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Northwest Sports Update: First weekend of HS football in the books, Seahawks fall in season opener, M’s offense surges in road trip finale and more

Northwest Sports Update: First weekend of HS football in the books, Seahawks fall in season opener, M’s offense surges in road trip finale and more

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Seahawks News

The Seahawks fell just short in their season opener yesterday.

Seattle lost to the San Francisco 49ers 17-13 in their divisional battle at Lumen Field.

Sam Darnold led a promising drive to end the game in his Seahawks debut, but Nick Bosa stripped him deep in Niners’ territory to wrap up the game for San Fran.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba led Seattle’s offense with nine catches for 124 yards and the Seahawks’ defense came up with a pair of interceptions, but it wasn’t enough to pull out the win.

Next up, the Seahawks are traveling to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers on Sunday in their first game against DK Metcalf since trading him earlier this year.

Huskies/Cougs News

The Huskies’ success at home continued over the weekend.

UW thumped UC Davis 70-10 on Saturday night to win their 22nd straight game at home.

Jonah Coleman ran for a career-high five touchdowns to help the Huskies improve to 2-0.

Meanwhile, the Cougs beat San Diego State 36-13 at home to improve to 2-0 as well.

Jaxon Potter threw three touchdown passes and Wazzu’s run game came back to life.

They rushed for 139 yards against the Aztecs after gaining just three total yards on the ground against Idaho in their season-opener.

Mariners News

The Mariners got a pair of much-needed wins in dominant fashion over the weekend.

They beat the Atlanta Braves by 10-2 on Saturday and 18-2 yesterday.

Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 53rd home run and the Mariners scored their most runs since 2012 in yesterday’s win.

The M’s hit 10 home runs over the two games, including three from Eugenio Suarez.

It helped snap their four-game skid as they now head back to Seattle for the start of a seven-game homestand.

Bryan Woo is on the mound for tonight’s series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Coverage begins at 5:30 and first pitch is at 6:40 on KGMI.

Storm News

The Storm dropped their chance to clinch a playoff spot on Friday.

They fell to the New York Liberty 84-76 to drop into the No. 8 seed in the WNBA standings.

Seattle now sits just two games over the Los Angeles Sparks for the final playoff spot in the league.

It’s do or die for the Storm as they play their regular season finale at home tomorrow night against the Golden State Valkyries.

WWU Vikings News

Western Washington University’s volleyball team picked up a pair of massive wins in the opening weekend of their season.

They beat 3rd nationally ranked St. Cloud State and 4th nationally ranked San Francisco State in the WWU Invitational.

Senior outside hitter Devyn Oestreich was honored for her stellar play, netting GNAC Player of the Week while also earning Tournament MVP.

HS Football Scores

Lynden thumped Ferndale 38-8.

Bellingham beat Lynwood 19-7.

Squalicum fell to Burlington-Edison 20-16.

Sehome blew out Marysville-Pilchuck 64-3.

Meridian stumped Deer Park 28-7.

Mount Baker topped Port Angeles 47-12.

Nooksack Valley beat Onalaska 35-12.

Blaine lost to Renton 55-21.

Lynden Christian took out Vancouver College 42-16.

And Lummi beat Quilcene 46-22.

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