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Columns High School Sports News Souls of Hope must not be Wasted Jun 11, 2020 paulb 6/11/2020 By Paul Beattie In 5 days we lost two beautiful souls, two young men taken from their families and…
Basketball High School Sports News WIAA Update; Basketball Tournaments, Foundation Games and Fall Sports Jun 11, 2020 paulb 6/10/2020 (Renton, WA) WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman joined us on our last episode of Eli’s High School Report our…
High School Sports News The Hurt keeps coming; Mt Si Senior suddenly passes and the passing of a Broadcast legend Jun 9, 2020 paulb 6/9/2020 (Updated with link to story on Dillon) Dillon Garnes was a Senior at Mt Si High School and he…
Football High School Sports News Through the Storm Clouds, Tyrenn always Shined Jun 7, 2020 paulb 6/7/2020 Go-Fund-Me Link to help Tyrenn’s family (Video clips of the Balloon Memorial, an interview with his Coach Michael Bush…
Emerald Downs News Emerald Downs Changes Plan to Re-Open Jun 6, 2020 paulb 6/5/2020 (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs was ready to open their 25th season with no fans in attendance and only wagering…
High School Sports News WIAA: THE TEA Governor’s Office updates guidelines for Summer Sports Jun 6, 2020 paulb It is safe to say that 2020 may be one of the more bizarre years seen in quite some time,…
Football High School Sports News The Helmet Tournament Champion: The Entiat Tigers Jun 3, 2020 paulb 6/2/2020 (Tacoma, WA) Lincoln Head Football Coach Masaki Matsumoto announced this morning that the Entiat Tigers are the Champions of…
Columns News Heartfelt Message Jun 1, 2020 paulb 5/31/20 By Paul Beattie The title of this piece is as simple as I can make it. This is a…
High School Sports News WIAA: THE TEA Centralia High Athletics on the Cutting Board; District says Final Decision has not been made May 28, 2020 paulb 5/28/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Headline on the Centralia Chronicle’s newspaper was a gut punch to Centralia High School’s athletes, “Centralia…
News Is New Media killing Traditional Sportscasting? May 26, 2020 paulb 5/25/2020 By Paul Beattie, ESN (Centralia, WA) ESPN once again is changing their Monday Night Football announcing crew. As I…
Football High School Sports News Football in the Spring is not a Fantasy May 21, 2020 paulb 5/21/2020 (Updated with additional comments from a District A-D) (Centralia, WA) About a month ago and a month or so…
High School Sports News ESN set to unveil new Podcast “Eli’s High School Report” on the NFHS Network May 20, 2020 paulb 5/20/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will launch a new podcast on Tuesday, May 26 and will debut on…
Emerald Downs News Horse Racing: Prat falls 1 short of Laffit Pincay Jr at SA after big weekend including an Emerald Downs connection May 18, 2020 paulb 5/18/2020 (Arcadia, CA) Flavien Prat fell one Winner’s Circle picture short of tying the record for most wins in a…
Basketball High School Sports News WIAA Proposing Drastic Changes to State Basketball Tournaments May 17, 2020 paulb (Renton, WA) The WIAA is looking at making some drastic changes to the State Basketball Tournament format and have offered…
Emerald Downs News Emerald Downs set to open next month May 13, 2020 paulb 5/13/2020 (Auburn, WA) The Washington State Horse Racing Commission voted on Friday, May 8 to approve a 44-day race meet…
High School Sports News WIAA passes new rules for next year May 12, 2020 paulb 5/11/20 (Renton, WA) The WIAA representative assembly recently concluded their voting period on 23 proposed changes from the Winter Coalition…
Baseball Football High School Sports News Analysis: Will selection committees really make a difference? May 9, 2020 paulb 5/9/2020 (Renton, WA) On Friday we ran the story on the WIAA moving to a selection committee system for all…
High School Sports News WIAA Board passes Seeding Committee Format for all Team Sports May 8, 2020 paulb 5/8/2020 (Renton, WA) The Executive Board of the WIAA passed a resolution that would change how all the team sports…
High School Sports News AD’s on the move May 6, 2020 paulb 5/6/20 (Correction: Nick Mullin is still teaching at Timberline, we apologize for our mistake.) The Spring time is known for…
High School Sports News WIAA preparing for all scenarios this Fall including shifting sports seasons May 4, 2020 paulb 5/4/20 (Centralia, WA) “Our job is to create and offer as many opportunities for students to learn and compete in…
Souls of Hope must not be Wasted
6/11/2020 By Paul Beattie In 5 days we lost two beautiful souls, two young men taken from their families and…
WIAA Update; Basketball Tournaments, Foundation Games and Fall Sports
6/10/2020 (Renton, WA) WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman joined us on our last episode of Eli’s High School Report our…
The Hurt keeps coming; Mt Si Senior suddenly passes and the passing of a Broadcast legend
6/9/2020 (Updated with link to story on Dillon) Dillon Garnes was a Senior at Mt Si High School and he…
Through the Storm Clouds, Tyrenn always Shined
6/7/2020 Go-Fund-Me Link to help Tyrenn’s family (Video clips of the Balloon Memorial, an interview with his Coach Michael Bush…
Emerald Downs Changes Plan to Re-Open
6/5/2020 (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs was ready to open their 25th season with no fans in attendance and only wagering…
Governor’s Office updates guidelines for Summer Sports
It is safe to say that 2020 may be one of the more bizarre years seen in quite some time,…
The Helmet Tournament Champion: The Entiat Tigers
6/2/2020 (Tacoma, WA) Lincoln Head Football Coach Masaki Matsumoto announced this morning that the Entiat Tigers are the Champions of…
Heartfelt Message
5/31/20 By Paul Beattie The title of this piece is as simple as I can make it. This is a…
Centralia High Athletics on the Cutting Board; District says Final Decision has not been made
5/28/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Headline on the Centralia Chronicle’s newspaper was a gut punch to Centralia High School’s athletes, “Centralia…
Is New Media killing Traditional Sportscasting?
5/25/2020 By Paul Beattie, ESN (Centralia, WA) ESPN once again is changing their Monday Night Football announcing crew. As I…
Football in the Spring is not a Fantasy
5/21/2020 (Updated with additional comments from a District A-D) (Centralia, WA) About a month ago and a month or so…
ESN set to unveil new Podcast “Eli’s High School Report” on the NFHS Network
5/20/2020 (Centralia, WA) The Eli Sports Network will launch a new podcast on Tuesday, May 26 and will debut on…
Horse Racing: Prat falls 1 short of Laffit Pincay Jr at SA after big weekend including an Emerald Downs connection
5/18/2020 (Arcadia, CA) Flavien Prat fell one Winner’s Circle picture short of tying the record for most wins in a…
WIAA Proposing Drastic Changes to State Basketball Tournaments
(Renton, WA) The WIAA is looking at making some drastic changes to the State Basketball Tournament format and have offered…
Emerald Downs set to open next month
5/13/2020 (Auburn, WA) The Washington State Horse Racing Commission voted on Friday, May 8 to approve a 44-day race meet…
WIAA passes new rules for next year
5/11/20 (Renton, WA) The WIAA representative assembly recently concluded their voting period on 23 proposed changes from the Winter Coalition…
Analysis: Will selection committees really make a difference?
5/9/2020 (Renton, WA) On Friday we ran the story on the WIAA moving to a selection committee system for all…
WIAA Board passes Seeding Committee Format for all Team Sports
5/8/2020 (Renton, WA) The Executive Board of the WIAA passed a resolution that would change how all the team sports…
AD’s on the move
5/6/20 (Correction: Nick Mullin is still teaching at Timberline, we apologize for our mistake.) The Spring time is known for…
WIAA preparing for all scenarios this Fall including shifting sports seasons
5/4/20 (Centralia, WA) “Our job is to create and offer as many opportunities for students to learn and compete in…