Chicago Cubs Beat Mariners Thursday

The Cubs beat the Mariners 7-4 on

Thursday.  Emerson Hancock went

four innings giving up four hits

and two runs He didn't walk a batter

once again however struck out five. 

Pitcher Josh Simpson gave up three

runs in the 7th to make the difference. 

At this point it doesn't look good

for him as the Mariners don't have many openings in the bullpen. 

Minor league player for the Mariners Colin

Davis had the big hit having a three run 

homer in the 8th. 

The Mariners take on the LA Dodgers 

Friday night in Peoria. The starting 

pitchers are not announced yet 

With Mexico out of WBC we should 

be seeing Andre Munoz and Randy 

Arozarena soon. Munoz pitched the

final inning Wednesday. He should be 

in camp soon but his next outing we

will see.  Go Mariners!

Narrow Loss By Washington Huskies

The Washington Huskies had to make

another comeback to have a chance 

to beat a very good team in Wisconsin.

The odds 8 against them since they 

had only seven healthy players. The

Badgers beat the Huskies 85-82 after

Washington had to come back from

another double digit deficit.

Freshman Hannes Steinbach led the 

Huskies with 25 points and 16 points.

Most likely the Huskies season has

ended. Steinbach was the Huskies 

best player. He was named third team

in  Big Ten and first team freshmen.

Expect Steinbach not to return since

word is he will likely be a lottery pick

in the NBA. We thank him so much.

One of the best freshmen the Huskies 

have. 

Zoom Diallo had 24 points. Both he 

and Steinbach made ten field goals.

Quimari Peterson had 14 points. A

senior he average nine points. Some 

of the season Peterson did a good 

job coming off the bench then injuries 

happened where he became more 

value. The Huskies will have to see

where they can pick up someone

to take his spot. 

Wesley Yates had only six points 

making one out of  six shots. Had

he made two more shots they may 

have won but I wouldn't li that on

him. Yates and Diallo should be

key players next season going in

as juniors. 

Courtland Muldrew a freshman had 

eight points and playing 31 minutes.

He played limited action being in 18

games.  JJ Mandaquit another freshman 

who missed this game played in 22 games

and average 5.2 a game. He started some

games early on in the season.  Both 

these two could be keys to next year's

team as well if they return.

Having more healthy team next year

will be good. Playing in the Big Ten

isn't easy.  Go Dawgs!

Wednesday Mariners Lose To Colorado

The Seattle Mariners lost to the

Colorado Rockies Wednesday 

11-7. 

Luis Castillo started and three

and a third innings. He gave up 

one run on two hits. Matt Bradysde 

his first appearance of the spring 

giving up run. He should be ready 

when the season begins.

Seven of the runs happened when

the Rockies scored off of Casey

Lawrence who likely played for the

Rainier's in Tacoma. He adds depth

in case the Mariners need a starter

or reliever during the season. 

There are others ahead of him but

he could come up for one appearance 

if necessary.

Cole Young was the Mariners player

of the game having three hits include

a home run and driving in three. He

batted 7th  in the order. JP Crawford 

made his second appearance 

at shortstop in the spring where he had

a couple of hits while batting 6th.

Emerson Hancock will start Thursday 

for the Mariners on Thursday. Go M's.

Washington Huskies Beat USC in Overtime

The Washington Huskies had beaten the

USC Trojans twice before this one in

the Big Ten Tournament.  The Huskies 

are shorthanded having only seven

scholarship player available because 

of injuries. 

The Trojans led most of the first half

and at a time led by 15 points. It look

a bit hopeless though the Huskies 

did well in the second half getting back

to a tie. 

The Trojans did a good job on Hannes Steinbach as he had ten points with 

seven in the first half. He did have eleven 

rebounds so another double. Zoom

Diallo led the Huskies with  22 points.

He shot seven for 20.  Wesley Yates 

and Quimari Peterson each had 15.

Peterson made all his points behind the

3 point line going five for ten.

The Huskies will take on number five

Wisconsin on Thursday again at 11:30

am. Go Dawgs 

Mariners Beat Royals Tuesday Gonzaga Men Win Too

The Seattle Mariners won a close spring

training game in Peoria Tuesday afternoon 

4-3.  The Mariners have another season 

of games with the winner by one run it

is a good idea to start in spring. We do

hope more wins with at least two run

difference with the Mariners winning 

but we can take we can get. 

Cooper Criswell had his second outstanding 

game starting in a row for the Mariners.

Criswell went three and one-third innings

giving up two hits, no runs, no walks and

five hits.  He won't be in the starting rotation 

unless  there are injuries.  He could be a

reliever starting the season. If so he would 

be a long reliever. Emerson Hancock though

right now looks to be the first guy to start 

if the Mariners need a starter.

The  Mariners scored a run in the second 

inning and two more in the fourth.  The

Royals tied the game on a three run

home run in the sixth inning off a Mariners 

minor leaguer. The Mariners scored the

4th run in the bottom of the sixth.

The Mariners bottom of the order did

most of the damage.  The four runs 

didn't include any home runs.

The Mariners play the Colorado Rockies 

Wednesday in Peoria. No scheduled 

starting pitcher as of yet however the

Mariners could start Kade Anderson 

once again. If so we could Ryan Sloan 

pitch as well. Go Mariners!

In college men's basketball Gonzaga beat

Santa Clara in the West Coast Conference 

championship game  79-68. The game 

wasn't as easy as the score shows. 

Santa Clara led by four points at halftime.

The Zags didn't take the lead until

halfway in the second half. 

Mario Saint-Supéry led the Zags with

21 points. What helped the Zags as

he made 6 of 12 shots all 3 point shots.

That doesn't happen often especially 

on the Zags. Tyon Grant-Foster came

off the bench with 20 points. He made 

seven of eleven from the field but only

two out of three from three point line.

Graham Ike the team's leading scorer

on the season had 15 points. Santa 

Clara was able to stop Ike with having

four rebounds but the rest of the

players made up for it.

Winning the West Coast Conference tournament the Zags qualified for the

NCAA tournament. We will find out

on Sunday who will play in the

tournament. 

Washington Huskies play USC Trojans 

in the Big Ten Tournament first round 

Wednesday morning at 11:30 am.

The Huskies beat the Trojans twice 

on the season so see if they can do

it a third time.  Huskies are the 12th

seed while Trojans are 13. Go Dawgs!

Gonzaga In WCC Tournament Championship

Gonzaga men's beat Oregon State 

in the semifinals of the WCC 

Tournament Monday 65-56.

They play Santa Clara who beat

St. Mary's in an upset 76-71.

The Zags led by 14 at halftime.

The closest the Beavers got 

in the second half was ten points.

The Zags shot 48.2 percent from

the field while the Beavers shot 

33.8. Neither team shot well from 

beyond the 3 point line. Most of

the season the Zags were not a 

good 3 point shooting team.

Graham Ike had 24 points for the 

Zags. He made 10 of 17 from the

field. Ike had 11 rebounds as well.

No one else scored in double figures.

The Beavers had two  players  in double

figures scoring.  Together they had 

one more point than the Zags.

Santa Clara shot better than St.Mary's

from the field. The difference was three

point shooting. Only kept St. Mary's 

in the game was foul shooting.

The Zags defense will have to stop

Santa Clara from making 3 point shots.

Go Zags!

Seahawks Free Agency and Mariners Lose Monday

The Seahawks ended up losing Ken

Walker III  as expected and it was 

to the Kansas City Chiefs who signed

him to a three contract. If it wasn't 

for the loss of Zach Charbonnett for 

next season to injury it may not have

been as big of a deal.  We do hope

we see Zach before the end of next 

season.

The Seahawks lost a couple of defensive 

players to including defensive back

Colby Bryant to the Chicago Bears.

He did quite well moving from corner 

to safety as  well as staying healthy.

The beginning of his career he had the

problem being healthy. 

The Seahawks resigned cornerback 

Josh Jobe to a multi year contract 

as they did punt returner/wide receiver 

Rashid Shaheed.  The contract for

Shaheed was $17 million a year. Expect 

the Seahawks use him in multiple ways.

We might see him more out of the 

backfield though his punt returner can

make big difference in field position.

The Seahawks likely lose a few more 

and add as well. They will likely sign 

or trade for a running back. Drafting 

a running back possibly in the second

round is a possibility.

In baseball the Mariners lost Monday 

afternoon in walkoff fashion to the 

Diamondbacks 2-1. Arizona had a 

runner on second with two outs when

pop fly went beyond Colt Emerson 

at short. The game would have ended

in a tie otherwise. 

Bryan Woo started the game for the

Mariners and was happy with his 

outing.  Woo went four innings give

up one run in the 4th inning. Brendan Donovan did well getting two hits 

in the game. He is looking good 

so far. JP Crawford made his first

start at shortstop in the spring. We

hope he will be ready to go when

the season begins. Go M's.