The Seattle Seahawks have found their next defensive coordinator.

They hired former Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Aden Durde today.

It makes him the first British-born defensive coordinator in NFL history.

Durde coached for the Cowboys for three seasons under former Seahawks DC Dan Quinn.

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald says he’ll still be calling the plays on defense.

He added that he’ll hand that job off to the team’s defensive coordinator “when it becomes obvious that someone else is ready to go and we see it the same way.”

The hiring leaves Seattle’s offensive coordinator as the sole opening on the team’s major coaching staff positions.

 

The University of Washington men’s basketball team lost a tight one last night on KPUG.

Oregon held off a late rally by the Huskies to edge them out 85-80.

Washington cut a 20-point deficit to one with just over three and a half minutes remaining.

And while the Ducks managed just one basket in the final three minutes, they made 9 of 12 free throws to secure the win.

Senior guard Sahvir Wheeler led the Huskies with 16 as they now drop to 12-11 on the season and have lost four of their last five.

 

The Western Washington University women returned to their winning ways last night.

They beat Northwest Nazarene 91-84 in an overtime thriller.

The Vikings never trailed in a game where they had seven players reach double-digit scoring.

Former Lynden Christian standout Riley Dykstra led the team with 17 points and 8 rebounds.

The 19th-ranked Vikings now improve to 18-4 on the season and 10-2 in GNAC play.

They’re heading to Ellensburg for a game against Central Washington at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

 

Meanwhile, the Western men’s team notched a tight win at home.

They beat rival Seattle Pacific 80-76 behind 21 points from Kai Johnson.

Johnson hit the 1,000-point mark for his college career in the first half, becoming the 28th player in Western men’s basketball history to do so.

With the win, the Vikings move into a fifth-place tie in the GNAC standings as they improve to 14-9 overall and 6-6 in conference play.

 

Running down the high school basketball scores from last night…

The Lummi Nation boys beat Tulalip Heritage 69-28 to win the 1B district championship.

It’s the 17th straight win for the Blackhawks, who began the season with a loss to La Conner and have won every game since then by an average of 38 points.

In the girls 2A district bracket, top-seeded Lynden blew out Sedro-Wolley 78-19.

The fourth-seeded Sehome girls topped Squalicum 65-43 to set up a match with Lynden tomorrow night in the tournament semi-finals.

And the Ferndale girls fell to Monroe 62-47 to get bounced from the 3A tournament.

 

Coming up on the radio tonight…

The top-seeded Lynden boys are playing fourth-seeded Lakewood in the 2A district tournament at Mount Vernon High School.

Coverage begins at 6:15 and tipoff is at 6:30 on KPUG with Randy Farmer and Rick Todd on the call.

If Lynden wins and Anacortes beats Cedarcrest, it would set up a highly anticipated rematch between the two schools. 

The Lions won the previous match on a game-winning shot by Ty Holleman with two seconds left earlier this season in Lynden.