By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

High schools

Football

Kennedy Catholic goes to French Field in Kent to play Kentridge at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Foster hosts Lindbergh at 7 p.m. Friday and Mount Rainier will be home at Highline Memorial playing Decatur.

Metro League crossovers also take place Friday with Ballard visiting Seattle Prep at the Northeast Athletic Complex at 7 p.m.

The Southwest Athletic Complex next to Chief Sealth is hosting a doubleheader Friday.

Evergreen of White Center battles Franklin at 5 p.m. in a non-league clash ahead of an 8 p.m. Metro League contest between Chief Sealth and Nathan Hale.

 

Girls soccer

Chief Sealth gets a 4 p.m. Thursday visit from Holy Names as Ballard travels to Seattle Prep and West Seattle to Cleveland.

Kennedy Catholic will be at home at Starfire against Auburn at 6 p.m. and Mount Rainier visits Auburn Mountainview at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday it will be Kennedy Catholic visiting Thomas Jefferson for a 3:15 match at Steel Lake Park with Mount Rainier going to Kent-Meridian at 7:30 p.m.

 

Volleyball

Ballard gets a 7 p.m. Wednesday visit from Seattle Prep as West Seattle hosts Cleveland and Chief Sealth travels to face Holy Names.

Mount Rainier plays host to Kentwood at 7:15 p.m. before travelling to Tahoma at the same time Friday.

Chief Sealth hosts West Seattle at 7 p.m. Monday with Ballard home against Blanchet.

Kennedy Catholic is at Kentwood and Mount Rainier at Kentridge at 7:15 p.m.

 

Cross country

West Seattle is at Cleveland for a 3:40 p.m. Wednesday meet with Mount Rainier travelling to Kentridge at 4 p.m.

Chief Sealth gets a visit from O'Dea and Holy Names at 3:40 p.m. Thursday.

 

Girls swimming

Kennedy Catholic visits Tahoma at 3:30 p.m. Thursday and Mount Rainier hosts Kentridge at the same time Monday.

 

Golf

Mount Rainier battles Thomas Jefferson at 3 p.m. Thursday at Riverbend in Kent on both the boys and girls side.

The Kennedy Catholic boys play host to Kentwood at Glen Acres at the same time and the girls are on the road at Kentwood.

 

Slowpitch

Chief Sealth visits Roosevelt for a 4 p.m. Thursday twin bill before wrapping up its season at home against Cleveland at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Pros

Mariners

Seattle wraps up its initial homestand of the year Wednesday by hosting the Chicago White Sox for 1:10 p.m. action at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners go to Minnesota to play the Twins at 1:10 p.m. Thursday and at 11:10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

A trip to Baltimore awaits for 3:35 p.m. games Monday and Tuesday against the Orioles.

Mariners games can be seen on ROOT Sports cable television.

 

Sounders

Seattle hosts the San Diego Loyal squad at noon Saturday at Lumen Field.

 

Seawolves

The Tukwila-based Seattle Major League Rugby team visits Utah for 6 p.m. Saturday action on ROOT Sports cable.

 

Thunderbirds

Seattle hosts the Everett Silvertips for a 5:05 p.m. Friday Western Hockey League match on JOEtv.  It will take place at the Showare Center in Kent.

Seattle visits the Tri-City Americans at 4:05 p.m. Sunday before hosting them at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday back at Showare.

 

Colleges

Gonzaga men

Gonzaga's dreams of an undefeated season and NCAA championship were dashed by Baylor in the final Monday, 86-70.

The Zags finished with a 31-1 season overall record.

Jalen Suggs scored 22 points to pace Gonzaga.

Corey Kispert and Drew Timme hit 15 apiece with Timme leading in rebounds with five.

The Zags earned their Final Four berth with an 85-66 victory over USC last Tuesday.

Timme led with 23 points and Suggs contributed 18 with a team-high 10 rebounds and eight assists.

Kispert also scored 18 points.

A buzzer beating half court shot by Suggs went in to lift the Zags to a 93-90 overtime win over UCLA in the semifinals Saturday.

Timme tallied 25 points in that game and Joel Ayayi added 22.  Suggs sank 16, Kispert 15 and Andrew Nembhard 11.

 

Husky baseball

Washington entertains Arizona State at 7 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.

 

Cougar baseball

Washington State goes to Utah Valley for a 5 p.m. Wednesday game before visiting Utah at 5 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday on the Pac-12 network.

Gonzaga comes to Pullman at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Redhawk baseball

Seattle will be home at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue playing Tarleton in a 4 p.m. single game Friday, a noon doubleheader Saturday and a noon single game Sunday.

 

Husky fastpitch

Washington visits Oregon State for a 5 p.m. single game Friday ahead of a 1 p.m. Saturday twin bill and a noon Sunday game.

 

Husky men's soccer

Washington hosts UCLA at 4 p.m. this Thursday on the Pac-12 network.

 

Redhawk men's soccer

Seattle University visits San Jose State for a 7 p.m. Friday match.

 

Husky women's soccer

Washington hosts Oregon at 3 p.m. Friday and Oregon State at 5 p.m. Sunday on Live Stream 2.

 

Cougar women's soccer

Oregon State visits Pullman at 7 p.m. Friday and Oregon comes in at 1 p.m. Sunday with both on WSU Live Stream.

 

Redhawk women's soccer

Seattle University visits California Baptist at 2 p.m. Friday.

 

Husky beach volleyball

Washington goes to Phoenix, Ariz. this weekend with matches at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:45 p.m. Sunday.

Saturday's second battle can be seen on Pac-12 cable television.

The Huskies include Kennedy graduate and West Seattle resident Shayne McPherson.

 

Husky volleyball

Washington opens NCAA tournament action with a Thursday, April 15 match after getting a first round bye as the Pac-12 champion.