Cougars Men's Basketball Win

The Washington State Cougars

beat Loyal Marymount in their

first play in WCC  conference 

tournament Saturday 94-77.

Both teams were consistent

in each half though the Cougars

was better. Ethan Price and Nate 

Calmese each scored 22 points.

Price took the charge in the first

half scoring 20 while Calmese

had 13 in the second half. The 

Cougars led through out the

game.  In all the Cougars had

five players in double figures 

in scoring. 

Rihards Vavers missed the first

half of the season gave the

Cougars some instant offense.

He scored sixteen points while

playing eighteen minutes. Also

he made 4 of 5 in 3s.

The Cougars will play San Francisco

Dins on Sunday in the quarterfinals.

Won't be easy for the Cougars to beat

the Dons losing twice during the

regular season. This will be the Dons

first action in tournament. Go Cougs!

The Washington Huskies will play

the Oregon Ducks at home on

Sunday. The Huskies who have 

struggled in the Big Ten won't

have it easy against the the Ducks.

Oregon is getting ready for the

Big Ten tournament while the

Huskies will be playing their last

game of the season. They will not

be in the tournament. The Ducks 

are a bubble team for the NCAA

tournament so they want to play

this one and the Big Ten tournament

as they belong in the NCAA 

tournament. Go Dawgs!

Logan Gilbert Getting Ready For Season

The most important thing is for

the Mariners starters to be ready

for the season.

With George Kirby being sidelined

for at least a couple starts means

Logan Gilbert likely the teams top 

dog will have to be ready when the

season opens.

Logan only went one and two-thirds

innings giving up a couple runs.

The first thing is to get his pitch

count up first and then the innings.

The Mariners lost Saturday 9-8.

A couple of the relievers who may

be in the bullpen  gave up some

significant runs. Though like

Gilbert be ready when the whistle

blows.

Both Julio and Randy Arozarena 

each had doubles in the game

which is a good sign. Polanco

had a home run besides playing

third base. Catcher Harry Ford

had a home run too.

Coke Young didn't get a hit

however he played second 

base once again. Still not sure

he will be on the opening day

roster however if he is we will

likely see him and Ryan Bliss

platoon.

The Mariners play the Rockies 

Sunday afternoon. 

Mariners Lose To Dodgers Friday Night

As we know and we can say

spring training games are

meaningless as far as who 

wins. There has been teams

who have won in spring

training then has a terrible 

season. The same goes the

other way too.

The Mariners lost to the

Dodgers Friday evening

6-4. Since the Dodgers

won the World Series

no shame in losing for

the Mariners.

An update on George

Kirby who has inflammation

on his shoulder will start

the season on the injured

list. General manager Justin

Hollander said before Friday's

game a MRI showed no

structural damage so a

precaution. 

Once a week the Mariners will

have a look at George Kirby

go see when he can start

throwing again. The best

scenario would be that Kirby

would only miss two starts.

Depending on when he starts

throwing he could go on a

rehab assignment too. 

Emerson Hancock started

Friday and went two and

a third innings. He gave

up three runs on four hits.

Hancock walked one and

struck out four. Outside

the stats he looked good.

He is expected to start

on the team in place of

Kirby. 

The rotation right now to

start the season will likely

be Logan Gilbert, Bryce 

Miller, Luis Castillo, Bryan 

Woo and Emerson Hancock.

Last year when healthy

Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo

were the 4th and 5th starters.

The Mariners rotation is

such that the order isn't

so important other than

Hancock being the fifth

starter. Having Miller

and Woo not bsvk to

back might be a good 

thing. 

We will see the Mariners

face the A's in the first

series at home which is

four games. This means

that Hancock will start

the first game against

Detroit Tigers. The Mariners

will have a day off  the

first two Thursday's of 

the season so an extra

day of rest will happen

for the starter.  After

that they have the Monday

off before the first long

road trip of the season.

The Mariners had a handful

of starters in this one. Victor

Robles was the only regular

outfielder to start and play.

Donavon Solano played

third base again. Jorge 

Polanco once again was dh.

Be interesting to see whether

Solano will be the opening third

baseman. 

Ryan Bliss started at second

and had a double in the game.

There is a good possibility he

will be the starting second

baseman.

The Mariners were scoreless

until the ninth inning when

catcher Blake Hunt came in

for Cal had a two-run homer 

that was a blast over left

field. Right now looks to be

the guy if the Mariners need

a third catcher.

Saturday  afternoon the Mariners

will play on the road against the

Chicago Cubs. Logan Gilbert

will start. The game will be

shown on the MLB network. 

Go M's. 

Geno Smith Traded To Raiders.

News came out a little  while  ago that

Geno Smith Seahawks  quarterback 

has been  traded to the Las Vegas 

Raiders for this year’s  thir round pick.

We can only speculate  why Geno

was traded. Both general manager 

John Schneider  and head coach

Mike Macdonald  have been say

Geno is their guy.

The only thought is he wanted more

money than  the Seahawks  wanted

to sign him to an extension. 

On Thursday  DK Metcalf said he

wanted to be traded and this was

after Tyler  Lockett  was released.

A question  is was there a problem 

between  DK and Geno. We may

never know and we might find out 

in a few days. 

In other local sports George Kirby 

was shut down for Friday's  game

having  inflammation in his shoulder. 

Emerson  Hancock  is  going to start

in his spot. The Mariners  don't have

any concerns right now that Kirby 

won't  the season  in the rotation.

In hockey  the Seattle  Kraken  made

two more trades on Friday  before

the trade deadline. First trade Friday 

was forward Brandon Tanev to Winnipeg.

A team he previously  played  for and

received a second round pick back in2027.

The second  was forward Daniel Sprong 

to New Jersey for a seventh round pick

in 2026.

Thursday Split Squad Games Mariners

Seattle Mariners had split squad

games on Thursday night. The

away game was at Arizona Diamondbacks where they lost 

big time 11-4.   It was the game

that they broadcast on TV for

the first of the spring. Also they

used the Arizona broadcasters.

On top of that I wanted to listen

on the radio with Rick Rizz. The

thing is it was the other game. 

I am sure I wasn't the only one

disappointed and it was the better

game.

Julio was the dh in the Arizona

game  however only a walk with

no hits. They did have eight hits

with the four runs. The trouble 

was the Mariners used minor 

league pitchers in the game.

The Mariners actually scored first

in the second inning with Samad 

Taylor driving in Harry Ford and

Cade Marlowe. Jhonathan Diaz

who started gave up four runs

after two outs. 

No runs were scored until the

seventh when Arizona scored

seven runs. Austin Kitchen a

lefty the Mariners acquired at

the end of last season gave up

three of the runs on one hit and

two walks. The hit wasn't a home

run either. He only was to get one

out. The following pitcher gave up

the other  four runs with three

being unearned. On top of that

he made tge throwing error.

The home game in Peoria against

the Angels end up as a tie 5-5. 

The Mariners tied it in the bottom

of the ninth. Like most games in

spring they usually don't go extra

innings.

On top of not able to see the

game on Roots Sports Bryan

Woo pitched very well. He went

two and one-thirds inning. Woo

gave one hit and one walk however

struck out six hitters.

Gregory Santos made his first

appearance in a game this spring.

He gave up a hit and unearned run.

Santos struck out two. The rest

of the relievers likely won't be

on the opening day roster.

The high light on offense was

that Mitch Garver hit a two-run 

homer in the sixth inning. Cole 

Young who has dh in most 

games made his first start

at second base which is good

news.

With the season starting in 20

days the Mariners likely will 

make more cuts real soon 

especially in the pitching.

The Mariners will be taking

on the Dodgers Friday evening

in Peoria. Not indicated who

is starting however likely will

be George Kirby. This game 

will be on Roots Sports and

will be broadcasted by the

Mariners broadcast team. 

Go M's.

Washington Huskies Blown Out Wednesday Night

The Washington  Huskies  Men's  Basketball  

team continues  to  have on this season in

the Big Ten  Conference. The Huskies  lost

USC Trojans  92-61 in LA.

The Trojans haven't  had a great season 

either with a 7-14 record in the Big Ten.

They will make the conference  tournament 

being in 14th place while the Huskies are 

dead last.

The Huskies  only had three players in

double figures while the rest didn't 

score well. I  was hoping  the Huskies 

would do better with the exit of Mike

Hopkins though didn't do so.

I don't  think all is lost. The Huskies  may

have only two or three players coming

back from this nucleus.  Since the transfer

came in the Huskies  have depened  on it

a lot.  Although Great Osobor  has had 

success with the new transfer the Huskies 

didn't  so much this year.

Zoom Diallo has had a good season  as a

freshman. We just hope he still plans to

come back. The Huskies  have  several 

recruits coming and will rely on a few

transfers to fill the other spots. 

The Huskies will be facing the Oregon Ducks 

in their final game of the season on Sunday 

afternoon  in Seattle.  The Ducks are ranked 

in the upper half of the Big Ten at number 

seven. Be good if the Huskies  could knock

them off though take a good effort. Go Dawgs!

Bryce Miller Gets Hit Hard

 Bryce who was moved up to

start Wednesday night was 

hit hard as he went 2 and 1/3

innings. Bryce gave up four

hits and three runs. Included

a two run homer in the second.

Tayler Saucedo who pitched

much of the 5th inning gave up

four of the five runs that inning.

At this point is how he looks more 

than how many runs. In all the

Mariners gave up nine runs to KC

Royals while scoring six in a loss.

Julio who has looked good hitting

in the cage had two home runs on

the day. His first went to left

while second was to right. A good

sign where Edgar is asking Julio 

hitting  up the  middle so some balls 

go to left while others to right.  Julio

has the power to go either way.

In the fifth Cal Raleigh hit a double

with the bases and two outs. This

was possible getting what he could..

Julio and Cal did most of the

damage which is likely happen

during the season.

Thursday night the Mariners will

have split squad. Game one will 

be the LA Angels at  Seattle and game two  Mariners at Arizona.  Bryan

Woo will start game one while Diaz  

will start game. This game will be

on TV. Tge Mariners may have a 

lot of prospects in this one. Go.M'S.