Seahawks News

The Seahawks will be missing their QB1 this Sunday.

Coach Mike Macdonald announced today that Sam Darnold will miss their upcoming game with a quad injury.

Macdonald says Darnold suffered the injury on the final drive of their loss to the Bears Monday, but also suffered a cracked rib on the second play of the game.

Darold is considered week-to-week and won’t be placed on the injured reserve.

Drew Lock will start in his place, but is also dealing with an injury to his throwing elbow that caused him to be inactive in each of the past two games.

The Seahawks will host the Arizonal Cardinals on Sunday, who recently named former Washington State standout Gardner Minshew as their starting quarterback.

The Cards just made some noise ahead of next Tuesday’s trade deadline, sending quarterback Jacoby Brissett to Baltimore after the Ravens announced starter Lamar Jackson and backup Tyler Huntley could both miss the rest of the season.

Kraken News

The Kraken are back tonight.

They’re kicking off a five-game homestand against the Calgary Flames.

It will be the fourth meeting between the two teams this season.

The Flames beat the Kraken 6-2 last Friday to avenge a pair of 6-1 wins by Seattle earlier this season.

Tonight’s match will feature the debut of the towering 6-foot-4 forward Matthew Wood, who the Kraken acquired in a trade earlier this week where they sent Shane Wright to Nashville.

Coverage begins at 6:30 and puck drops at 7 on KPUG.

College Football News

A former Seahawk star is in talks to take his talents to college football.

ESPN reports that Russell Wilson interviewed yesterday for the head coaching job at North Carolina State. The 38-year-old Wilson joins Philip Rivers as former NC State and NFL quarterbacks who are now prominent candidates for the Wolfpack job.

Wilson played there from 2008 to 2010 before transferring to Wisconsin. The 10x Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champ announced his retirement from the NFL in June and is currently an analyst with CBS Sports.

Speaking of college football, the first College Football Playoff Rankings of the year are out. Miami, Georgia, Utah and Indiana take up the top four, in that order.

Former Huskies coach Kalen DeBoer and Alabama are ranked fifth, while Boise State came in at No. 25.

The Huskies didn’t make the cut themselves and will face a pair of ranked teams to round out the season, with their final two games coming against #4 Indiana and #23 Oregon.

Overall, the Big Ten had six teams in the Top 25.

Prep Volleyball News

Lynden volleyball is gearing up for a major showdown tonight.

The undefeated Lions are facing Archbishop Murphy in the 2A district championship match. It’s a meeting between two of the top three teams in the state by RPI,

The match gets underway at 7:30 tonight from Meridian High School.

But before that, Sehome and Squalicum are facing off in a loser-out match in the consolation bracket. The winner will play the loser of the district championship game in a winner-to-state match.

The Mariners and Storm get underway at 5:30 from Meridian.

And plenty of action last night in Class 1A, as Meridian swept Lynden Christian to win the district championship. The Trojans now advance to the division crossover, while the Lyncs face Mount Baker in a loser-out match tomorrow night.

Prep Girls Soccer News

Meanwhile, in girls soccer, Ferndale stumped Monroe 4-0 last night to keep their season alive and advance in the 3A district consolation bracket.

The Golden Eagles will travel to play Snohomish tomorrow night in a winner-to-state match.

The 1A district semis get underway tonight, with Nooksack Valley playing Lynden Christian at 4:30 from Blaine High School. After that, Blaine will play Meridian at 7, with the winners advancing to the district championship on Saturday.

And the 2A district championship is taking place at Civic Stadium tomorrow night, when Bellingham and Sehome clash in a winner-to-state match.

WWU Vikings News

Western’s women’s soccer team is wading into postseason play tomorrow morning.

The 7th nationally-ranked Vikings are playing Central Washington in the GNAC Championships semifinals.

The red-hot Viks finished the regular season with a 14-2-3 record and have won 11 of their last 12. They’ve given up just three goals over their last 14 matches.

Western owns the top seed in the tournament and a win tomorrow would send them to the conference championship.

The match gets underway at 11 am from Interbay Stadium in Seattle.