By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Winter sports
Winter sports practices just got underway across the state of Washington with no openers until the end of next week.

Pros
Seahawks
Hot off their impressive win in New England, the Seattle Seahawks will come home to CenturyLink Field to play the Philadelphia Eagles in a 1:25 p.m. game Sunday.

Sounders
Seattle will host the Colorado Rapids for a 7 p.m. Western Conference Finals playoff this coming Tuesday at CenturyLink Field.

Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds will host Lethbridge for 7:35 p.m. Canadian Hockey League action at the Showare Center in Kent on Friday.
Seattle then visits the Portland Winterhawks for a 7 p.m. match Saturday before hosting Edmonton at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.

Stars
The Tacoma Stars professional indoor soccer team visits the Dallas Sidekicks at 5:35 p.m. Friday before dropping in on the St. Louis Ambush at 5:05 p.m. Saturday.

Colleges
Husky football
The University of Washington hosts Arizona State University for a 4:30 p.m. game Saturday at Husky Stadium. It will be the Huskies' final home game of the season.

Cougar football
Washington State University goes to Colorado to play the Buffaloes in a 12:30 p.m. game Saturday.

Husky men
The University of Washington hosts Cal State Fullerton for 8 p.m. action Thursday before entertaining Northern Arizona at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Husky women
Idaho visits the University of Washington women's basketball team for 5 p.m. action Tuesday.

Cougar men
Washington State University plays in Pullman at 5:30 p.m. Friday against Creighton.

Cougar women
San Francisco pays a 7 p.m. visit to the Cougars on Friday and Oklahoma comes to Pullman for a 12 p.m. game Sunday.