The Seahawks are back atop the NFC West.

Seattle’s defense carried them to a 16-6 win over the Arizona Cardinals yesterday at Lumen Field.

Cornerback Coby Bryant highlighted the effort with a 69-yard pick 6 in the third quarter.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored Seattle’s other touchdown on a 3-yard pass from Geno Smith.

The Seahawks defense held up well against a Cardinals ground attack that ranked among the best in the league entering the game and allowed just 49 rushing yards.

With the win and a loss by the Rams, Seattle overtook Arizona for first place in the NFC West.

Both teams own 6-5 records, but Seattle now has the head-to-head tiebreaker after winning their sixth straight game against Arizona.

Next up, the Seahawks are traveling to the East Coast to take on the struggling New York Jets, who have lost 7 of their last 8 games.

 

It was a rough weekend for Whatcom County football.

All four remaining schools lost in the state tournament quarterfinals on Saturday.

Nooksack Valley began the day with a 38-12 loss to Cashmere from the Apple Bowl in Wenatchee.

Senior running back Colton Lentz ended his storied Nooksack football career with a pair of touchdown passes in the 4th quarter.

The Pioneers end the season with an 8-3 record after capturing the 1A Northwest Conference championship.

Lynden fell to Archbishop Murphy in a 10-9 loss at Ferndale High School.

Brody Price broke free for a late-game touchdown to make it a one-point game, but the Lions tried to take the lead with a 2-point conversion and threw an interception to come up just short of a semi finals appearance.

The Lions finished the season with a strong 10-1 record.

Lynden Christian didn’t have any better luck than their cross-town rivals.

The Lyncs lost to top-seeded Royal 56-12 to finish their season with a 7-5 record.

And Sehome was no match for the 2A tournament’s top-seeded Tumwater in a 70-7 blowout loss.

It was still a successful season for the Mariners, who finished 8-4 and made the state tournament for the first time in five years.

Meanwhile, the defending 2A champion Anacortes Seahawks dominated West Valley of Spokane 55-13 to advance to the semifinals, where they’ll host W.F. West.

 

The Cougs dropped another tight game over the weekend.

Washington State fell to Oregon State 41-38 on Saturday in what has become the season’s de facto Pac-12 championship game between the two remaining schools.

Wazzu held a 7-point lead with just under 3 minutes remaining in the game, but the Beavers scored a quick touchdown and netted a 55-yard field goal with 20 seconds left to snap their five-game losing streak.

John Mateer finished the game with four touchdowns, two by air and two on the ground.

The 8-3 Cougs fell out of the AP Top 25 rankings with the loss ahead of their regular season finale against Wyoming on Saturday.

 

The Sounders’ miracle season is continuing to the MLS Cup Final Four.

Seattle stunned top-seeded LAFC 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinal on Saturday thanks to a game-winning goal in overtime by Jordan Morris.

Seattle knotted the game at 1 in the 59th minute due to an own goal by LAFC.

Stefan Frei made all nine of his saves in the second half and overtime to keep them in the match before Morris scored the game winner.

It snapped the Sounders’ 10 game losing streak against LAFC.

The fourth-seeded Sounders now move on to face second-seeded LA Galaxy with a chance to make it to the MLS Cup Championship.

Saturday’s Western Conference final takes place at 7 p.m. from Carson, CA and streaming on Apple TV.

 

The Kraken weren’t as fortunate in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Seattle fell to the LA Kings 2-1 on Saturday.

Both of the Kings’ goals came within two minutes of each other in the second period.

Brandon Montour scored in the third, but it wasn’t enough as the Kraken continue their California road trip against Anaheim tonight.

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

 

And Western Washington University’s women’s soccer season has come to a close.

The Viks fell to top-seeded Cal Poly Pomona 1-0 on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA D-II tournament.

Western ends its season with a 14-4-5 overall record after making the national tournament for the 11th time in the past 12 years.

Their memorable season included a 15-match unbeaten streak and a regular-season GNAC title.