Montesano at Black Hills 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Spanaway Lake at Gig Harbor 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Eastside Catholic vs Kennedy Catholic at Memorial Stadium 7:30 Pre-Game, 7:45 Kick-Off
Thursday, Sept 8
Black Hills at North Thurston 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
River Ridge at Lakes 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Friday, Sept 9
Sumner at Curtis 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
North Kitsap at Tumwater 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Lynden at WF West 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Eastmont at Timberline 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Onalaska at Napavine 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm Kick-Off
Girls Soccer
Saturday, Sept 3
Chelan at Tenino 11:45am Pre-Game, 12-noon Kick-off
Wednesday, Sept 7
Elma at Adna 5:45 Pre-Game, 6pm Kick-Off
Thursday, Sept 8
Capital at North Thurston 3:15 Pre-Game, 3:30 Kick-Off
Saturday, Sept 10
Montesano at Centralia 11:45am Pre-Game, 12-noon Kick-off
Volleyball
Tuesday, Sept 6
Washougal at WF West 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm 1st Serve
Olympia at Puyallup 7pm Pre-Game, 7:15 1st Serve
Wednesday, Sept 7
Montesano at Black Hills 6:45 Pre-Game, 7pm 1st Serve
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