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9/30/16 Steilacoom 33, Tumwater 23 (Tumwater, WA) The 2016 edition of the Tumwater Thunderbirds is also Head Coach Sid Otton’s final product after leading the Birds for 43 years. Otton…

9/30/16 Auburn-Mountainview 33, Thomas Jefferson 15 (Auburn, WA) These 2 NPSL teams stalemated for more than a quarter and a half when the Lions finally pushed themselves into the Raiders…

9/29/16 We have already covered the 1st decade of Coach Sid Otton’s career at Tumwater High School. It was probably surprising to many who thought T-Bird Football was constantly in…

9/27/16 Centralia 2, Rochester 0 (Centralia, WA) The Centralia Tigers were looking to double up their early season league record coming in with a 1-0 Evco 2A record and 3-4…

9/27/16 (Renton, WA) The WIAA in a highly anticipated move has decided to increase the number of basketball teams for state tournaments. We will now see 8 to 12 more…

9/24/16 Kentwood 44, Tahoma 3 (Kent, WA) The Kentwood Conks got off to a rough start dropping 2 non-league games but picked up their first win in dramatic fashion last…

9/27/16 (Vancouver, Wa.) The Skyview Storm blew into McKenzie Stadium last night, and when the Storm was finished the Mt. View Thunders was silenced and on the short end of…

9/23/16 Tumwater 27, Union 20 (Tumwater, WA) Teams are probably already tired of the Noah Andrews to Cade Otton connection after 2 straight weeks of late game heroics. Last week…

9/22/16 Auburn 45, Thomas Jefferson 21 (Auburn, WA) Auburn Trojans Head Coach Gordon Elliott was extremely blunt with his team after improving to 3-0 last week and told his squad…

9/22/16 1977 was clearly an important season and without it there’s a good chance Coach Otton and his staff may not have survived many more chances. 1978 the T-Birds had…

9/20/16 Yelm 3, North Thurston 0 (Lacey, WA) The Yelm Tornados have been turning their program around under coach Jay Dorhauser and this season hoping to take another step and…

9/18/16 Kentwood 41, Kennedy Catholic 40 (Burien, WA) On a rainy night where Fall weather certainly felt like it arrived and new Kennedy Catholic Coach Sheldon Cross was not on…

9/17/16 Tumwater 1, Olympic 0 (Tumwater, WA) The field was a bit wet when this non-league match began but conditions overall pretty good. Both teams have been successful on the…

9/17/16 This is the ESN Friday Night Football Round-Up with scores and stories and links to stories from the games we covered on Friday night. So giddy-up and let the…

9/16/16 Lakes 41, Wilson 14 (Lakewood, WA) The Lakes Lancers opened up league play in the new Pierce County League with unbeaten Wilson and off a non-league drubbing from Bellarmine…

9/16/16 Dates. Dates are how we keep track of what happens or happened and historic dates like 7/4/1776 most people are familiar with but everyone has a day or period…

9/13/16 Centralia 3, Hoquiam 1 (Centralia, WA) The Tigers snapped 2 streaks on Tuesday night, they scored their 1st goals of the season and won their 1st match. Centralia came…

9/11/16 (Auburn, WA) The 2016 Thoroughbred racing season has come to an end and finished with redemption for longtime trainer Frank Lucarelli. The feature and final Stakes race of the…

9/10/16 Olympia 49, Rogers (Puy) 7 (Puyallup, WA) On a perfect night for football the 1st half couldn’t have been more perfect for the Olympia Bears especially running back Scott…

9/9/2016 Tumwater 49, Columbia River 0 (Tumwater, WA) On a perfect night for football everything went perfectly for the Tumwater T-Birds. The upset minded and nothing to lose invaders the…