Mariners baseball is starting back up.

Pitchers and catchers are reporting to the Cactus League in Arizona tomorrow.

They’ll play their first spring training game a week from this Friday.

It comes days after the club announced that newly-elected Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day on March 27.

 

Meanwhile, a former All Star for the Mariners is on the move.

The Minnesota Twins signed Ty France to a one-year contract yesterday.

France played three full seasons at first base for the Mariners, reaching the All-Star Game in 2022.

But after an underwhelming start to the 2024 season, the club placed him on waivers and later traded him to the Cincinnati Reds before he hit free agency this offseason.

The 30-year-old France will look to fill a hole at first for the Twins after Carlos Santana left them in free agency.

 

Huskies basketball is back on the radio tonight.

The UW men are looking to get back-to-back wins for the first time in over a month when they travel to play Ohio State.

The Huskies have recovered from a rough six-game skid to win two of their last three games.

They’ll try to keep it up tonight against a Buckeyes squad that’s coming off a tight loss to Nebraska.

Coverage begins at 5:00 and tipoff is at 5:30 on KGMI.

Meanwhile, the Huskies women are traveling south to try and hand the Oregon Ducks their fourth straight loss.

That game tips off at 6:00.

 

The Lummi boys and girls are both district champions.

The Blackhawk girls started last night off with a dominant 59-24 win over Concrete to be crowned 1B District 1 champions.

After that, the Blackhawk boys took down Tulalip Heritage 52-48 to win their district.

Both Lummi teams now head to tri-districts.

The girls will host an undetermined opponent next Tuesday in their bracket.

The boys bracket has yet to be seeded.

 

Also last night, the Sehome boys kept their season alive.

The Mariners fought off Marysville-Pilchuck 69-54 to advance to the second round of the 2A district tournament, where they’ll face the undefeated Lynden Lions tomorrow night.

 

We’ve got a great prep basketball doubleheader on the radio for you tonight.

Meridian and Nooksack Valley are going head-to-head in a pair of 1A district tournament games.

First up, the Pioneers girls host the Trojans, with the victor facing the winner of tonight’s Lynden Christian vs. Mount Baker match in the district championship.

Coverage begins at 4:45 and tipoff is at 5:00 on KPUG with Dan Kaemingk and Randy Farmer on the call.

After that, the boys take the court at Meridian High School.

The Meridian boys are looking to get revenge after falling to Nooksack on a buzzer beater in their previous matchup this season.

The winner of that game will also face the winner of tonight’s LC vs. Baker matchup in the district championship.

Coverage begins at 7:15 and it tips off at 7:30 on KPUG with Rick Todd and Jason Upton on the call.

 

Elsewhere in district tournament play tonight…

The Sehome girls are at Archbishop Murphy.

The Lynden girls host Bellingham.

The Squalicum girls host Anacortes.

And the Ferndale girls host Mountlake Terrace.