Sportswatch for the week of July 20-26
Mon, 07/18/2016
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
Little League
Big League
The PacWest Senior Little League baseball all-star team that is playing up at the Big League level is involved in Western Regional action at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton this week.
Pool play continues Wednesday, with PacWest playing the champions from Southern California at 9 a.m.
PacWest then plays Nevada at 12 p.m. Thursday.
Single-elimination action for high pool finishers starts Friday and concludes with the championship Saturday.
The regional champion goes on to the Big League World Series in South Carolina.
Majors
The West Seattle Majors age 10-12 Little League baseball all-star team opens state tournament play Sunday at the Hidden Valley complex in Bellevue.
West Seattle meets the winner of the previous day's opener between District 11 and District 5 at 12 p.m., with the winner playing again at 6 p.m. Wednesday and the loser playing at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Age 10-11
PacWest is also involved at the age 10-11 state baseball all-star level, traveling all the way to Clarkston on the Idaho border.
PacWest opens the action at Asotin Field No. 1 with a 1:30 p.m. game against Marysville on Saturday. Win or lose, it plays again at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Semipro
Highline Bears
The Bears semiprofessional baseball team hosts the Northwest Honkers for a 7:05 p.m. game Friday at Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park, then gets a visit from the Seattle Studs at the same time and place Saturday.
Pros
Mariners
Seattle wraps up a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, playing a 12:40 p.m. game at Safeco Field.
The Mariners then take Thursday off to travel to Toronto, where they will play the Blue Jays at 4:07 p.m. Friday and at 10:07 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
They go on to visit the Pittsburgh Pirates at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday.
All Mariners games are carried on the ROOT Sports cable television network.
Rainiers
Tacoma is at home at Cheney Stadium playing Oklahoma City at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
The Rainiers, who are the Class AAA affiliate of the Mariners, visit Salt Lake City at 5:35 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 6:05 p.m. Sunday and Monday.
Tuesday they come home to Cheney Stadium again to play El Paso at 7:05 p.m.
Rainiers games can be found on MiLB cable television.
Sounders
Seattle's Major League men's soccer team is in Kansas City for a 12 p.m. game Sunday that can be seen on ESPN.
Storm
The Seattle women's basketball team hosts San Antonio for a 12 p.m. game at the Key Arena on Wednesday that can be seen on JOEtv.
The Storm visits Minnesota at 5 p.m. Friday and comes back to Key Arena to face Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Tuesday on JOEtv.
Reign
Seattle's professional women's soccer team hosts Orlando at 7 p.m. Saturday at Seattle Memorial Stadium.
Emerald Downs
Emerald Downs in Auburn is open for horse racing action at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday.