Mike Macdonald and the Seahawks are back home this weekend to face the New York Giants.

Seattle’s coming off their first loss of the season against Detroit on Monday Night.

They’ll look to rebound against a 1-3 Giants team that will be without their star rookie receiver Malik Nabers.

The Seahawks’ air attack has been lighting opponents up under new offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb.

Geno Smith currently leads the league in passing yards per game.

Sunday will be a reunion for Seahawks defenders Julian Love and Leonard Williams, who both used to play for the Giants.

Still, their availability is in question after being limited in practice this week.

First-round rookie Byron Murphy II is a long shot to play after being held out of practice, but the defense isn’t looking nearly as banged up as it was earlier this week against the Lions.

Seattle’s looking to win their fifth straight home game this Sunday.

Coverage begins at 11 am and kickoff is at 1:25 on KPUG.

 

Huskies football is back tomorrow in a rematch of last season’s national championship game.

Jedd Fisch and the team are hosting the reigning champion Michigan Wolverines.

Despite Michigan being ranked 10th in the nation in the latest poll, Washington is actually a 2 point favorite at home.

It will be the Wolverines’ first game on the road this season.

The Huskies are looking to rebound after losing two of their last three games.

Tomorrow’s coverage begins at 2:30 pm and kickoff is at 4:30 on KPUG.

The Cougs, meanwhile, have the weekend off before traveling to Fresno State next Saturday.

 

The final eight MLB teams are set for the divisional round of the playoffs.

Pete Alonso hit a 3-run homer in the top of the ninth yesterday to lift the Mets over the Brewers and advance them to the NLDS.

There, they’ll face the Philadelphia Phillies.

Meanwhile, the Yankees are playing the Royals, the Dodgers are playing the Padres and the Tigers are facing the Guardians.

Oddsmakers have the Dodgers and Yankees as the World Series favorites, though the Tigers are trying to once again beat the odds after being 500-1 longshots to win it all in early September.

All four series begin tomorrow.

 

Western Washington University teams found plenty of success yesterday.

Their volleyball team swept Saint Martin’s 3-0 for their third straight win as they now improve to 4-6 on the season.

The Vikings’ women’s soccer team edged Saint Martin’s 1-0 to improve to 3-2-3.

They’re hosting Western Oregon tomorrow following a celebration for the 2016 and 2022 championship teams’ induction into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame.

And the men’s soccer team fell to 25th nationally ranked Western Oregon 1-0 yesterday in their first game in GNAC conference play.

They’ll look to rebound against rival Seattle Pacific tomorrow night.

 

We’ve got some great games on the radio for you tonight as we hit Week 5 of the high school football season.

Meridian kicked off the action last night with a dominant 56-0 shutout win over South Whidbey to improve to 4-1 on the season.

Meanwhile, Andy Olson and the Blaine Borderites are looking to improve on their historic 4-0 start to the season tonight as they host Greg Terpstra and his Lynden Christian Lyncs.

Kickoff is at 7:00 on KPUG with Jim Bring and Dan Kaemingk on the call.

Our other featured game tonight is Nooksack Valley at Mount Baker.

Ron Lepper and his Mountaineers are looking to continue their undefeated season against the Pioneers in a matchup of top 10 1A teams in the state.

It kicks off at 7:00 on KGMI with Randy Farmer and Rick Todd on the call.

You can follow all the action on KPUG during The Zone’s Friday Night Lights pregame show live from Blaine High School from 3-7 tonight.

The show will also be simulcast on KGMI starting at 6:00 after the afternoon news.

 

Elsewhere in the county…

Lynden is hosting Sehome in a matchup of two of the county’s top 2A teams.

Bellingham is searching for its first win of the season as it hosts Granite Falls.

Lummi is hosting Concrete.

Squalicum is traveling to Anacortes to face the defending 2A champion Seahawks.

And Ferndale is looking to get its head above .500 tonight when it hosts Stanwood.

Lummi’s game kicks off at 6:00 and the rest of the games kick off at 7.