The high school football season is finally here.

Our coverage kicks off at 3 p.m. today with “Friday Night Lights” coverage in The Zone on KPUG.

It continues at 6 p.m. on both KPUG and KBAI, bringing you right up to kickoff for tonight’s games.

We’re airing Lynden at Ferndale on KPUG and Burlington-Edison at Squalicum on KBAI.

Elsewhere in the Northwest 2A Conference, Sehome is on the road to face new 2A addition Marysville-Pilchuck and Anacortes is looking to build on their undefeated championship season as they host Handsworth Secondary.

All those games kickoff at 7 p.m.

Bellingham caps off the action tomorrow afternoon in their opener against Chief Sealth in Seattle at 2:00.

 

The Seahawks are kicking off their season this weekend.

Mike Macdonald will make his official coaching debut with Seattle as they host the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

Sean Payton and the Broncos will start rookie quarterback Bo Nix, who University of Washington fans know all too well from his battles against Michael Penix and the Huskies last season.

We’ll also get a first look at rookie defensive lineman Byron Murphy II in what hopes to be a revamped Seahawks defense.

Coverage begins at 11 am and kickoff is at 1:05 on KPUG.

It comes after the Chiefs edged the Ravens 27-20 last night in a thrilling opener to the NFL season.

 

The Washington Huskies will continue their first season in the Big Ten tomorrow when they host Eastern Michigan.

The Huskies are looking to ride the momentum from their 35-3 win over Weber State last weekend led by three touchdown runs by new addition Jonah Coleman.

The EMU Eagles could give them a challenge after they opened their season with a 28-14 win over UMass.

Coverage begins at 10:30 a.m. and kickoff is at 12:30 on KPUG.

 

Meanwhile, the Washington State Cougars are hosting Texas Tech tomorrow in a matchup of two teams that were previously coached by the late, great Mike Leach.

Leach spent 16 seasons between the two schools from 2000 to 2019.

He’ll be among five people inducted into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame this weekend.

Tomorrow’s matchup will be a competition of high-flying offenses, with the Cougs putting up 70 in their win over Portland State last weekend and Texas Tech scoring 52.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. from Pullman.

 

The Mariners are hitting the last stretch of their road trip this weekend with a series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Seattle has struggled over the trip so far, going 2-4 against the Angels and Athletics, who both sit at the bottom of the AL West division.

They’re facing a Cardinals team that has virtually the same record as them so far this season.

Bryce Miller is on the mound tonight as the M’s look to finish their road trip strong.

Coverage begins at 4:00 and first pitch is at 5:15 on KGMI, where all of this weekend’s Mariners games will be broadcast.

It comes after the Seattle Times reported that the organization plans to return with Jerry Dipoto as president of baseball operations in 2025, along with general manager Justin Hollander and most of the front office staff.

 

The Seattle Storm fell to the New York Liberty 77-70 last night.

Skylar Diggins-Smith knocked down four 3-pointers on her way to scoring a game-high 21 points, but it wasn’t enough to beat the league-leading Liberty.

Seattle has lost three of its last four games and have dropped to 4.5 games back from the first-place Minnesota Lynx in the Western Conference.

They’re back at home tomorrow night against the Phoenix Mercury.

 

And it was a successful Opening Day for Western athletics.

The Vikings’ men’s soccer team started the season with a bang yesterday, beating 18th nationally-ranked Chico State 1-0 thanks to a game-winning goal by senior Andrew Rotter in the 79th minute.

The women’s soccer team followed by playing MSU Denver to a scoreless draw.

And the Vikings’ volleyball team ended the night with a 3-0 sweep over Sonoma State to cap off the first day of the WWU Invitational.