Sportswatch for the week of Jan. 6-12
Tue, 01/05/2016
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
High schools
Boys basketball
The Seamount League has a full slate of games scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, when Highline hosts Foster and Evergreen entertains Renton as Kennedy Catholic travels to Hazen and Tyee to Lindbergh.
Mount Rainier gets a 7 p.m. visit from Kentlake on Thursday and Seattle Lutheran visits Puget Sound Adventist at 7:30 p.m. that day.
Kennedy will be at home playing Evergreen at 7 p.m. Friday as Hazen hosts Tyee, Highline travels to Lindbergh and Foster to Renton. Seattle Christian is at home playing Vashon at the same time.
West Seattle entertains Eastside Catholic at 8 p.m. as Chief Sealth hosts Seattle Prep and Shorewood Christian hosts Evergreen Lutheran.
Wet Seattle is at home against Stadium at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with Mount Rainier traveling to Tahoma at 7 p.m. and Seattle Lutheran going to Northwest Yeshiva at 8:45 p.m.
Scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday are Kent-Meridian at Mount Rainier, Cascade Christian at Seattle Christian and Seattle Lutheran at Rainier Christian.
At 7:30 p.m. West Seattle goes to Cleveland and Chief Sealth to Franklin as Shorewood Christian goes to Auburn Adventist.
Girls basketball
West Seattle will try to stay undefeated when it visits Holy Names for a 7:30 p.m. game Wednesday as Chief Sealth travels to Garfield.
In the Seamount League at 7 p.m. that day Highline is at Foster, Hazen at Kennedy, Lindbergh at Tyee and Evergreen at Renton.
Seattle Lutheran visits Puget Sound Adventist at 6 p.m. Thursday and Mount Rainier goes to Kentlake at 7:30 p.m.
West Seattle is at home playing Eastside Catholic at 6:30 p.m. Friday as Chief Sealth hosts Seattle Prep and Shorewood Christian entertains Evergreen Lutheran.
Kennedy is at Evergreen at 7 p.m. as Highline hosts Lindbergh, Foster entertains Renton and Tyee travels to Hazen.
Mount Rainier visits Tahoma for a 5 p.m. fray Saturday and Seattle Lutheran goes to Northwest Yeshiva at 7:15 p.m.
Chief Sealth plays a 6 p.m. home game against Shorewood Christian on Monday and Foster visits Kennedy and Tyee hosts Decatur at 7 p.m.
Evergreen is at Sammamish at 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday's schedule has Seattle Lutheran at Rainier Christian at 5 p.m., Seattle Christian hosting Cascade Christian at 5:15 p.m., Shorewood Christian at Auburn Adventist at 6 p.m. and Mount Rainier at Kent-Meridian at 7:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Mount Rainier visits Thomas Jefferson for a 7:30 p.m. meet Wednesday, then West Seattle hosts Bainbridge, Blanchet and Ingraham at 6 p.m. Thursday as Chief Sealth goes to Franklin with Rainier Beach.
Highline is at Foster and Evergreen at Tyee along with Lindbergh at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Kennedy goes to the Kent-Meridian tournament at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and Foster is at the Sultan tournament with Highline, Tyee and Evergreen at Mount Rainier at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Chief Sealth has a 6 p.m. home meet scheduled for Tuesday against Franklin Pierce and Nathan Hale.
Gymnastics
Mount Rainier is at Enumclaw with Thomas Jefferson and Kentlake at 7 p.m. Wednesday, then Chief Sealth goes to Roosevelt with Nathan Hale at 4 p.m. Friday.
Mount Rainier gets a visit from Shorewood on Saturday and Tuesday Highline, Tyee and Hazen are at Evergreen.
Boys swimming
Kennedy is at home against the combined Highline/Evergreen/Tyee team at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Tukwila Communiy Center pool and Mount Rainier hosts Kentlake at 3:30 p.m.
Chief Sealth/West Seattle travels to Bainbridge for a 3:30 p.m. meet Friday and Mount Rainier and Evergreen will participate in Saturday's Kentridge Invitational.
Kennedy then hosts Auburn-Mountainview at 3 p.m. Tuesday and Mount Rainier travels to Tahoma at 3:30 p.m. that day.
Pros
Seahawks
Playoffs? Playoffs?
Yes it's time for the NFL playoffs, and Seattle is invited to the party once again.
The Seahawks open with a 10 a.m. Sunday game at the home of the Minnesota Vikings that can be seen on Channel 5 and heard on 710 AM.
Thunderbirds
Seattle hosts Portland for a 7:35 p.m. Western Hockey League match at the Showare Center in Kent on Friday before entertaining Everett at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
The Thunderbirds go on the road to Prince George at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Stars
Tacoma is off until Thursday, Jan. 14 when it visits the Dallas Sidekicks at 7:35 p.m.
Colleges
Husky and Cougar men
The University of Washington men's basketball team visits Washington State University for 12 p.m. action Saturday that will be carried on the Pac-12 cable television network.
Husky women
Washington entertains Arizona State at 7 p.m. Friday and Arizona at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Both games can be seen on the Pac-12 network.
Cougar women
Washington State University hosts Arizona at 7 p.m. Friday and Arizona State at 12 p.m. Sunday.
Sunday's action will be shown on the Pac-12 network.
Redhawks men
Seattle University visits Missouri-Kansas City at 5:05 p.m. Thursday and Chicago State at 12:05 p.m. Saturday.
Redhawks women
The Redhawks host Missouri-Kansas City for 7 p.m. action Thursday and Chicago State at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Falcons men
Seattle Pacific University visits Western Oregon for a 7 p.m. game in Monmouth Thursday before going to Portland to play Concordia at the same time Saturday.
Falcons women
The Lady Falcons will be at Montana State Billings for a 6 p.m. game Saturday.
Thunderbirds men
Highline College in Des Moines hosts Centralia for 2 p.m. action Saturday.
Thunderbirds women
The Highline women entertain Centralia at 12 p.m. Saturday.
Thunderbirds wrestling
Highline will host Warner Pacific at 7 p.m. Saturday.