Huskies Win Big Wednesday Night

Wednesday night was the final home

game of the season. The Washington 

Huskies men's basketball team dominated

the second half scoring 51 points

to the USC Trojans 29 points.

Final Washington 91 USC 72 points

Zoom Diallo led Huskies with 26 points

making 11-19. Freshman Hannes Steinbach 

who likely played his last game at home

scored 22 points and dominated with 24

rebounds.  Steinbach is expected to be a

lottery pick coming up in the next NBA 

draft .

The Huskies shot 48.1 percent from the

field while the Trojans shot 37.5.

The score could have been worse however

the Trojans made ten more than the

Huskies at the foul line.

The Huskies final regular season game

will be Saturday on the road against the 

Oregon Ducks.  Go Dawgs!

Mariners Lose Wednesday Night

Right now we know that spring training games don't have a lot of meaning

except for those are trying to make 

the teams.

San Francisco Giants won 9-4

With several position players along

with relievers Andre Munoz and Gabe

Speier are in the World Baseball Classic.

Action on that has started.

Cooper Criswell who the Mariners 

signed during the off-season started

and had his best outing so far went

three innings giving up two hits and

no runs. He makes the opening roster

he likely will be the seventh of eighth 

reliever to begin with.  He is considered

one guys to start if one of the Mariners

five starters go down with an injury.

Currently Emerson Hancock is considered 

the first pitcher to go into the rotation 

if a starter does go down. His experience 

being in the bullpen in September gives

him an edge starting there when the season 

begins. We have no idea what the Mariners 

are thinking in that regard. Really doesn't 

look like a lot of candidates besides Hancock

and Criswell are being impressive in camp

among relievers. Both making opening

day roster we could see them go at least 

a couple of innings in each outing if necessary. 

The Giants runs were off Carlos Vargas 

and Jose Ferrer for the most part. Both

are expected to be on the opening roster.

Vargas job again will be coming in the

sixth or seventh inning. He had a lot of

appearances last year being in 70 innings.

A lot of that happened because the Mariners 

had trouble with the seventh and eighth

spots in the bullpen. We hope a change 

there this coming season. 

Ferrer who the Mariners acquired when

they traded catcher Harry Ford to the

Washington Nationals. Ferrer is expected

to be the second lefty to Gabe Speier.

Depending when Speier is needed we

could see Ferrer sometimes in the 8th 

inning or possibly close on occasion 

when Munoz isn't available. This I

expect would depend on how many

left handed hitters will be up. Matt

Brash is expected to be the main

reliever in the 8th and occasion in

the 9th. All depends how close the

game is.

As far as position players go Cole

Young started at second base and

led off. I am sure the Mariners wanted

him to get enough at bats. He had a

hit and drove in one of the Mariners.

JP Crawford who has been dealing

with his arm in spring was the dh

having a couple at bats. He didn't 

have a hit although he did drive in

two runs. Leo Rivas who is expected 

to be the utility player started at shortstop.

If JP is able to be started at short when

the season begins we could see Rivas

playing some there early on along with

second base. We hope that JP injury

doesn't continue to bother him early 

on which could see Colt Emerson in

the lineup at short. 

Brendan Donovan is expected to start

at third however if Emerson does start

the season with the Mariners we could 

see him at third as well as shortstop. 

We won't know more for two more weeks 

when we are close to the opener. 

With Julio Rodriguez and Randy Arozarena 

being in the WBC Classic the Mariners

went all with minor leaguers. Dominic Canzone is also playing for team Italy 

in the WBC. Luke Raley and Victor Robles 

who are in camp didn't play against the

Giants. Could see both in Thursday game.

Wednesday night former Mariner Robbie 

Ray started for the Giants. He went two and two-thirds giving up two hits and a run.

He is expected to be in the Giants rotation.

Thursday afternoon Luis Castillo is expected 

to start against the San Diego Padres.

Let you know how it goes. 

Former Washington Husky Dealt To Rams

The Kansas City Chiefs traded cornerback 

Trent McDuffie to the Los Angeles Rams.

McDuffie left the Huskies after three

years and was drafted by the Chiefs in

the first round.

McDuffie was a excellent punt returner

for the Huskies as well as cornerback.

He is going into his last season of his

rookie contract and word is the Rams 

will sign him to long term contract too.

The Rams traded their 2026 first round

pick and  three other picks to the Chiefs. 

Missing the playoffs for the first time

in several years the Chiefs look to be

rebuilding in a way. McDuffie was hurt

and missed the end of the season.

The Rams obviously feel he is worth

the risk.

The Rams know that the Seahawks 

are a young team and though the

Super Bowl champion could be the

leader of the  division the next few

years though could lose a few free

agents.  The Seahawks are expected 

to sign wide receiver Jaxon Smith-

Njigba during the off-season to a

long term contract. This is likely 

the reason the Rams picked up

McDuffie.

For the Huskies fans means seeing

McDuffie at least twice a season 

and we hope in the playoffs as well.

The matchup between Jaxon and

Trent could be great.  Go Hawks!

Woo Starts However Mariners Lose

Bryan Woo went two and a third 

innings on Tuesday afternoon for

the Mariners.

First couple innings he did fine.

Had a walk and four strike outs.

A minor leaguer coming in first

to finish the inning hasn't helped.

The Angels won 7-6 however had

three runs in the ninth inning off

of minor league pitching as well.

JP Crawford made his first appearance 

since the beginning of training camp.

JP dh had two at bats including a

walk. Mitch Garver caught as well.

He had one hit. Not sure he will

open the season with the Mariners 

but we could see him at some point.

The Mariners have a night game

on Wednesday at the San Francisco 

Giants. They won't have another 

night game until March 13 against

the LA Dodgers. Go M's 

Seattle Seahawks Going Forward

The Seattle Mariners are not playing 

Monday in spring training as one of

two days off. So here we go on the

Seahawks. 

Winning the Super Bowl a team can't 

go higher though I am sure they will

try to be better so they can repeat as

champions which is never easy.

The Seahawks will likely lose a few

players to free agency and who knows

maybe retirement or releases.

Ken Walker III who was the MVP of 

the Super Bowl could be one of those

guys. All comes down to how much

another team is willing to pay him.

They do have a few on defense as well 

but with the defense they have  they

should find away to still be good. 

They might have to replace but we

will see that over the season.

Zach Charbonnett was hurt in the

first game of the playoffs and might

not play at all next or if he does will

be late in the season. He would have

been the starter otherwise. 

The Seahawks have other running

backs however no one they would 

consider being a starter or would 

have seen more action in the playoffs.

If Walker does go elsewhere the

Seahawks will go out and find someone.

Both Walker and Charbonnett were

second round picks so even bringing

in another running back they may take

another on in the second round of

sooner.

There is talk that the Seahawks may

draft another wide receiver in the

first round to go with Jaxon Smith-

Njigba.  Cooper Kupp is expected 

back and he would be good to work

with that receiver.  A thought is if

he is available that receiver could

be former Washington Husky Denzel 

Boston. 

If Denzel already taken could see

the Seahawks taking another 

offensive lineman to play on the

right side at guard.  The Seahawks 

have four draft picks as of now.

The first, second, and third rounds 

plus the sixth round.  Likely they

will add some more picks. So we 

will see what happens there. 

On the Washington Huskies football

they lost their offensive coordinator.

At this point they are not replacing 

him according to head coach Jedd 

Fisch.  So Fisch will continue play

calling and the position coaches 

will do what they do. I guess we

will see how that works out  Go Dawgs!

Rangers Beat Mariners Sunday

The Mariners scored first with half

the runs on the day on a home run

by second baseman Cole Young.

The Mariners were without the

players who are going to play in

the World Baseball Classic. 

Final was Rangers 9 Mariners 4

Logan Gilbert pitched fine giving

up a solo home run in the second

inning. He went 2 and 2/3  innings. 

A top pitching prospect pitched 

a single inning in the 4th.  Gabe 

Mosser signed a minor league 

contract pitched the fifth giving 

up five runs on seven hits. 

The Mariners won't play Monday 

so next game with be against

the Los Angeles Angels in Peoria. 

The season will start on March 26.

Minor leaguers have reported so

soon we will see players who are in

major league camp be sent own. 

Whoever makes the end of the 

roster we won't know for a bit of

time. Go M's.

Gonzaga and WSU Both Lose

Gonzaga who had been undefeated 

after losing to Portland in their first

game of the season lost to St. Mary's 

on the road 70-59. This means these 

two teams end the West Coast 

Conference season in a tie at 16-2. 

St. Mary's dominated the action

down the stretch winning very easily.

The Zags led by seven at halftime.

In the second half the Zags only 

scored 23 points while Sy. Mary's 

had 41.

Neither team shot well from the 

field however the Zags couldn't 

stop St. Mary's making 3 point 

shots. They made 16 of 33 behind

the line while Zags made 5 of 17. 

The Zags were led by Graham Ike 

with 17 points with two other

starters scoring double figures.

What didn't help the Zags was

only 8 points off the bench as 

they played seven players.  The 

two players off the bench played

a combined 47 minutes. 

Now they wait to see who they

play in the WCC tournament.

It begins on March 5. 

The WSU Cougars lost to 

Pepperdine Saturday 88-79.

The score difference at halftime 

wasn't much difference. The

Cougars I am sure wish that 

they had played a better season. 

Ace Glass who has had a very

good season as a freshman led

the Cougars with 22 points. The

Cougars had ND Okafor with 15

points and 10 rebounds to lead

then in school. 

This has been a terrible record

this year for the Cougars.  They

finish 8th with a conference

record of 7-11.  We will have to

see how the  Cougars do in the

Conference tournament.