By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

High school

Baseball

Kennedy Catholic hosts Kentridge for a 3:30 p.m. game Thursday and Mount Rainier is at home against Tahoma at 4 p.m. as Seattle Christian entertains Orting.

Chief Sealth visits Ballard at 4 p.m. Friday as West Seattle visits Seattle Prep at Mel Olson Stadium in White Center. Mount Rainier goes to Heidelberg Park in Tacoma to play Stadium at 3:30 p.m. that day and Seattle Lutheran visits Pope John Paul II at 6:30 p.m.

Highline travels over the Cascades to Central Washington on Saturday, playing Cle Elum at 10:30 a.m. and going on to Ellensburg for 3 p.m. action.

Chief Sealth hosts Rainier Beach at 4 p.m. Monday as West Seattle goes to Franklin and Ballard to Eastside Catholic. Seattle Christian visits Cascade Christian at the same time and Seattle Lutheran entertains Tacoma Baptist at 7 p.m. at the Southwest Athletic Complex.

Highline visits Tyee at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with Evergreen hosting Renton and Foster going to Lindbergh for 4 p.m. action. Kennedy hosts Kentlake at 3:30 p.m. that day and Mount Rainier entertains Hazen at 4 p.m.

Ballard gets a 4 p.m. visits from Blanchet on Wednesday as West Seattle hosts O’Dea and Chief Sealth entertains Eastside Catholic.

Tyee is at Highline for a 3:30 p.m. clash and at 4 p.m. Lindbergh is at Foster, Evergreen at Renton and Cascade Christian at Seattle Christian.

 

Fastpitch softball

Highline drops in on Tyee for a 3:30 p.m. game Thursday and at 4 p.m. Renton is at Evergreen and Foster at Lindbergh.

Mount Rainier hosts Kentridge at 4 p.m. and Kennedy Catholic visits Tahoma at 6 p.m.

Chief Sealth goes to Ballard for 4 p.m. Friday action as Seattle Christian hosts Orting and Highline travels to White River.

Kennedy goes to Auburn for an 11 a.m. Friday game and at 4 p.m. Monday Rainier Beach is at Chief Sealth, West Seattle at Franklin and Ballard at Eastside Catholic. Tyee hosts Bellevue Christian for a 3:30 p.m. game that day.

Highline hosts Lindbergh and Kennedy hosts Kentlake at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and at 4 p.m. Seattle Christian is at Bellevue Christian, Evergreen at Foster and Tyee at Renton. Mount Rainier goes to Tahoma for a 6 p.m. game.

Archbishop Murphy is at Kennedy for a 3:30 p.m. Wednesday game and at 4 p.m. that day West Seattle hosts Holy Names, Chief Sealth hosts Eastside Catholic  and Ballard travels to Blanchet.

 

Boys soccer

Evergreen entertains Highline at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Highline Memorial Stadium.

Friday’s schedule has Mount Rainier at Kennedy at Starfire for a 6 p.m. match with Franklin at Chief Sealth at 4:30 p.m. Foster hosts Renton and Tyee goes to Lindbergh for 7 p.m. action.

Foster visits Highline at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday ahead of a 7:30 home match for Mount Rainier against Tahoma.

Wednesday Evergreen is at Tyee for 7:30 p.m. action with Chief Sealth hosting Cleveland and West Seattle traveling to Eastside Catholic at 3:30 p.m.

Ballard goes to Blanchet for a 7:30 p.m. match that day.

 

Tennis

West Seattle hosts Ingraham at 3:30 p.m. Thursday as Chief Sealth entertains Rainier Beach, Foster goes to Franklin Pierce and Highline to Lindbergh. Mount Rainier hosts Kentridge at the same time and Kennedy Catholic is at Kentlake.

West Seattle gets a 3:30 p.m. visit from Garfield on Friday and Highline is at Clover Park at the same time Monday.

Highline hosts Evergreen, Tyee entertains River Ridge and Foster travels to Renton at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday as Chief Sealth hosts Franklin, West Seattle travels to Eastside Catholic, Kennedy hosts Kent-Meridian and Mount Rainier travels to Kentwood.

Wednesday’s schedule has Ballard at Cleveland and Chief Sealth at Bainbridge at 3:30 p.m.

 

Track and field

Chief Sealth hosts Cleveland, Eastside Catholic and Franklin at 2:45 p.m. Thursday as West Seattle goes to Rainier Beach with Blanchet and Ballard to Bainbridge with Roosevelt.

Highline goes to Foster and the combined Tyee and Evergreen team to Renton at 3:30 p.m. as Kentridge is at Mount Rainier and Kennedy Catholic at Kentwood with Auburn.

Highline hosts Renton at 3:30 p.m. next Wednesday as the Nisqually League including Seattle Christian converges on Vashon.

 

Golf

Vashon Island will be visited by Seattle Christian and the rest of the Nisqually League for boys and girls action at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The Warrior girls host Charles Wright at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday as the boys travel to Charles Wright.

 

Pros

Mariners

Seattle will come home to T-Mobile Park to play San Diego at 7:10 p.m. Monday and 1:10 p.m. Tuesday in exhibition games with ROOT Sports showing the action live.

 

Sounders

Seattle is off until Saturday, March 30 when it visits Vancouver at 7 p.m. on JOEtv.

 

Seawolves

Seattle’s rugby team is off until Sunday, March 31 when it hosts San Diego for 5 p.m. action at the Starfire complex in Tukwila. ROOT Sports will air the action live.

 

Thunderbirds

Seattle enters the Western Hockey League playoffs Friday, visiting Vancouver at 7:30 p.m.

The Thunderbirds stay there for a 7 p.m. game Saturday before coming home to the Showare Center in Kent for 7:05 p.m. matches Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

Stars

Tacoma’s indoor soccer squad is off until Sunday, March 31 when it hosts the San Diego Sockers for 5:05 p.m. action at the Showare Center in Kent.

 

Colleges

Husky men

The University of Washington men’s basketball team opens NCAA tournament action with a 3:50 p.m. Friday game against Utah State that can be seen on the TNT cable television network.

 

Bulldog men

Gonzaga University launches out into the NCAA tournament at 4:27 p.m. Thursday, playing Fairleigh Dickinson on Tru TV.

 

Bulldog women

Gonzaga plays the University of Arkansas-Little Rock at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the NCAA tournament on ESPN2.

 

Husky baseball

Washington hosts USC at 6:05 p.m. Friday and 2:05 p.m. Saturday.

 

Husky fastpitch softball

Washington visits Oregon at 1 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.

ESPNU will show Saturday’s game live and Sunday’s can be seen on the Pac-12 cable television network.