9/8/17 Black Hills 22, Capital 20 (Tumwater, WA) Credit to our ESN announcers in calling this game with just 1-second to play and Black Hills with the ball on the…

9/7/17 (Auburn, WA) Current leading jockey at Emerald Downs Rocco Bowen had been keeping a sharp eye on Super Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. Bowen is from the small island…

9/8/17 Rogers 3, Olympia 2 (Olympia, WA) Senior midfielder Brennah Llanos scored from long range in the 61st minute to keep Rogers unbeaten in 4A SPSL girls soccer with a…

9/7/17 Smoke from 2 major forest fires in Washington State combined with stagnant air pushed the air quality all-over the state to unhealthy levels. This forced the cancellation of most…

9/5/17 Curtis 3, Tumwater 0 (Tumwater, WA) The Curtis Vikings did something they hadn’t been able to do since 2014 and that was to begin the season with a win…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…