A Lynden basketball star will be staying in Whatcom County.

Anthony Canales announced Friday that he has committed to Western Washington University.

Canales averaged 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game with Lynden High School this past season.

He helped lead the Lions to the first three-peat in Class 2A history while winning state tournament MVP all three years.

The Lynden senior also set the school’s all-time scoring record with 1,701 points.

He joins a Vikings team dealing with a series of transfers that has left them without four of their five starters from last season’s team, including GNAC-leading scorer Kai Johnson.

 

The Mariners beat the Astros twice over the weekend to win their sixth straight series.

Seattle dropped the opener on Friday but went on to win the next two games to maintain their slim lead in the AL West Division.

Logan Gilbert had a career outing on Saturday, giving up just two hits over eight innings of shutout ball.

The series was capped off by a tiebreaking solo homer by Cal Raleigh in the ninth inning of last night’s game to deliver a 5-4 win in Houston.

The M’s are in Minnesota tonight for the start of their series against the Twins.

Luis Castillo is on the mound, looking to get his fourth straight win.

Coverage begins at 3:30 and first pitch is at 4:40 on KPUG.

 

The Sounders played the LA Galaxy to a scoreless draw on Saturday.

Seattle outshot LA 19-12 in a game where the Galaxy were without two of their top players.

Stefan Frei made three saves to help the Sounders get their 10th point of the season.

The Galaxy remain winless at Lumen Field since 2016.

It was just the second time they’ve been shut out all season.

 

Meanwhile, the Seattle Reign found more success over the weekend.

They edged the San Diego Wave 2-1 on Friday to get their second win of the season.

The Reign still sit one point behind the Wave at 11th out of the 14 NWSL teams.

 

And the WWU softball team has secured the GNAC Championships title.

The second-seeded Vikings beat top-seeded Northwest Nazarene 4-0 on Saturday to win their third conference postseason title.

Freshman Maleah Andrews was named Tournament MVP after going 5-10 with four RBI over the team’s perfect 3-0 weekend.

The 14th nationally ranked Vikings will be able to stay in Bellingham a bit longer too.

They earned the top seed in the NCAA D-II West Regional bracket and will host the opening round of the national tournament.

That starts this Thursday at noon with a match against 8th-seeded Azusa Pacific at Viking Field.